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.What does the phrasal verb “take off” mean? (a) wear (b) buy (c) remove clothes (d) wash
- 2.Complete the analogy: Light is to dark as noise is to ___. (a) sound (b) music (c) silence (d) song
- 3.Complete the idiom: Could you lend me a ___ with these heavy bags? (a) foot (b) hand (c) head (d) leg
- 4.Add the suffix: use + less = ? (a) useless (b) uselesss (c) usless (d) useles
- 5.Which word is the opposite of “inside”? (a) happy (b) wet (c) slow (d) outside
- 6.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “honest”? (a) brave (b) polite (c) lazy (d) dishonest
- 7.One word for: a person who studies animals (a) astronomer (b) zoologist (c) geologist (d) botanist
- 8.Fill the gap: A bouquet is a bunch of ___. (a) wolves (b) flowers (c) cows (d) ships
- 9.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “blunt”? (a) late (b) polite (c) sharp (d) ancient
- 10.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
- 11.Fill the gap: An eaglet is the young one of an ___. (a) ant (b) eagle (c) ox (d) owl
- 12.Complete the analogy: Cat is to kitten as dog is to ___. (a) puppy (b) cub (c) foal (d) calf
- 13.Add the suffix: happy + ly = ? (a) happiely (b) happyly (c) happily (d) happly
- 14.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well again
- 15.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) unbreakable (b) edible (c) invisible (d) fragile
- 16.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) exaggerate (b) Febuary (c) accommodation (d) environment
- 17.Complete the analogy: Cub is to lion as kitten is to ___. (a) dog (b) hen (c) cow (d) cat
- 18.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) wet (b) loud (c) hot (d) short
- 19.Which word means the same as “shiny”? (a) wet (b) bright (c) dull (d) soft
- 20.Which spelling is correct? (a) acheeve (b) achive (c) achieve (d) acheive
- 21.Which word means the same as “gift”? (a) smile (b) river (c) shout (d) present
- 22.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) mend – break (b) come – go (c) mend – repair (d) win – lose
- 23.Which word means the same as “repair”? (a) break (b) choose (c) fix (d) laugh
- 24.What does the idiom “on cloud nine” mean? (a) on a plane (b) very happy (c) in the rain (d) very sleepy
- 25.Fill in the opposite: My glass was full; now it is ___. (a) hot (b) tall (c) loud (d) empty
- 26.Which word is the opposite of “young”? (a) wet (b) fast (c) old (d) loud
- 27.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 28.Which word is a noun? (a) admiration (b) admire (c) admirable (d) admirably
- 29.Complete the idiom: The news came out of the ___. (a) blue (b) red (c) pink (d) green
- 30.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “provide”? (a) live (b) give (c) tell (d) buy
- 31.Fill the gap: a ___ of elephants (a) bunch (b) herd (c) flock (d) fleet
- 32.One word for: the study of living things (a) biology (b) history (c) geography (d) astronomy
- 33.Complete the analogy: Puppy is to dog as calf is to ___. (a) horse (b) cow (c) hen (d) goat
- 34.Which is the formal word for “help”? (a) purchase (b) reside (c) assist (d) commence
- 35.Which word is the opposite of “poor”? (a) short (b) rich (c) dry (d) late
- 36.Fill the gap: A caravan is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) keys (c) camels (d) bees
- 37.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
- 38.Which is the formal word for “ask”? (a) conclude (b) assist (c) enquire (d) reside
- 39.Fill in the opposite: The shop is near, but the school is ___. (a) sad (b) hot (c) wet (d) far
- 40.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ly (b) -ful (c) -er (d) -ness
Answer key
- remove clothes
- silence
- hand
- useless
- outside
- dishonest
- zoologist
- flowers
- sharp
- hear wrongly
- eagle
- puppy
- happily
- not well
- unbreakable
- Febuary
- cat
- short
- bright
- achieve
- present
- mend – repair
- fix
- very happy
- empty
- old
- right
- admiration
- blue
- give
- herd
- biology
- cow
- assist
- rich
- camels
- moral
- enquire
- far
- -ness
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