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 “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) mishear (c) prehear (d) dishear
- 2.What is the feminine of “son”? (a) daughter (b) wife (c) aunt (d) niece
- 3.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 4.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) revisit (c) previsit (d) disvisit
- 5.Fill the gap: A choir is a group of ___. (a) sticks (b) singers (c) ships (d) cows
- 6.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 7.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 8.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “cowardly”? (a) rude (b) lazy (c) brave (d) tiny
- 9.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
- 10.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 11.The pond water was murky, so we could not see the bottom. “Murky” means ___. (a) sweet (b) clear (c) cloudy and dark (d) very cold
- 12.Fill the gap: A pride is a group of ___. (a) lions (b) ships (c) sheep (d) keys
- 13.Which word is the opposite of “above”? (a) happy (b) below (c) wet (d) early
- 14.Which word means “without care”? (a) careful (b) carefully (c) careless (d) carer
- 15.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) arrive – reach (b) arrive – depart (c) begin – start (d) shut – close
- 16.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “numerous”? (a) about (b) lucky (c) many (d) enough
- 17.Which word is a verb? (a) admiration (b) admire (c) admirable (d) admirably
- 18.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual again
- 19.What does the idiom “throw in the towel” mean? (a) clean up (b) win easily (c) dry your hands (d) give up
- 20.Which spelling is correct? (a) grammar (b) grammer (c) grammmar (d) gramar
- 21.What does the idiom “out of the blue” mean? (a) from the sea (b) very sad (c) from the sky (d) suddenly, unexpectedly
- 22.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
- 23.The ancient temples of Hampi were built hundreds of years ago. “Ancient” means ___. (a) very new (b) very small (c) very tall (d) very old
- 24.Fill the gap: a ___ of wolves (a) flock (b) pack (c) bunch (d) fleet
- 25.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ful (d) -ly
- 26.Which word means “one who helps”? (a) helper (b) helpless (c) helpful (d) helpfully
- 27.What is the masculine of “waitress”? (a) waiter (b) actor (c) hero (d) host
- 28.Complete the analogy: Happy is to sad as rich is to ___. (a) wealthy (b) kind (c) tall (d) poor
- 29.Which word is a noun? (a) beautify (b) beauty (c) beautiful (d) beautifully
- 30.Which is the formal word for “main”? (a) principal (b) sufficient (c) fortunate (d) previous
- 31.Which word is an adjective? (a) decisive (b) decision (c) decisively (d) decide
- 32.Which is the formal word for “later”? (a) previously (b) approximately (c) immediately (d) subsequently
- 33.Which is the formal word for “start”? (a) assist (b) inform (c) commence (d) reside
- 34.What does the idiom “a white elephant” mean? (a) a big white toy (b) a lucky charm (c) a rare animal (d) costly but useless thing
- 35.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 36.Complete the analogy: Duck is to quack as cow is to ___. (a) moo (b) bark (c) roar (d) hiss
- 37.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 38.Add the suffix: lucky + ly = ? (a) luckilly (b) luckyly (c) luckily (d) lukily
- 39.What does the phrasal verb “go off” mean? (a) stop ringing (b) break (c) start ringing (d) fall asleep
- 40.What does the idiom “let the cat out of the bag” mean? (a) go shopping (b) tell a secret (c) tell a lie (d) free a pet
Answer key
- mishear
- daughter
- rode
- revisit
- singers
- mis-
- flower
- brave
- knew
- flew
- cloudy and dark
- lions
- below
- careless
- arrive – depart
- many
- admire
- not usual
- give up
- grammar
- suddenly, unexpectedly
- reuse
- very old
- pack
- -ful
- helper
- waiter
- poor
- beauty
- principal
- decisive
- subsequently
- commence
- costly but useless thing
- tail
- moo
- luckily
- start ringing
- tell a secret
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