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.Dad was ecstatic when India won the World Cup. “Ecstatic” means ___. (a) sleepy (b) overjoyed (c) upset (d) bored
- 2.Add the suffix: tidy + ness = ? (a) tidness (b) tidyness (c) tidiness (d) tidines
- 3.Which word means the same as “tiny”? (a) brave (b) giant (c) angry (d) little
- 4.Which spelling is correct? (a) concience (b) conscence (c) conscience (d) consience
- 5.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) eat (b) cut (c) sing (d) pull
- 6.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hot – cold (b) stone – rock (c) up – down (d) win – lose
- 7.What does the phrasal verb “get along” mean? (a) get lost (b) fight (c) be friendly (d) get angry
- 8.Which word is a verb? (a) purely (b) purify (c) purity (d) pure
- 9.Which spelling is correct? (a) temperture (b) temperature (c) temprature (d) tempreture
- 10.Complete the idiom: Their fight over a pencil was just a storm in a ___. (a) glass (b) bottle (c) bucket (d) teacup
- 11.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) disfair (c) misfair (d) unfair
- 12.The mountain air was so frigid that our fingers went numb. “Frigid” means ___. (a) very fresh (b) very wet (c) very cold (d) very hot
- 13.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “foolish”? (a) rich (b) early (c) modern (d) wise
- 14.Fill the gap: A bouquet is a bunch of ___. (a) ships (b) cows (c) wolves (d) flowers
- 15.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) visible (b) audible (c) edible (d) fragile
- 16.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
- 17.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
- 18.What does the phrasal verb “look up” mean? (a) feel sad (b) find in a dictionary (c) take care of (d) forget a word
- 19.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sharp”? (a) blunt (b) honest (c) modern (d) early
- 20.What does the idiom “face the music” mean? (a) enjoy a song (b) dance well (c) accept the punishment (d) sing on stage
- 21.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -less (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -ful
- 22.The heat was unbearable, so we stayed indoors until evening. “Unbearable” means ___. (a) very mild (b) too much to stand (c) very cool (d) very pleasant
- 23.What is the feminine of “prince”? (a) princess (b) queen (c) niece (d) aunt
- 24.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “attempt”? (a) try (b) buy (c) tell (d) live
- 25.Which word is an adverb? (a) destructively (b) destructive (c) destruction (d) destroy
- 26.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) jump – leap (b) yell – shout (c) borrow – lend (d) ill – sick
- 27.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “shallow”? (a) rich (b) early (c) honest (d) deep
- 28.Complete the analogy: Mother is to daughter as father is to ___. (a) brother (b) nephew (c) uncle (d) son
- 29.What does the phrasal verb “stand for” mean? (a) sit down (b) wait (c) mean (d) argue
- 30.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “invisible”? (a) visible (b) generous (c) early (d) honest
- 31.Which is the formal word for “let”? (a) purchase (b) permit (c) conclude (d) reside
- 32.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “blunt”? (a) polite (b) ancient (c) sharp (d) late
- 33.Which word is the opposite of “morning”? (a) river (b) Monday (c) summer (d) evening
- 34.Which spelling is correct? (a) vegetabel (b) vegtable (c) vegitable (d) vegetable
- 35.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please hand ___ your notebooks by Friday. (a) up (b) across (c) after (d) in
- 36.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
- 37.One word for: that which cannot be done (a) invisible (b) illegal (c) impossible (d) incorrect
- 38.The old building was dilapidated, with broken walls and a fallen roof. “Dilapidated” means ___. (a) falling apart (b) brand new (c) very clean (d) very tall
- 39.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) especially (b) restaraunt (c) guarantee (d) definitely
- 40.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
Answer key
- overjoyed
- tidiness
- little
- conscience
- pull
- stone – rock
- be friendly
- purify
- temperature
- teacup
- unfair
- very cold
- wise
- flowers
- edible
- principle
- cell
- find in a dictionary
- blunt
- accept the punishment
- -ly
- too much to stand
- princess
- try
- destructively
- borrow – lend
- deep
- son
- mean
- visible
- permit
- sharp
- evening
- vegetable
- in
- heal
- impossible
- falling apart
- restaraunt
- re-
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