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 “use again”? (a) unuse (b) misuse (c) disuse (d) reuse
- 2.What is the feminine of “hero”? (a) actress (b) heroine (c) hostess (d) princess
- 3.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 4.Complete the idiom: Stop beating around the ___ and tell me the truth. (a) tree (b) house (c) garden (d) bush
- 5.What does the phrasal verb “fill in” mean? (a) tear a form (b) lose a form (c) complete a form (d) post a form
- 6.Complete the analogy: Big is to bigger as small is to ___. (a) little (b) smallest (c) smaller (d) tiny
- 7.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 8.The two friends had a loud dispute over whose turn it was. “Dispute” means ___. (a) a hug (b) a gift (c) an argument (d) a game
- 9.What does the phrasal verb “pick up” mean? (a) drop (b) lift (c) throw (d) push
- 10.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 11.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 12.Fill the gap: A cygnet is the young one of a ___. (a) horse (b) swan (c) cow (d) cat
- 13.What does the idiom “by hook or by crook” mean? (a) with help (b) by fishing (c) very slowly (d) by any means
- 14.The road was so congested that cars hardly moved for an hour. “Congested” means ___. (a) very smooth (b) newly built (c) very wide (d) blocked with traffic
- 15.We got drenched in the heavy rain because we had no umbrella. “Drenched” means ___. (a) very cold (b) very tired (c) very late (d) completely wet
- 16.Which word is a noun? (a) purify (b) purely (c) pure (d) purity
- 17.Which word means “full of hope”? (a) hopeless (b) hoping (c) hopeful (d) hopefully
- 18.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
- 19.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 20.Add the suffix: bake + er = ? (a) bakeer (b) bakor (c) bakar (d) baker
- 21.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “attempt”? (a) tell (b) buy (c) try (d) live
- 22.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “selfish”? (a) quiet (b) generous (c) lazy (d) rude
- 23.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) read again (d) not read
- 24.Which word is an adjective? (a) decide (b) decisively (c) decision (d) decisive
- 25.Fill the gap: A chick is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) cow (c) dog (d) hen
- 26.The fire spread rapidly through the dry grass. “Rapidly” means ___. (a) slowly (b) quietly (c) gently (d) quickly
- 27.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “permanent”? (a) ancient (b) polite (c) generous (d) temporary
- 28.What is the masculine of “woman”? (a) nephew (b) man (c) king (d) uncle
- 29.Complete the idiom: The money we raised is just a drop in the ___. (a) pond (b) glass (c) river (d) ocean
- 30.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
- 31.Complete the analogy: Painter is to brush as writer is to ___. (a) pen (b) needle (c) spade (d) saw
- 32.One word for: a person who mends shoes (a) plumber (b) cobbler (c) tailor (d) barber
- 33.What is the feminine of “king”? (a) princess (b) aunt (c) queen (d) niece
- 34.One word for: a word that means the same as another word (a) prefix (b) homophone (c) synonym (d) antonym
- 35.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) exaggerate (b) business (c) environment (d) seperate
- 36.Complete the analogy: Child is to children as mouse is to ___. (a) mouse (b) rats (c) mice (d) cheese
- 37.Which word is the opposite of “loud”? (a) early (b) thick (c) wet (d) quiet
- 38.Fill the gap with the right small word: We have run ___ of milk; please buy some. (a) out (b) off (c) up (d) in
- 39.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
- 40.Which word means the same as “smart”? (a) angry (b) clever (c) slow (d) empty
Answer key
- reuse
- heroine
- here
- bush
- complete a form
- smaller
- blue
- an argument
- lift
- steel
- ant
- swan
- by any means
- blocked with traffic
- completely wet
- purity
- hopeful
- desert
- piece
- baker
- try
- generous
- read wrongly
- decisive
- hen
- quickly
- temporary
- man
- ocean
- flew
- pen
- cobbler
- queen
- synonym
- seperate
- mice
- quiet
- out
- conscience
- clever
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