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.The road was so congested that cars hardly moved for an hour. “Congested” means ___. (a) very smooth (b) newly built (c) blocked with traffic (d) very wide
- 2.Fill the gap: A troupe is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) dancers (c) cows (d) ships
- 3.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
- 4.Fill the gap: A lamb is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) dog (c) cat (d) sheep
- 5.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 6.Complete the idiom: We are all in the same ___, so let us help each other. (a) car (b) house (c) boat (d) bus
- 7.What is the feminine of “horse”? (a) hen (b) ewe (c) mare (d) cow
- 8.The village was serene, with only the sound of birds. “Serene” means ___. (a) noisy (b) calm and peaceful (c) crowded (d) dirty
- 9.One word for: a park where animals are kept for people to see (a) museum (b) library (c) granary (d) zoo
- 10.Fill the gap: a ___ of cows (a) herd (b) swarm (c) bunch (d) fleet
- 11.What is the feminine of “ram”? (a) hen (b) ewe (c) mare (d) peahen
- 12.Which word is the opposite of “open”? (a) eat (b) jump (c) sing (d) close
- 13.The cliff path was so perilous that climbers needed ropes. “Perilous” means ___. (a) easy (b) safe (c) flat (d) dangerous
- 14.Fill the gap: A crowd is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) people (c) ships (d) keys
- 15.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) come – go (b) mend – break (c) mend – repair (d) win – lose
- 16.Choose the right form: It was a hard ___ to make. (a) decisive (b) decide (c) decision (d) decisively
- 17.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) morning (b) school (c) lunch (d) night
- 18.What does the idiom “see eye to eye” mean? (a) stare angrily (b) look closely (c) see clearly (d) agree fully
- 19.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) pronunciation (b) interrupt (c) exaggerate (d) beleive
- 20.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 21.The house was vacant; nobody had lived in it for years. “Vacant” means ___. (a) crowded (b) empty (c) expensive (d) beautiful
- 22.Which word means “without end”? (a) endless (b) endings (c) ended (d) ending
- 23.Which is the formal word for “answer”? (a) respond (b) reside (c) require (d) purchase
- 24.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ly (b) -ful (c) -er (d) -ness
- 25.What does the phrasal verb “get up” mean? (a) go to sleep (b) sit down (c) rise from bed (d) lie down
- 26.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 27.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 28.Complete the analogy: Week is to day as year is to ___. (a) decade (b) century (c) month (d) era
- 29.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
- 30.There was a brief power cut that lasted only a minute. “Brief” means ___. (a) long (b) short (c) dark (d) loud
- 31.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) up – down (b) stone – rock (c) hot – cold (d) win – lose
- 32.Fill the gap: A caterpillar is the young one of a ___. (a) frog (b) hen (c) butterfly (d) cow
- 33.Which word means “without a name”? (a) named (b) names (c) nameless (d) namely
- 34.Zoya felt remorse after she shouted at her little brother. “Remorse” means ___. (a) anger (b) sorrow for doing wrong (c) pride (d) great joy
- 35.Which is the formal word for “fridge”? (a) occupation (b) refrigerator (c) residence (d) error
- 36.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) misobey (c) unobey (d) disobey
- 37.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “attempt”? (a) buy (b) tell (c) live (d) try
- 38.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) not well (c) well before (d) well again
- 39.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) up – down (b) gift – river (c) gift – present (d) open – shut
- 40.One word for: a place where bees are kept (a) aviary (b) apiary (c) aquarium (d) granary
Answer key
- blocked with traffic
- dancers
- quite
- sheep
- see
- boat
- mare
- calm and peaceful
- zoo
- herd
- ewe
- close
- dangerous
- people
- mend – repair
- decision
- night
- agree fully
- beleive
- mis-
- empty
- endless
- respond
- -ness
- rise from bed
- nose
- blew
- month
- some
- short
- stone – rock
- butterfly
- nameless
- sorrow for doing wrong
- refrigerator
- disobey
- try
- not well
- gift – present
- apiary
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