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: The young one of a cow is a ___. (a) cub (b) kitten (c) chick (d) calf
- 2.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
- 3.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “include”? (a) sink (b) borrow (c) exclude (d) arrive
- 4.Fill the gap with the right small word: I came ___ an old photo while cleaning my room. (a) after (b) up (c) off (d) across
- 5.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
- 6.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) fragile (b) visible (c) audible (d) edible
- 7.Add the suffix: dig + er = ? (a) diggar (b) digger (c) diggor (d) diger
- 8.The clown was so hilarious that the whole audience laughed. “Hilarious” means ___. (a) very scary (b) very tall (c) very funny (d) very sad
- 9.Which is the formal word for “see”? (a) purchase (b) require (c) reside (d) observe
- 10.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) two (c) too
- 11.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
- 12.Which word means “the state of being sick”? (a) sickness (b) sicken (c) sicker (d) sickly
- 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 14.What is the feminine of “emperor”? (a) princess (b) queen (c) duchess (d) empress
- 15.Which word means the same as “big”? (a) angry (b) large (c) empty (d) quick
- 16.Water is scarce in the desert, so people use every drop carefully. “Scarce” means ___. (a) in short supply (b) very cold (c) easy to find (d) very clean
- 17.Which is the formal word for “answer”? (a) reside (b) require (c) respond (d) purchase
- 18.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
- 19.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) business (b) conscience (c) pronunciation (d) rhytm
- 20.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “entire”? (a) enough (b) often (c) whole (d) lucky
- 21.The two friends had a loud dispute over whose turn it was. “Dispute” means ___. (a) a gift (b) a game (c) an argument (d) a hug
- 22.Which word means “one who farms”? (a) farming (b) farmland (c) farmed (d) farmer
- 23.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) insectivore (b) omnivore (c) herbivore (d) carnivore
- 24.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) prebuild (c) disbuild (d) misbuild
- 25.One word for: the study of past events (a) history (b) geography (c) astronomy (d) biology
- 26.The heat was unbearable, so we stayed indoors until evening. “Unbearable” means ___. (a) too much to stand (b) very pleasant (c) very mild (d) very cool
- 27.One word for: a place where sports are played and watched (a) library (b) granary (c) museum (d) stadium
- 28.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) not cook (c) cook before (d) cook again
- 29.Which word means “without pain”? (a) painless (b) painter (c) painted (d) painful
- 30.Complete the idiom: I had butterflies in my ___ before the race. (a) head (b) hands (c) stomach (d) shoes
- 31.Complete the analogy: Sheep is to wool as bee is to ___. (a) honey (b) eggs (c) silk (d) milk
- 32.Which is the formal word for “talk”? (a) require (b) reside (c) converse (d) purchase
- 33.Fill the gap: a ___ of soldiers (a) bunch (b) flock (c) swarm (d) army
- 34.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
- 35.One word for: a place where birds are kept (a) aviary (b) library (c) kennel (d) aquarium
- 36.Complete the analogy: Lion is to lioness as tiger is to ___. (a) tigress (b) hen (c) mare (d) lioness
- 37.What does the idiom “a piece of cake” mean? (a) very tasty (b) very sweet (c) very easy (d) very small
- 38.Which word means “without a home”? (a) homeward (b) homeless (c) homework (d) homely
- 39.What does the idiom “a red-letter day” mean? (a) a day of danger (b) a sad day (c) a special, happy day (d) a postal holiday
- 40.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) loud (b) wet (c) short (d) hot
Answer key
- calf
- affect
- exclude
- across
- hour
- edible
- digger
- very funny
- observe
- too
- principal
- sickness
- un-
- empress
- large
- in short supply
- respond
- stare
- rhytm
- whole
- an argument
- farmer
- herbivore
- rebuild
- history
- too much to stand
- stadium
- cook before
- painless
- stomach
- honey
- converse
- army
- male
- aviary
- tigress
- very easy
- homeless
- a special, happy day
- short
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