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.What does the idiom “give the cold shoulder” mean? (a) hug someone (b) hurt a shoulder (c) feel very cold (d) ignore someone
- 2.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 3.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
- 4.Fill the gap: a ___ of judges (a) bench (b) herd (c) flock (d) swarm
- 5.Which is the formal word for “before”? (a) previously (b) frequently (c) subsequently (d) approximately
- 6.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) mend – repair (b) come – go (c) mend – break (d) win – lose
- 7.Which word means “without a name”? (a) names (b) namely (c) named (d) nameless
- 8.What is the masculine of “niece”? (a) son (b) uncle (c) nephew (d) brother
- 9.Which word means “without pain”? (a) painless (b) painter (c) painted (d) painful
- 10.Fill the gap with the right small word: The teacher asked us to sit ___ quietly. (a) off (b) after (c) across (d) down
- 11.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “telephone”? (a) bike (b) fridge (c) money (d) phone
- 12.Which word is the opposite of “buy”? (a) eat (b) sell (c) jump (d) sing
- 13.What does the phrasal verb “pick up” mean? (a) lift (b) throw (c) push (d) drop
- 14.Choose the right form: Tara spoke ___ and won the debate. (a) persuasive (b) persuasively (c) persuade (d) persuasion
- 15.What is the masculine of “bride”? (a) uncle (b) bridegroom (c) nephew (d) king
- 16.Complete the analogy: Chef is to kitchen as scientist is to ___. (a) stadium (b) court (c) library (d) laboratory
- 17.Which word is a verb? (a) different (b) differ (c) difference (d) differently
- 18.Add the suffix: wonder + ful = ? (a) wonderfel (b) wondreful (c) wonderful (d) wonderfull
- 19.What is the feminine of “man”? (a) queen (b) woman (c) niece (d) aunt
- 20.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “exit”? (a) entrance (b) question (c) window (d) journey
- 21.Fill the gap: a ___ of wolves (a) fleet (b) bunch (c) pack (d) flock
- 22.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
- 23.What does the phrasal verb “give in” mean? (a) refuse (b) attack (c) win (d) agree after resisting
- 24.One word for: a book of word meanings in alphabetical order (a) dictionary (b) diary (c) novel (d) atlas
- 25.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 26.Which word is a verb? (a) destruction (b) destructively (c) destroy (d) destructive
- 27.Fill the gap: a ___ of ships (a) herd (b) bunch (c) flock (d) fleet
- 28.Which spelling is correct? (a) calander (b) calendar (c) calender (d) calandar
- 29.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sharp”? (a) blunt (b) honest (c) modern (d) early
- 30.Which word is the opposite of “stop”? (a) sit (b) eat (c) sing (d) start
- 31.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) victory – win (c) victory – defeat (d) end – finish
- 32.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
- 33.Fill in the opposite: A lion is strong, but a mouse is ___. (a) loud (b) weak (c) tall (d) wet
- 34.One word for: a period of two weeks (a) fortnight (b) semester (c) century (d) decade
- 35.Which spelling is correct? (a) dissappear (b) dissapear (c) disappear (d) disapear
- 36.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
- 37.Which word means the same as “scared”? (a) rich (b) hungry (c) afraid (d) angry
- 38.Fill in the opposite: A cheetah is fast, but a snail is ___. (a) loud (b) big (c) wet (d) slow
- 39.Add the suffix: use + less = ? (a) useless (b) usless (c) uselesss (d) useles
- 40.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “export”? (a) import (b) accept (c) whisper (d) float
Answer key
- ignore someone
- heel
- breathe
- bench
- previously
- mend – repair
- nameless
- nephew
- painless
- down
- phone
- sell
- lift
- persuasively
- bridegroom
- laboratory
- differ
- wonderful
- woman
- entrance
- pack
- dying
- agree after resisting
- dictionary
- mis-
- destroy
- fleet
- calendar
- blunt
- start
- victory – defeat
- nose
- weak
- fortnight
- disappear
- altar
- afraid
- slow
- useless
- import
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