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 “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
- 2.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “arrive”? (a) laugh (b) depart (c) borrow (d) accept
- 3.Complete the idiom: Stop beating around the ___ and tell me the truth. (a) house (b) bush (c) garden (d) tree
- 4.Which word is a noun? (a) pure (b) purify (c) purely (d) purity
- 5.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “brave”? (a) early (b) honest (c) clever (d) cowardly
- 6.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “funds”? (a) fridge (b) money (c) bike (d) phone
- 7.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) not safe (c) safe wrongly (d) safe again
- 8.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) independent (b) embarrass (c) privelege (d) receive
- 9.Fill the gap: a ___ of people (a) fleet (b) litter (c) pride (d) crowd
- 10.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
- 11.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
- 12.Which spelling is correct? (a) excellent (b) excellant (c) excelent (d) exellent
- 13.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “success”? (a) failure (b) journey (c) answer (d) question
- 14.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat again
- 15.Riya was elated when she topped the class; she danced all the way home. “Elated” means ___. (a) very angry (b) very tired (c) very happy (d) very hungry
- 16.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
- 17.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “opaque”? (a) early (b) transparent (c) honest (d) modern
- 18.One word for: a book of maps (a) atlas (b) diary (c) novel (d) dictionary
- 19.Fill in the opposite: Grandpa is old, but the baby is ___. (a) tall (b) young (c) dry (d) loud
- 20.Fill the gap: a ___ of dancers (a) troupe (b) fleet (c) swarm (d) herd
- 21.Which is the formal word for “phone”? (a) error (b) residence (c) occupation (d) telephone
- 22.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) gift – river (b) up – down (c) open – shut (d) gift – present
- 23.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 24.What is the feminine of “waiter”? (a) princess (b) waitress (c) actress (d) hostess
- 25.Fill the gap: A calf is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) cow (c) frog (d) hen
- 26.Complete the idiom: Kavya is the apple of her grandfather’s ___. (a) hand (b) eye (c) heart (d) tree
- 27.Fill the gap: A piglet is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) cat (c) pig (d) frog
- 28.Fill the gap: A colony is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) ants (c) ships (d) cows
- 29.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
- 30.Complete the analogy: Farmer is to field as sailor is to ___. (a) farm (b) school (c) ship (d) court
- 31.The wedding was a lavish affair with food, music and lights everywhere. “Lavish” means ___. (a) simple and plain (b) very short (c) very sad (d) grand and rich
- 32.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) school (b) morning (c) night (d) lunch
- 33.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) re-
- 34.Which is the formal word for “also”? (a) previously (b) immediately (c) approximately (d) additionally
- 35.One word for: a person who cuts hair (a) tailor (b) cobbler (c) plumber (d) barber
- 36.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -er (b) -ful (c) -less (d) -ly
- 37.Which word means the same as “hurry”? (a) rest (b) sing (c) eat (d) rush
- 38.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) count again
- 39.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “sufficient”? (a) lucky (b) enough (c) often (d) about
- 40.Complete the idiom: Our plan failed, so we were back to square ___. (a) ten (b) zero (c) two (d) one
Answer key
- not tidy
- depart
- bush
- purity
- cowardly
- money
- not safe
- privelege
- crowd
- affect
- cell
- excellent
- failure
- heat before
- very happy
- personnel
- transparent
- atlas
- young
- troupe
- telephone
- gift – present
- hole
- waitress
- cow
- eye
- pig
- ants
- judge before
- ship
- grand and rich
- night
- dis-
- additionally
- barber
- -ly
- rush
- count wrongly
- enough
- one
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