Vocabulary Test Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 30: Final vocabulary test · Set 68 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.The garbage gave off a pungent smell that made us cover our noses. “Pungent” means ___. (a) pleasant (b) strong-smelling (c) sweet-smelling (d) faint
2. 2.What does the phrasal verb “run into” mean? (a) race someone (b) avoid someone (c) meet by chance (d) run indoors
3. 3.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) believe (b) conscience (c) beginning (d) acheeve
4. 4.What is the feminine of “headmaster”? (a) hostess (b) headmistress (c) aunt (d) queen
5. 5.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
6. 6.The pond water was murky, so we could not see the bottom. “Murky” means ___. (a) sweet (b) clear (c) very cold (d) cloudy and dark
7. 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
8. 8.Which word means the same as “tired”? (a) fresh (b) weary (c) rich (d) quick
9. 9.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
10. 10.Which word means “the state of being dark”? (a) darker (b) darken (c) darkly (d) darkness
11. 11.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
12. 12.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
13. 13.What does the phrasal verb “get up” mean? (a) go to sleep (b) sit down (c) lie down (d) rise from bed
14. 14.What does the phrasal verb “call off” mean? (a) phone (b) shout (c) invite (d) cancel
15. 15.Which word means the same as “shut”? (a) close (b) clean (c) smile (d) choose
16. 16.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
17. 17.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) geography (b) autobiography (c) biography (d) atlas
18. 18.Fill the gap: a ___ of dancers (a) troupe (b) fleet (c) herd (d) swarm
19. 19.Choose the right form: The telephone was a great ___. (a) invent (b) invention (c) inventive (d) inventively
20. 20.The Thar Desert is arid; it hardly ever rains there. “Arid” means ___. (a) very green (b) very dry (c) very cold (d) very wet
21. 21.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write again (d) write before
22. 22.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) come – go (b) mend – repair (c) win – lose (d) mend – break
23. 23.Dad was furious when someone dented his new car. “Furious” means ___. (a) very angry (b) very happy (c) very tired (d) very calm
24. 24.Which word means “without a name”? (a) namely (b) names (c) named (d) nameless
25. 25.Fill the gap: A bench is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) cows (c) bees (d) judges
26. 26.Which word is an adverb? (a) purity (b) purely (c) purify (d) pure
27. 27.Which word means “without a friend”? (a) friendly (b) friendless (c) friends (d) friendship
28. 28.Which word means the same as “shiny”? (a) soft (b) dull (c) bright (d) wet
29. 29.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ness (b) -ful (c) -ly (d) -er
30. 30.What does the phrasal verb “pick up” mean? (a) throw (b) drop (c) push (d) lift
31. 31.The weather was so balmy that we had our picnic outdoors. “Balmy” means ___. (a) pleasantly warm (b) freezing cold (c) very stormy (d) very windy
32. 32.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
33. 33.What does the idiom “beat around the bush” mean? (a) clean the garden (b) avoid the main point (c) hit a plant (d) run very fast
34. 34.Which word means “without help”? (a) helping (b) helpless (c) helper (d) helpful
35. 35.One word for: a person who rides horses in races (a) pilot (b) jockey (c) driver (d) sailor
36. 36.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
37. 37.What does the idiom “over the moon” mean? (a) very tired (b) in outer space (c) extremely happy (d) very far away
38. 38.Which is the formal word for “go up”? (a) reside (b) ascend (c) conclude (d) purchase
39. 39.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) calendar (b) parliament (c) government (d) Febrary
40. 40.Complete the idiom: We will finish this by hook or by ___. (a) crook (b) cook (c) book (d) look

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