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) privelege (b) separate (c) immediately (d) independent
- 2.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 3.What is the feminine of “nephew”? (a) niece (b) daughter (c) sister (d) aunt
- 4.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge before
- 5.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) tiny – little (b) ancient – modern (c) ancient – old (d) rich – wealthy
- 6.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy wrongly (c) happy again (d) not happy
- 7.Grandma is very hospitable; she welcomes every guest with tea and snacks. “Hospitable” means ___. (a) unwelcoming (b) friendly to guests (c) very sick (d) very strict
- 8.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
- 9.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ness (b) -less (c) -er (d) -ful
- 10.Fill the gap with the right small word: Stop showing ___ your new phone. (a) after (b) off (c) across (d) up
- 11.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) old – new (b) scared – afraid (c) in – out (d) scared – brave
- 12.Complete the analogy: Day is to week as month is to ___. (a) year (b) minute (c) second (d) hour
- 13.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “supervisor”? (a) phone (b) bike (c) boss (d) fridge
- 14.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
- 15.What is the masculine of “queen”? (a) nephew (b) king (c) uncle (d) prince
- 16.One word for: a person who always looks on the bright side (a) tourist (b) scientist (c) pessimist (d) optimist
- 17.Complete the analogy: Run is to ran as swim is to ___. (a) swum (b) swims (c) swam (d) swimming
- 18.What does the idiom “break the ice” mean? (a) break something cold (b) start a friendly talk (c) feel very cold (d) get very angry
- 19.Fill the gap: A gang is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) thieves (c) cows (d) grapes
- 20.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) prepaint (c) mispaint (d) unpaint
- 21.What does the phrasal verb “put off” mean? (a) arrive (b) agree (c) wear (d) postpone
- 22.What does the phrasal verb “hand in” mean? (a) keep (b) lose (c) hold (d) submit
- 23.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) quick – slow (b) quick – fast (c) wet – dry (d) rich – poor
- 24.Which spelling is correct? (a) rythm (b) rhythm (c) rhythem (d) rhytm
- 25.One word for: a person who is being treated by a doctor (a) visitor (b) surgeon (c) patient (d) nurse
- 26.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “polite”? (a) heavy (b) honest (c) rude (d) quick
- 27.What does the idiom “bite the bullet” mean? (a) break a tooth (b) get angry (c) eat something hard (d) bravely do a hard thing
- 28.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) embarrass (b) definitely (c) begining (d) disappear
- 29.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
- 30.What does the idiom “the last straw” mean? (a) a small gift (b) a broken straw (c) the end of a drink (d) the final problem
- 31.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) begin – start (b) begin – finish (c) happy – sad (d) tall – short
- 32.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “rude”? (a) polite (b) tall (c) wet (d) lazy
- 33.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) disobey (c) misobey (d) unobey
- 34.The clown was so hilarious that the whole audience laughed. “Hilarious” means ___. (a) very scary (b) very funny (c) very sad (d) very tall
- 35.Which word means “one who helps”? (a) helpfully (b) helpful (c) helpless (d) helper
- 36.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “brave”? (a) honest (b) cowardly (c) clever (d) early
- 37.One word for: agreed upon by everyone (a) famous (b) unanimous (c) anonymous (d) generous
- 38.Fill the gap: a ___ of cattle (a) bunch (b) swarm (c) herd (d) fleet
- 39.Which word is an adjective? (a) imagination (b) imaginative (c) imagine (d) imaginatively
- 40.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) float – sink (b) quiet – silent (c) fast – quick (d) scared – afraid
Answer key
- privelege
- flew
- niece
- judge before
- ancient – modern
- not happy
- friendly to guests
- then
- -less
- off
- scared – afraid
- year
- boss
- breathe
- king
- optimist
- swam
- start a friendly talk
- thieves
- repaint
- postpone
- submit
- quick – fast
- rhythm
- patient
- rude
- bravely do a hard thing
- begining
- sow
- the final problem
- begin – start
- polite
- disobey
- very funny
- helper
- cowardly
- unanimous
- herd
- imaginative
- float – sink
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