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.Complete the analogy: Teacher is to students as doctor is to ___. (a) tickets (b) books (c) farmers (d) patients
- 2.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair wrongly (c) fair before (d) not fair
- 3.Fill the gap with the right small word: Never give ___; keep trying! (a) up (b) across (c) off (d) after
- 4.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “apologise”? (a) say sorry (b) buy (c) live (d) help
- 5.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) environment (b) Feburary (c) committee (d) tomorrow
- 6.The baby’s cries were incessant; she did not stop for an hour. “Incessant” means ___. (a) soft (b) happy (c) short (d) non-stop
- 7.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) deep – shallow (c) ill – sick (d) big – large
- 8.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
- 9.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 10.Which word is a noun? (a) imaginatively (b) imaginative (c) imagination (d) imagine
- 11.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 12.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “brave”? (a) early (b) honest (c) cowardly (d) clever
- 13.Complete the analogy: Paper is to tear as glass is to ___. (a) bend (b) fold (c) break (d) sew
- 14.What does the phrasal verb “go off” mean? (a) break (b) fall asleep (c) stop ringing (d) start ringing
- 15.Which word is a noun? (a) decide (b) decision (c) decisively (d) decisive
- 16.Which word is the opposite of “summer”? (a) morning (b) winter (c) Monday (d) river
- 17.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
- 18.Choose the right form: The rocket was ___ launched. (a) success (b) successful (c) succeed (d) successfully
- 19.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) short (b) wet (c) hot (d) loud
- 20.One word for: able to use both hands equally well (a) ambidextrous (b) talkative (c) illiterate (d) bilingual
- 21.Fill in the opposite: A feather is light, but a stone is ___. (a) loud (b) wet (c) heavy (d) sweet
- 22.The crowd at the stadium was boisterous, shouting and cheering loudly. “Boisterous” means ___. (a) quiet and calm (b) noisy and lively (c) sleepy (d) sad
- 23.Add the suffix: write + er = ? (a) writar (b) writter (c) writeer (d) writer
- 24.Fill the gap: A caravan is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) keys (c) camels (d) ships
- 25.What does the idiom “call it a day” mean? (a) start a new day (b) stop working for now (c) name the day (d) phone a friend
- 26.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “purchase”? (a) tell (b) need (c) live (d) buy
- 27.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 28.Fill in the opposite: A pillow is soft, but a rock is ___. (a) happy (b) loud (c) hard (d) wet
- 29.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) rhythm (b) grammar (c) beggining (d) excellent
- 30.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 31.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
- 32.The Thar Desert is arid; it hardly ever rains there. “Arid” means ___. (a) very dry (b) very cold (c) very green (d) very wet
- 33.Complete the analogy: Run is to ran as swim is to ___. (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swum (d) swims
- 34.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) morning (b) school (c) lunch (d) night
- 35.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) argument (b) business (c) character (d) begining
- 36.Complete the analogy: Glove is to hand as sock is to ___. (a) foot (b) arm (c) head (d) neck
- 37.Fill the gap: A pack is a group of ___. (a) wolves (b) ships (c) lions (d) grapes
- 38.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “error”? (a) phone (b) bike (c) mistake (d) money
- 39.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
- 40.The weather was so balmy that we had our picnic outdoors. “Balmy” means ___. (a) very stormy (b) pleasantly warm (c) freezing cold (d) very windy
Answer key
- patients
- not fair
- up
- say sorry
- Feburary
- non-stop
- deep – shallow
- make things worse
- heel
- imagination
- dear
- cowardly
- break
- start ringing
- decision
- winter
- break
- successfully
- short
- ambidextrous
- heavy
- noisy and lively
- writer
- camels
- stop working for now
- buy
- aunt
- hard
- beggining
- fare
- rise
- very dry
- swam
- night
- begining
- foot
- wolves
- mistake
- affect
- pleasantly warm
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