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 “without hope”? (a) hopeless (b) hopeful (c) hoped (d) hoping
- 2.Fill the gap: a ___ of locusts (a) fleet (b) herd (c) swarm (d) pride
- 3.What does the phrasal verb “look up” mean? (a) take care of (b) forget a word (c) find in a dictionary (d) feel sad
- 4.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “minority”? (a) roof (b) journey (c) majority (d) answer
- 5.What is the masculine of “goddess”? (a) prince (b) god (c) king (d) hero
- 6.Which spelling is correct? (a) especialy (b) espescially (c) especially (d) expecially
- 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 8.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 9.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) unlucky (c) dislucky (d) prelucky
- 10.Fill the gap: A flock is a group of ___. (a) lions (b) sheep (c) keys (d) ships
- 11.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
- 12.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) not fill
- 13.What does the idiom “cost an arm and a leg” mean? (a) be cheap (b) be very expensive (c) need a doctor (d) hurt badly
- 14.One word for: an animal that eats only meat (a) omnivore (b) carnivore (c) vegetarian (d) herbivore
- 15.Which word is the opposite of “below”? (a) dry (b) sad (c) above (d) late
- 16.Which word is the opposite of “fast”? (a) slow (b) dry (c) sad (d) full
- 17.Fill the gap: A pack is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) wolves (c) lions (d) ships
- 18.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) clever – smart (b) below – under (c) talk – speak (d) generous – selfish
- 19.Which spelling is correct? (a) immediatly (b) imediately (c) immediately (d) immediatley
- 20.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair again
- 21.Which word is an adverb? (a) dangerous (b) dangerously (c) endanger (d) danger
- 22.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
- 23.Choose the right form: Can you ___ Dad to buy a puppy? (a) persuasively (b) persuade (c) persuasion (d) persuasive
- 24.Complete the analogy: Astronaut is to spacecraft as sailor is to ___. (a) train (b) ship (c) plane (d) bus
- 25.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) wet (b) tall (c) small (d) loud
- 26.Complete the analogy: Book is to library as money is to ___. (a) garden (b) bank (c) park (d) school
- 27.Fill the gap: a ___ of monkeys (a) bunch (b) fleet (c) troop (d) flock
- 28.Which word is an adverb? (a) protective (b) protect (c) protection (d) protectively
- 29.Complete the idiom: Hold your ___! Wait for everyone to sit down. (a) goats (b) horses (c) cows (d) dogs
- 30.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
- 31.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “absent”? (a) polite (b) late (c) ancient (d) present
- 32.Which word is the opposite of “boy”? (a) girl (b) tree (c) cloud (d) river
- 33.The instructions were ambiguous, so everyone understood them differently. “Ambiguous” means ___. (a) unclear (b) very funny (c) very clear (d) very short
- 34.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) scared – afraid (b) old – new (c) in – out (d) scared – brave
- 35.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -ful (b) -less (c) -er (d) -ly
- 36.Priya was adamant that she would finish the race, even with a sore foot. “Adamant” means ___. (a) sleepy (b) unsure (c) firm, not changing mind (d) scared
- 37.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
- 38.What is the feminine of “ram”? (a) mare (b) hen (c) peahen (d) ewe
- 39.One word for: a person who writes poems (a) tailor (b) painter (c) poet (d) singer
- 40.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) rich – wealthy (b) ancient – modern (c) tiny – little (d) ancient – old
Answer key
- hopeless
- swarm
- find in a dictionary
- majority
- god
- especially
- pre-
- sew
- unlucky
- sheep
- desert
- fill again
- be very expensive
- carnivore
- above
- slow
- wolves
- generous – selfish
- immediately
- not fair
- dangerously
- pear
- persuade
- ship
- small
- bank
- troop
- protectively
- horses
- not lucky
- present
- girl
- unclear
- scared – afraid
- -ly
- firm, not changing mind
- passed
- ewe
- poet
- ancient – modern
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