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 colony is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) grapes (c) ants (d) ships
- 2.One word for: a person who cannot read or write (a) illiterate (b) illegal (c) invisible (d) innocent
- 3.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) disview (c) preview (d) unview
- 4.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) happy – glad (b) mend – repair (c) shout – yell (d) include – exclude
- 5.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sink”? (a) lend (b) arrive (c) sing (d) float
- 6.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “visible”? (a) modern (b) invisible (c) polite (d) ancient
- 7.Complete the analogy: Run is to ran as swim is to ___. (a) swims (b) swimming (c) swum (d) swam
- 8.Fill the gap: A piglet is the young one of a ___. (a) frog (b) hen (c) pig (d) cat
- 9.Which is the formal word for “whole”? (a) previous (b) sufficient (c) entire (d) fortunate
- 10.Fill the gap: A bench is a group of ___. (a) judges (b) ships (c) cows (d) bees
- 11.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “honest”? (a) polite (b) lazy (c) dishonest (d) brave
- 12.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) begin – start (b) shut – close (c) arrive – reach (d) arrive – depart
- 13.Which word means “without care”? (a) careless (b) carer (c) careful (d) carefully
- 14.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) prewrite (c) rewrite (d) unwrite
- 15.Which word means the same as “slim”? (a) short (b) thin (c) rich (d) fat
- 16.The heat was unbearable, so we stayed indoors until evening. “Unbearable” means ___. (a) too much to stand (b) very mild (c) very cool (d) very pleasant
- 17.Which word is the opposite of “dry”? (a) wet (b) slow (c) empty (d) cold
- 18.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please look ___ my puppy while I am away. (a) up (b) into (c) down (d) after
- 19.What does the idiom “once bitten, twice shy” mean? (a) very shy (b) brave again (c) careful after a bad time (d) bitten by a dog
- 20.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 21.Which word is the opposite of “cold”? (a) hot (b) full (c) late (d) short
- 22.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please do not throw ___ the leftover food. (a) after (b) in (c) away (d) across
- 23.Which word means the same as “afraid”? (a) lazy (b) proud (c) scared (d) tired
- 24.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy wrongly (c) happy again (d) happy before
- 25.Fill in the opposite: The shop is near, but the school is ___. (a) hot (b) sad (c) wet (d) far
- 26.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
- 27.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) previsit (c) revisit (d) unvisit
- 28.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) friend – pal (b) day – night (c) push – pull (d) friend – enemy
- 29.Fill the gap: a ___ of horses (a) herd (b) swarm (c) pride (d) fleet
- 30.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
- 31.Choose the right form: Can you ___ Dad to buy a puppy? (a) persuasion (b) persuade (c) persuasively (d) persuasive
- 32.Fill the gap: a ___ of wolves (a) flock (b) fleet (c) bunch (d) pack
- 33.Complete the analogy: Bird is to feathers as fish is to ___. (a) fur (b) wool (c) hair (d) scales
- 34.Fill the gap with the right small word: I came ___ an old photo while cleaning my room. (a) off (b) up (c) across (d) after
- 35.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
- 36.Which spelling is correct? (a) vegitable (b) vegetable (c) vegtable (d) vegetabel
- 37.Fill the gap: An owlet is the young one of an ___. (a) ant (b) ox (c) owl (d) eagle
- 38.Which word is an adverb? (a) persuade (b) persuasively (c) persuasion (d) persuasive
- 39.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) end – finish (b) quiet – silent (c) rich – wealthy (d) rough – smooth
- 40.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) independent (b) interrupt (c) neccessary (d) height
Answer key
- ants
- illiterate
- preview
- include – exclude
- float
- invisible
- swam
- pig
- entire
- judges
- dishonest
- arrive – depart
- careless
- rewrite
- thin
- too much to stand
- wet
- after
- careful after a bad time
- hare
- hot
- away
- scared
- not happy
- far
- than
- revisit
- friend – pal
- herd
- formally
- persuade
- pack
- scales
- across
- witch
- vegetable
- owl
- persuasively
- rough – smooth
- neccessary
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