Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which word means “one who writes”? (a) writer (b) wrote (c) written (d) writing
- 2.Add the suffix: happy + ness = ? (a) happyness (b) happines (c) happiness (d) happieness
- 3.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) include – exclude (b) happy – glad (c) mend – repair (d) shout – yell
- 4.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) Wednesday (b) acommodation (c) government (d) especially
- 5.What does the idiom “on cloud nine” mean? (a) in the rain (b) very sleepy (c) on a plane (d) very happy
- 6.Add the suffix: bake + er = ? (a) bakeer (b) bakar (c) bakor (d) baker
- 7.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
- 8.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
- 9.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 10.One word for: a person who speaks many languages (a) optimist (b) patriot (c) miser (d) polyglot
- 11.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) not tell
- 12.Complete the analogy: Eye is to see as ear is to ___. (a) hear (b) taste (c) touch (d) smell
- 13.Which word is the opposite of “fast”? (a) slow (b) full (c) dry (d) sad
- 14.Which is the formal word for “see”? (a) require (b) reside (c) observe (d) purchase
- 15.Which word is the opposite of “full”? (a) empty (b) fast (c) tall (d) dry
- 16.Choose the right form: Termites can ___ wooden furniture. (a) destructively (b) destruction (c) destructive (d) destroy
- 17.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 18.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) hot (b) wet (c) loud (d) short
- 19.Which is the formal word for “also”? (a) additionally (b) approximately (c) previously (d) immediately
- 20.Fill the gap: a ___ of puppies (a) fleet (b) pride (c) litter (d) flock
- 21.Which word means “one who teaches”? (a) taught (b) teaching (c) teacher (d) teachable
- 22.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 23.The kitten was so docile that it let the children carry it around. “Docile” means ___. (a) gentle and calm (b) angry (c) noisy (d) wild
- 24.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) traitor (b) tourist (c) patriot (d) pilot
- 25.Which word means the same as “caring”? (a) busy (b) lazy (c) loud (d) kind
- 26.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) geography (b) atlas (c) autobiography (d) biography
- 27.One word for: a place where old and rare things are kept for show (a) aviary (b) library (c) museum (d) granary
- 28.Which word is a noun? (a) persuade (b) persuasive (c) persuasion (d) persuasively
- 29.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ly (b) -er (c) -ful (d) -ness
- 30.What does the phrasal verb “look for” mean? (a) wait for (b) find by chance (c) search for (d) take care of
- 31.Which spelling is correct? (a) especialy (b) expecially (c) espescially (d) especially
- 32.Fill the gap with the right small word: The match was called ___ because of rain. (a) up (b) out (c) off (d) in
- 33.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 34.Which word means “the state of being sick”? (a) sickly (b) sicker (c) sickness (d) sicken
- 35.Which spelling is correct? (a) rythm (b) rhythm (c) rhytm (d) rhythem
- 36.What is the feminine of “monk”? (a) nun (b) bride (c) queen (d) aunt
- 37.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) asleep (b) loud (c) wet (d) tall
- 38.Fill the gap: A caravan is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) ships (c) camels (d) bees
- 39.Fill the gap: A bouquet is a bunch of ___. (a) wolves (b) cows (c) flowers (d) ships
- 40.Fill the gap: The young one of a sheep is a ___. (a) chick (b) kid (c) cub (d) lamb
Answer key
- writer
- happiness
- include – exclude
- acommodation
- very happy
- baker
- meat
- judge wrongly
- re-
- polyglot
- tell again
- hear
- slow
- observe
- empty
- destroy
- to
- short
- additionally
- litter
- teacher
- hear
- gentle and calm
- patriot
- kind
- biography
- museum
- persuasion
- -ness
- search for
- especially
- off
- pair
- sickness
- rhythm
- nun
- asleep
- camels
- flowers
- lamb
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