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 means “full of help”? (a) helpfully (b) helpful (c) helper (d) helpless
- 2.One word for: a period of two weeks (a) semester (b) decade (c) fortnight (d) century
- 3.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
- 4.Which word means the same as “fast”? (a) heavy (b) empty (c) kind (d) quick
- 5.Add the suffix: sad + ness = ? (a) saddness (b) sadeness (c) sadness (d) sadnes
- 6.Which spelling is correct? (a) foreighn (b) forein (c) foriegn (d) foreign
- 7.Add the suffix: happy + ness = ? (a) happyness (b) happines (c) happiness (d) happieness
- 8.What does the idiom “throw in the towel” mean? (a) dry your hands (b) win easily (c) give up (d) clean up
- 9.Which word means “without hope”? (a) hopeful (b) hoping (c) hopeless (d) hoped
- 10.What does the phrasal verb “come across” mean? (a) find by chance (b) cross a road (c) lose by chance (d) come back
- 11.The baby was drowsy after her bath and soon fell asleep. “Drowsy” means ___. (a) angry (b) noisy (c) hungry (d) sleepy
- 12.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please fill ___ this form with your name. (a) off (b) after (c) across (d) in
- 13.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 14.Fill in the opposite: The shop is near, but the school is ___. (a) far (b) sad (c) hot (d) wet
- 15.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “reside”? (a) help (b) buy (c) tell (d) live
- 16.What does the phrasal verb “run away” mean? (a) stay (b) escape (c) return (d) sleep
- 17.What does the idiom “hit the sack” mean? (a) go to bed (b) punch a bag (c) go shopping (d) pack a bag
- 18.Fill in the opposite: A rabbit is fast, but a tortoise is ___. (a) big (b) wet (c) loud (d) slow
- 19.Which word means “the state of being good”? (a) goods (b) goodness (c) better (d) goodly
- 20.One word for: a person who sells flowers (a) dentist (b) florist (c) tailor (d) cashier
- 21.Fill the gap: The young one of a kangaroo is a ___. (a) cub (b) joey (c) chick (d) lamb
- 22.Complete the idiom: Ishaan let the cat out of the ___. (a) bag (b) house (c) room (d) box
- 23.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 24.Complete the idiom: Their fight over a pencil was just a storm in a ___. (a) teacup (b) bottle (c) bucket (d) glass
- 25.What does the phrasal verb “make up” mean? (a) tidy up (b) invent a story (c) tell the truth (d) paint
- 26.Fill in the opposite: Ice is cold, but fire is ___. (a) small (b) wet (c) slow (d) hot
- 27.One word for: a person who studies animals (a) zoologist (b) astronomer (c) geologist (d) botanist
- 28.Which spelling is correct? (a) notisable (b) noticable (c) noticeble (d) noticeable
- 29.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
- 30.Complete the analogy: Paper is to tear as glass is to ___. (a) fold (b) sew (c) bend (d) break
- 31.Which word is the opposite of “rich”? (a) tall (b) poor (c) wet (d) early
- 32.Complete the analogy: Puppy is to dog as calf is to ___. (a) goat (b) horse (c) hen (d) cow
- 33.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) laugh – cry (b) give – take (c) choose – reject (d) choose – select
- 34.One word for: a place where coins are made (a) granary (b) bank (c) museum (d) mint
- 35.One word for: a place where films are shown (a) stadium (b) library (c) museum (d) cinema
- 36.Her explanation was lucid, and everyone understood at once. “Lucid” means ___. (a) confusing (b) clear and easy (c) very long (d) very funny
- 37.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) happy – sad (b) begin – finish (c) tall – short (d) begin – start
- 38.Complete the analogy: Bee is to buzz as snake is to ___. (a) neigh (b) moo (c) bark (d) hiss
- 39.Complete the idiom: It is raining ___ and dogs outside. (a) rats (b) mice (c) cats (d) cows
- 40.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “polite”? (a) rude (b) heavy (c) honest (d) quick
Answer key
- helpful
- fortnight
- wait
- quick
- sadness
- foreign
- happiness
- give up
- hopeless
- find by chance
- sleepy
- in
- mis-
- far
- live
- escape
- go to bed
- slow
- goodness
- florist
- joey
- bag
- write
- teacup
- invent a story
- hot
- zoologist
- noticeable
- stationary
- break
- poor
- cow
- choose – select
- mint
- cinema
- clear and easy
- begin – start
- hiss
- cats
- rude
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