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.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 2.Fill the gap: A calf is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) cow (c) hen (d) frog
- 3.Fill in the opposite: Day is bright, but night is ___. (a) wet (b) slow (c) dark (d) tall
- 4.What does the idiom “when pigs fly” mean? (a) very soon (b) every morning (c) never (d) in summer
- 5.What does the phrasal verb “put on” mean? (a) sell (b) remove (c) cook (d) wear
- 6.Which word is the opposite of “heavy”? (a) sad (b) light (c) wet (d) early
- 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 8.Complete the analogy: Thirsty is to water as sleepy is to ___. (a) juice (b) bed (c) food (d) toy
- 9.Fill the gap: A pod is a group of ___. (a) whales (b) keys (c) cows (d) bees
- 10.What does the phrasal verb “run out of” mean? (a) run outside (b) have none left (c) run very fast (d) have plenty
- 11.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
- 12.Choose the right form: Close your eyes and ___ you are on the moon. (a) imaginative (b) imagine (c) imaginatively (d) imagination
- 13.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
- 14.Fill the gap: The young one of an eagle is an ___. (a) eaglet (b) calf (c) cub (d) kid
- 15.Fill in the opposite: A rabbit is fast, but a tortoise is ___. (a) big (b) slow (c) wet (d) loud
- 16.Fill the gap: A colony is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) cows (c) ships (d) ants
- 17.Complete the analogy: Ant is to small as elephant is to ___. (a) tiny (b) green (c) fast (d) big
- 18.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
- 19.What is the masculine of “peahen”? (a) lion (b) bull (c) rooster (d) peacock
- 20.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) loud (b) asleep (c) wet (d) tall
- 21.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
- 22.Fill in the opposite: A feather is light, but a stone is ___. (a) loud (b) heavy (c) sweet (d) wet
- 23.Which spelling is correct? (a) comittee (b) committe (c) committee (d) commitee
- 24.The tortoise was sluggish and took all day to cross the garden. “Sluggish” means ___. (a) slow-moving (b) angry (c) noisy (d) fast
- 25.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “accept”? (a) whisper (b) borrow (c) refuse (d) arrive
- 26.Add the suffix: easy + ly = ? (a) easly (b) easely (c) easyly (d) easily
- 27.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -less (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -ful
- 28.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) reallow (c) preallow (d) disallow
- 29.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) environment (b) recomend (c) address (d) height
- 30.Fill the gap: a ___ of dancers (a) herd (b) fleet (c) troupe (d) swarm
- 31.Which word is an adverb? (a) successful (b) succeed (c) success (d) successfully
- 32.Choose the right form: Painting helps children become more ___. (a) creation (b) creatively (c) create (d) creative
- 33.One word for: a place where bees are kept (a) granary (b) aquarium (c) apiary (d) aviary
- 34.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “examination”? (a) bike (b) money (c) phone (d) test
- 35.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “temporary”? (a) honest (b) brave (c) permanent (d) modern
- 36.Fill the gap: a ___ of grapes (a) pride (b) swarm (c) bunch (d) herd
- 37.One word for: a person who sells medicines (a) optician (b) pharmacist (c) dentist (d) florist
- 38.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) not open (c) open wrongly (d) open again
- 39.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) exaggerate (b) temperature (c) February (d) begining
- 40.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
Answer key
- piece
- cow
- dark
- never
- wear
- light
- un-
- bed
- whales
- have none left
- personal
- imagine
- know
- eaglet
- slow
- ants
- big
- flew
- peacock
- asleep
- desert
- heavy
- committee
- slow-moving
- refuse
- easily
- -ful
- disallow
- recomend
- troupe
- successfully
- creative
- apiary
- test
- permanent
- bunch
- pharmacist
- open again
- begining
- tail
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