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) in – out (b) buy – sell (c) cold – chilly (d) cold – hot
- 2.Which spelling is correct? (a) calandar (b) calander (c) calendar (d) calender
- 3.Choose the right form: It was a hard ___ to make. (a) decisive (b) decide (c) decisively (d) decision
- 4.Which word means the same as “wealthy”? (a) poor (b) rich (c) kind (d) tall
- 5.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) arrive – reach (b) begin – start (c) arrive – depart (d) shut – close
- 6.Which word is the opposite of “stand”? (a) sing (b) eat (c) cry (d) sit
- 7.Fill in the opposite: My glass was full; now it is ___. (a) hot (b) tall (c) loud (d) empty
- 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 9.What does the idiom “in hot water” mean? (a) in trouble (b) taking a bath (c) very busy (d) feeling warm
- 10.Choose the right form: The telephone was a great ___. (a) inventively (b) invent (c) invention (d) inventive
- 11.Which word is an adverb? (a) purify (b) pure (c) purity (d) purely
- 12.What is the feminine of “grandfather”? (a) aunt (b) niece (c) queen (d) grandmother
- 13.Choose the right form: Hard work is the key to ___. (a) successfully (b) succeed (c) success (d) successful
- 14.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 15.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 16.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 17.Choose the right form: There is a big ___ between a frog and a toad. (a) difference (b) differently (c) differ (d) different
- 18.Fill the gap with the right small word: The match was called ___ because of rain. (a) up (b) in (c) out (d) off
- 19.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
- 20.Fill the gap: A colony is a group of ___. (a) ants (b) grapes (c) ships (d) cows
- 21.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -ful (c) -ly (d) -less
- 22.Complete the idiom: We are all in the same ___, so let us help each other. (a) bus (b) car (c) house (d) boat
- 23.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) scavenger (b) omnivore (c) herbivore (d) carnivore
- 24.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) day – night (b) push – pull (c) friend – enemy (d) friend – pal
- 25.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand again (c) understand wrongly (d) understand before
- 26.Which word is an adjective? (a) purely (b) pure (c) purify (d) purity
- 27.What is the masculine of “queen”? (a) nephew (b) uncle (c) prince (d) king
- 28.Fill the gap: A kitten is the young one of a ___. (a) dog (b) cow (c) hen (d) cat
- 29.What is the masculine of “aunt”? (a) brother (b) nephew (c) son (d) uncle
- 30.Fill the gap: a ___ of dancers (a) fleet (b) troupe (c) herd (d) swarm
- 31.Complete the analogy: Write is to writer as dance is to ___. (a) dances (b) danced (c) dancing (d) dancer
- 32.Complete the analogy: Thirsty is to water as sleepy is to ___. (a) food (b) juice (c) toy (d) bed
- 33.The village was serene, with only the sound of birds. “Serene” means ___. (a) calm and peaceful (b) dirty (c) noisy (d) crowded
- 34.What is the feminine of “man”? (a) niece (b) queen (c) woman (d) aunt
- 35.Which word means “without sleep”? (a) sleeping (b) sleepless (c) sleeper (d) sleepy
- 36.Complete the analogy: Fish is to swim as bird is to ___. (a) crawl (b) fly (c) dig (d) run
- 37.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) big – small (b) big – large (c) fast – slow (d) hot – cold
- 38.Fill the gap: A foal is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) hen (c) frog (d) horse
- 39.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) unobey (c) reobey (d) disobey
- 40.What does the phrasal verb “bring up” mean? (a) carry upstairs (b) forget a child (c) punish (d) raise a child
Answer key
- cold – chilly
- calendar
- decision
- rich
- arrive – depart
- sit
- empty
- pre-
- in trouble
- invention
- purely
- grandmother
- success
- blew
- flower
- mis-
- difference
- off
- judge wrongly
- ants
- -ful
- boat
- omnivore
- friend – pal
- understand wrongly
- pure
- king
- cat
- uncle
- troupe
- dancer
- bed
- calm and peaceful
- woman
- sleepless
- fly
- big – large
- horse
- disobey
- raise a child
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