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 the gap: A bundle is a group of ___. (a) sticks (b) bees (c) sailors (d) lions
- 2.Fill the gap: The young one of a lion is a ___. (a) calf (b) kitten (c) cub (d) chick
- 3.One word for: a place where bees are kept (a) aviary (b) aquarium (c) granary (d) apiary
- 4.One word for: a sound loud enough to be heard (a) edible (b) visible (c) fragile (d) audible
- 5.Fill the gap: A team is a group of ___. (a) players (b) ships (c) cows (d) grapes
- 6.Which spelling is correct? (a) governmant (b) govenment (c) government (d) goverment
- 7.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “selfish”? (a) rude (b) quiet (c) lazy (d) generous
- 8.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) biography (b) atlas (c) autobiography (d) geography
- 9.Fill in the opposite: A feather is light, but a stone is ___. (a) wet (b) sweet (c) heavy (d) loud
- 10.What does the phrasal verb “wake up” mean? (a) stop sleeping (b) dream (c) go to bed (d) stand up
- 11.Fill the gap: A pride is a group of ___. (a) sheep (b) keys (c) lions (d) ships
- 12.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) not fair (d) fair before
- 13.What does the phrasal verb “look for” mean? (a) take care of (b) wait for (c) find by chance (d) search for
- 14.Complete the idiom: Don’t cry over spilt ___. (a) water (b) juice (c) milk (d) tea
- 15.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 16.The cliff path was so perilous that climbers needed ropes. “Perilous” means ___. (a) easy (b) safe (c) flat (d) dangerous
- 17.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 18.Which word means the same as “correct”? (a) late (b) empty (c) wrong (d) right
- 19.The hikers were parched after the long climb and drank all their water. “Parched” means ___. (a) very proud (b) very sleepy (c) very cold (d) very thirsty
- 20.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) not happy
- 21.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 22.Fill the gap with the right small word: We have run ___ of milk; please buy some. (a) in (b) out (c) off (d) up
- 23.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play wrongly (c) play before (d) play again
- 24.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “sufficient”? (a) often (b) lucky (c) about (d) enough
- 25.Which spelling is correct? (a) occasion (b) ocassion (c) ocasion (d) occassion
- 26.Fill the gap: A troupe is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) ships (c) keys (d) dancers
- 27.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) not spell (c) spell wrongly (d) spell before
- 28.Fill the gap: A herd is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) cows (c) grapes (d) bees
- 29.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 30.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “lend”? (a) arrive (b) borrow (c) sing (d) float
- 31.The soldiers were valiant and fought bravely to protect the village. “Valiant” means ___. (a) cowardly (b) brave (c) hungry (d) tired
- 32.One word for: happening every day (a) monthly (b) annual (c) weekly (d) daily
- 33.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) dishappy (c) unhappy (d) rehappy
- 34.One word for: a word that means the same as another word (a) homophone (b) prefix (c) antonym (d) synonym
- 35.What does the idiom “kill two birds with one stone” mean? (a) hunt birds (b) be very cruel (c) do two jobs at once (d) throw stones
- 36.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 37.Fill the gap: a ___ of students (a) class (b) swarm (c) fleet (d) herd
- 38.One word for: the study of living things (a) history (b) astronomy (c) geography (d) biology
- 39.The athlete was agile and changed direction in a flash. “Agile” means ___. (a) quick-moving (b) heavy (c) clumsy (d) sleepy
- 40.What does the idiom “throw in the towel” mean? (a) clean up (b) win easily (c) dry your hands (d) give up
Answer key
- sticks
- cub
- apiary
- audible
- players
- government
- generous
- biography
- heavy
- stop sleeping
- lions
- not fair
- search for
- milk
- Which
- dangerous
- weak
- right
- very thirsty
- not happy
- sew
- out
- play again
- enough
- occasion
- dancers
- spell wrongly
- cows
- read
- borrow
- brave
- daily
- unhappy
- synonym
- do two jobs at once
- pre-
- class
- biology
- quick-moving
- give up
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