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.One word for: a person who gives money or blood to help others (a) donor (b) thief (c) borrower (d) tourist
- 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 3.Complete the analogy: India is to New Delhi as Japan is to ___. (a) Kathmandu (b) Dhaka (c) Beijing (d) Tokyo
- 4.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 5.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
- 6.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) pretidy (c) distidy (d) retidy
- 7.Fill in the opposite: A cheetah is fast, but a snail is ___. (a) big (b) loud (c) wet (d) slow
- 8.Complete the idiom: After the argument, Zoya gave her brother the cold ___. (a) water (b) hand (c) foot (d) shoulder
- 9.Which is the formal word for “friend”? (a) companion (b) error (c) occupation (d) residence
- 10.Which word is an adjective? (a) creative (b) creatively (c) create (d) creation
- 11.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) early – late (b) ill – well (c) full – empty (d) ill – sick
- 12.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 13.Complete the analogy: Day is to week as month is to ___. (a) year (b) minute (c) hour (d) second
- 14.Add the suffix: happy + ly = ? (a) happiely (b) happly (c) happily (d) happyly
- 15.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
- 16.Complete the analogy: Shoe is to foot as hat is to ___. (a) hand (b) knee (c) head (d) foot
- 17.Which is the formal word for “but”? (a) approximately (b) previously (c) frequently (d) however
- 18.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) begin – finish (b) happy – sad (c) begin – start (d) tall – short
- 19.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shy – bold (b) old – new (c) shy – timid (d) tall – short
- 20.Complete the analogy: Butter is to milk as paper is to ___. (a) wood (b) plastic (c) glass (d) iron
- 21.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 22.Fill the gap: A puppy is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) cow (c) cat (d) dog
- 23.Which spelling is correct? (a) neccessary (b) necesary (c) necessary (d) neccesary
- 24.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) environment (b) rhytm (c) exaggerate (d) grammar
- 25.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
- 26.Fill in the opposite: Day is bright, but night is ___. (a) tall (b) wet (c) dark (d) slow
- 27.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ness (b) -less (c) -ly (d) -er
- 28.What is the masculine of “wife”? (a) son (b) uncle (c) husband (d) nephew
- 29.The stray dog looked emaciated; we could see its ribs. “Emaciated” means ___. (a) very fierce (b) very thin (c) very fat (d) very happy
- 30.Which is the formal word for “try”? (a) reside (b) attempt (c) purchase (d) inform
- 31.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 32.Choose the right form: Let us ___ a poster for Earth Day. (a) creative (b) creation (c) create (d) creatively
- 33.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 34.What is the masculine of “aunt”? (a) brother (b) uncle (c) nephew (d) son
- 35.What is the feminine of “hero”? (a) hostess (b) princess (c) heroine (d) actress
- 36.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “commence”? (a) live (b) start (c) buy (d) help
- 37.Complete the analogy: Big is to bigger as small is to ___. (a) little (b) smallest (c) tiny (d) smaller
- 38.Which word is the opposite of “thick”? (a) thin (b) loud (c) wet (d) early
- 39.Complete the analogy: Cat is to kitten as dog is to ___. (a) puppy (b) cub (c) calf (d) foal
- 40.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
Answer key
- donor
- pre-
- Tokyo
- ant
- breath
- untidy
- slow
- shoulder
- companion
- creative
- ill – sick
- fair
- year
- happily
- be
- head
- however
- begin – start
- shy – timid
- wood
- no
- dog
- necessary
- rhytm
- quite
- dark
- -er
- husband
- very thin
- attempt
- they're
- create
- weight
- uncle
- heroine
- start
- smaller
- thin
- puppy
- one
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