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 cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
- 2.Which word means the same as “quick”? (a) rich (b) quiet (c) ill (d) fast
- 3.Complete the analogy: Square is to four as triangle is to ___. (a) three (b) four (c) six (d) five
- 4.Which word is a noun? (a) decide (b) decisively (c) decision (d) decisive
- 5.What does the phrasal verb “run away” mean? (a) escape (b) stay (c) sleep (d) return
- 6.The instructions were ambiguous, so everyone understood them differently. “Ambiguous” means ___. (a) very short (b) unclear (c) very funny (d) very clear
- 7.One word for: a home for children who have no parents (a) orphanage (b) hospital (c) aviary (d) library
- 8.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “hero”? (a) villain (b) question (c) journey (d) roof
- 9.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) vegetable (b) charecter (c) February (d) separate
- 10.The mango was succulent, and juice ran down my chin. “Succulent” means ___. (a) juicy (b) dry (c) hard (d) sour
- 11.What does the phrasal verb “get along” mean? (a) get angry (b) get lost (c) fight (d) be friendly
- 12.Choose the right form: Everyone looked at the dancer with ___. (a) admirably (b) admirable (c) admiration (d) admire
- 13.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) quiet – silent (b) rich – wealthy (c) end – finish (d) rough – smooth
- 14.Fill the gap: a ___ of ships (a) bunch (b) flock (c) fleet (d) herd
- 15.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) herbivore (b) scavenger (c) omnivore (d) carnivore
- 16.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) choose – reject (b) give – take (c) choose – select (d) laugh – cry
- 17.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) library (b) pronunciation (c) recomend (d) beautiful
- 18.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 19.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
- 20.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “increase”? (a) borrow (b) decrease (c) shout (d) accept
- 21.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -er (b) -ness (c) -ful (d) -ly
- 22.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) omnivore (b) carnivore (c) vegetarian (d) pedestrian
- 23.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) dislucky (c) mislucky (d) unlucky
- 24.Which word means the same as “damp”? (a) fast (b) cold (c) dry (d) wet
- 25.Which spelling is correct? (a) mischevous (b) mischivous (c) mischievous (d) mischievious
- 26.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) dispaint (c) repaint (d) unpaint
- 27.Which spelling is correct? (a) belive (b) believe (c) beleive (d) beleeve
- 28.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 29.Which spelling is correct? (a) committee (b) comittee (c) commitee (d) committe
- 30.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 31.Which is the formal word for “bike”? (a) error (b) bicycle (c) residence (d) occupation
- 32.What is the masculine of “mother”? (a) son (b) brother (c) father (d) uncle
- 33.Choose the right form: Termites can ___ wooden furniture. (a) destructively (b) destruction (c) destructive (d) destroy
- 34.One word for: a person who speaks many languages (a) patriot (b) polyglot (c) miser (d) optimist
- 35.One word for: a place where books are kept for reading (a) library (b) orchard (c) granary (d) aviary
- 36.What does the idiom “a fish out of water” mean? (a) a hungry cat (b) uncomfortable in a place (c) a good swimmer (d) a dying fish
- 37.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) priviledge (b) exaggerate (c) parliament (d) beautiful
- 38.Which word means “without end”? (a) endings (b) ending (c) ended (d) endless
- 39.What does the phrasal verb “put on” mean? (a) cook (b) remove (c) sell (d) wear
- 40.One word for: people who watch a match (a) patients (b) passengers (c) pedestrians (d) spectators
Answer key
- heal
- fast
- three
- decision
- escape
- unclear
- orphanage
- villain
- charecter
- juicy
- be friendly
- admiration
- rough – smooth
- fleet
- omnivore
- choose – select
- recomend
- pre-
- moral
- decrease
- -ness
- vegetarian
- unlucky
- wet
- mischievous
- repaint
- believe
- blue
- committee
- their
- bicycle
- father
- destroy
- polyglot
- library
- uncomfortable in a place
- priviledge
- endless
- wear
- spectators
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