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 ___ of cattle (a) herd (b) fleet (c) swarm (d) bunch
- 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 3.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
- 4.What does the idiom “spill the beans” mean? (a) tell a secret (b) waste food (c) tell a lie (d) cook badly
- 5.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) eat (b) sing (c) cut (d) pull
- 6.Fill in the opposite: The shop is near, but the school is ___. (a) sad (b) far (c) wet (d) hot
- 7.Choose the right form: Hard work is the key to ___. (a) succeed (b) successful (c) successfully (d) success
- 8.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) patriot (b) optimist (c) miser (d) glutton
- 9.The fire spread rapidly through the dry grass. “Rapidly” means ___. (a) gently (b) quickly (c) slowly (d) quietly
- 10.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sunset”? (a) window (b) question (c) sunrise (d) journey
- 11.Fill in the opposite: A pillow is soft, but a rock is ___. (a) wet (b) loud (c) happy (d) hard
- 12.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 13.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “error”? (a) money (b) phone (c) mistake (d) bike
- 14.Complete the idiom: The maths test was a piece of ___. (a) cake (b) paper (c) chalk (d) bread
- 15.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
- 16.Complete the analogy: Cold is to winter as hot is to ___. (a) summer (b) snow (c) night (d) autumn
- 17.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) unplace (c) misplace (d) preplace
- 18.Which is the formal word for “so”? (a) therefore (b) frequently (c) approximately (d) previously
- 19.Grandma is very hospitable; she welcomes every guest with tea and snacks. “Hospitable” means ___. (a) very strict (b) unwelcoming (c) very sick (d) friendly to guests
- 20.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -er (b) -ness (c) -ful (d) -less
- 21.Complete the idiom: Yash burnt the midnight ___ before his exam. (a) oil (b) paper (c) lamp (d) candle
- 22.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sharp”? (a) blunt (b) honest (c) modern (d) early
- 23.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) safe again (d) not safe
- 24.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
- 25.Which spelling is correct? (a) acommodation (b) accomodation (c) accommodation (d) accommadation
- 26.Complete the analogy: Pen is to write as knife is to ___. (a) cut (b) draw (c) sing (d) read
- 27.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use again
- 28.Fill the gap: a ___ of trees (a) swarm (b) grove (c) pride (d) herd
- 29.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 30.One word for: a person who sells flowers (a) tailor (b) dentist (c) florist (d) cashier
- 31.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “permit”? (a) buy (b) tell (c) live (d) let
- 32.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “ascend”? (a) tell (b) live (c) go up (d) buy
- 33.Diya is diligent; she studies every day and never skips homework. “Diligent” means ___. (a) lazy (b) hardworking (c) careless (d) forgetful
- 34.Which is the formal word for “go down”? (a) descend (b) require (c) purchase (d) reside
- 35.Fill the gap: The young one of an eagle is an ___. (a) cub (b) eaglet (c) calf (d) kid
- 36.One word for: a period of ten years (a) millennium (b) decade (c) century (d) fortnight
- 37.Fill the gap: a ___ of geese (a) bunch (b) swarm (c) gaggle (d) fleet
- 38.What is the feminine of “boy”? (a) queen (b) aunt (c) girl (d) wife
- 39.Complete the analogy: Petal is to flower as page is to ___. (a) pen (b) shelf (c) ink (d) book
- 40.Fill the gap with the right small word: Hurry ___, or we will miss the bus! (a) off (b) after (c) up (d) across
Answer key
- herd
- pre-
- accept
- tell a secret
- pull
- far
- success
- glutton
- quickly
- sunrise
- hard
- re-
- mistake
- cake
- principal
- summer
- misplace
- therefore
- friendly to guests
- -less
- oil
- blunt
- not safe
- complimented
- accommodation
- cut
- use again
- grove
- hare
- florist
- let
- go up
- hardworking
- descend
- eaglet
- decade
- gaggle
- girl
- book
- up
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