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 prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 2.Fill the gap with the right small word: Our car broke ___ on the highway. (a) after (b) off (c) up (d) down
- 3.Which word means “one who farms”? (a) farmer (b) farmed (c) farming (d) farmland
- 4.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) borrow – lend (b) ill – sick (c) yell – shout (d) jump – leap
- 5.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
- 6.Which word means “full of pain”? (a) painter (b) painless (c) painfully (d) painful
- 7.Which word means the same as “hurry”? (a) eat (b) rush (c) rest (d) sing
- 8.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 9.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
- 10.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) cut (b) pull (c) sing (d) eat
- 11.Fill the gap: a ___ of sheep (a) fleet (b) swarm (c) pride (d) flock
- 12.One word for: a list of things to be discussed at a meeting (a) atlas (b) diary (c) menu (d) agenda
- 13.What does the phrasal verb “look up” mean? (a) find in a dictionary (b) forget a word (c) take care of (d) feel sad
- 14.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) environment (b) independent (c) ocasion (d) especially
- 15.Fill the gap with the right small word: Pick ___ the paper from the floor. (a) after (b) across (c) up (d) off
- 16.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) quick – fast (b) wet – dry (c) quick – slow (d) rich – poor
- 17.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please do not throw ___ the leftover food. (a) across (b) in (c) after (d) away
- 18.Which word means the same as “timid”? (a) brave (b) shy (c) busy (d) tall
- 19.What does the idiom “turn a deaf ear” mean? (a) lose hearing (b) refuse to listen (c) listen carefully (d) whisper softly
- 20.Which word means the same as “unhappy”? (a) sad (b) kind (c) busy (d) wet
- 21.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 22.Which word is the opposite of “push”? (a) pull (b) sleep (c) eat (d) sing
- 23.Fill the gap: A kid is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) cow (c) goat (d) hen
- 24.Fill the gap: a ___ of puppies (a) fleet (b) pride (c) flock (d) litter
- 25.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 26.What does the idiom “lend a hand” mean? (a) help someone (b) give a hand away (c) shake hands (d) borrow money
- 27.Fill the gap: The young one of a bear is a ___. (a) chick (b) lamb (c) foal (d) cub
- 28.Her explanation was lucid, and everyone understood at once. “Lucid” means ___. (a) clear and easy (b) very funny (c) confusing (d) very long
- 29.What does the idiom “keep an eye on” mean? (a) close one eye (b) wear glasses (c) watch carefully (d) stare rudely
- 30.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 31.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) scared – afraid (b) scared – brave (c) in – out (d) old – new
- 32.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 33.Fill the gap: A pride is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) sheep (c) lions (d) ships
- 34.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 35.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
- 36.Fill the gap: An owlet is the young one of an ___. (a) ant (b) ox (c) owl (d) eagle
- 37.Which word means the same as “large”? (a) sad (b) big (c) thin (d) quick
- 38.Fill the gap with the right small word: I want to be a pilot when I grow ___. (a) down (b) up (c) off (d) after
- 39.Fill the gap: A caravan is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) keys (c) ships (d) camels
- 40.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “float”? (a) run (b) shout (c) borrow (d) sink
Answer key
- un-
- down
- farmer
- borrow – lend
- know
- painful
- rush
- sum
- not obey
- pull
- flock
- agenda
- find in a dictionary
- ocasion
- up
- quick – fast
- away
- shy
- refuse to listen
- sad
- sew
- pull
- goat
- litter
- here
- help someone
- cub
- clear and easy
- watch carefully
- re-
- scared – afraid
- pre-
- lions
- tail
- then
- owl
- big
- up
- camels
- sink
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