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.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 2.Which word is a verb? (a) successful (b) succeed (c) successfully (d) success
- 3.Fill the gap: A flock is a group of ___. (a) lions (b) sheep (c) keys (d) ships
- 4.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “lend”? (a) sing (b) float (c) arrive (d) borrow
- 5.Complete the analogy: Pages are to book as leaves are to ___. (a) stone (b) root (c) cloud (d) tree
- 6.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) ill – well (b) early – late (c) ill – sick (d) full – empty
- 7.Choose the right form: The telephone was a great ___. (a) inventively (b) inventive (c) invention (d) invent
- 8.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) geography (b) atlas (c) autobiography (d) biography
- 9.Which spelling is correct? (a) adress (b) addres (c) adres (d) address
- 10.Complete the analogy: Lion is to roar as dog is to ___. (a) hiss (b) neigh (c) moo (d) bark
- 11.What does the phrasal verb “put on” mean? (a) cook (b) sell (c) wear (d) remove
- 12.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build again (d) build before
- 13.The village was serene, with only the sound of birds. “Serene” means ___. (a) dirty (b) calm and peaceful (c) noisy (d) crowded
- 14.Which word means the same as “begin”? (a) shout (b) choose (c) finish (d) start
- 15.Fill the gap: a ___ of ministers (a) herd (b) cabinet (c) flock (d) swarm
- 16.Which word means the same as “shout”? (a) smile (b) whisper (c) sleep (d) yell
- 17.Fill the gap: a ___ of camels (a) bunch (b) swarm (c) fleet (d) caravan
- 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 19.What does the idiom “beat around the bush” mean? (a) clean the garden (b) run very fast (c) avoid the main point (d) hit a plant
- 20.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 21.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) borrow – lend (b) yell – shout (c) jump – leap (d) ill – sick
- 22.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “wise”? (a) brave (b) foolish (c) ancient (d) polite
- 23.Which word means “without a home”? (a) homeward (b) homely (c) homeless (d) homework
- 24.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) preunderstand (d) ununderstand
- 25.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
- 26.What is the masculine of “ewe”? (a) horse (b) bull (c) lion (d) ram
- 27.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “however”? (a) often (b) so (c) but (d) about
- 28.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) edible (b) fragile (c) visible (d) audible
- 29.One word for: a person who walks along a road (a) driver (b) cyclist (c) passenger (d) pedestrian
- 30.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) definitely (b) temperature (c) dissapear (d) beautiful
- 31.Which word is a verb? (a) decisive (b) decisively (c) decide (d) decision
- 32.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) calandar (b) height (c) committee (d) foreign
- 33.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “decrease”? (a) whisper (b) arrive (c) float (d) increase
- 34.One word for: the study of past events (a) history (b) astronomy (c) biology (d) geography
- 35.One word for: the study of the earth and its countries (a) history (b) astronomy (c) geography (d) biology
- 36.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) ill – sick (c) deep – shallow (d) big – large
- 37.Which spelling is correct? (a) vegtable (b) vegitable (c) vegetabel (d) vegetable
- 38.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) old – new (b) scared – brave (c) in – out (d) scared – afraid
- 39.Add the suffix: bake + er = ? (a) bakar (b) bakor (c) baker (d) bakeer
- 40.Complete the analogy: Run is to ran as swim is to ___. (a) swum (b) swam (c) swims (d) swimming
Answer key
- re-
- succeed
- sheep
- borrow
- tree
- ill – sick
- invention
- biography
- address
- bark
- wear
- build again
- calm and peaceful
- start
- cabinet
- yell
- caravan
- dis-
- avoid the main point
- mis-
- borrow – lend
- foolish
- homeless
- misunderstand
- breathe
- ram
- but
- edible
- pedestrian
- dissapear
- decide
- calandar
- increase
- history
- geography
- deep – shallow
- vegetable
- scared – afraid
- baker
- swam
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