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 “sell”? (a) sit (b) run (c) buy (d) sleep
- 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) pre-
- 3.What is the masculine of “lioness”? (a) king (b) lion (c) tiger (d) bull
- 4.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) happy – sad (b) begin – finish (c) begin – start (d) tall – short
- 5.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “transparent”? (a) opaque (b) generous (c) ancient (d) polite
- 6.What does the phrasal verb “grow up” mean? (a) plant trees (b) climb up (c) get smaller (d) become an adult
- 7.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
- 8.One word for: a home for children who have no parents (a) hospital (b) orphanage (c) aviary (d) library
- 9.Complete the analogy: Bird is to nest as bee is to ___. (a) hive (b) stable (c) den (d) kennel
- 10.Which word means the same as “ill”? (a) well (b) kind (c) brave (d) sick
- 11.Fill the gap: a ___ of puppies (a) fleet (b) pride (c) flock (d) litter
- 12.Complete the analogy: Pilot is to plane as driver is to ___. (a) horse (b) car (c) ship (d) kite
- 13.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 14.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 15.Choose the right form: It was a hard ___ to make. (a) decide (b) decisively (c) decision (d) decisive
- 16.Fill in the opposite: A feather is light, but a stone is ___. (a) wet (b) heavy (c) loud (d) sweet
- 17.Add the suffix: dark + ness = ? (a) darkeness (b) darknes (c) darckness (d) darkness
- 18.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) eat (b) pull (c) cut (d) sing
- 19.Complete the analogy: Lion is to roar as dog is to ___. (a) hiss (b) bark (c) moo (d) neigh
- 20.Which word means “the state of being lazy”? (a) laziest (b) lazily (c) lazier (d) laziness
- 21.Which word is a verb? (a) inventive (b) invent (c) inventively (d) invention
- 22.Fill the gap: The young one of a camel is a ___. (a) kitten (b) calf (c) cub (d) chick
- 23.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “assist”? (a) help (b) buy (c) tell (d) live
- 24.Fill the gap: A caterpillar is the young one of a ___. (a) frog (b) cow (c) hen (d) butterfly
- 25.Priya was adamant that she would finish the race, even with a sore foot. “Adamant” means ___. (a) sleepy (b) unsure (c) firm, not changing mind (d) scared
- 26.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
- 27.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) end – finish (b) rich – wealthy (c) rough – smooth (d) quiet – silent
- 28.Which word means the same as “reply”? (a) smile (b) ask (c) answer (d) travel
- 29.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 30.What does the idiom “raining cats and dogs” mean? (a) raining very heavily (b) animals are falling (c) a light shower (d) pets are fighting
- 31.Which word means the same as “wet”? (a) loud (b) dry (c) damp (d) hot
- 32.One word for: a group of singers (a) crew (b) fleet (c) herd (d) choir
- 33.Which is the formal word for “doctor”? (a) occupation (b) physician (c) residence (d) error
- 34.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) not equal (c) equal before (d) equal wrongly
- 35.Fill the gap: A chick is the young one of a ___. (a) dog (b) cat (c) hen (d) cow
- 36.Complete the analogy: Teacher is to students as doctor is to ___. (a) tickets (b) farmers (c) books (d) patients
- 37.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
- 38.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) unclear (c) misclear (d) reclear
- 39.Fill the gap: a ___ of chicks (a) brood (b) fleet (c) swarm (d) pride
- 40.Which word means the same as “start”? (a) stop (b) begin (c) laugh (d) repair
Answer key
- buy
- dis-
- lion
- begin – start
- opaque
- become an adult
- alter
- orphanage
- hive
- sick
- litter
- car
- sun
- re-
- decision
- heavy
- darkness
- pull
- bark
- laziness
- invent
- calf
- help
- butterfly
- firm, not changing mind
- envelop
- rough – smooth
- answer
- here
- raining very heavily
- damp
- choir
- physician
- not equal
- hen
- patients
- whether
- unclear
- brood
- begin
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