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.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) up – down (b) open – shut (c) gift – present (d) gift – river
- 2.Which word is an adverb? (a) beauty (b) beautifully (c) beautify (d) beautiful
- 3.Fill the gap: A pride is a group of ___. (a) sheep (b) keys (c) ships (d) lions
- 4.Choose the right form: Painting helps children become more ___. (a) creatively (b) creative (c) create (d) creation
- 5.Fill the gap: a ___ of sailors (a) herd (b) crew (c) flock (d) bunch
- 6.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
- 7.Fill the gap: A bouquet is a bunch of ___. (a) wolves (b) cows (c) ships (d) flowers
- 8.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) rich – poor (b) quick – slow (c) quick – fast (d) wet – dry
- 9.Which spelling is correct? (a) Wedensday (b) Wednesday (c) Wensday (d) Wednsday
- 10.Which word is the opposite of “dark”? (a) light (b) wet (c) early (d) loud
- 11.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) miscommon (c) recommon (d) discommon
- 12.One word for: a person who walks in his or her sleep (a) pedestrian (b) optimist (c) sleepwalker (d) tourist
- 13.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) receive (b) address (c) vegetable (d) beautifull
- 14.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
- 15.One word for: a person who cannot read or write (a) invisible (b) illiterate (c) illegal (d) innocent
- 16.Choose the right form: If you practise daily, you will ___. (a) successfully (b) succeed (c) success (d) successful
- 17.Choose the right form: Termites can ___ wooden furniture. (a) destructively (b) destruction (c) destructive (d) destroy
- 18.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 19.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead wrongly (d) lead before
- 20.What does the idiom “sit on the fence” mean? (a) not take a side (b) fix a fence (c) fall down (d) rest outside
- 21.Which spelling is correct? (a) achive (b) acheive (c) acheeve (d) achieve
- 22.One word for: a sound too soft to be heard (a) inedible (b) illegible (c) invisible (d) inaudible
- 23.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open again (d) open before
- 24.One word for: a place where birds are kept (a) kennel (b) aquarium (c) library (d) aviary
- 25.Complete the analogy: Spider is to eight as insect is to ___. (a) eight (b) ten (c) six (d) four
- 26.Which word means the same as “cold”? (a) wet (b) hot (c) chilly (d) slow
- 27.Fill the gap: A choir is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) sticks (c) cows (d) singers
- 28.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 29.Fill the gap: A joey is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) kangaroo (c) hen (d) cow
- 30.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “therefore”? (a) about (b) but (c) so (d) often
- 31.What is the feminine of “rooster”? (a) mare (b) cow (c) duck (d) hen
- 32.What is the masculine of “peahen”? (a) rooster (b) bull (c) lion (d) peacock
- 33.Which word is the opposite of “cold”? (a) hot (b) full (c) late (d) short
- 34.Fill the gap: The young one of a lion is a ___. (a) chick (b) calf (c) cub (d) kitten
- 35.What does the phrasal verb “turn up” mean? (a) leave (b) go to sleep (c) arrive (d) turn around
- 36.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
- 37.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy again (c) tidy before (d) tidy wrongly
- 38.Add the suffix: angry + ly = ? (a) angrily (b) angrly (c) angryly (d) angrilly
- 39.Which word is an adjective? (a) persuasive (b) persuasion (c) persuasively (d) persuade
- 40.Complete the analogy: Teacher is to teach as singer is to ___. (a) dance (b) sing (c) paint (d) cook
Answer key
- gift – present
- beautifully
- lions
- creative
- crew
- stationary
- flowers
- quick – fast
- Wednesday
- light
- uncommon
- sleepwalker
- beautifull
- advice
- illiterate
- succeed
- destroy
- ate
- lead wrongly
- not take a side
- achieve
- inaudible
- open again
- aviary
- six
- chilly
- singers
- dis-
- kangaroo
- so
- hen
- peacock
- hot
- cub
- arrive
- counsel
- not tidy
- angrily
- persuasive
- sing
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