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: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
- 2.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) restaurant (b) business (c) committee (d) temperture
- 3.What does the phrasal verb “take off” mean? (a) buy (b) wash (c) remove clothes (d) wear
- 4.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) cold – hot (b) cold – chilly (c) buy – sell (d) in – out
- 5.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) quick – fast (b) brave – cowardly (c) big – large (d) brave – bold
- 6.What does the phrasal verb “turn down” mean? (a) refuse (b) accept (c) arrive (d) build
- 7.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) up – down (b) hot – cold (c) win – lose (d) stone – rock
- 8.Which is the formal word for “old”? (a) fortunate (b) previous (c) elderly (d) sufficient
- 9.Fill the gap with the right small word: The rich man gave ___ all his money to the poor. (a) away (b) off (c) across (d) after
- 10.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
- 11.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
- 12.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -er (b) -ful (c) -less (d) -ly
- 13.Which spelling is correct? (a) bussiness (b) busness (c) buisness (d) business
- 14.Fill the gap with the right small word: The cows were let ___ to graze in the field. (a) off (b) out (c) across (d) after
- 15.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 16.Which word means the same as “little”? (a) kind (b) loud (c) small (d) big
- 17.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) unwrite (c) miswrite (d) diswrite
- 18.The two friends had a loud dispute over whose turn it was. “Dispute” means ___. (a) an argument (b) a game (c) a gift (d) a hug
- 19.What does the phrasal verb “fill in” mean? (a) complete a form (b) lose a form (c) post a form (d) tear a form
- 20.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
- 21.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) disvisit (c) revisit (d) previsit
- 22.Which is the formal word for “give”? (a) enquire (b) provide (c) reside (d) require
- 23.Which word means the same as “big”? (a) angry (b) empty (c) quick (d) large
- 24.Complete the idiom: Shouting at him will only add fuel to the ___. (a) lamp (b) car (c) stove (d) fire
- 25.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) unplay (c) replay (d) display
- 26.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) preread (c) disread (d) misread
- 27.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) ill – sick (b) jump – leap (c) borrow – lend (d) yell – shout
- 28.What does the phrasal verb “look up” mean? (a) forget a word (b) take care of (c) feel sad (d) find in a dictionary
- 29.Complete the idiom: Hold your ___! Wait for everyone to sit down. (a) dogs (b) horses (c) cows (d) goats
- 30.Add the suffix: beauty + ful = ? (a) beautyful (b) beautful (c) beautiful (d) beautifull
- 31.Which word is the opposite of “full”? (a) fast (b) tall (c) dry (d) empty
- 32.Which word means the same as “sick”? (a) tall (b) healthy (c) ill (d) proud
- 33.One word for: a person who walks along a road (a) pedestrian (b) driver (c) cyclist (d) passenger
- 34.Which word is an adverb? (a) invention (b) invent (c) inventively (d) inventive
- 35.Which word means the same as “thin”? (a) slim (b) quick (c) fat (d) tall
- 36.Complete the idiom: The exam was so easy; it was a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) bowl (c) box (d) plate
- 37.What is the masculine of “wife”? (a) son (b) husband (c) nephew (d) uncle
- 38.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) interrupt (b) rhythm (c) restaurant (d) embaress
- 39.One word for: a person who studies plants (a) astronomer (b) botanist (c) dentist (d) zoologist
- 40.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) full – empty (b) ill – well (c) early – late (d) ill – sick
Answer key
- devise
- temperture
- remove clothes
- cold – chilly
- brave – cowardly
- refuse
- stone – rock
- elderly
- away
- stationary
- prejudge
- -ly
- business
- out
- red
- small
- rewrite
- an argument
- complete a form
- counsel
- revisit
- provide
- large
- fire
- replay
- misread
- borrow – lend
- find in a dictionary
- horses
- beautiful
- empty
- ill
- pedestrian
- inventively
- slim
- piece
- husband
- embaress
- botanist
- ill – sick
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