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.What is the feminine of “host”? (a) waitress (b) hostess (c) actress (d) heroine
- 2.Which word is an adverb? (a) imaginative (b) imagine (c) imaginatively (d) imagination
- 3.Fill the gap with the right small word: I wake ___ at six every morning. (a) up (b) down (c) in (d) off
- 4.Fill in the opposite: My glass was full; now it is ___. (a) empty (b) loud (c) tall (d) hot
- 5.Which is the formal word for “get”? (a) assist (b) reside (c) inform (d) receive
- 6.Fill in the opposite: The shop is near, but the school is ___. (a) hot (b) wet (c) sad (d) far
- 7.Which is the formal word for “enough”? (a) sufficient (b) fortunate (c) previous (d) frequent
- 8.Complete the idiom: The exam was so easy; it was a ___ of cake. (a) bowl (b) box (c) piece (d) plate
- 9.What does the idiom “once bitten, twice shy” mean? (a) very shy (b) careful after a bad time (c) bitten by a dog (d) brave again
- 10.What does the phrasal verb “show off” mean? (a) hide (b) help (c) share (d) boast
- 11.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view before (c) not view (d) view again
- 12.Add the suffix: beauty + ful = ? (a) beautiful (b) beautifull (c) beautful (d) beautyful
- 13.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shut – close (b) wise – foolish (c) below – under (d) mend – repair
- 14.One word for: a place where bees are kept (a) aviary (b) aquarium (c) granary (d) apiary
- 15.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree before (c) not agree (d) agree again
- 16.Complete the idiom: It is raining cats and ___. (a) rats (b) mice (c) cows (d) dogs
- 17.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
- 18.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
- 19.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “profit”? (a) loss (b) question (c) journey (d) roof
- 20.Which word means the same as “talk”? (a) speak (b) sleep (c) run (d) hear
- 21.What does the idiom “over the moon” mean? (a) in outer space (b) extremely happy (c) very tired (d) very far away
- 22.Which spelling is correct? (a) Wednesday (b) Wedensday (c) Wensday (d) Wednsday
- 23.The children were rowdy on the bus, shouting and jumping on the seats. “Rowdy” means ___. (a) quiet and polite (b) sad (c) sleepy (d) noisy and rough
- 24.Complete the idiom: Don’t cry over spilt ___. (a) milk (b) tea (c) juice (d) water
- 25.Fill the gap: A cygnet is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) swan (c) horse (d) cat
- 26.Which word means the same as “big”? (a) large (b) empty (c) angry (d) quick
- 27.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 28.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
- 29.Which is the formal word for “let”? (a) conclude (b) purchase (c) reside (d) permit
- 30.Kavya is meticulous; she checks every sum twice before handing in her work. “Meticulous” means ___. (a) very careless (b) very fast (c) very lazy (d) very careful
- 31.Which is the formal word for “go up”? (a) purchase (b) conclude (c) ascend (d) reside
- 32.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) Wednesday (b) guarantee (c) recomend (d) foreign
- 33.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
- 34.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please look ___ my puppy while I am away. (a) into (b) up (c) after (d) down
- 35.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “permit”? (a) live (b) let (c) buy (d) tell
- 36.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 37.Fill the gap: A herd is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) ships (c) cows (d) grapes
- 38.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
- 39.The baby’s cries were incessant; she did not stop for an hour. “Incessant” means ___. (a) happy (b) short (c) soft (d) non-stop
- 40.Complete the analogy: Petal is to flower as page is to ___. (a) ink (b) book (c) pen (d) shelf
Answer key
- hostess
- imaginatively
- up
- empty
- receive
- far
- sufficient
- piece
- careful after a bad time
- boast
- view before
- beautiful
- wise – foolish
- apiary
- not agree
- dogs
- judge wrongly
- buy
- loss
- speak
- extremely happy
- Wednesday
- noisy and rough
- milk
- swan
- large
- their
- your
- permit
- very careful
- ascend
- recomend
- desert
- after
- let
- deer
- cows
- Where
- non-stop
- book
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