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 is the opposite of “heavy”? (a) early (b) wet (c) sad (d) light
- 2.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) tall – short (b) begin – finish (c) happy – sad (d) begin – start
- 3.What does the idiom “throw in the towel” mean? (a) give up (b) win easily (c) clean up (d) dry your hands
- 4.Which word is a noun? (a) simply (b) simple (c) simplify (d) simplicity
- 5.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -ful (c) -less (d) -ly
- 6.What does the phrasal verb “run away” mean? (a) stay (b) return (c) sleep (d) escape
- 7.The kitten was so docile that it let the children carry it around. “Docile” means ___. (a) wild (b) gentle and calm (c) angry (d) noisy
- 8.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) light – dark (b) rich – poor (c) hard – soft (d) rich – wealthy
- 9.What does the idiom “see eye to eye” mean? (a) agree fully (b) stare angrily (c) see clearly (d) look closely
- 10.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
- 11.Which spelling is correct? (a) temprature (b) temperture (c) temperature (d) tempreture
- 12.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) misfair (c) prefair (d) unfair
- 13.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) quick – fast (b) brave – cowardly (c) brave – bold (d) big – large
- 14.Which word is the opposite of “in”? (a) wet (b) out (c) up (d) hot
- 15.What is the masculine of “peahen”? (a) rooster (b) peacock (c) lion (d) bull
- 16.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
- 17.Complete the analogy: Bee is to buzz as snake is to ___. (a) neigh (b) hiss (c) bark (d) moo
- 18.Choose the right form: Tara spoke ___ and won the debate. (a) persuasive (b) persuasion (c) persuade (d) persuasively
- 19.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) end – finish (b) rich – wealthy (c) rough – smooth (d) quiet – silent
- 20.The Thar Desert is arid; it hardly ever rains there. “Arid” means ___. (a) very wet (b) very cold (c) very dry (d) very green
- 21.Fill the gap: A gosling is the young one of a ___. (a) goose (b) cat (c) cow (d) dog
- 22.Fill in the opposite: A cheetah is fast, but a snail is ___. (a) wet (b) loud (c) slow (d) big
- 23.Which word is the opposite of “weak”? (a) dry (b) quiet (c) strong (d) late
- 24.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) disread (c) unread (d) reread
- 25.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “polite”? (a) honest (b) rude (c) heavy (d) quick
- 26.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “frequently”? (a) about (b) lucky (c) enough (d) often
- 27.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) not view (c) view before (d) view wrongly
- 28.What does the idiom “a fish out of water” mean? (a) a good swimmer (b) a hungry cat (c) uncomfortable in a place (d) a dying fish
- 29.Fill the gap with the right small word: I wake ___ at six every morning. (a) in (b) down (c) off (d) up
- 30.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ness (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -less
- 31.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) below – under (b) mend – repair (c) wise – foolish (d) shut – close
- 32.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 33.What does the phrasal verb “run out of” mean? (a) have plenty (b) have none left (c) run very fast (d) run outside
- 34.Fill the gap: A team is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) cows (c) players (d) ships
- 35.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “lend”? (a) arrive (b) borrow (c) sing (d) float
- 36.Which spelling is correct? (a) pronounciation (b) pronunciasion (c) pronunsiation (d) pronunciation
- 37.What is the feminine of “horse”? (a) hen (b) ewe (c) cow (d) mare
- 38.Which word means “in a soft way”? (a) softer (b) softly (c) softness (d) soften
- 39.Which spelling is correct? (a) interupt (b) intterupt (c) interrupt (d) interrup
- 40.Which word is a noun? (a) inventive (b) invent (c) inventively (d) invention
Answer key
- light
- begin – start
- give up
- simplicity
- -ful
- escape
- gentle and calm
- rich – wealthy
- agree fully
- alter
- temperature
- unfair
- brave – cowardly
- out
- peacock
- flu
- hiss
- persuasively
- rough – smooth
- very dry
- goose
- slow
- strong
- misread
- rude
- often
- view before
- uncomfortable in a place
- up
- -er
- wise – foolish
- meat
- have none left
- players
- borrow
- pronunciation
- mare
- softly
- interrupt
- invention
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