Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which word is the opposite of “hard”? (a) tall (b) cold (c) soft (d) fast
- 2.What does the idiom “hit the books” mean? (a) buy books (b) tear books (c) study hard (d) throw books
- 3.Which word means “full of power”? (a) powerful (b) powerfully (c) powerless (d) powered
- 4.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
- 5.Which word is the opposite of “enemy”? (a) farmer (b) driver (c) doctor (d) friend
- 6.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “lend”? (a) borrow (b) arrive (c) float (d) sing
- 7.Add the suffix: happy + ly = ? (a) happly (b) happiely (c) happily (d) happyly
- 8.Which is the formal word for “house”? (a) occupation (b) assistance (c) residence (d) error
- 9.The monkey was nimble and leapt quickly from branch to branch. “Nimble” means ___. (a) slow and heavy (b) noisy (c) sleepy (d) quick and light
- 10.Which word is an adverb? (a) invention (b) invent (c) inventive (d) inventively
- 11.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) misopen (c) reopen (d) preopen
- 12.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
- 13.What does the phrasal verb “give up” mean? (a) keep going (b) stop trying (c) stand up (d) give a gift
- 14.Which word means the same as “start”? (a) stop (b) begin (c) repair (d) laugh
- 15.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shut – close (b) below – under (c) wise – foolish (d) mend – repair
- 16.Which word is the opposite of “small”? (a) sad (b) slow (c) dry (d) big
- 17.Which word is an adverb? (a) purely (b) pure (c) purify (d) purity
- 18.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “transparent”? (a) polite (b) generous (c) ancient (d) opaque
- 19.One word for: a person who speaks many languages (a) optimist (b) patriot (c) polyglot (d) miser
- 20.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) reagree (c) misagree (d) disagree
- 21.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 22.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 23.What does the idiom “a red-letter day” mean? (a) a day of danger (b) a sad day (c) a special, happy day (d) a postal holiday
- 24.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) replay (c) unplay (d) misplay
- 25.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
- 26.One word for: a person who always looks on the bright side (a) pessimist (b) tourist (c) scientist (d) optimist
- 27.The patient’s condition was critical, so the doctors acted fast. “Critical” means ___. (a) very serious (b) very good (c) very funny (d) very simple
- 28.One word for: the study of living things (a) history (b) geography (c) astronomy (d) biology
- 29.Complete the idiom: It is raining ___ and dogs outside. (a) cats (b) cows (c) mice (d) rats
- 30.Which is the formal word for “doctor”? (a) error (b) physician (c) occupation (d) residence
- 31.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shout – whisper (b) shout – yell (c) push – pull (d) buy – sell
- 32.Which word is the opposite of “top”? (a) bottom (b) wet (c) sad (d) early
- 33.Which word is a noun? (a) descriptively (b) descriptive (c) describe (d) description
- 34.Choose the right form: Your honesty is ___. (a) admiration (b) admirably (c) admirable (d) admire
- 35.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 36.Fill the gap: A caravan is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) bees (c) camels (d) ships
- 37.What does the idiom “once in a blue moon” mean? (a) every night (b) very rarely (c) at midnight (d) very quickly
- 38.Choose the right form: Write a short ___ of your best friend. (a) description (b) describe (c) descriptive (d) descriptively
- 39.Complete the analogy: Book is to library as money is to ___. (a) bank (b) garden (c) park (d) school
- 40.Which word means “one who paints”? (a) painted (b) painter (c) painting (d) paints
Answer key
- soft
- study hard
- powerful
- personnel
- friend
- borrow
- happily
- residence
- quick and light
- inventively
- reopen
- devise
- stop trying
- begin
- wise – foolish
- big
- purely
- opaque
- polyglot
- disagree
- pre-
- some
- a special, happy day
- replay
- so
- optimist
- very serious
- biology
- cats
- physician
- shout – yell
- bottom
- description
- admirable
- Which
- camels
- very rarely
- description
- bank
- painter
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