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.Add the suffix: use + less = ? (a) useless (b) uselesss (c) usless (d) useles
- 2.What does the phrasal verb “put on” mean? (a) sell (b) wear (c) remove (d) cook
- 3.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) push – pull (b) buy – sell (c) shout – yell (d) shout – whisper
- 4.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well again
- 5.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) brave – bold (b) big – large (c) brave – cowardly (d) quick – fast
- 6.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) beginning (b) separate (c) pronunciation (d) mischevous
- 7.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) begin – finish (b) happy – sad (c) begin – start (d) tall – short
- 8.What is the masculine of “mother”? (a) brother (b) father (c) uncle (d) son
- 9.Choose the right form: My sister and I like ___ games. (a) difference (b) differently (c) different (d) differ
- 10.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
- 11.Which word means “full of pain”? (a) painfully (b) painter (c) painless (d) painful
- 12.Fill the gap: The young one of a cow is a ___. (a) kitten (b) chick (c) cub (d) calf
- 13.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) committee (b) argumant (c) separate (d) foreign
- 14.Complete the idiom: Stop beating around the ___ and tell me the truth. (a) house (b) bush (c) garden (d) tree
- 15.Complete the idiom: After the long day, Dad decided to hit the ___. (a) ball (b) sack (c) wall (d) bag
- 16.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) jump – leap (b) cheap – expensive (c) talk – speak (d) glad – happy
- 17.The mountain air was so frigid that our fingers went numb. “Frigid” means ___. (a) very fresh (b) very hot (c) very wet (d) very cold
- 18.Which word is an adjective? (a) invent (b) inventively (c) invention (d) inventive
- 19.Fill the gap: a ___ of chicks (a) brood (b) swarm (c) pride (d) fleet
- 20.What does the idiom “a blessing in disguise” mean? (a) a fancy dress (b) a secret prayer (c) a sad goodbye (d) good luck that looks bad
- 21.The stray dog looked emaciated; we could see its ribs. “Emaciated” means ___. (a) very thin (b) very happy (c) very fat (d) very fierce
- 22.Complete the analogy: Horse is to stable as dog is to ___. (a) nest (b) den (c) hive (d) kennel
- 23.Fill the gap: a ___ of cards (a) herd (b) pack (c) fleet (d) flock
- 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 25.Which word means “without a friend”? (a) friendship (b) friendless (c) friends (d) friendly
- 26.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “fortunate”? (a) often (b) about (c) enough (d) lucky
- 27.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 28.Fill in the opposite: Riya came first in the race and Dev came ___. (a) wet (b) tall (c) hot (d) last
- 29.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “victory”? (a) defeat (b) journey (c) question (d) answer
- 30.One word for: agreed upon by everyone (a) generous (b) anonymous (c) unanimous (d) famous
- 31.Fill the gap: A flight is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) lions (c) stairs (d) grapes
- 32.Add the suffix: sad + ness = ? (a) sadeness (b) sadness (c) saddness (d) sadnes
- 33.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “purchase”? (a) need (b) tell (c) buy (d) live
- 34.Which word is the opposite of “push”? (a) pull (b) sleep (c) eat (d) sing
- 35.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 36.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
- 37.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 38.What does the idiom “in hot water” mean? (a) taking a bath (b) in trouble (c) very busy (d) feeling warm
- 39.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 40.Choose the right form: Plastic waste can ___ sea animals. (a) dangerous (b) dangerously (c) danger (d) endanger
Answer key
- useless
- wear
- shout – yell
- not well
- brave – cowardly
- mischevous
- begin – start
- father
- different
- formerly
- painful
- calf
- argumant
- bush
- sack
- cheap – expensive
- very cold
- inventive
- brood
- good luck that looks bad
- very thin
- kennel
- pack
- un-
- friendless
- lucky
- mis-
- last
- defeat
- unanimous
- stairs
- sadness
- buy
- pull
- they're
- brake
- dear
- in trouble
- nose
- endanger
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