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 “one who paints”? (a) painted (b) paints (c) painter (d) painting
- 2.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) friend – enemy (b) friend – pal (c) push – pull (d) day – night
- 3.Which word is the opposite of “in”? (a) wet (b) out (c) hot (d) up
- 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 5.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 6.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “enquire”? (a) help (b) buy (c) ask (d) live
- 7.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “lend”? (a) float (b) arrive (c) borrow (d) sing
- 8.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “expensive”? (a) polite (b) cheap (c) early (d) honest
- 9.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) tall – short (b) begin – finish (c) happy – sad (d) begin – start
- 10.Which is the formal word for “show”? (a) require (b) reside (c) conclude (d) demonstrate
- 11.Fill the gap: A troupe is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) ships (c) cows (d) dancers
- 12.One word for: a person who studies plants (a) dentist (b) botanist (c) zoologist (d) astronomer
- 13.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 14.Which word is the opposite of “weak”? (a) dry (b) strong (c) late (d) quiet
- 15.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
- 16.Choose the right form: Hard work is the key to ___. (a) successful (b) successfully (c) success (d) succeed
- 17.Complete the analogy: Big is to bigger as small is to ___. (a) smallest (b) little (c) tiny (d) smaller
- 18.Complete the analogy: Cub is to lion as kitten is to ___. (a) hen (b) cat (c) dog (d) cow
- 19.Choose the right form: Trees ___ the soil from washing away. (a) protective (b) protectively (c) protect (d) protection
- 20.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 21.Choose the right form: There is a big ___ between a frog and a toad. (a) differ (b) differently (c) difference (d) different
- 22.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
- 23.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) wet – dry (b) rich – poor (c) quick – slow (d) quick – fast
- 24.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
- 25.Choose the right form: Termites can ___ wooden furniture. (a) destructive (b) destructively (c) destruction (d) destroy
- 26.The kitten was so docile that it let the children carry it around. “Docile” means ___. (a) wild (b) noisy (c) gentle and calm (d) angry
- 27.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
- 28.Fill the gap with the right small word: The match was called ___ because of rain. (a) out (b) in (c) up (d) off
- 29.Which word means the same as “sick”? (a) healthy (b) tall (c) ill (d) proud
- 30.What does the idiom “hit the sack” mean? (a) pack a bag (b) go shopping (c) go to bed (d) punch a bag
- 31.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
- 32.Fill in the opposite: Ice is cold, but fire is ___. (a) small (b) wet (c) slow (d) hot
- 33.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) yell – shout (b) jump – leap (c) ill – sick (d) borrow – lend
- 34.Which word means “in a kind way”? (a) kinder (b) kindness (c) kindest (d) kindly
- 35.Which word is an adjective? (a) persuasively (b) persuasive (c) persuade (d) persuasion
- 36.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 37.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) optimist (b) patriot (c) glutton (d) miser
- 38.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) come – go (b) win – lose (c) mend – repair (d) mend – break
- 39.Fill the gap: a ___ of monkeys (a) flock (b) bunch (c) fleet (d) troop
- 40.What does the phrasal verb “turn down” mean? (a) accept (b) build (c) refuse (d) arrive
Answer key
- painter
- friend – pal
- out
- re-
- here
- ask
- borrow
- cheap
- begin – start
- demonstrate
- dancers
- botanist
- knight
- strong
- dying
- success
- smaller
- cat
- protect
- wait
- difference
- borrow
- quick – fast
- altar
- destroy
- gentle and calm
- buy
- off
- ill
- go to bed
- moral
- hot
- borrow – lend
- kindly
- persuasive
- eight
- glutton
- mend – repair
- troop
- refuse
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