Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 2.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 3.The empty house looked eerie at night, with creaking doors. “Eerie” means ___. (a) bright and cheerful (b) very warm (c) strange and scary (d) very clean
- 4.One word for: a person who speaks many languages (a) miser (b) polyglot (c) patriot (d) optimist
- 5.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -less (b) -er (c) -ful (d) -ly
- 6.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) tall (b) wet (c) asleep (d) loud
- 7.Which word is a noun? (a) differ (b) different (c) differently (d) difference
- 8.Fill the gap: A school is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) ships (c) cows (d) fish
- 9.Which word is a noun? (a) decisive (b) decide (c) decisively (d) decision
- 10.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) disuse
- 11.Choose the right form: It was a hard ___ to make. (a) decisive (b) decide (c) decision (d) decisively
- 12.Which is the formal word for “talk”? (a) purchase (b) converse (c) require (d) reside
- 13.Which word means “the state of being sick”? (a) sickly (b) sicker (c) sickness (d) sicken
- 14.Which word is the opposite of “night”? (a) wet (b) day (c) down (d) cold
- 15.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 16.Complete the analogy: Fish is to swim as bird is to ___. (a) dig (b) crawl (c) fly (d) run
- 17.One word for: against the law (a) illegal (b) impossible (c) legal (d) invisible
- 18.Complete the analogy: Cow is to milk as hen is to ___. (a) honey (b) wool (c) eggs (d) silk
- 19.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 20.Choose the right form: The Taj Mahal is a famous tourist ___. (a) attraction (b) attract (c) attractively (d) attractive
- 21.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
- 22.The mountain air was so frigid that our fingers went numb. “Frigid” means ___. (a) very fresh (b) very wet (c) very hot (d) very cold
- 23.One word for: a person who walks along a road (a) cyclist (b) passenger (c) driver (d) pedestrian
- 24.Fill in the opposite: Winter is cold, but summer is ___. (a) small (b) slow (c) sad (d) hot
- 25.Complete the analogy: Hen is to chick as frog is to ___. (a) foal (b) cub (c) tadpole (d) kitten
- 26.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “generous”? (a) early (b) polite (c) brave (d) selfish
- 27.Fill the gap: The young one of a camel is a ___. (a) kitten (b) calf (c) chick (d) cub
- 28.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) heighth (b) definitely (c) disappear (d) recommend
- 29.Which word means the same as “brave”? (a) bold (b) tiny (c) lazy (d) scared
- 30.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) height (b) separate (c) knowledge (d) receeve
- 31.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) Febuary (b) conscience (c) character (d) embarrass
- 32.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) big – large (c) ill – sick (d) deep – shallow
- 33.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) brave – bold (b) quick – fast (c) big – large (d) brave – cowardly
- 34.What does the idiom “let the cat out of the bag” mean? (a) free a pet (b) tell a lie (c) go shopping (d) tell a secret
- 35.What is the feminine of “brother”? (a) wife (b) sister (c) aunt (d) niece
- 36.Complete the analogy: Bread is to baker as shoes are to ___. (a) barber (b) tailor (c) cobbler (d) farmer
- 37.What does the phrasal verb “give up” mean? (a) keep going (b) stand up (c) stop trying (d) give a gift
- 38.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “numerous”? (a) lucky (b) about (c) enough (d) many
- 39.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “reside”? (a) buy (b) live (c) help (d) tell
- 40.Which word is the opposite of “weak”? (a) dry (b) quiet (c) late (d) strong
Answer key
- sale
- sail
- strange and scary
- polyglot
- -ful
- asleep
- difference
- fish
- decision
- reuse
- decision
- converse
- sickness
- day
- witch
- fly
- illegal
- eggs
- no
- attraction
- lead wrongly
- very cold
- pedestrian
- hot
- tadpole
- selfish
- calf
- heighth
- bold
- receeve
- Febuary
- deep – shallow
- brave – cowardly
- tell a secret
- sister
- cobbler
- stop trying
- many
- live
- strong
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