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.Fill the gap: A bouquet is a bunch of ___. (a) wolves (b) cows (c) flowers (d) ships
- 2.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) carnivore (b) omnivore (c) herbivore (d) insectivore
- 3.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 4.Fill the gap: A tadpole is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) cow (c) frog (d) hen
- 5.Water is scarce in the desert, so people use every drop carefully. “Scarce” means ___. (a) very cold (b) very clean (c) in short supply (d) easy to find
- 6.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 7.Add the suffix: happy + ly = ? (a) happyly (b) happly (c) happily (d) happiely
- 8.Which is the formal word for “but”? (a) approximately (b) previously (c) frequently (d) however
- 9.Fill the gap: A troop is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) bees (c) monkeys (d) grapes
- 10.Choose the right form: Please explain it ___; I am only seven! (a) simplicity (b) simple (c) simply (d) simplify
- 11.Add the suffix: beauty + ful = ? (a) beautifull (b) beautiful (c) beautyful (d) beautful
- 12.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “permit”? (a) live (b) buy (c) let (d) tell
- 13.Complete the idiom: Hold your ___! Wait for everyone to sit down. (a) horses (b) cows (c) dogs (d) goats
- 14.What is the feminine of “man”? (a) niece (b) woman (c) aunt (d) queen
- 15.One word for: a person who always looks on the bright side (a) scientist (b) optimist (c) tourist (d) pessimist
- 16.Which word means the same as “silent”? (a) rich (b) quiet (c) loud (d) fast
- 17.Which word means “full of peace”? (a) peacefully (b) peaceful (c) peaces (d) peacemaker
- 18.Which spelling is correct? (a) definitly (b) definitely (c) defenitely (d) definately
- 19.Which word is an adjective? (a) decisive (b) decisively (c) decide (d) decision
- 20.Fill the gap: The young one of a cat is a ___. (a) calf (b) cub (c) kitten (d) puppy
- 21.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ly (b) -ness (c) -er (d) -less
- 22.One word for: a person who walks along a road (a) passenger (b) driver (c) pedestrian (d) cyclist
- 23.Complete the analogy: Ant is to small as elephant is to ___. (a) tiny (b) fast (c) green (d) big
- 24.Which word is an adjective? (a) inventive (b) inventively (c) invent (d) invention
- 25.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
- 26.Complete the idiom: Stop pulling my ___; I know you are joking! (a) leg (b) hair (c) arm (d) ear
- 27.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
- 28.Which is the formal word for “try”? (a) reside (b) inform (c) attempt (d) purchase
- 29.Which word means “in a sad way”? (a) sadder (b) sadness (c) sadden (d) sadly
- 30.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) lunch (b) morning (c) school (d) night
- 31.Fill the gap: A crew is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) cows (c) lions (d) sailors
- 32.What is the masculine of “girl”? (a) king (b) boy (c) husband (d) uncle
- 33.What does the phrasal verb “blow up” mean? (a) fly away (b) sing (c) explode (d) breathe
- 34.Which word is the opposite of “small”? (a) big (b) slow (c) sad (d) dry
- 35.Which is the formal word for “lucky”? (a) fortunate (b) sufficient (c) frequent (d) previous
- 36.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) up – down (b) win – lose (c) hot – cold (d) stone – rock
- 37.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) geography (b) biography (c) autobiography (d) atlas
- 38.Which word is a noun? (a) destruction (b) destroy (c) destructively (d) destructive
- 39.Fill the gap: a ___ of cars (a) fleet (b) swarm (c) herd (d) flock
- 40.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
Answer key
- flowers
- herbivore
- sail
- frog
- in short supply
- our
- happily
- however
- monkeys
- simply
- beautiful
- let
- horses
- woman
- optimist
- quiet
- peaceful
- definitely
- decisive
- kitten
- -er
- pedestrian
- big
- inventive
- whether
- leg
- sow
- attempt
- sadly
- night
- sailors
- boy
- explode
- big
- fortunate
- stone – rock
- biography
- destruction
- fleet
- judge wrongly
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