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Yoga English – Vocabulary Quiz
Test Your Yoga English Vocabulary
25 interactive questions about the body, movement, positions,
breathing, balance and flexibility.
How well do you know your Yoga English?
This quiz tests the vocabulary you need to
understand, describe and talk about Yoga.
Knowing individual words is useful, but the real goal is
to understand them when they appear in instructions and
to use them naturally in your own sentences.
For example, you may know the word shoulders.
The next step is being able to understand and use:
Relax your shoulders.
Keep your shoulders relaxed.
Try not to lift your shoulders towards your ears.
I often carry a lot of tension in my shoulders.
The same happens with movement vocabulary.
Bend your knees slightly.
Slowly raise your arms above your head.
Shift your weight onto your left foot.
The quiz starts with basic vocabulary and gradually moves
towards complete instructions and natural Yoga English.
breathe · breath · breathe in · breathe out · inhale ·
exhale · slowly · deeply · gently
Balance
balance · stable · unstable · weight · centre ·
shift your weight · support · steady
Flexibility
flexible · stiff · tight · loose · mobility · stretch ·
range of movement · comfortable
From vocabulary to real Yoga English
bend → Bend your knees slightly.
reach → Reach towards the floor.
balance → Try to keep your balance.
breathe → Breathe in slowly through your nose.
flexible → My right side is more flexible than my left.
Yoga Vocabulary Quiz – 25 Questions
Choose the best answer. You can answer each question once.
The correct answer will be shown immediately.
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1. Which part of the body connects your head to your shoulders?
The neck connects the head to the shoulders.
2. Which joints connect your hands to your arms?
Your wrists connect your hands to your forearms.
3. Which joints connect your feet to your legs?
The ankles connect the feet to the lower legs.
4. Complete the instruction: “______ your arms above your head.”
“Raise your arms” means move your arms upwards.
5. What is the opposite of “raise your arms”?
Raise and lower are opposites in this context.
6. Which instruction means to make the angle at your knees smaller?
To bend your knees means to change the angle at the knee joints.
7. If you make your leg straight after bending it, you ______ it.
To straighten something means to make it straight.
8. Which verb describes rotating your upper body?
“Twist” is commonly used when the upper body rotates.
9. Which verb means to extend your arm towards something?
To reach means to extend your arm or hand towards something.
10. “Hold the position” means:
“Hold the position” means stay in the same position.
11. Which word describes being supported by one or both knees?
Kneeling means being in a position supported by the knees.
12. If your feet are “apart”, they are:
“Apart” means separated by a distance.
13. Which word describes a straight, vertical body position?
Upright means in a straight or vertical position.
14. Which word means “breathe in”?
Inhale means to breathe in.
15. Which word means “breathe out”?
Exhale means to breathe out.
16. Which sentence is a natural breathing instruction?
“Take a slow, deep breath” is a natural English expression.
17. If you are standing on one leg, you need to maintain your ______.
Balance helps you remain stable without falling.
18. Which word describes a position that is firm and unlikely to lose balance?
Stable means balanced and not likely to move or fall unexpectedly.
19. “Shift your weight onto your right foot” means:
To shift your weight means to transfer body weight from one area to another.
20. Which noun describes the ability to bend and move easily?
Flexibility describes the ability to bend and move easily.
21. If a part of your body feels difficult to move easily, it may feel ______.
“Stiff” describes something that does not move easily or comfortably.
22. Which sentence naturally compares flexibility?
“More flexible than” is the correct comparative structure.
23. Which sentence is the most natural Yoga instruction?
“Keep your shoulders relaxed” is natural English.
24. Which instruction sounds most natural?
“Move slowly and gently” is a natural way to describe controlled movement.
25. Which sequence sounds most natural in English?
The first answer gives a natural sequence of Yoga instructions.
How did you do?
Yoga vocabulary becomes most useful when you can move beyond
remembering isolated words.
The goal is to understand expressions such as
bend your knees, shift your weight, breathe in slowly,
keep your shoulders relaxed and
hold the position.
Then you can begin combining the words yourself.
You can describe movements, explain how a position feels,
compare your flexibility and talk about your own Yoga experience.
That is when vocabulary becomes
real English you can use.