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: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
- 2.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) Wednesday (b) necessary (c) foreign (d) embaress
- 3.Which word is a noun? (a) inventively (b) invention (c) inventive (d) invent
- 4.Which word is an adverb? (a) persuasion (b) persuasive (c) persuasively (d) persuade
- 5.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shy – bold (b) tall – short (c) old – new (d) shy – timid
- 6.Which word means “the state of being sick”? (a) sickness (b) sicker (c) sicken (d) sickly
- 7.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) not behave (d) behave again
- 8.What does the phrasal verb “blow up” mean? (a) explode (b) breathe (c) sing (d) fly away
- 9.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) beautiful (b) government (c) tomorrow (d) foreighn
- 10.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ful (b) -ness (c) -er (d) -ly
- 11.Which word is a noun? (a) protection (b) protectively (c) protective (d) protect
- 12.The baby’s cries were incessant; she did not stop for an hour. “Incessant” means ___. (a) non-stop (b) soft (c) happy (d) short
- 13.Fill the gap: The young one of a whale is a ___. (a) calf (b) cub (c) chick (d) kid
- 14.Choose the right form: It was a hard ___ to make. (a) decisive (b) decide (c) decision (d) decisively
- 15.Fill the gap: A piglet is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) cat (c) frog (d) pig
- 16.Which word is a verb? (a) decisively (b) decide (c) decisive (d) decision
- 17.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) to (c) two
- 18.Fill the gap: A pride is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) ships (c) sheep (d) lions
- 19.Which spelling is correct? (a) beatiful (b) beutiful (c) beautifull (d) beautiful
- 20.Complete the analogy: Child is to children as mouse is to ___. (a) mouse (b) rats (c) mice (d) cheese
- 21.What does the idiom “spill the beans” mean? (a) tell a secret (b) waste food (c) cook badly (d) tell a lie
- 22.Fill the gap: A flock is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) keys (c) lions (d) sheep
- 23.Which is the formal word for “ask”? (a) conclude (b) reside (c) assist (d) enquire
- 24.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) not respect (c) respect before (d) respect wrongly
- 25.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) hot (b) wet (c) short (d) loud
- 26.Which word is the opposite of “laugh”? (a) eat (b) cry (c) push (d) run
- 27.Fill the gap: a ___ of eggs (a) fleet (b) clutch (c) herd (d) swarm
- 28.Complete the analogy: Chef is to kitchen as scientist is to ___. (a) library (b) laboratory (c) stadium (d) court
- 29.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) gift – river (b) gift – present (c) open – shut (d) up – down
- 30.Complete the analogy: Write is to writer as dance is to ___. (a) dancer (b) dances (c) dancing (d) danced
- 31.Which spelling is correct? (a) tommorow (b) tomorrow (c) tomorow (d) tommorrow
- 32.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
- 33.Choose the right form: Please explain it ___; I am only seven! (a) simplify (b) simple (c) simply (d) simplicity
- 34.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
- 35.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) cold – hot (b) buy – sell (c) in – out (d) cold – chilly
- 36.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) full – empty (b) ill – sick (c) ill – well (d) early – late
- 37.What is the feminine of “tiger”? (a) hen (b) lioness (c) tigress (d) mare
- 38.One word for: people who watch a match (a) passengers (b) pedestrians (c) spectators (d) patients
- 39.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 40.Which word means the same as “repair”? (a) laugh (b) choose (c) break (d) fix
Answer key
- advise
- embaress
- invention
- persuasively
- shy – timid
- sickness
- behave wrongly
- explode
- foreighn
- -ness
- protection
- non-stop
- calf
- decision
- pig
- decide
- to
- lions
- beautiful
- mice
- tell a secret
- sheep
- enquire
- not respect
- short
- cry
- clutch
- laboratory
- gift – present
- dancer
- tomorrow
- bee
- simply
- You're
- cold – chilly
- ill – sick
- tigress
- spectators
- sum
- fix
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