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 with the right small word: Calm ___ and tell me what happened. (a) up (b) after (c) across (d) down
- 2.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “purchase”? (a) need (b) buy (c) tell (d) live
- 3.What does the idiom “a piece of cake” mean? (a) very small (b) very tasty (c) very sweet (d) very easy
- 4.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree before (c) agree again (d) agree wrongly
- 5.Which is the formal word for “start”? (a) commence (b) assist (c) inform (d) reside
- 6.One word for: a sound too soft to be heard (a) inaudible (b) invisible (c) inedible (d) illegible
- 7.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow wrongly (c) not allow (d) allow before
- 8.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) unplay (c) replay (d) misplay
- 9.Which word means the same as “jump”? (a) crawl (b) cry (c) sit (d) leap
- 10.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) below – under (b) generous – selfish (c) clever – smart (d) talk – speak
- 11.Which word means “without care”? (a) carer (b) careful (c) carefully (d) careless
- 12.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) wet (b) tall (c) loud (d) asleep
- 13.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
- 14.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 15.Fill the gap: A crowd is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) people (c) keys (d) ships
- 16.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) ill – sick (b) early – late (c) full – empty (d) ill – well
- 17.Which word is an adjective? (a) danger (b) dangerously (c) endanger (d) dangerous
- 18.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use before (d) use again
- 19.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) tall – short (b) happy – sad (c) begin – start (d) begin – finish
- 20.Fill the gap: A swarm is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) grapes (c) ships (d) cows
- 21.Fill the gap with the right small word: The car slowed ___ at the speed breaker. (a) across (b) down (c) up (d) after
- 22.The obstinate goat refused to move, however hard we pulled. “Obstinate” means ___. (a) stubborn (b) hungry (c) friendly (d) tiny
- 23.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 24.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) preread (c) misread (d) disread
- 25.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “profit”? (a) question (b) loss (c) roof (d) journey
- 26.Complete the analogy: Teacher is to teach as singer is to ___. (a) cook (b) paint (c) sing (d) dance
- 27.What does the idiom “add fuel to the fire” mean? (a) cook food (b) put out a fire (c) make things worse (d) fill a car
- 28.Fill the gap: a ___ of ants (a) fleet (b) colony (c) pride (d) herd
- 29.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “foolish”? (a) rich (b) early (c) modern (d) wise
- 30.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) choose – reject (b) give – take (c) laugh – cry (d) choose – select
- 31.What does the idiom “at the eleventh hour” mean? (a) every hour (b) at 11 o'clock (c) at the last moment (d) very early
- 32.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 33.Complete the idiom: Riya visits the zoo once in a blue ___. (a) sun (b) moon (c) sea (d) sky
- 34.Which word is the opposite of “far”? (a) happy (b) cold (c) dry (d) near
- 35.Which word is a noun? (a) imaginatively (b) imagine (c) imagination (d) imaginative
- 36.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “loss”? (a) window (b) answer (c) profit (d) journey
- 37.Which word is the opposite of “girl”? (a) tree (b) stone (c) boy (d) cloud
- 38.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ness (d) -ful
- 39.Complete the idiom: Kavya is the apple of her grandfather’s ___. (a) hand (b) heart (c) eye (d) tree
- 40.What does the phrasal verb “look for” mean? (a) take care of (b) wait for (c) find by chance (d) search for
Answer key
- down
- buy
- very easy
- not agree
- commence
- inaudible
- not allow
- replay
- leap
- generous – selfish
- careless
- asleep
- principle
- re-
- people
- ill – sick
- dangerous
- use again
- begin – start
- bees
- down
- stubborn
- Which
- misread
- loss
- sing
- make things worse
- colony
- wise
- choose – select
- at the last moment
- piece
- moon
- near
- imagination
- profit
- boy
- -less
- eye
- search for
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