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 “a white elephant” mean? (a) a rare animal (b) a lucky charm (c) a big white toy (d) costly but useless thing
- 2.What does the idiom “zip your lips” mean? (a) smile widely (b) eat quickly (c) close a bag (d) keep quiet
- 3.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hot – cold (b) up – down (c) win – lose (d) stone – rock
- 4.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
- 5.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) receive (b) foreign (c) address (d) garantee
- 6.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “increase”? (a) decrease (b) borrow (c) accept (d) shout
- 7.Choose the right form: Termites can ___ wooden furniture. (a) destructive (b) destroy (c) destruction (d) destructively
- 8.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “minority”? (a) majority (b) roof (c) journey (d) answer
- 9.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “question”? (a) roof (b) victory (c) answer (d) journey
- 10.One word for: people who watch a match (a) passengers (b) pedestrians (c) patients (d) spectators
- 11.One word for: a place where sick people are treated (a) hospital (b) orphanage (c) library (d) museum
- 12.Fill the gap: The young one of a deer is a ___. (a) fawn (b) kitten (c) puppy (d) chick
- 13.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 14.Add the suffix: slow + ly = ? (a) sloly (b) slowely (c) slowly (d) slowley
- 15.One word for: a daily record of personal events (a) novel (b) atlas (c) dictionary (d) diary
- 16.Complete the analogy: Thermometer is to temperature as clock is to ___. (a) weight (b) speed (c) time (d) distance
- 17.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “minimum”? (a) journey (b) late (c) ancient (d) maximum
- 18.Which word is an adjective? (a) invent (b) inventive (c) inventively (d) invention
- 19.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “provide”? (a) live (b) tell (c) give (d) buy
- 20.Diya is diligent; she studies every day and never skips homework. “Diligent” means ___. (a) hardworking (b) careless (c) lazy (d) forgetful
- 21.One word for: words that sound alike but differ in meaning (a) synonyms (b) homophones (c) prefixes (d) antonyms
- 22.Fill the gap: a ___ of bananas (a) bunch (b) pack (c) flock (d) fleet
- 23.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) exaggerate (b) disappear (c) business (d) beleive
- 24.The traveller was weary after walking all day in the sun. “Weary” means ___. (a) very rich (b) very happy (c) very tired (d) very angry
- 25.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) unplay (c) replay (d) preplay
- 26.Which is the formal word for “lucky”? (a) frequent (b) previous (c) sufficient (d) fortunate
- 27.Complete the analogy: Bread is to baker as shoes are to ___. (a) tailor (b) cobbler (c) barber (d) farmer
- 28.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “permanent”? (a) ancient (b) temporary (c) generous (d) polite
- 29.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) disequal (c) unequal (d) reequal
- 30.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
- 31.After the marathon, the runners were exhausted and lay down on the grass. “Exhausted” means ___. (a) very excited (b) very proud (c) very tired (d) very angry
- 32.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) cut (b) eat (c) sing (d) pull
- 33.Fill the gap: a ___ of wolves (a) pack (b) bunch (c) fleet (d) flock
- 34.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 35.What is the masculine of “mare”? (a) king (b) horse (c) bull (d) lion
- 36.Complete the analogy: Good is to better as bad is to ___. (a) good (b) worst (c) badly (d) worse
- 37.Complete the analogy: Puppy is to dog as calf is to ___. (a) cow (b) hen (c) goat (d) horse
- 38.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) knowledge (b) restaurant (c) library (d) especialy
- 39.What does the idiom “add fuel to the fire” mean? (a) cook food (b) make things worse (c) fill a car (d) put out a fire
- 40.Fill the gap: The young one of a bear is a ___. (a) foal (b) lamb (c) chick (d) cub
Answer key
- costly but useless thing
- keep quiet
- stone – rock
- its
- garantee
- decrease
- destroy
- majority
- answer
- spectators
- hospital
- fawn
- no
- slowly
- diary
- time
- maximum
- inventive
- give
- hardworking
- homophones
- bunch
- beleive
- very tired
- replay
- fortunate
- cobbler
- temporary
- unequal
- dessert
- very tired
- pull
- pack
- rode
- horse
- worse
- cow
- especialy
- make things worse
- cub
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