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 word is the opposite of “poor”? (a) dry (b) late (c) rich (d) short
- 2.Complete the idiom: The money we raised is just a drop in the ___. (a) glass (b) ocean (c) river (d) pond
- 3.Fill the gap: a ___ of monkeys (a) fleet (b) troop (c) flock (d) bunch
- 4.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 5.Which word is a noun? (a) danger (b) dangerous (c) dangerously (d) endanger
- 6.Which word means the same as “large”? (a) thin (b) sad (c) big (d) quick
- 7.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual wrongly (c) usual again (d) usual before
- 8.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) ill – well (b) full – empty (c) ill – sick (d) early – late
- 9.Which word means “without a home”? (a) homework (b) homeless (c) homeward (d) homely
- 10.Which word is the opposite of “hot”? (a) tall (b) early (c) empty (d) cold
- 11.The tiny ant carried a load that was colossal compared to its body. “Colossal” means ___. (a) soft (b) light (c) tiny (d) huge
- 12.Fill the gap: a ___ of players (a) herd (b) swarm (c) team (d) flock
- 13.Which word means the same as “smart”? (a) clever (b) angry (c) slow (d) empty
- 14.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
- 15.What does the idiom “let the cat out of the bag” mean? (a) go shopping (b) tell a lie (c) tell a secret (d) free a pet
- 16.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 17.Complete the analogy: Bird is to nest as bee is to ___. (a) hive (b) stable (c) den (d) kennel
- 18.Be cautious while crossing the busy road. “Cautious” means ___. (a) noisy (b) careless (c) careful (d) fast
- 19.There was a brief power cut that lasted only a minute. “Brief” means ___. (a) loud (b) long (c) short (d) dark
- 20.Choose the right form: Trees ___ the soil from washing away. (a) protect (b) protective (c) protectively (d) protection
- 21.Which word means the same as “difficult”? (a) early (b) sweet (c) hard (d) easy
- 22.What does the phrasal verb “stand for” mean? (a) argue (b) sit down (c) wait (d) mean
- 23.Fill the gap: a ___ of locusts (a) swarm (b) herd (c) fleet (d) pride
- 24.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) scared – afraid (b) old – new (c) in – out (d) scared – brave
- 25.Choose the right form: Kashmir is famous for its natural ___. (a) beautiful (b) beauty (c) beautify (d) beautifully
- 26.One word for: a person who betrays his or her country (a) optimist (b) traitor (c) tourist (d) patriot
- 27.Fill the gap: a ___ of flowers (a) fleet (b) pride (c) herd (d) bouquet
- 28.Fill the gap: A fleet is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) grapes (c) lions (d) ships
- 29.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
- 30.Fill the gap: a ___ of sheep (a) swarm (b) fleet (c) pride (d) flock
- 31.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
- 32.Which word is a noun? (a) imagination (b) imaginatively (c) imaginative (d) imagine
- 33.Which word means the same as “choose”? (a) sleep (b) reject (c) select (d) carry
- 34.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 35.Choose the right form: It was a hard ___ to make. (a) decisive (b) decide (c) decisively (d) decision
- 36.Fill the gap: A cygnet is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) cow (c) swan (d) horse
- 37.Fill the gap: A bouquet is a bunch of ___. (a) ships (b) cows (c) wolves (d) flowers
- 38.Fill the gap: The young one of an eagle is an ___. (a) cub (b) kid (c) eaglet (d) calf
- 39.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) committee (b) necessary (c) knowledge (d) exagarate
- 40.What is the masculine of “hostess”? (a) waiter (b) actor (c) host (d) hero
Answer key
- rich
- ocean
- troop
- weak
- danger
- big
- not usual
- ill – sick
- homeless
- cold
- huge
- team
- clever
- already
- tell a secret
- nose
- hive
- careful
- short
- protect
- hard
- mean
- swarm
- scared – afraid
- beauty
- traitor
- bouquet
- ships
- Where
- flock
- device
- imagination
- select
- un-
- decision
- swan
- flowers
- eaglet
- exagarate
- host
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