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 is an adverb? (a) decide (b) decision (c) decisive (d) decisively
- 2.Which word means the same as “caring”? (a) busy (b) lazy (c) loud (d) kind
- 3.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “provide”? (a) tell (b) give (c) live (d) buy
- 4.What does the idiom “all ears” mean? (a) listening eagerly (b) having big ears (c) hard of hearing (d) very noisy
- 5.Choose the right form: Do not play near the railway track; it is ___. (a) danger (b) dangerously (c) dangerous (d) endanger
- 6.Fill the gap with the right small word: We have run ___ of milk; please buy some. (a) out (b) off (c) in (d) up
- 7.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “smooth”? (a) ancient (b) late (c) rough (d) honest
- 8.Add the suffix: lazy + ness = ? (a) lazines (b) lazness (c) lazyness (d) laziness
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 10.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) conscience (b) Wednesday (c) especially (d) accomodation
- 11.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ly (b) -er (c) -less (d) -ful
- 12.The mountain air was so frigid that our fingers went numb. “Frigid” means ___. (a) very hot (b) very cold (c) very wet (d) very fresh
- 13.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
- 14.Fill the gap with the right small word: The match was called ___ because of rain. (a) up (b) in (c) off (d) out
- 15.After the rain, the garden looked lush and green. “Lush” means ___. (a) very small (b) very dirty (c) dry and dead (d) thick and healthy
- 16.What does the idiom “once bitten, twice shy” mean? (a) bitten by a dog (b) brave again (c) very shy (d) careful after a bad time
- 17.One word for: a park where animals are kept for people to see (a) zoo (b) museum (c) granary (d) library
- 18.What does the idiom “cry over spilt milk” mean? (a) be very hungry (b) worry about the past (c) waste milk (d) cry loudly
- 19.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view before (c) view again (d) not view
- 20.Add the suffix: slow + ly = ? (a) slowley (b) slowly (c) slowely (d) sloly
- 21.What does the phrasal verb “stand for” mean? (a) sit down (b) mean (c) wait (d) argue
- 22.Complete the analogy: Up is to down as in is to ___. (a) by (b) out (c) at (d) on
- 23.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
- 24.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) comittee (b) necessary (c) vegetable (d) exaggerate
- 25.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy wrongly (c) happy again (d) not happy
- 26.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
- 27.What does the idiom “back to square one” mean? (a) winning a game (b) going backwards (c) starting all over again (d) a new square shape
- 28.One word for: a person who rides horses in races (a) driver (b) pilot (c) sailor (d) jockey
- 29.Fill the gap: a ___ of puppies (a) litter (b) flock (c) pride (d) fleet
- 30.Which word is a noun? (a) dangerous (b) dangerously (c) endanger (d) danger
- 31.Which is the formal word for “lucky”? (a) sufficient (b) previous (c) frequent (d) fortunate
- 32.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) ill – sick (b) gift – present (c) deep – shallow (d) big – large
- 33.One word for: a person who studies animals (a) geologist (b) botanist (c) zoologist (d) astronomer
- 34.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) especially (b) restaurant (c) necesary (d) guarantee
- 35.Fill the gap: a ___ of bananas (a) fleet (b) bunch (c) pack (d) flock
- 36.Which spelling is correct? (a) address (b) adress (c) adres (d) addres
- 37.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 38.Complete the idiom: The test was hard, but I had to bite the ___ and finish it. (a) biscuit (b) pencil (c) bullet (d) apple
- 39.Complete the analogy: Big is to bigger as small is to ___. (a) tiny (b) smaller (c) smallest (d) little
- 40.Complete the analogy: Fish is to swim as bird is to ___. (a) crawl (b) fly (c) run (d) dig
Answer key
- decisively
- kind
- give
- listening eagerly
- dangerous
- out
- rough
- laziness
- dis-
- accomodation
- -ful
- very cold
- witch
- off
- thick and healthy
- careful after a bad time
- zoo
- worry about the past
- view before
- slowly
- mean
- out
- accept
- comittee
- not happy
- lead
- starting all over again
- jockey
- litter
- danger
- fortunate
- deep – shallow
- zoologist
- necesary
- bunch
- address
- no
- bullet
- smaller
- fly
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