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.Fill the gap: a ___ of horses (a) fleet (b) swarm (c) herd (d) pride
- 2.Which word is the opposite of “clean”? (a) heavy (b) tall (c) dirty (d) early
- 3.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) deep – shallow (c) ill – sick (d) big – large
- 4.What does the phrasal verb “look after” mean? (a) search for (b) look later (c) take care of (d) look behind
- 5.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 6.What does the phrasal verb “blow up” mean? (a) sing (b) breathe (c) fly away (d) explode
- 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 8.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) knowledge (b) embarrass (c) vegetable (d) pronunciasion
- 9.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
- 10.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) library (b) foreign (c) priviledge (d) pronunciation
- 11.What is the masculine of “lioness”? (a) tiger (b) king (c) lion (d) bull
- 12.Which is the formal word for “main”? (a) previous (b) fortunate (c) sufficient (d) principal
- 13.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) millennium (b) decade (c) fortnight (d) century
- 14.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
- 15.What is the masculine of “mare”? (a) lion (b) king (c) bull (d) horse
- 16.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) jump – leap (b) glad – happy (c) cheap – expensive (d) talk – speak
- 17.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit again (c) visit wrongly (d) not visit
- 18.Fill the gap: a ___ of ministers (a) flock (b) herd (c) swarm (d) cabinet
- 19.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) quick – slow (b) rich – poor (c) wet – dry (d) quick – fast
- 20.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) not tell (c) tell wrongly (d) tell before
- 21.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) below – under (b) talk – speak (c) generous – selfish (d) clever – smart
- 22.One word for: a person who cannot read or write (a) illiterate (b) illegal (c) invisible (d) innocent
- 23.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
- 24.After the rain, the garden looked lush and green. “Lush” means ___. (a) thick and healthy (b) dry and dead (c) very small (d) very dirty
- 25.Fill in the opposite: A lion is strong, but a mouse is ___. (a) wet (b) loud (c) tall (d) weak
- 26.Fill the gap: A troupe is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) keys (c) dancers (d) cows
- 27.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “elderly”? (a) often (b) old (c) lucky (d) enough
- 28.Which word is an adverb? (a) protectively (b) protect (c) protection (d) protective
- 29.Which word means the same as “begin”? (a) finish (b) start (c) choose (d) shout
- 30.Her explanation was lucid, and everyone understood at once. “Lucid” means ___. (a) very long (b) very funny (c) clear and easy (d) confusing
- 31.Add the suffix: swim + er = ? (a) swimmer (b) swimer (c) swimmor (d) swimmar
- 32.Which word means “without sleep”? (a) sleepy (b) sleepless (c) sleeping (d) sleeper
- 33.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
- 34.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
- 35.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) disappear (b) commitee (c) privilege (d) height
- 36.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -less (b) -ful (c) -ness (d) -er
- 37.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) judge again
- 38.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) in – out (b) cold – chilly (c) cold – hot (d) buy – sell
- 39.Fill the gap: A litter is a group of ___. (a) puppies (b) sticks (c) singers (d) ships
- 40.Complete the idiom: The two friends decided to bury the ___. (a) box (b) bone (c) hatchet (d) treasure
Answer key
- herd
- dirty
- deep – shallow
- take care of
- fair
- explode
- un-
- pronunciasion
- formerly
- priviledge
- lion
- principal
- century
- principle
- horse
- cheap – expensive
- visit again
- cabinet
- quick – fast
- tell again
- generous – selfish
- illiterate
- principal
- thick and healthy
- weak
- dancers
- old
- protectively
- start
- clear and easy
- swimmer
- sleepless
- stare
- pair
- commitee
- -less
- judge wrongly
- cold – chilly
- puppies
- hatchet
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