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: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
- 2.Which is the formal word for “live”? (a) purchase (b) reside (c) require (d) assist
- 3.Which spelling is correct? (a) Wednsday (b) Wednesday (c) Wensday (d) Wedensday
- 4.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
- 5.One word for: a group of singers (a) fleet (b) crew (c) choir (d) herd
- 6.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) mend – repair (b) mend – break (c) win – lose (d) come – go
- 7.Complete the analogy: Ear is to hear as nose is to ___. (a) see (b) taste (c) smell (d) touch
- 8.Which word is a verb? (a) persuasively (b) persuade (c) persuasive (d) persuasion
- 9.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “selfish”? (a) quiet (b) generous (c) lazy (d) rude
- 10.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) early – late (b) ill – well (c) ill – sick (d) full – empty
- 11.Which word means “one who teaches”? (a) teachable (b) teacher (c) taught (d) teaching
- 12.Which word is the opposite of “fast”? (a) slow (b) sad (c) full (d) dry
- 13.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) unallow (c) disallow (d) preallow
- 14.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 15.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 16.One word for: against the law (a) legal (b) invisible (c) impossible (d) illegal
- 17.Which spelling is correct? (a) heigth (b) height (c) heighth (d) hieght
- 18.Fill the gap: The young one of a goat is a ___. (a) cub (b) lamb (c) kid (d) foal
- 19.What does the idiom “raining cats and dogs” mean? (a) pets are fighting (b) a light shower (c) animals are falling (d) raining very heavily
- 20.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ness (d) -ful
- 21.What is the feminine of “drake”? (a) ewe (b) duck (c) mare (d) hen
- 22.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) parliament (b) govenment (c) separate (d) Wednesday
- 23.Fill the gap: A caravan is a group of ___. (a) camels (b) keys (c) bees (d) ships
- 24.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 25.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) eat (b) sing (c) cut (d) pull
- 26.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) rich – poor (b) quick – fast (c) quick – slow (d) wet – dry
- 27.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
- 28.Complete the idiom: Breaking the vase was the last ___; Mum was really upset. (a) cup (b) stick (c) straw (d) stone
- 29.Which word means the same as “tired”? (a) rich (b) weary (c) quick (d) fresh
- 30.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sharp”? (a) early (b) modern (c) honest (d) blunt
- 31.Choose the right form: Use your ___ to write a story about a flying elephant. (a) imaginatively (b) imagination (c) imaginative (d) imagine
- 32.What is the feminine of “rooster”? (a) cow (b) hen (c) mare (d) duck
- 33.Which word is a verb? (a) protective (b) protect (c) protection (d) protectively
- 34.Which is the formal word for “start”? (a) inform (b) assist (c) commence (d) reside
- 35.The tiny ant carried a load that was colossal compared to its body. “Colossal” means ___. (a) tiny (b) light (c) huge (d) soft
- 36.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) restaraunt (b) interrupt (c) accommodation (d) rhythm
- 37.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) yell – shout (b) ill – sick (c) jump – leap (d) borrow – lend
- 38.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
- 39.Fill in the opposite: Ice is cold, but fire is ___. (a) small (b) wet (c) slow (d) hot
- 40.Which word is the opposite of “open”? (a) sing (b) eat (c) jump (d) close
Answer key
- lightening
- reside
- Wednesday
- misuse
- choir
- mend – repair
- smell
- persuade
- generous
- ill – sick
- teacher
- slow
- disallow
- bee
- pre-
- illegal
- height
- kid
- raining very heavily
- -less
- duck
- govenment
- camels
- sea
- pull
- quick – fast
- breath
- straw
- weary
- blunt
- imagination
- hen
- protect
- commence
- huge
- restaraunt
- borrow – lend
- desert
- hot
- close
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