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.Fill in the opposite: Ice is cold, but fire is ___. (a) wet (b) slow (c) hot (d) small
- 2.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) choose – reject (b) laugh – cry (c) give – take (d) choose – select
- 3.What is the masculine of “lioness”? (a) bull (b) king (c) lion (d) tiger
- 4.Which spelling is correct? (a) mischevous (b) mischivous (c) mischievous (d) mischievious
- 5.One word for: a person who cuts hair (a) barber (b) tailor (c) plumber (d) cobbler
- 6.Choose the right form: Tara spoke ___ and won the debate. (a) persuasively (b) persuasion (c) persuasive (d) persuade
- 7.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
- 8.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please switch ___ the fan before you leave. (a) up (b) after (c) in (d) off
- 9.The children were rowdy on the bus, shouting and jumping on the seats. “Rowdy” means ___. (a) sleepy (b) noisy and rough (c) sad (d) quiet and polite
- 10.Complete the analogy: Pilot is to plane as driver is to ___. (a) kite (b) ship (c) car (d) horse
- 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 12.What does the idiom “keep an eye on” mean? (a) watch carefully (b) close one eye (c) stare rudely (d) wear glasses
- 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 14.Which is the formal word for “about”? (a) approximately (b) immediately (c) sufficient (d) previous
- 15.Which word is the opposite of “dark”? (a) light (b) early (c) wet (d) loud
- 16.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
- 17.Which word means “full of joy”? (a) enjoy (b) joyless (c) joyful (d) joyfully
- 18.Which spelling is correct? (a) gramar (b) grammar (c) grammmar (d) grammer
- 19.Complete the analogy: Village is to small as city is to ___. (a) empty (b) tiny (c) quiet (d) big
- 20.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “subsequently”? (a) often (b) enough (c) later (d) about
- 21.Fill in the opposite: A cheetah is fast, but a snail is ___. (a) loud (b) slow (c) wet (d) big
- 22.Complete the idiom: Their fight over a pencil was just a storm in a ___. (a) teacup (b) glass (c) bottle (d) bucket
- 23.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) loud (b) wet (c) hot (d) short
- 24.Complete the idiom: Kabir spilled the ___ about the surprise party. (a) beans (b) tea (c) rice (d) milk
- 25.Which word means “in a careful way”? (a) carer (b) careful (c) careless (d) carefully
- 26.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 27.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) big – small (b) fast – slow (c) big – large (d) hot – cold
- 28.Complete the analogy: Pupil is to school as patient is to ___. (a) hospital (b) farm (c) temple (d) bank
- 29.Which word means the same as “weary”? (a) fresh (b) happy (c) tired (d) loud
- 30.Diya is diligent; she studies every day and never skips homework. “Diligent” means ___. (a) careless (b) lazy (c) hardworking (d) forgetful
- 31.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
- 32.Which is the formal word for “enough”? (a) frequent (b) sufficient (c) fortunate (d) previous
- 33.Fill the gap: An owlet is the young one of an ___. (a) owl (b) ant (c) ox (d) eagle
- 34.Dad was ecstatic when India won the World Cup. “Ecstatic” means ___. (a) bored (b) upset (c) sleepy (d) overjoyed
- 35.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shout – yell (b) buy – sell (c) shout – whisper (d) push – pull
- 36.Choose the right form: Your honesty is ___. (a) admiration (b) admire (c) admirable (d) admirably
- 37.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
- 38.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -er (b) -ly (c) -ness (d) -less
- 39.What does the phrasal verb “grow up” mean? (a) plant trees (b) become an adult (c) climb up (d) get smaller
- 40.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -less (b) -ness (c) -er (d) -ful
Answer key
- hot
- choose – select
- lion
- mischievous
- barber
- persuasively
- were
- off
- noisy and rough
- car
- re-
- watch carefully
- dis-
- approximately
- light
- plane
- joyful
- grammar
- big
- later
- slow
- teacup
- short
- beans
- carefully
- mis-
- big – large
- hospital
- tired
- hardworking
- all ready
- sufficient
- owl
- overjoyed
- shout – yell
- admirable
- coarse
- -er
- become an adult
- -less
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