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.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) knowladge (b) accommodation (c) library (d) necessary
- 2.Which word is the opposite of “strong”? (a) early (b) weak (c) wet (d) loud
- 3.Fill the gap: a ___ of stairs (a) pride (b) herd (c) flight (d) swarm
- 4.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please carry ___ with your work. (a) after (b) up (c) on (d) off
- 5.Which word means “without care”? (a) careless (b) carer (c) carefully (d) careful
- 6.Complete the idiom: It is raining cats and ___. (a) rats (b) dogs (c) mice (d) cows
- 7.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ness (b) -er (c) -less (d) -ful
- 8.Fill the gap: A choir is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) singers (c) sticks (d) cows
- 9.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
- 10.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
- 11.Which word is a noun? (a) description (b) describe (c) descriptively (d) descriptive
- 12.One word for: a person who writes poems (a) tailor (b) singer (c) painter (d) poet
- 13.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sharp”? (a) early (b) honest (c) blunt (d) modern
- 14.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) disappear (b) character (c) parliment (d) exaggerate
- 15.What does the idiom “a fish out of water” mean? (a) a dying fish (b) a good swimmer (c) a hungry cat (d) uncomfortable in a place
- 16.Which word means “full of beauty”? (a) beautiful (b) beautifully (c) beautify (d) beauty
- 17.Fill the gap: The young one of a cat is a ___. (a) kitten (b) puppy (c) calf (d) cub
- 18.Fill in the opposite: A feather is light, but a stone is ___. (a) sweet (b) loud (c) heavy (d) wet
- 19.Fill the gap with the right small word: I am looking forward ___ the holidays. (a) for (b) on (c) to (d) at
- 20.Which word is a verb? (a) attract (b) attractive (c) attraction (d) attractively
- 21.The children were rowdy on the bus, shouting and jumping on the seats. “Rowdy” means ___. (a) noisy and rough (b) quiet and polite (c) sad (d) sleepy
- 22.Which word means the same as “large”? (a) big (b) sad (c) thin (d) quick
- 23.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
- 24.What does the idiom “once bitten, twice shy” mean? (a) brave again (b) bitten by a dog (c) careful after a bad time (d) very shy
- 25.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please look ___ my puppy while I am away. (a) down (b) up (c) into (d) after
- 26.Complete the analogy: Doctor is to hospital as teacher is to ___. (a) school (b) farm (c) court (d) shop
- 27.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
- 28.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
- 29.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sunset”? (a) question (b) journey (c) sunrise (d) window
- 30.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shout – yell (b) shout – whisper (c) push – pull (d) buy – sell
- 31.Which spelling is correct? (a) libary (b) liberary (c) librery (d) library
- 32.The patient’s condition was critical, so the doctors acted fast. “Critical” means ___. (a) very good (b) very simple (c) very serious (d) very funny
- 33.The speech was so tedious that half the class yawned. “Tedious” means ___. (a) long and boring (b) very loud (c) very exciting (d) short and funny
- 34.Which spelling is correct? (a) pronunsiation (b) pronunciation (c) pronunciasion (d) pronounciation
- 35.Choose the right form: Plastic waste can ___ sea animals. (a) endanger (b) dangerously (c) dangerous (d) danger
- 36.Add the suffix: happy + ly = ? (a) happly (b) happiely (c) happily (d) happyly
- 37.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “rough”? (a) polite (b) early (c) modern (d) smooth
- 38.Which word means the same as “mend”? (a) break (b) repair (c) choose (d) laugh
- 39.One word for: a home for children who have no parents (a) hospital (b) aviary (c) orphanage (d) library
- 40.One word for: words that sound alike but differ in meaning (a) synonyms (b) homophones (c) antonyms (d) prefixes
Answer key
- knowladge
- weak
- flight
- on
- careless
- dogs
- -less
- singers
- breath
- night
- description
- poet
- blunt
- parliment
- uncomfortable in a place
- beautiful
- kitten
- heavy
- to
- attract
- noisy and rough
- big
- dessert
- careful after a bad time
- after
- school
- peace
- reuse
- sunrise
- shout – yell
- library
- very serious
- long and boring
- pronunciation
- endanger
- happily
- smooth
- repair
- orphanage
- homophones
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