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.Add the suffix: lazy + ness = ? (a) lazines (b) lazness (c) laziness (d) lazyness
- 2.The instructions were ambiguous, so everyone understood them differently. “Ambiguous” means ___. (a) very clear (b) very funny (c) very short (d) unclear
- 3.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) fast – slow (b) big – small (c) big – large (d) hot – cold
- 4.One word for: a person who is new to a job or skill (a) beginner (b) veteran (c) owner (d) expert
- 5.Which word means “without a name”? (a) namely (b) named (c) nameless (d) names
- 6.One word for: a person who sells medicines (a) optician (b) dentist (c) florist (d) pharmacist
- 7.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) reusual (c) preusual (d) disusual
- 8.Which word means the same as “end”? (a) shout (b) smile (c) begin (d) finish
- 9.Which is the formal word for “doctor”? (a) physician (b) residence (c) occupation (d) error
- 10.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 11.Complete the analogy: Horse is to stable as dog is to ___. (a) kennel (b) nest (c) hive (d) den
- 12.Complete the analogy: Glove is to hand as sock is to ___. (a) arm (b) neck (c) head (d) foot
- 13.Which word means “without pain”? (a) painter (b) painless (c) painful (d) painted
- 14.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal again (c) not equal (d) equal before
- 15.Complete the idiom: Rohan cannot decide; he is sitting on the ___. (a) chair (b) fence (c) bench (d) wall
- 16.One word for: happening once every year (a) daily (b) annual (c) weekly (d) monthly
- 17.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “cowardly”? (a) lazy (b) rude (c) tiny (d) brave
- 18.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
- 19.Add the suffix: home + less = ? (a) homeless (b) homelees (c) homeles (d) homless
- 20.Which word is an adverb? (a) describe (b) descriptively (c) description (d) descriptive
- 21.What does the idiom “once in a blue moon” mean? (a) very rarely (b) every night (c) at midnight (d) very quickly
- 22.Which is the formal word for “big”? (a) fortunate (b) sufficient (c) substantial (d) previous
- 23.Fill the gap with the right small word: The rich man gave ___ all his money to the poor. (a) off (b) across (c) away (d) after
- 24.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
- 25.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) repay (c) prepay (d) dispay
- 26.Complete the analogy: Pages are to book as leaves are to ___. (a) stone (b) cloud (c) root (d) tree
- 27.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “immediately”? (a) lucky (b) right away (c) about (d) often
- 28.Which word means the same as “clever”? (a) rude (b) lazy (c) smart (d) tired
- 29.The monkey was nimble and leapt quickly from branch to branch. “Nimble” means ___. (a) sleepy (b) noisy (c) slow and heavy (d) quick and light
- 30.What does the phrasal verb “switch off” mean? (a) buy a light (b) make a light go on (c) break a light (d) make a light go out
- 31.Complete the idiom: Breaking the vase was the last ___; Mum was really upset. (a) stone (b) stick (c) cup (d) straw
- 32.Which word means the same as “start”? (a) begin (b) repair (c) laugh (d) stop
- 33.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
- 34.Fill the gap: The young one of a goat is a ___. (a) foal (b) lamb (c) cub (d) kid
- 35.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “frequently”? (a) lucky (b) about (c) enough (d) often
- 36.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -er (b) -ly (c) -ness (d) -less
- 37.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please look ___ my puppy while I am away. (a) into (b) down (c) up (d) after
- 38.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
- 39.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 40.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) scared – afraid (b) fast – quick (c) quiet – silent (d) float – sink
Answer key
- laziness
- unclear
- big – large
- beginner
- nameless
- pharmacist
- unusual
- finish
- physician
- so
- kennel
- foot
- painless
- not equal
- fence
- annual
- brave
- personal
- homeless
- descriptively
- very rarely
- substantial
- away
- It's
- prepay
- tree
- right away
- smart
- quick and light
- make a light go out
- straw
- begin
- precedes
- kid
- often
- -er
- after
- knew
- weight
- float – sink
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