Vocabulary Test Worksheet
Word tip (Name the skill, use the method): Decide which skill the question is testing. Use that lesson’s method — swap test, split the word, find the link, or look for the clue. Read your answer back in the sentence to check it.
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- 1.What does the idiom “a fish out of water” mean? (a) uncomfortable in a place (b) a dying fish (c) a hungry cat (d) a good swimmer
- 2.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) not kind
- 3.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 4.The sky grew ominous as dark clouds gathered before the storm. “Ominous” means ___. (a) very beautiful (b) very quiet (c) bright and clear (d) warning of danger
- 5.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
- 6.Choose the right form: Bright flowers ___ bees. (a) attractive (b) attract (c) attractively (d) attraction
- 7.Choose the right form: The telephone was a great ___. (a) inventive (b) invention (c) invent (d) inventively
- 8.Fill the gap with the right small word: I came ___ an old photo while cleaning my room. (a) off (b) across (c) after (d) up
- 9.What does the idiom “beat around the bush” mean? (a) run very fast (b) clean the garden (c) hit a plant (d) avoid the main point
- 10.Which word means the same as “slim”? (a) short (b) fat (c) thin (d) rich
- 11.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) push – pull (b) day – night (c) friend – enemy (d) friend – pal
- 12.Fill the gap: A litter is a group of ___. (a) sticks (b) ships (c) singers (d) puppies
- 13.Fill the gap: a ___ of musicians (a) fleet (b) herd (c) flock (d) band
- 14.One word for: the study of the earth and its countries (a) geography (b) history (c) biology (d) astronomy
- 15.Fill in the opposite: My glass was full; now it is ___. (a) hot (b) tall (c) loud (d) empty
- 16.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
- 17.Choose the right form: Use your ___ to write a story about a flying elephant. (a) imaginative (b) imagine (c) imagination (d) imaginatively
- 18.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
- 19.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “victory”? (a) answer (b) journey (c) question (d) defeat
- 20.Which word is a noun? (a) decisively (b) decisive (c) decide (d) decision
- 21.Which word is the opposite of “stand”? (a) cry (b) sing (c) sit (d) eat
- 22.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “entrance”? (a) answer (b) exit (c) roof (d) journey
- 23.What does the phrasal verb “run away” mean? (a) stay (b) return (c) sleep (d) escape
- 24.One word for: a place where books are kept for reading (a) orchard (b) granary (c) aviary (d) library
- 25.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “generous”? (a) polite (b) selfish (c) early (d) brave
- 26.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
- 27.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shout – yell (b) happy – glad (c) include – exclude (d) mend – repair
- 28.Fill the gap: The young one of a goose is a ___. (a) kid (b) calf (c) gosling (d) cub
- 29.Which spelling is correct? (a) librery (b) library (c) liberary (d) libary
- 30.Fill the gap: A troop is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) monkeys (c) bees (d) ships
- 31.Which word means “the state of being lazy”? (a) lazier (b) laziness (c) laziest (d) lazily
- 32.Complete the analogy: Ant is to small as elephant is to ___. (a) green (b) big (c) tiny (d) fast
- 33.Fill in the opposite: A rabbit is fast, but a tortoise is ___. (a) wet (b) slow (c) big (d) loud
- 34.Which spelling is correct? (a) temperature (b) temperture (c) temprature (d) tempreture
- 35.Complete the idiom: Rohan cannot decide; he is sitting on the ___. (a) bench (b) fence (c) chair (d) wall
- 36.Which word is the opposite of “far”? (a) cold (b) happy (c) dry (d) near
- 37.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “refrigerator”? (a) fridge (b) phone (c) bike (d) money
- 38.Choose the right form: Kashmir is famous for its natural ___. (a) beauty (b) beautifully (c) beautify (d) beautiful
- 39.Which spelling is correct? (a) priviledge (b) privelege (c) privilege (d) privilage
- 40.Fill in the opposite: A pillow is soft, but a rock is ___. (a) wet (b) loud (c) hard (d) happy
Answer key
- uncomfortable in a place
- not kind
- sun
- warning of danger
- use wrongly
- attract
- invention
- across
- avoid the main point
- thin
- friend – pal
- puppies
- band
- geography
- empty
- were
- imagination
- except
- defeat
- decision
- sit
- exit
- escape
- library
- selfish
- weather
- include – exclude
- gosling
- library
- monkeys
- laziness
- big
- slow
- temperature
- fence
- near
- fridge
- beauty
- privilege
- hard
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