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.Choose the right form: Your honesty is ___. (a) admire (b) admiration (c) admirable (d) admirably
- 2.What does the phrasal verb “come across” mean? (a) lose by chance (b) find by chance (c) come back (d) cross a road
- 3.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
- 4.Which word is the opposite of “sell”? (a) sit (b) sleep (c) run (d) buy
- 5.What does the idiom “cost an arm and a leg” mean? (a) hurt badly (b) be cheap (c) need a doctor (d) be very expensive
- 6.Complete the analogy: Tooth is to teeth as foot is to ___. (a) shoes (b) legs (c) toes (d) feet
- 7.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) achieve (b) conscience (c) receive (d) governmant
- 8.One word for: a book of maps (a) diary (b) atlas (c) dictionary (d) novel
- 9.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use again
- 10.Choose the right form: Do not play near the railway track; it is ___. (a) endanger (b) dangerously (c) dangerous (d) danger
- 11.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) discommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
- 12.Kabir was reluctant to jump into the cold pool and stood at the edge for ages. “Reluctant” means ___. (a) proud (b) quick (c) excited (d) unwilling
- 13.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 14.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 15.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 16.What does the phrasal verb “give up” mean? (a) stand up (b) keep going (c) stop trying (d) give a gift
- 17.Complete the analogy: Pen is to writer as camera is to ___. (a) photographer (b) farmer (c) tailor (d) barber
- 18.One word for: a period of two weeks (a) century (b) decade (c) fortnight (d) semester
- 19.Fill the gap: a ___ of bananas (a) flock (b) fleet (c) pack (d) bunch
- 20.Choose the right form: Can you ___ the picture in five sentences? (a) descriptively (b) description (c) descriptive (d) describe
- 21.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “exit”? (a) window (b) question (c) journey (d) entrance
- 22.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “commence”? (a) buy (b) live (c) start (d) help
- 23.Complete the analogy: Rose is to flower as mango is to ___. (a) drink (b) fruit (c) spice (d) vegetable
- 24.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
- 25.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
- 26.Which word is a verb? (a) admirable (b) admire (c) admiration (d) admirably
- 27.Fill the gap: A bench is a group of ___. (a) judges (b) cows (c) ships (d) bees
- 28.Which word is an adjective? (a) decisively (b) decide (c) decisive (d) decision
- 29.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “reside”? (a) tell (b) help (c) buy (d) live
- 30.Choose the right form: Meera sings ___. (a) beautify (b) beautifully (c) beautiful (d) beauty
- 31.Add the suffix: kind + ness = ? (a) kindniss (b) kindness (c) kindeness (d) kindnes
- 32.Which word is the opposite of “young”? (a) wet (b) loud (c) fast (d) old
- 33.Add the suffix: use + less = ? (a) usless (b) useles (c) uselesss (d) useless
- 34.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 35.Which word means the same as “difficult”? (a) early (b) sweet (c) hard (d) easy
- 36.Which word means the same as “reply”? (a) smile (b) travel (c) ask (d) answer
- 37.One word for: able to use both hands equally well (a) ambidextrous (b) illiterate (c) talkative (d) bilingual
- 38.Complete the idiom: Riya visits the zoo once in a blue ___. (a) sky (b) sun (c) sea (d) moon
- 39.Which word means the same as “start”? (a) begin (b) laugh (c) stop (d) repair
- 40.Complete the analogy: Bird is to nest as bee is to ___. (a) hive (b) stable (c) den (d) kennel
Answer key
- admirable
- find by chance
- complemented
- buy
- be very expensive
- feet
- governmant
- atlas
- use again
- dangerous
- uncommon
- unwilling
- cell
- tail
- sow
- stop trying
- photographer
- fortnight
- bunch
- describe
- entrance
- start
- fruit
- cloth
- altar
- admire
- judges
- decisive
- live
- beautifully
- kindness
- old
- useless
- dis-
- hard
- answer
- ambidextrous
- moon
- begin
- hive
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