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 penguins (a) pride (b) fleet (c) colony (d) herd
- 2.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “provide”? (a) live (b) tell (c) buy (d) give
- 3.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) wet (b) loud (c) tall (d) small
- 4.Fill the gap: A pod is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) bees (c) whales (d) cows
- 5.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) talk – speak (b) generous – selfish (c) clever – smart (d) below – under
- 6.Complete the analogy: Cold is to winter as hot is to ___. (a) summer (b) night (c) snow (d) autumn
- 7.Fill the gap with the right small word: Our car broke ___ on the highway. (a) down (b) off (c) after (d) up
- 8.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) cold – hot (b) buy – sell (c) in – out (d) cold – chilly
- 9.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy wrongly (c) happy before (d) happy again
- 10.Which word means “in a sad way”? (a) sadden (b) sadness (c) sadly (d) sadder
- 11.The cheetah is a ferocious hunter that chases its prey at great speed. “Ferocious” means ___. (a) fierce and wild (b) tiny (c) lazy (d) gentle
- 12.Which word is the opposite of “big”? (a) fast (b) wet (c) happy (d) small
- 13.Add the suffix: kind + ness = ? (a) kindniss (b) kindness (c) kindeness (d) kindnes
- 14.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
- 15.What does the idiom “in hot water” mean? (a) in trouble (b) very busy (c) feeling warm (d) taking a bath
- 16.Choose the right form: Meera sings ___. (a) beautiful (b) beautifully (c) beautify (d) beauty
- 17.Which word is an adverb? (a) success (b) successful (c) successfully (d) succeed
- 18.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) scared – brave (b) old – new (c) scared – afraid (d) in – out
- 19.Water is vital for all living things; we cannot live without it. “Vital” means ___. (a) harmful (b) tasty (c) very important (d) useless
- 20.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
- 21.The stray dog looked emaciated; we could see its ribs. “Emaciated” means ___. (a) very fat (b) very happy (c) very fierce (d) very thin
- 22.What does the phrasal verb “fill in” mean? (a) post a form (b) complete a form (c) tear a form (d) lose a form
- 23.Which word is an adverb? (a) describe (b) descriptive (c) descriptively (d) description
- 24.The house was vacant; nobody had lived in it for years. “Vacant” means ___. (a) empty (b) expensive (c) beautiful (d) crowded
- 25.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
- 26.Which word means the same as “sick”? (a) ill (b) tall (c) healthy (d) proud
- 27.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ful (d) -ly
- 28.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) wise – foolish (b) shut – close (c) below – under (d) mend – repair
- 29.What is the feminine of “rooster”? (a) cow (b) hen (c) duck (d) mare
- 30.One word for: a group of singers (a) fleet (b) herd (c) choir (d) crew
- 31.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 32.What does the idiom “face the music” mean? (a) sing on stage (b) accept the punishment (c) dance well (d) enjoy a song
- 33.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) unagree (c) preagree (d) disagree
- 34.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 35.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 36.One word for: a sound too soft to be heard (a) invisible (b) inedible (c) inaudible (d) illegible
- 37.Fill the gap: A crew is a group of ___. (a) lions (b) cows (c) grapes (d) sailors
- 38.Which word is the opposite of “late”? (a) sad (b) early (c) dry (d) small
- 39.Complete the analogy: Finger is to hand as toe is to ___. (a) knee (b) nail (c) arm (d) foot
- 40.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) foreign (b) enviroment (c) receive (d) library
Answer key
- colony
- give
- small
- whales
- generous – selfish
- summer
- down
- cold – chilly
- not happy
- sadly
- fierce and wild
- small
- kindness
- our
- in trouble
- beautifully
- successfully
- scared – afraid
- very important
- passed
- very thin
- complete a form
- descriptively
- empty
- lose
- ill
- -ly
- wise – foolish
- hen
- choir
- re-
- accept the punishment
- disagree
- mis-
- aunt
- inaudible
- sailors
- early
- foot
- enviroment
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