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.What is the masculine of “tigress”? (a) bull (b) king (c) lion (d) tiger
- 2.Which spelling is correct? (a) committee (b) comittee (c) commitee (d) committe
- 3.Fill in the opposite: A cheetah is fast, but a snail is ___. (a) wet (b) loud (c) big (d) slow
- 4.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
- 5.Add the suffix: slow + ly = ? (a) slowely (b) sloly (c) slowley (d) slowly
- 6.One word for: a person who studies animals (a) geologist (b) astronomer (c) zoologist (d) botanist
- 7.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) up – down (b) open – shut (c) gift – river (d) gift – present
- 8.Fill the gap: A kid is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) goat (c) cow (d) hen
- 9.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ness (b) -ly (c) -less (d) -er
- 10.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) laugh – cry (b) give – take (c) choose – reject (d) choose – select
- 11.Which word means “one who writes”? (a) writer (b) written (c) wrote (d) writing
- 12.Which word is the opposite of “happy”? (a) sad (b) early (c) big (d) dry
- 13.We got drenched in the heavy rain because we had no umbrella. “Drenched” means ___. (a) completely wet (b) very late (c) very tired (d) very cold
- 14.Which word means “without care”? (a) careless (b) careful (c) carer (d) carefully
- 15.Fill the gap: a ___ of cards (a) flock (b) fleet (c) herd (d) pack
- 16.What is the feminine of “bull”? (a) ewe (b) cow (c) hen (d) mare
- 17.What does the idiom “bury the hatchet” mean? (a) make peace (b) hide a weapon (c) start a fight (d) dig a hole
- 18.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read again (c) not read (d) read wrongly
- 19.Kabir was hesitant to raise his hand, unsure if his answer was right. “Hesitant” means ___. (a) very confident (b) very loud (c) unsure, holding back (d) very fast
- 20.Fill the gap with the right small word: I want to be a pilot when I grow ___. (a) down (b) off (c) after (d) up
- 21.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) victory – win (c) end – finish (d) victory – defeat
- 22.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) wet (b) loud (c) tall (d) asleep
- 23.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common again (c) common before (d) common wrongly
- 24.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “blame”? (a) lend (b) whisper (c) praise (d) sink
- 25.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) friend – pal (b) push – pull (c) day – night (d) friend – enemy
- 26.Add the suffix: happy + ness = ? (a) happines (b) happyness (c) happieness (d) happiness
- 27.Fill in the opposite: Winter is cold, but summer is ___. (a) sad (b) small (c) hot (d) slow
- 28.Complete the idiom: Yash burnt the midnight ___ before his exam. (a) candle (b) paper (c) lamp (d) oil
- 29.Fill the gap: a ___ of puppies (a) flock (b) pride (c) fleet (d) litter
- 30.Complete the idiom: After the argument, Zoya gave her brother the cold ___. (a) foot (b) hand (c) water (d) shoulder
- 31.Which spelling is correct? (a) goverment (b) governmant (c) govenment (d) government
- 32.Fill the gap with the right small word: The firefighters put ___ the fire quickly. (a) on (b) up (c) out (d) after
- 33.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 34.Add the suffix: wonder + ful = ? (a) wondreful (b) wonderful (c) wonderfull (d) wonderfel
- 35.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) to (c) two
- 36.One word for: a book of maps (a) novel (b) atlas (c) dictionary (d) diary
- 37.Complete the analogy: Monday is to Tuesday as January is to ___. (a) March (b) December (c) February (d) June
- 38.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) not continue (c) continue again (d) continue wrongly
- 39.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
- 40.Fill the gap: A tadpole is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) frog (c) cat (d) hen
Answer key
- tiger
- committee
- slow
- site
- slowly
- zoologist
- gift – present
- goat
- -er
- choose – select
- writer
- sad
- completely wet
- careless
- pack
- cow
- make peace
- read wrongly
- unsure, holding back
- up
- victory – defeat
- asleep
- not common
- praise
- friend – pal
- happiness
- hot
- oil
- litter
- shoulder
- government
- out
- sow
- wonderful
- two
- atlas
- February
- not continue
- stationery
- frog
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