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.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
- 2.There was an abundant crop of mangoes this year; every tree was full. “Abundant” means ___. (a) rotten (b) very small (c) more than enough (d) very sour
- 3.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 4.Which spelling is correct? (a) conscience (b) conscence (c) consience (d) concience
- 5.Fill the gap: a ___ of ants (a) colony (b) herd (c) fleet (d) pride
- 6.Fill the gap: A lamb is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) hen (c) dog (d) sheep
- 7.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 8.Choose the right form: Painting helps children become more ___. (a) creation (b) creative (c) creatively (d) create
- 9.Complete the idiom: Their fight over a pencil was just a storm in a ___. (a) bottle (b) bucket (c) glass (d) teacup
- 10.Which is the formal word for “show”? (a) conclude (b) reside (c) demonstrate (d) require
- 11.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) small (b) loud (c) wet (d) tall
- 12.Choose the right form: There is a big ___ between a frog and a toad. (a) differently (b) different (c) differ (d) difference
- 13.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) unsafe (c) presafe (d) missafe
- 14.Complete the analogy: Kitchen is to cook as bedroom is to ___. (a) sleep (b) bathe (c) dig (d) swim
- 15.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
- 16.Which word means the same as “sick”? (a) tall (b) proud (c) ill (d) healthy
- 17.Which word means the same as “clever”? (a) smart (b) lazy (c) tired (d) rude
- 18.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) morning (b) lunch (c) school (d) night
- 19.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) in – out (b) cold – chilly (c) cold – hot (d) buy – sell
- 20.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “artificial”? (a) ancient (b) brave (c) honest (d) natural
- 21.Which word means the same as “little”? (a) loud (b) small (c) kind (d) big
- 22.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 23.What does the idiom “a white elephant” mean? (a) a big white toy (b) a lucky charm (c) costly but useless thing (d) a rare animal
- 24.Fill the gap: a ___ of bananas (a) pack (b) flock (c) fleet (d) bunch
- 25.Complete the analogy: Village is to small as city is to ___. (a) tiny (b) quiet (c) empty (d) big
- 26.What does the phrasal verb “show off” mean? (a) share (b) boast (c) help (d) hide
- 27.One word for: the study of living things (a) geography (b) biology (c) history (d) astronomy
- 28.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ly (b) -less (c) -er (d) -ness
- 29.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 30.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) use again
- 31.Which word means the same as “glad”? (a) quick (b) angry (c) happy (d) sleepy
- 32.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) definitely (b) Febrary (c) conscience (d) library
- 33.Fill the gap: The young one of a goose is a ___. (a) calf (b) kid (c) gosling (d) cub
- 34.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) rich – wealthy (b) tiny – little (c) ancient – modern (d) ancient – old
- 35.Fill the gap: a ___ of ships (a) bunch (b) herd (c) fleet (d) flock
- 36.Which word is the opposite of “happy”? (a) early (b) sad (c) dry (d) big
- 37.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) misbuild (c) prebuild (d) rebuild
- 38.What does the idiom “pull someone’s leg” mean? (a) hurt someone (b) help someone walk (c) trip someone (d) tease someone
- 39.Fill the gap with the right small word: We must cut ___ on sugar to stay healthy. (a) across (b) up (c) down (d) after
- 40.One word for: a person who flies an aeroplane (a) sailor (b) conductor (c) pilot (d) driver
Answer key
- stationery
- more than enough
- flew
- conscience
- colony
- sheep
- wood
- creative
- teacup
- demonstrate
- small
- difference
- unsafe
- sleep
- bare
- ill
- smart
- night
- cold – chilly
- natural
- small
- pair
- costly but useless thing
- bunch
- big
- boast
- biology
- -er
- their
- use wrongly
- happy
- Febrary
- gosling
- ancient – modern
- fleet
- sad
- rebuild
- tease someone
- down
- pilot
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