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 in the opposite: A pillow is soft, but a rock is ___. (a) wet (b) loud (c) happy (d) hard
- 2.Add the suffix: happy + ness = ? (a) happiness (b) happyness (c) happines (d) happieness
- 3.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 4.Fill in the opposite: Come in through the front door and go ___ through the back door. (a) out (b) hot (c) tall (d) wet
- 5.What is the masculine of “empress”? (a) prince (b) uncle (c) bull (d) emperor
- 6.What is the masculine of “headmistress”? (a) host (b) king (c) uncle (d) headmaster
- 7.What does the phrasal verb “put on” mean? (a) remove (b) cook (c) wear (d) sell
- 8.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -less (b) -er (c) -ful (d) -ly
- 9.Fill the gap: a ___ of bananas (a) flock (b) bunch (c) pack (d) fleet
- 10.Which spelling is correct? (a) especially (b) especialy (c) espescially (d) expecially
- 11.Fill in the opposite: A cheetah is fast, but a snail is ___. (a) big (b) slow (c) wet (d) loud
- 12.Which word means “without a home”? (a) homework (b) homely (c) homeward (d) homeless
- 13.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “attempt”? (a) buy (b) live (c) try (d) tell
- 14.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) quick – slow (b) rich – poor (c) wet – dry (d) quick – fast
- 15.Add the suffix: lucky + ly = ? (a) luckilly (b) luckyly (c) luckily (d) lukily
- 16.Which word is the opposite of “full”? (a) tall (b) dry (c) empty (d) fast
- 17.One word for: easily broken (a) visible (b) flexible (c) fragile (d) edible
- 18.Add the suffix: slow + ly = ? (a) slowly (b) slowely (c) slowley (d) sloly
- 19.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) foreign (b) restaurant (c) tomorrow (d) neccessary
- 20.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) not build (c) build wrongly (d) build before
- 21.Fill the gap: a ___ of puppies (a) fleet (b) litter (c) pride (d) flock
- 22.Which word is a noun? (a) different (b) difference (c) differ (d) differently
- 23.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
- 24.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) tall – short (b) happy – sad (c) begin – finish (d) begin – start
- 25.What does the phrasal verb “give in” mean? (a) attack (b) win (c) refuse (d) agree after resisting
- 26.Fill in the opposite: Ice is cold, but fire is ___. (a) wet (b) small (c) hot (d) slow
- 27.What does the phrasal verb “get along” mean? (a) get lost (b) be friendly (c) fight (d) get angry
- 28.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) untell (c) retell (d) mistell
- 29.Complete the idiom: The exam was so easy; it was a ___ of cake. (a) box (b) plate (c) piece (d) bowl
- 30.Fill the gap: A band is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) keys (c) ships (d) musicians
- 31.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
- 32.Which is the formal word for “try”? (a) attempt (b) inform (c) purchase (d) reside
- 33.Which word is an adverb? (a) admiration (b) admire (c) admirably (d) admirable
- 34.Which word is the opposite of “friend”? (a) farmer (b) enemy (c) teacher (d) cousin
- 35.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 36.What does the idiom “keep an eye on” mean? (a) wear glasses (b) watch carefully (c) stare rudely (d) close one eye
- 37.Fill the gap: A bundle is a group of ___. (a) lions (b) sailors (c) sticks (d) bees
- 38.Which word is the opposite of “hard”? (a) soft (b) tall (c) cold (d) fast
- 39.What does the idiom “a white elephant” mean? (a) a rare animal (b) a lucky charm (c) costly but useless thing (d) a big white toy
- 40.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
Answer key
- hard
- happiness
- our
- out
- emperor
- headmaster
- wear
- -ly
- bunch
- especially
- slow
- homeless
- try
- quick – fast
- luckily
- empty
- fragile
- slowly
- neccessary
- build again
- litter
- difference
- very cold
- begin – start
- agree after resisting
- hot
- be friendly
- retell
- piece
- musicians
- lose
- attempt
- admirably
- enemy
- peace
- watch carefully
- sticks
- soft
- costly but useless thing
- be
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