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 pair of words are synonyms? (a) mend – break (b) come – go (c) win – lose (d) mend – repair
- 2.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) brave – bold (b) brave – cowardly (c) big – large (d) quick – fast
- 3.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
- 4.Add the suffix: silly + ness = ? (a) sillyness (b) sillines (c) silines (d) silliness
- 5.Add the suffix: beauty + ful = ? (a) beautful (b) beautifull (c) beautiful (d) beautyful
- 6.Complete the analogy: Painter is to brush as writer is to ___. (a) needle (b) spade (c) saw (d) pen
- 7.What does the idiom “turn a deaf ear” mean? (a) whisper softly (b) listen carefully (c) lose hearing (d) refuse to listen
- 8.One word for: able to use both hands equally well (a) bilingual (b) illiterate (c) ambidextrous (d) talkative
- 9.Which word means “one who paints”? (a) painter (b) paints (c) painting (d) painted
- 10.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) wet (b) hot (c) short (d) loud
- 11.Fill the gap: a ___ of scouts (a) troop (b) herd (c) swarm (d) fleet
- 12.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
- 13.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
- 14.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shout – yell (b) happy – glad (c) mend – repair (d) include – exclude
- 15.Fill in the opposite: A cheetah is fast, but a snail is ___. (a) slow (b) loud (c) wet (d) big
- 16.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “cruel”? (a) modern (b) wide (c) early (d) kind
- 17.Fill the gap: A bench is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) ships (c) bees (d) judges
- 18.Which word means the same as “easy”? (a) noisy (b) simple (c) hard (d) rude
- 19.Fill the gap: A gosling is the young one of a ___. (a) dog (b) cow (c) cat (d) goose
- 20.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 21.Which spelling is correct? (a) govenment (b) governmant (c) government (d) goverment
- 22.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
- 23.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “private”? (a) public (b) polite (c) early (d) ancient
- 24.Complete the analogy: Astronaut is to spacecraft as sailor is to ___. (a) ship (b) bus (c) plane (d) train
- 25.What is the masculine of “queen”? (a) prince (b) nephew (c) uncle (d) king
- 26.The cloth was translucent, letting some light pass through. “Translucent” means ___. (a) very heavy (b) very thick (c) letting light through (d) very dark
- 27.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) precontinue (c) recontinue (d) discontinue
- 28.Which word means the same as “caring”? (a) busy (b) loud (c) lazy (d) kind
- 29.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sharp”? (a) modern (b) honest (c) blunt (d) early
- 30.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) friend – pal (b) friend – enemy (c) day – night (d) push – pull
- 31.Complete the idiom: Rohan was over the ___ when he won the prize. (a) stars (b) sun (c) hill (d) moon
- 32.Which word is a verb? (a) creatively (b) create (c) creation (d) creative
- 33.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “profit”? (a) loss (b) roof (c) journey (d) question
- 34.The milk had a peculiar smell, so Mum threw it away. “Peculiar” means ___. (a) pleasant (b) strange (c) sweet (d) fresh
- 35.Which word is an adjective? (a) description (b) descriptively (c) descriptive (d) describe
- 36.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) loud (b) tall (c) wet (d) small
- 37.Which word means the same as “repair”? (a) laugh (b) fix (c) break (d) choose
- 38.What does the phrasal verb “pick up” mean? (a) lift (b) push (c) drop (d) throw
- 39.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) talk – speak (b) jump – leap (c) glad – happy (d) cheap – expensive
- 40.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
Answer key
- mend – repair
- brave – cowardly
- judge before
- silliness
- beautiful
- pen
- refuse to listen
- ambidextrous
- painter
- short
- troop
- coarse
- latter
- include – exclude
- slow
- kind
- judges
- simple
- goose
- won
- government
- be
- public
- ship
- king
- letting light through
- discontinue
- kind
- blunt
- friend – pal
- moon
- create
- loss
- strange
- descriptive
- small
- fix
- lift
- cheap – expensive
- flu
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