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: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
- 2.What does the idiom “a piece of cake” mean? (a) very tasty (b) very small (c) very sweet (d) very easy
- 3.Which word means the same as “bright”? (a) dull (b) slow (c) sad (d) shiny
- 4.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) up – down (b) win – lose (c) hot – cold (d) stone – rock
- 5.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 6.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 7.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) invisible (b) illiterate (c) edible (d) illegible
- 8.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
- 9.Fill the gap: The young one of a dog is a ___. (a) kitten (b) foal (c) calf (d) puppy
- 10.Which spelling is correct? (a) parliment (b) parliament (c) parliamant (d) parlament
- 11.The heat was unbearable, so we stayed indoors until evening. “Unbearable” means ___. (a) very pleasant (b) very cool (c) very mild (d) too much to stand
- 12.Fill the gap: A gang is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) grapes (c) cows (d) thieves
- 13.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
- 14.Fill the gap: The young one of a sheep is a ___. (a) chick (b) cub (c) lamb (d) kid
- 15.Add the suffix: dark + ness = ? (a) darckness (b) darkness (c) darkeness (d) darknes
- 16.Which word is an adjective? (a) decisively (b) decisive (c) decision (d) decide
- 17.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) wet (b) short (c) loud (d) hot
- 18.Which word is the opposite of “winter”? (a) Sunday (b) evening (c) summer (d) mountain
- 19.Fill the gap: The young one of a wolf is a ___. (a) cub (b) calf (c) foal (d) lamb
- 20.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 21.Fill the gap with the right small word: Hurry ___, or we will miss the bus! (a) after (b) up (c) off (d) across
- 22.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) literate (b) talkative (c) bilingual (d) silent
- 23.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
- 24.Which is the formal word for “many”? (a) numerous (b) sufficient (c) fortunate (d) previous
- 25.Fill the gap: A gosling is the young one of a ___. (a) dog (b) cow (c) cat (d) goose
- 26.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -less (b) -er (c) -ness (d) -ful
- 27.Which spelling is correct? (a) exagerate (b) exagarate (c) exaggerate (d) exaggarate
- 28.What does the idiom “cost an arm and a leg” mean? (a) need a doctor (b) be cheap (c) be very expensive (d) hurt badly
- 29.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 30.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
- 31.What does the phrasal verb “bring up” mean? (a) raise a child (b) carry upstairs (c) punish (d) forget a child
- 32.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 33.Be cautious while crossing the busy road. “Cautious” means ___. (a) noisy (b) careless (c) fast (d) careful
- 34.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 35.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) not honest (c) honest again (d) honest wrongly
- 36.Complete the analogy: Ink is to pen as paint is to ___. (a) spoon (b) brush (c) book (d) plate
- 37.Fill the gap: The young one of a pig is a ___. (a) kitten (b) piglet (c) foal (d) cub
- 38.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
- 39.One word for: a person who mends shoes (a) barber (b) tailor (c) plumber (d) cobbler
- 40.What does the phrasal verb “carry on” mean? (a) lift up (b) carry a bag (c) stop (d) continue
Answer key
- stair
- very easy
- shiny
- stone – rock
- road
- fare
- illegible
- complemented
- puppy
- parliament
- too much to stand
- thieves
- son
- lamb
- darkness
- decisive
- short
- summer
- cub
- mis-
- up
- bilingual
- cite
- numerous
- goose
- -less
- exaggerate
- be very expensive
- whole
- all ready
- raise a child
- new
- careful
- flour
- not honest
- brush
- piglet
- rise
- cobbler
- continue
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