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.What does the idiom “under the weather” mean? (a) very busy (b) out in the rain (c) very happy (d) feeling unwell
- 2.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ly (b) -less (c) -ful (d) -er
- 3.Complete the analogy: Hen is to chick as frog is to ___. (a) kitten (b) foal (c) tadpole (d) cub
- 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 5.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “selfish”? (a) quiet (b) lazy (c) generous (d) rude
- 6.Complete the idiom: Breaking the vase was the last ___; Mum was really upset. (a) stick (b) straw (c) cup (d) stone
- 7.Choose the right form: If you practise daily, you will ___. (a) succeed (b) success (c) successful (d) successfully
- 8.Zoya felt remorse after she shouted at her little brother. “Remorse” means ___. (a) pride (b) great joy (c) sorrow for doing wrong (d) anger
- 9.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 10.Which is the formal word for “check”? (a) verify (b) purchase (c) commence (d) reside
- 11.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “telephone”? (a) fridge (b) phone (c) bike (d) money
- 12.Choose the right form: Use your ___ to write a story about a flying elephant. (a) imagine (b) imaginative (c) imaginatively (d) imagination
- 13.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 14.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 15.The soldiers were valiant and fought bravely to protect the village. “Valiant” means ___. (a) cowardly (b) brave (c) hungry (d) tired
- 16.Which word is the opposite of “poor”? (a) rich (b) late (c) short (d) dry
- 17.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) victory – win (c) victory – defeat (d) end – finish
- 18.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “fortunate”? (a) about (b) often (c) lucky (d) enough
- 19.Fill the gap: a ___ of pearls (a) string (b) herd (c) flock (d) pride
- 20.Complete the analogy: Up is to down as in is to ___. (a) at (b) by (c) out (d) on
- 21.Which spelling is correct? (a) knowlege (b) knowladge (c) knoledge (d) knowledge
- 22.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 23.Fill the gap: A tadpole is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) cat (c) cow (d) frog
- 24.Fill in the opposite: A rabbit is fast, but a tortoise is ___. (a) big (b) wet (c) loud (d) slow
- 25.Choose the right form: You must ___ which book to read first. (a) decisive (b) decisively (c) decide (d) decision
- 26.The mountain air was so frigid that our fingers went numb. “Frigid” means ___. (a) very fresh (b) very wet (c) very cold (d) very hot
- 27.Choose the right form: Meera sings ___. (a) beautify (b) beautiful (c) beauty (d) beautifully
- 28.Which is the formal word for “many”? (a) sufficient (b) fortunate (c) previous (d) numerous
- 29.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
- 30.One word for: that which cannot be done (a) incorrect (b) impossible (c) invisible (d) illegal
- 31.Which word means “full of pain”? (a) painfully (b) painful (c) painless (d) painter
- 32.Which spelling is correct? (a) garantee (b) guarante (c) guarentee (d) guarantee
- 33.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “question”? (a) answer (b) journey (c) roof (d) victory
- 34.What is the feminine of “brother”? (a) sister (b) niece (c) aunt (d) wife
- 35.Add the suffix: pity + ful = ? (a) pitifull (b) pitiful (c) pittiful (d) pityful
- 36.Fill the gap with the right small word: Find ___ when the train leaves. (a) on (b) off (c) out (d) up
- 37.The empty house looked eerie at night, with creaking doors. “Eerie” means ___. (a) strange and scary (b) bright and cheerful (c) very warm (d) very clean
- 38.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ful (b) -less (c) -ness (d) -er
- 39.Complete the analogy: Write is to writer as dance is to ___. (a) danced (b) dancing (c) dancer (d) dances
- 40.Fill the gap: The young one of a kangaroo is a ___. (a) lamb (b) joey (c) cub (d) chick
Answer key
- feeling unwell
- -ful
- tadpole
- pre-
- generous
- straw
- succeed
- sorrow for doing wrong
- mis-
- verify
- phone
- imagination
- rode
- here
- brave
- rich
- victory – defeat
- lucky
- string
- out
- knowledge
- fair
- frog
- slow
- decide
- very cold
- beautifully
- numerous
- envelop
- impossible
- painful
- guarantee
- answer
- sister
- pitiful
- out
- strange and scary
- -less
- dancer
- joey
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