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 chick is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) hen (c) cat (d) dog
- 2.The obstinate goat refused to move, however hard we pulled. “Obstinate” means ___. (a) friendly (b) hungry (c) tiny (d) stubborn
- 3.The traveller was weary after walking all day in the sun. “Weary” means ___. (a) very tired (b) very happy (c) very rich (d) very angry
- 4.Which word means “one who teaches”? (a) teaching (b) teacher (c) teachable (d) taught
- 5.One word for: a person who speaks many languages (a) optimist (b) miser (c) polyglot (d) patriot
- 6.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “frequently”? (a) lucky (b) enough (c) often (d) about
- 7.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “float”? (a) run (b) shout (c) borrow (d) sink
- 8.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) vegetarian (b) carnivore (c) omnivore (d) pedestrian
- 9.Which spelling is correct? (a) pronunciation (b) pronunsiation (c) pronounciation (d) pronunciasion
- 10.Which word means the same as “jump”? (a) sit (b) cry (c) crawl (d) leap
- 11.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) borrow – lend (b) yell – shout (c) ill – sick (d) jump – leap
- 12.Which spelling is correct? (a) govenment (b) government (c) goverment (d) governmant
- 13.Complete the analogy: Teacher is to students as doctor is to ___. (a) tickets (b) patients (c) farmers (d) books
- 14.Add the suffix: lazy + ness = ? (a) lazyness (b) laziness (c) lazness (d) lazines
- 15.Which word means the same as “ill”? (a) kind (b) well (c) sick (d) brave
- 16.Which spelling is correct? (a) necessary (b) neccessary (c) neccesary (d) necesary
- 17.One word for: a person who sees an event happen (a) judge (b) victim (c) eyewitness (d) lawyer
- 18.Which word means the same as “wealthy”? (a) kind (b) poor (c) rich (d) tall
- 19.Which word is an adjective? (a) decide (b) decisive (c) decisively (d) decision
- 20.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
- 21.The mountain air was so frigid that our fingers went numb. “Frigid” means ___. (a) very hot (b) very fresh (c) very cold (d) very wet
- 22.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please carry ___ with your work. (a) after (b) up (c) on (d) off
- 23.Our new neighbour seems amiable; she smiles and greets everyone. “Amiable” means ___. (a) rude (b) friendly (c) angry (d) sleepy
- 24.One word for: a book of word meanings in alphabetical order (a) diary (b) atlas (c) dictionary (d) novel
- 25.Complete the analogy: Painter is to brush as writer is to ___. (a) saw (b) spade (c) needle (d) pen
- 26.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “converse”? (a) need (b) talk (c) buy (d) live
- 27.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “commence”? (a) buy (b) live (c) start (d) help
- 28.Which word is an adjective? (a) simplicity (b) simple (c) simplify (d) simply
- 29.Which word is the opposite of “open”? (a) jump (b) sing (c) eat (d) close
- 30.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
- 31.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 32.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ness (b) -ful (c) -less (d) -er
- 33.What does the phrasal verb “stand for” mean? (a) wait (b) argue (c) sit down (d) mean
- 34.Which word is the opposite of “full”? (a) fast (b) tall (c) empty (d) dry
- 35.Which word is the opposite of “tall”? (a) empty (b) fast (c) short (d) hot
- 36.Complete the idiom: It is raining ___ and dogs outside. (a) mice (b) rats (c) cows (d) cats
- 37.Fill the gap: a ___ of chicks (a) pride (b) brood (c) swarm (d) fleet
- 38.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ness (b) -ly (c) -less (d) -er
- 39.Fill the gap: a ___ of grapes (a) bunch (b) pride (c) swarm (d) herd
- 40.What does the phrasal verb “run out of” mean? (a) have none left (b) have plenty (c) run very fast (d) run outside
Answer key
- hen
- stubborn
- very tired
- teacher
- polyglot
- often
- sink
- vegetarian
- pronunciation
- leap
- borrow – lend
- government
- patients
- laziness
- sick
- necessary
- eyewitness
- rich
- decisive
- alter
- very cold
- on
- friendly
- dictionary
- pen
- talk
- start
- simple
- close
- envelop
- road
- -less
- mean
- empty
- short
- cats
- brood
- -er
- bunch
- have none left
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