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 is the everyday (informal) word for “converse”? (a) buy (b) live (c) talk (d) need
- 2.Fill the gap: a ___ of ministers (a) swarm (b) cabinet (c) herd (d) flock
- 3.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) light – dark (b) rich – poor (c) rich – wealthy (d) hard – soft
- 4.Fill the gap: a ___ of fish (a) school (b) herd (c) bunch (d) pride
- 5.Add the suffix: dig + er = ? (a) digger (b) diggar (c) diger (d) diggor
- 6.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) accomodation (b) beautiful (c) necessary (d) vegetable
- 7.Fill the gap: The young one of a butterfly is a ___. (a) caterpillar (b) kitten (c) tadpole (d) cub
- 8.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
- 9.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 10.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) glad – happy (b) talk – speak (c) cheap – expensive (d) jump – leap
- 11.What does the phrasal verb “call off” mean? (a) invite (b) shout (c) cancel (d) phone
- 12.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
- 13.Fill the gap: a ___ of flies (a) herd (b) swarm (c) pride (d) fleet
- 14.Which word means “without hope”? (a) hoping (b) hopeless (c) hopeful (d) hoped
- 15.Which word means “in a kind way”? (a) kindly (b) kindness (c) kindest (d) kinder
- 16.Fill the gap: A duckling is the young one of a ___. (a) duck (b) goat (c) cat (d) cow
- 17.Fill the gap: a ___ of people (a) fleet (b) crowd (c) litter (d) pride
- 18.The clown was so hilarious that the whole audience laughed. “Hilarious” means ___. (a) very scary (b) very sad (c) very tall (d) very funny
- 19.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
- 20.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 21.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) tall – short (b) old – new (c) shy – timid (d) shy – bold
- 22.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 23.Which spelling is correct? (a) embaress (b) embarrass (c) embarass (d) embarras
- 24.The cliff path was so perilous that climbers needed ropes. “Perilous” means ___. (a) safe (b) easy (c) dangerous (d) flat
- 25.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) preusual (c) reusual (d) disusual
- 26.Which word means the same as “smart”? (a) slow (b) clever (c) empty (d) angry
- 27.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
- 28.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
- 29.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
- 30.Complete the idiom: After the argument, Zoya gave her brother the cold ___. (a) foot (b) water (c) hand (d) shoulder
- 31.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “previously”? (a) enough (b) about (c) before (d) often
- 32.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
- 33.The kitten was so docile that it let the children carry it around. “Docile” means ___. (a) angry (b) noisy (c) wild (d) gentle and calm
- 34.Which word means the same as “afraid”? (a) tired (b) proud (c) scared (d) lazy
- 35.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 36.Which is the formal word for “tell”? (a) purchase (b) reside (c) conclude (d) inform
- 37.Fill the gap with the right small word: I wake ___ at six every morning. (a) down (b) up (c) off (d) in
- 38.Which word is the opposite of “strong”? (a) wet (b) loud (c) weak (d) early
- 39.What is the masculine of “duchess”? (a) uncle (b) prince (c) duke (d) king
- 40.Fill the gap: The young one of a sheep is a ___. (a) lamb (b) cub (c) chick (d) kid
Answer key
- talk
- cabinet
- rich – wealthy
- school
- digger
- accomodation
- caterpillar
- formerly
- they're
- cheap – expensive
- cancel
- red
- swarm
- hopeless
- kindly
- duck
- crowd
- very funny
- dairy
- pair
- shy – timid
- pre-
- embarrass
- dangerous
- unusual
- clever
- not loyal
- quiet
- lead
- shoulder
- before
- clothes
- gentle and calm
- scared
- flu
- inform
- up
- weak
- duke
- lamb
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