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: happy + ness = ? (a) happieness (b) happines (c) happyness (d) happiness
- 2.Kabir was reluctant to jump into the cold pool and stood at the edge for ages. “Reluctant” means ___. (a) proud (b) quick (c) unwilling (d) excited
- 3.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “enquire”? (a) live (b) help (c) ask (d) buy
- 4.Complete the idiom: It is raining ___ and dogs outside. (a) rats (b) mice (c) cats (d) cows
- 5.Which word means the same as “street”? (a) river (b) garden (c) road (d) roof
- 6.Fill the gap with the right small word: Stop showing ___ your new phone. (a) off (b) across (c) after (d) up
- 7.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 8.Complete the idiom: Stop beating around the ___ and tell me the truth. (a) house (b) bush (c) garden (d) tree
- 9.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 10.One word for: agreed upon by everyone (a) famous (b) generous (c) unanimous (d) anonymous
- 11.Choose the right form: The rocket was ___ launched. (a) succeed (b) successfully (c) success (d) successful
- 12.Fill the gap: a ___ of chicks (a) pride (b) fleet (c) brood (d) swarm
- 13.One word for: a person who stitches clothes (a) tailor (b) barber (c) carpenter (d) cobbler
- 14.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) separate (b) hieght (c) independent (d) calendar
- 15.Fill the gap: The young one of a camel is a ___. (a) kitten (b) calf (c) chick (d) cub
- 16.Fill the gap: a ___ of cattle (a) swarm (b) fleet (c) herd (d) bunch
- 17.Which word is the opposite of “loud”? (a) quiet (b) thick (c) early (d) wet
- 18.Complete the analogy: Week is to day as year is to ___. (a) era (b) month (c) century (d) decade
- 19.Fill the gap: a ___ of actors (a) troupe (b) fleet (c) herd (d) swarm
- 20.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
- 21.Fill the gap: a ___ of sheep (a) swarm (b) pride (c) flock (d) fleet
- 22.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) asleep (b) loud (c) tall (d) wet
- 23.Fill the gap: a ___ of camels (a) swarm (b) bunch (c) caravan (d) fleet
- 24.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please hand ___ your notebooks by Friday. (a) after (b) up (c) across (d) in
- 25.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 26.What is the masculine of “duchess”? (a) king (b) duke (c) prince (d) uncle
- 27.Which spelling is correct? (a) restaraunt (b) restaurant (c) restaurent (d) resturant
- 28.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 29.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) mend – repair (b) win – lose (c) come – go (d) mend – break
- 30.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 31.Fill the gap: a ___ of scouts (a) herd (b) swarm (c) troop (d) fleet
- 32.Which is the formal word for “start”? (a) inform (b) assist (c) reside (d) commence
- 33.After the long walk, Rohan was so famished that he ate four chapatis. “Famished” means ___. (a) very proud (b) very angry (c) very sleepy (d) very hungry
- 34.Fill the gap: a ___ of trees (a) swarm (b) herd (c) grove (d) pride
- 35.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 36.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 37.One word for: a book of maps (a) diary (b) novel (c) dictionary (d) atlas
- 38.Which is the formal word for “later”? (a) subsequently (b) approximately (c) previously (d) immediately
- 39.One word for: the story of a person’s life written by that person (a) atlas (b) biography (c) novel (d) autobiography
- 40.What does the phrasal verb “go on” mean? (a) leave (b) sleep (c) continue (d) stop
Answer key
- happiness
- unwilling
- ask
- cats
- road
- off
- sale
- bush
- our
- unanimous
- successfully
- brood
- tailor
- hieght
- calf
- herd
- quiet
- month
- troupe
- altar
- flock
- asleep
- caravan
- in
- mis-
- duke
- restaurant
- ant
- mend – repair
- blew
- troop
- commence
- very hungry
- grove
- dis-
- flour
- atlas
- subsequently
- autobiography
- continue
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