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.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
- 2.Add the suffix: dig + er = ? (a) diger (b) diggar (c) digger (d) diggor
- 3.The view from the hilltop was breathtaking; we stood and stared for ages. “Breathtaking” means ___. (a) very dangerous (b) amazingly beautiful (c) very ugly (d) very dull
- 4.What is the masculine of “goddess”? (a) king (b) prince (c) hero (d) god
- 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 6.Complete the idiom: Don’t give up now; don’t throw in the ___! (a) bag (b) towel (c) ball (d) book
- 7.Complete the idiom: Yash burnt the midnight ___ before his exam. (a) lamp (b) candle (c) oil (d) paper
- 8.What does the phrasal verb “turn down” mean? (a) build (b) arrive (c) refuse (d) accept
- 9.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) grammar (b) beautiful (c) believe (d) espescially
- 10.Fill the gap: A flock is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) sheep (c) keys (d) lions
- 11.Fill the gap with the right small word: Look ___! A car is coming. (a) out (b) up (c) in (d) after
- 12.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 13.The old building was dilapidated, with broken walls and a fallen roof. “Dilapidated” means ___. (a) brand new (b) falling apart (c) very clean (d) very tall
- 14.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) unhappy (c) dishappy (d) rehappy
- 15.One word for: a person who works without being paid (a) owner (b) tourist (c) volunteer (d) employee
- 16.The soldiers were valiant and fought bravely to protect the village. “Valiant” means ___. (a) tired (b) cowardly (c) hungry (d) brave
- 17.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “wise”? (a) brave (b) ancient (c) polite (d) foolish
- 18.Which word means the same as “street”? (a) roof (b) river (c) road (d) garden
- 19.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) miser (b) donor (c) tourist (d) glutton
- 20.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow again (c) allow before (d) not allow
- 21.What does the idiom “hit the books” mean? (a) buy books (b) study hard (c) tear books (d) throw books
- 22.Choose the right form: Your honesty is ___. (a) admire (b) admirable (c) admiration (d) admirably
- 23.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “immediately”? (a) often (b) about (c) right away (d) lucky
- 24.One word for: a place where bees are kept (a) aviary (b) granary (c) apiary (d) aquarium
- 25.Choose the right form: Please explain it ___; I am only seven! (a) simplify (b) simply (c) simple (d) simplicity
- 26.Add the suffix: play + ful = ? (a) playfull (b) plaiful (c) playfel (d) playful
- 27.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
- 28.Which word is the opposite of “rich”? (a) wet (b) poor (c) tall (d) early
- 29.One word for: a sound loud enough to be heard (a) edible (b) audible (c) visible (d) fragile
- 30.There was a brief power cut that lasted only a minute. “Brief” means ___. (a) dark (b) loud (c) long (d) short
- 31.Fill the gap: A bench is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) cows (c) judges (d) bees
- 32.The empty house looked eerie at night, with creaking doors. “Eerie” means ___. (a) very clean (b) very warm (c) strange and scary (d) bright and cheerful
- 33.Which word is an adjective? (a) invention (b) inventively (c) invent (d) inventive
- 34.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please do not throw ___ the leftover food. (a) across (b) after (c) away (d) in
- 35.What is the masculine of “heroine”? (a) actor (b) prince (c) host (d) hero
- 36.What does the idiom “the apple of someone’s eye” mean? (a) a red fruit (b) a greedy person (c) a dearly loved person (d) an eye problem
- 37.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) jump – leap (b) yell – shout (c) ill – sick (d) borrow – lend
- 38.What does the phrasal verb “turn up” mean? (a) leave (b) turn around (c) arrive (d) go to sleep
- 39.Which is the formal word for “fridge”? (a) residence (b) error (c) refrigerator (d) occupation
- 40.Fill the gap: A crowd is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) people (c) grapes (d) ships
Answer key
- wander
- digger
- amazingly beautiful
- god
- un-
- towel
- oil
- refuse
- espescially
- sheep
- out
- whole
- falling apart
- unhappy
- volunteer
- brave
- foolish
- road
- miser
- not allow
- study hard
- admirable
- right away
- apiary
- simply
- playful
- wait
- poor
- audible
- short
- judges
- strange and scary
- inventive
- away
- hero
- a dearly loved person
- borrow – lend
- arrive
- refrigerator
- people
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