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: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 2.The road was so congested that cars hardly moved for an hour. “Congested” means ___. (a) newly built (b) very smooth (c) very wide (d) blocked with traffic
- 3.Which word is the opposite of “slow”? (a) wet (b) empty (c) fast (d) cold
- 4.Which word is an adverb? (a) simplify (b) simplicity (c) simply (d) simple
- 5.Complete the idiom: After the argument, Zoya gave her brother the cold ___. (a) hand (b) shoulder (c) foot (d) water
- 6.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) unagree (c) misagree (d) disagree
- 7.One word for: a daily record of personal events (a) novel (b) atlas (c) dictionary (d) diary
- 8.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) edible (b) unbreakable (c) invisible (d) fragile
- 9.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) replay (c) preplay (d) display
- 10.Add the suffix: lazy + ness = ? (a) lazyness (b) lazines (c) laziness (d) lazness
- 11.What does the phrasal verb “stand for” mean? (a) sit down (b) mean (c) wait (d) argue
- 12.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) herbivore (b) insectivore (c) carnivore (d) omnivore
- 13.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) resafe (d) presafe
- 14.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shut – close (b) below – under (c) mend – repair (d) wise – foolish
- 15.Which word is a noun? (a) imaginatively (b) imagination (c) imagine (d) imaginative
- 16.One word for: a book of word meanings in alphabetical order (a) diary (b) dictionary (c) novel (d) atlas
- 17.What does the idiom “add fuel to the fire” mean? (a) fill a car (b) put out a fire (c) make things worse (d) cook food
- 18.One word for: a person who flies an aeroplane (a) sailor (b) conductor (c) pilot (d) driver
- 19.The thief was apprehended by the police and taken to the station. “Apprehended” means ___. (a) praised (b) caught (c) helped (d) freed
- 20.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) dentist (b) pessimist (c) tourist (d) optimist
- 21.Which is the formal word for “mistake”? (a) error (b) assistance (c) residence (d) occupation
- 22.The speech was so tedious that half the class yawned. “Tedious” means ___. (a) very exciting (b) very loud (c) short and funny (d) long and boring
- 23.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) privilege (b) scedule (c) necessary (d) beginning
- 24.One word for: the story of a person’s life written by that person (a) biography (b) novel (c) autobiography (d) atlas
- 25.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “demonstrate”? (a) show (b) live (c) buy (d) need
- 26.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) noticeable (b) committee (c) environment (d) pronounciation
- 27.Choose the right form: The storm caused great ___ in the village. (a) destroy (b) destructively (c) destruction (d) destructive
- 28.Which spelling is correct? (a) occassion (b) ocassion (c) ocasion (d) occasion
- 29.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
- 30.Fill the gap: The young one of a whale is a ___. (a) cub (b) chick (c) kid (d) calf
- 31.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 32.Kabir was reluctant to jump into the cold pool and stood at the edge for ages. “Reluctant” means ___. (a) quick (b) proud (c) unwilling (d) excited
- 33.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
- 34.What does the phrasal verb “give away” mean? (a) sell (b) give for free (c) keep (d) borrow
- 35.What does the phrasal verb “look after” mean? (a) search for (b) look later (c) look behind (d) take care of
- 36.Which spelling is correct? (a) excelent (b) exellent (c) excellent (d) excellant
- 37.Which word is a verb? (a) simplicity (b) simple (c) simply (d) simplify
- 38.Which word means the same as “scared”? (a) rich (b) afraid (c) hungry (d) angry
- 39.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) not fill (d) fill again
- 40.Complete the analogy: Cow is to calf as sheep is to ___. (a) foal (b) kid (c) lamb (d) cub
Answer key
- no
- blocked with traffic
- fast
- simply
- shoulder
- disagree
- diary
- unbreakable
- replay
- laziness
- mean
- herbivore
- unsafe
- wise – foolish
- imagination
- dictionary
- make things worse
- pilot
- caught
- pessimist
- error
- long and boring
- scedule
- autobiography
- show
- pronounciation
- destruction
- occasion
- quite
- calf
- sew
- unwilling
- conscience
- give for free
- take care of
- excellent
- simplify
- afraid
- fill again
- lamb
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