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.Complete the analogy: Bird is to feathers as fish is to ___. (a) fur (b) hair (c) wool (d) scales
- 2.Which word means “in a quick way”? (a) quickly (b) quicker (c) quickness (d) quicken
- 3.Fill the gap with the right small word: The cows were let ___ to graze in the field. (a) off (b) across (c) after (d) out
- 4.Which word is the opposite of “loud”? (a) wet (b) quiet (c) thick (d) early
- 5.We got drenched in the heavy rain because we had no umbrella. “Drenched” means ___. (a) very late (b) completely wet (c) very tired (d) very cold
- 6.Fill the gap: A foal is the young one of a ___. (a) horse (b) cat (c) frog (d) hen
- 7.What is the masculine of “woman”? (a) nephew (b) uncle (c) man (d) king
- 8.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) silent (b) literate (c) talkative (d) bilingual
- 9.Which spelling is correct? (a) adres (b) adress (c) addres (d) address
- 10.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shut – close (b) arrive – depart (c) begin – start (d) arrive – reach
- 11.Add the suffix: hope + ful = ? (a) hoapful (b) hopful (c) hopefull (d) hopeful
- 12.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
- 13.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sink”? (a) float (b) lend (c) arrive (d) sing
- 14.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 15.What does the phrasal verb “put on” mean? (a) wear (b) cook (c) sell (d) remove
- 16.One word for: able to use both hands equally well (a) bilingual (b) talkative (c) illiterate (d) ambidextrous
- 17.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 18.Fill in the opposite: Winter is cold, but summer is ___. (a) slow (b) hot (c) small (d) sad
- 19.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) wet (b) hot (c) short (d) loud
- 20.Which spelling is correct? (a) parlament (b) parliamant (c) parliment (d) parliament
- 21.Fill the gap with the right small word: The plane will take ___ at 6 am. (a) up (b) in (c) off (d) down
- 22.What does the phrasal verb “look up” mean? (a) take care of (b) forget a word (c) feel sad (d) find in a dictionary
- 23.One word for: a person who repairs pipes and taps (a) cobbler (b) plumber (c) carpenter (d) tailor
- 24.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) up – down (b) gift – present (c) gift – river (d) open – shut
- 25.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 26.Fill the gap with the right small word: We must cut ___ on sugar to stay healthy. (a) across (b) after (c) up (d) down
- 27.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual again (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
- 28.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 29.Choose the right form: Bright flowers ___ bees. (a) attractive (b) attraction (c) attractively (d) attract
- 30.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 31.What does the idiom “once in a blue moon” mean? (a) very quickly (b) at midnight (c) every night (d) very rarely
- 32.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 33.Complete the analogy: Child is to children as mouse is to ___. (a) mouse (b) rats (c) mice (d) cheese
- 34.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) give – take (b) choose – select (c) choose – reject (d) laugh – cry
- 35.Which word means the same as “smart”? (a) empty (b) slow (c) angry (d) clever
- 36.Which word is a noun? (a) beauty (b) beautifully (c) beautify (d) beautiful
- 37.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 38.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) century (b) fortnight (c) decade (d) millennium
- 39.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) end – finish (b) rich – wealthy (c) quiet – silent (d) rough – smooth
- 40.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) preread (c) disread (d) misread
Answer key
- scales
- quickly
- out
- quiet
- completely wet
- horse
- man
- bilingual
- address
- arrive – depart
- hopeful
- were
- float
- re-
- wear
- ambidextrous
- deer
- hot
- short
- parliament
- off
- find in a dictionary
- plumber
- gift – present
- blue
- down
- not usual
- to
- attract
- flew
- very rarely
- ant
- mice
- choose – select
- clever
- beauty
- pre-
- century
- rough – smooth
- misread
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