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: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
- 2.Complete the idiom: After the long day, Dad decided to hit the ___. (a) wall (b) ball (c) bag (d) sack
- 3.Which word means “in a brave way”? (a) bravely (b) bravest (c) bravery (d) braver
- 4.Which spelling is correct? (a) mischievous (b) mischevous (c) mischievious (d) mischivous
- 5.Fill in the opposite: My glass was full; now it is ___. (a) tall (b) hot (c) loud (d) empty
- 6.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand again (c) understand wrongly (d) understand before
- 7.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
- 8.Which is the formal word for “let”? (a) conclude (b) reside (c) permit (d) purchase
- 9.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) full – empty (b) ill – well (c) ill – sick (d) early – late
- 10.Fill the gap: A duckling is the young one of a ___. (a) duck (b) goat (c) cow (d) cat
- 11.Which is the formal word for “end”? (a) reside (b) purchase (c) conclude (d) assist
- 12.One word for: a person who studies animals (a) zoologist (b) astronomer (c) botanist (d) geologist
- 13.Fill the gap with the right small word: Take ___ your shoes before entering the temple. (a) off (b) up (c) on (d) after
- 14.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
- 15.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “praise”? (a) float (b) blame (c) borrow (d) arrive
- 16.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) wet (b) small (c) loud (d) tall
- 17.Which word is an adverb? (a) decide (b) decisive (c) decisively (d) decision
- 18.Add the suffix: hope + ful = ? (a) hoapful (b) hopefull (c) hopeful (d) hopful
- 19.One word for: a group of singers (a) crew (b) herd (c) fleet (d) choir
- 20.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) optimist (b) dentist (c) tourist (d) pessimist
- 21.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
- 22.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hot – cold (b) big – small (c) big – large (d) fast – slow
- 23.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) scared – brave (b) in – out (c) old – new (d) scared – afraid
- 24.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “profit”? (a) roof (b) loss (c) question (d) journey
- 25.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 26.What is the feminine of “tiger”? (a) tigress (b) mare (c) lioness (d) hen
- 27.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
- 28.Fill the gap: a ___ of zebras (a) fleet (b) herd (c) bunch (d) swarm
- 29.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) committee (b) vegetable (c) Wednesday (d) adress
- 30.What does the idiom “by hook or by crook” mean? (a) with help (b) by fishing (c) by any means (d) very slowly
- 31.Fill the gap with the right small word: It is cold; put ___ your sweater. (a) on (b) off (c) away (d) up
- 32.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) well again (d) not well
- 33.Which spelling is correct? (a) parliment (b) parliamant (c) parlament (d) parliament
- 34.Which word is the opposite of “cold”? (a) full (b) late (c) hot (d) short
- 35.Complete the analogy: Up is to down as in is to ___. (a) on (b) at (c) out (d) by
- 36.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “brave”? (a) early (b) cowardly (c) clever (d) honest
- 37.After the rain, the garden looked lush and green. “Lush” means ___. (a) dry and dead (b) very dirty (c) very small (d) thick and healthy
- 38.What is the masculine of “girl”? (a) husband (b) king (c) uncle (d) boy
- 39.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) big – large (b) brave – bold (c) brave – cowardly (d) quick – fast
- 40.Fill the gap with the right small word: We have run ___ of milk; please buy some. (a) in (b) up (c) off (d) out
Answer key
- know
- sack
- bravely
- mischievous
- empty
- understand wrongly
- principle
- permit
- ill – sick
- duck
- conclude
- zoologist
- off
- stationery
- blame
- small
- decisively
- hopeful
- choir
- pessimist
- stare
- big – large
- scared – afraid
- loss
- pre-
- tigress
- cell
- herd
- adress
- by any means
- on
- not well
- parliament
- hot
- out
- cowardly
- thick and healthy
- boy
- brave – cowardly
- out
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