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 word means the same as “thin”? (a) slim (b) tall (c) quick (d) fat
- 2.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) conscience (b) pronunciation (c) mischievous (d) acheeve
- 3.Which spelling is correct? (a) foreighn (b) foreign (c) forein (d) foriegn
- 4.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
- 5.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) disappear (b) address (c) belive (d) conscience
- 6.Which word is a noun? (a) persuasively (b) persuade (c) persuasive (d) persuasion
- 7.What does the idiom “raining cats and dogs” mean? (a) raining very heavily (b) a light shower (c) pets are fighting (d) animals are falling
- 8.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) end – finish (b) victory – win (c) victory – defeat (d) gift – present
- 9.Which word means the same as “begin”? (a) shout (b) start (c) finish (d) choose
- 10.Which word means “in a quick way”? (a) quicken (b) quickly (c) quickness (d) quicker
- 11.What does the idiom “butterflies in the stomach” mean? (a) a happy dance (b) a stomach ache (c) a hungry feeling (d) a nervous feeling
- 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 13.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) misclear (c) disclear (d) unclear
- 14.Which word is the opposite of “girl”? (a) stone (b) boy (c) tree (d) cloud
- 15.Complete the analogy: Rose is to flower as mango is to ___. (a) vegetable (b) spice (c) fruit (d) drink
- 16.One word for: easily broken (a) flexible (b) edible (c) fragile (d) visible
- 17.Complete the analogy: Bird is to nest as bee is to ___. (a) stable (b) hive (c) den (d) kennel
- 18.Add the suffix: lazy + ness = ? (a) laziness (b) lazines (c) lazyness (d) lazness
- 19.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
- 20.Fill the gap with the right small word: I am looking ___ my lost pencil. (a) off (b) up (c) for (d) after
- 21.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “entire”? (a) often (b) lucky (c) enough (d) whole
- 22.Which word means the same as “huge”? (a) tiny (b) quiet (c) giant (d) kind
- 23.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue again (c) continue wrongly (d) not continue
- 24.Complete the analogy: Ant is to small as elephant is to ___. (a) green (b) big (c) fast (d) tiny
- 25.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) not safe (c) safe again (d) safe wrongly
- 26.Complete the idiom: The test was hard, but I had to bite the ___ and finish it. (a) apple (b) biscuit (c) pencil (d) bullet
- 27.Complete the analogy: Seed is to plant as egg is to ___. (a) bird (b) leaf (c) nest (d) stone
- 28.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) recommon (c) uncommon (d) discommon
- 29.What is the feminine of “host”? (a) actress (b) heroine (c) waitress (d) hostess
- 30.The garbage gave off a pungent smell that made us cover our noses. “Pungent” means ___. (a) faint (b) sweet-smelling (c) pleasant (d) strong-smelling
- 31.Which word is the opposite of “poor”? (a) dry (b) late (c) short (d) rich
- 32.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “residence”? (a) money (b) phone (c) house (d) bike
- 33.What does the phrasal verb “pick up” mean? (a) push (b) throw (c) lift (d) drop
- 34.What is the masculine of “queen”? (a) nephew (b) uncle (c) prince (d) king
- 35.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) mend – repair (b) wise – foolish (c) shut – close (d) below – under
- 36.Choose the right form: Can you ___ the picture in five sentences? (a) description (b) describe (c) descriptively (d) descriptive
- 37.Fill the gap with the right small word: Stop showing ___ your new phone. (a) up (b) after (c) across (d) off
- 38.What does the phrasal verb “calm down” mean? (a) fall down (b) go downstairs (c) become quiet and relaxed (d) get angry
- 39.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) committee (b) conscience (c) neccessary (d) environment
- 40.Fill the gap: a ___ of lions (a) flock (b) pride (c) swarm (d) bunch
Answer key
- slim
- acheeve
- foreign
- sow
- belive
- persuasion
- raining very heavily
- victory – defeat
- start
- quickly
- a nervous feeling
- un-
- unclear
- boy
- fruit
- fragile
- hive
- laziness
- some
- for
- whole
- giant
- not continue
- big
- not safe
- bullet
- bird
- uncommon
- hostess
- strong-smelling
- rich
- house
- lift
- king
- wise – foolish
- describe
- off
- become quiet and relaxed
- neccessary
- pride
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