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 word means “without end”? (a) ending (b) ended (c) endless (d) endings
- 2.What does the idiom “over the moon” mean? (a) in outer space (b) extremely happy (c) very tired (d) very far away
- 3.What is the feminine of “hero”? (a) heroine (b) hostess (c) princess (d) actress
- 4.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
- 5.Which word is the opposite of “full”? (a) dry (b) empty (c) fast (d) tall
- 6.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) not use
- 7.Which spelling is correct? (a) parlament (b) parliment (c) parliamant (d) parliament
- 8.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) preagree (c) misagree (d) unagree
- 9.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
- 10.Complete the idiom: After the argument, Zoya gave her brother the cold ___. (a) hand (b) water (c) foot (d) shoulder
- 11.Which is the formal word for “think about”? (a) consider (b) purchase (c) conclude (d) reside
- 12.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shout – yell (b) mend – repair (c) happy – glad (d) include – exclude
- 13.Fill the gap: a ___ of buffaloes (a) swarm (b) fleet (c) herd (d) pride
- 14.Which word is a noun? (a) imagine (b) imaginative (c) imagination (d) imaginatively
- 15.The house was vacant; nobody had lived in it for years. “Vacant” means ___. (a) crowded (b) beautiful (c) empty (d) expensive
- 16.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) rebehave (c) misbehave (d) unbehave
- 17.Choose the right form: Use your ___ to write a story about a flying elephant. (a) imaginative (b) imaginatively (c) imagine (d) imagination
- 18.Choose the right form: Do not play near the railway track; it is ___. (a) dangerous (b) dangerously (c) danger (d) endanger
- 19.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “conclude”? (a) end (b) help (c) live (d) buy
- 20.Which is the formal word for “get”? (a) reside (b) receive (c) assist (d) inform
- 21.What is the masculine of “hostess”? (a) actor (b) host (c) waiter (d) hero
- 22.Which word means “without hope”? (a) hopeful (b) hoping (c) hoped (d) hopeless
- 23.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -ly (b) -ful (c) -er (d) -less
- 24.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) achieve (b) interrupt (c) embarrass (d) noticeble
- 25.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) quick – slow (b) wet – dry (c) quick – fast (d) rich – poor
- 26.What does the idiom “zip your lips” mean? (a) smile widely (b) eat quickly (c) close a bag (d) keep quiet
- 27.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
- 28.Fill the gap with the right small word: My alarm went ___ at five o’clock. (a) after (b) across (c) off (d) up
- 29.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “decrease”? (a) float (b) increase (c) arrive (d) whisper
- 30.Complete the analogy: Cow is to calf as sheep is to ___. (a) kid (b) cub (c) foal (d) lamb
- 31.Complete the analogy: Write is to writer as dance is to ___. (a) dancing (b) dancer (c) danced (d) dances
- 32.Fill in the opposite: A pillow is soft, but a rock is ___. (a) happy (b) wet (c) hard (d) loud
- 33.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well wrongly (c) not well (d) well before
- 34.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please switch ___ the fan before you leave. (a) off (b) in (c) up (d) after
- 35.What does the idiom “the tip of the iceberg” mean? (a) a cold place (b) only a small part (c) a melting ice block (d) the top of a hill
- 36.Which is the formal word for “try”? (a) inform (b) reside (c) attempt (d) purchase
- 37.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 38.Which word is a verb? (a) simplicity (b) simply (c) simplify (d) simple
- 39.What does the idiom “on cloud nine” mean? (a) in the rain (b) very sleepy (c) on a plane (d) very happy
- 40.Add the suffix: dance + er = ? (a) dansor (b) danceer (c) dancar (d) dancer
Answer key
- endless
- extremely happy
- heroine
- then
- empty
- use wrongly
- parliament
- disagree
- moral
- shoulder
- consider
- include – exclude
- herd
- imagination
- empty
- misbehave
- imagination
- dangerous
- end
- receive
- host
- hopeless
- -ly
- noticeble
- quick – fast
- keep quiet
- eight
- off
- increase
- lamb
- dancer
- hard
- not well
- off
- only a small part
- attempt
- aunt
- simplify
- very happy
- dancer
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