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.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
- 2.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 3.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 4.Water is vital for all living things; we cannot live without it. “Vital” means ___. (a) tasty (b) useless (c) very important (d) harmful
- 5.Which word is an adverb? (a) differ (b) differently (c) different (d) difference
- 6.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) quick – fast (b) quick – slow (c) rich – poor (d) wet – dry
- 7.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
- 8.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “answer”? (a) victory (b) window (c) journey (d) question
- 9.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
- 10.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) optimist (b) miser (c) glutton (d) patriot
- 11.Which spelling is correct? (a) rhytm (b) rhythm (c) rhythem (d) rythm
- 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 13.Which word means “without a home”? (a) homely (b) homeward (c) homework (d) homeless
- 14.Choose the right form: The telephone was a great ___. (a) invention (b) invent (c) inventive (d) inventively
- 15.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ness (b) -less (c) -er (d) -ful
- 16.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “increase”? (a) accept (b) borrow (c) shout (d) decrease
- 17.Complete the idiom: Aditya felt like a fish out of ___ at the new school. (a) sand (b) air (c) water (d) milk
- 18.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
- 19.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 20.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shy – bold (b) shy – timid (c) old – new (d) tall – short
- 21.Fill the gap: The young one of a lion is a ___. (a) chick (b) kitten (c) calf (d) cub
- 22.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
- 23.Fill the gap: A bundle is a group of ___. (a) lions (b) sticks (c) sailors (d) bees
- 24.Fill the gap: a ___ of students (a) herd (b) swarm (c) fleet (d) class
- 25.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “elderly”? (a) often (b) enough (c) old (d) lucky
- 26.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 27.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check wrongly (d) check again
- 28.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
- 29.Fill the gap with the right small word: Grandma brought ___ five children. (a) across (b) off (c) up (d) after
- 30.Choose the right form: Write a short ___ of your best friend. (a) description (b) describe (c) descriptive (d) descriptively
- 31.One word for: a person who travels in a bus or train (a) driver (b) passenger (c) pedestrian (d) pilot
- 32.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join wrongly (d) join again
- 33.Which word means “full of hope”? (a) hopeless (b) hopeful (c) hoping (d) hopefully
- 34.Which is the formal word for “bike”? (a) occupation (b) residence (c) bicycle (d) error
- 35.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 36.Fill the gap: a ___ of grapes (a) pride (b) swarm (c) herd (d) bunch
- 37.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) wise – foolish (b) shut – close (c) mend – repair (d) below – under
- 38.What does the idiom “break the ice” mean? (a) break something cold (b) feel very cold (c) start a friendly talk (d) get very angry
- 39.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 40.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
Answer key
- lose
- knight
- Would
- very important
- differently
- quick – fast
- red
- question
- clothes
- glutton
- rhythm
- un-
- homeless
- invention
- -less
- decrease
- water
- then
- witch
- shy – timid
- cub
- eight
- sticks
- class
- old
- pre-
- check again
- envelope
- up
- description
- passenger
- join again
- hopeful
- bicycle
- write
- bunch
- wise – foolish
- start a friendly talk
- ate
- formally
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