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.Fill the gap: A bouquet is a bunch of ___. (a) ships (b) cows (c) flowers (d) wolves
- 2.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ly (b) -er (c) -ful (d) -ness
- 3.Add the suffix: care + ful = ? (a) carefull (b) caerful (c) careful (d) carful
- 4.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
- 5.Choose the right form: If you practise daily, you will ___. (a) succeed (b) successfully (c) successful (d) success
- 6.Which word is the opposite of “out”? (a) cold (b) in (c) down (d) dry
- 7.Choose the right form: The storm caused great ___ in the village. (a) destructive (b) destroy (c) destructively (d) destruction
- 8.Complete the idiom: It is raining ___ and dogs outside. (a) cows (b) mice (c) cats (d) rats
- 9.What does the phrasal verb “hand in” mean? (a) keep (b) submit (c) lose (d) hold
- 10.What does the phrasal verb “stand for” mean? (a) sit down (b) mean (c) argue (d) wait
- 11.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 12.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 13.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shout – yell (b) happy – glad (c) mend – repair (d) include – exclude
- 14.Which spelling is correct? (a) noticeable (b) notisable (c) noticable (d) noticeble
- 15.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) choose – select (b) give – take (c) choose – reject (d) laugh – cry
- 16.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) vegetarian (b) carnivore (c) omnivore (d) pedestrian
- 17.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “receive”? (a) live (b) get (c) help (d) tell
- 18.The weather was so balmy that we had our picnic outdoors. “Balmy” means ___. (a) very windy (b) freezing cold (c) very stormy (d) pleasantly warm
- 19.Which word means the same as “rush”? (a) sleep (b) wait (c) hurry (d) read
- 20.Which word means the same as “simple”? (a) easy (b) difficult (c) tall (d) rich
- 21.Fill the gap: An eaglet is the young one of an ___. (a) ant (b) ox (c) eagle (d) owl
- 22.One word for: a group of singers (a) fleet (b) crew (c) choir (d) herd
- 23.Complete the idiom: Stop pulling my ___; I know you are joking! (a) hair (b) arm (c) ear (d) leg
- 24.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 25.One word for: a person who stitches clothes (a) carpenter (b) cobbler (c) tailor (d) barber
- 26.The fire spread rapidly through the dry grass. “Rapidly” means ___. (a) gently (b) quickly (c) quietly (d) slowly
- 27.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) wise – foolish (b) below – under (c) mend – repair (d) shut – close
- 28.The gigantic whale was longer than our school bus. “Gigantic” means ___. (a) slow (b) noisy (c) tiny (d) huge
- 29.Complete the idiom: I had butterflies in my ___ before the race. (a) stomach (b) hands (c) head (d) shoes
- 30.Which is the formal word for “house”? (a) occupation (b) error (c) assistance (d) residence
- 31.Complete the analogy: Bird is to nest as bee is to ___. (a) kennel (b) den (c) hive (d) stable
- 32.Complete the analogy: Happy is to sad as rich is to ___. (a) kind (b) poor (c) tall (d) wealthy
- 33.What does the phrasal verb “give away” mean? (a) keep (b) sell (c) borrow (d) give for free
- 34.Which word means the same as “rock”? (a) cloud (b) stone (c) leaf (d) sand
- 35.What does the phrasal verb “carry on” mean? (a) continue (b) stop (c) lift up (d) carry a bag
- 36.Fill the gap: The young one of a goose is a ___. (a) cub (b) calf (c) kid (d) gosling
- 37.Which word means the same as “chilly”? (a) warm (b) quick (c) cold (d) dry
- 38.What does the phrasal verb “go off” mean? (a) break (b) stop ringing (c) fall asleep (d) start ringing
- 39.Complete the idiom: Ishaan let the cat out of the ___. (a) house (b) bag (c) room (d) box
- 40.Which word is the opposite of “stop”? (a) sing (b) sit (c) eat (d) start
Answer key
- flowers
- -ness
- careful
- buy
- succeed
- in
- destruction
- cats
- submit
- mean
- knew
- our
- include – exclude
- noticeable
- choose – select
- vegetarian
- get
- pleasantly warm
- hurry
- easy
- eagle
- choir
- leg
- night
- tailor
- quickly
- wise – foolish
- huge
- stomach
- residence
- hive
- poor
- give for free
- stone
- continue
- gosling
- cold
- start ringing
- bag
- start
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