Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
- 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 3.Add the suffix: lazy + ness = ? (a) lazyness (b) lazness (c) lazines (d) laziness
- 4.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) recontinue (c) discontinue (d) uncontinue
- 5.What does the phrasal verb “call off” mean? (a) shout (b) invite (c) phone (d) cancel
- 6.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) immediately (b) grammmar (c) February (d) vegetable
- 7.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “require”? (a) need (b) buy (c) live (d) tell
- 8.Fill the gap: A crew is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) grapes (c) lions (d) sailors
- 9.Which spelling is correct? (a) imediately (b) immediatley (c) immediately (d) immediatly
- 10.Choose the right form: Can you ___ the picture in five sentences? (a) description (b) describe (c) descriptive (d) descriptively
- 11.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
- 12.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
- 13.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “reside”? (a) tell (b) help (c) live (d) buy
- 14.One word for: a person who flies an aeroplane (a) conductor (b) pilot (c) driver (d) sailor
- 15.What does the idiom “on cloud nine” mean? (a) on a plane (b) very happy (c) very sleepy (d) in the rain
- 16.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “purchase”? (a) live (b) buy (c) tell (d) need
- 17.Add the suffix: quick + ly = ? (a) quickley (b) quikly (c) quickely (d) quickly
- 18.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) optimist (b) patriot (c) miser (d) glutton
- 19.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) short (b) loud (c) wet (d) hot
- 20.Which is the formal word for “many”? (a) fortunate (b) previous (c) sufficient (d) numerous
- 21.Complete the idiom: Could you lend me a ___ with these heavy bags? (a) foot (b) head (c) hand (d) leg
- 22.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “failure”? (a) journey (b) success (c) question (d) victory
- 23.Choose the right form: Painting helps children become more ___. (a) creatively (b) create (c) creative (d) creation
- 24.Add the suffix: tidy + ness = ? (a) tidness (b) tidines (c) tidyness (d) tidiness
- 25.What is the feminine of “father”? (a) sister (b) aunt (c) mother (d) niece
- 26.What does the phrasal verb “show off” mean? (a) hide (b) share (c) help (d) boast
- 27.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) mend – break (b) come – go (c) mend – repair (d) win – lose
- 28.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “rough”? (a) modern (b) smooth (c) early (d) polite
- 29.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) comittee (b) embarrass (c) grammar (d) Wednesday
- 30.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join before (c) join again (d) not join
- 31.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “answer”? (a) window (b) victory (c) journey (d) question
- 32.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ly (b) -ful (c) -er (d) -ness
- 33.Which word means “the state of being weak”? (a) weaken (b) weaker (c) weakness (d) weakly
- 34.What does the idiom “bite the bullet” mean? (a) get angry (b) break a tooth (c) eat something hard (d) bravely do a hard thing
- 35.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
- 36.Which word means “one who helps”? (a) helpful (b) helper (c) helpfully (d) helpless
- 37.Complete the analogy: Judge is to court as actor is to ___. (a) field (b) stage (c) kitchen (d) farm
- 38.Fill the gap: a ___ of students (a) swarm (b) fleet (c) herd (d) class
- 39.Fill in the opposite: The shop is near, but the school is ___. (a) wet (b) sad (c) hot (d) far
- 40.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “sufficient”? (a) lucky (b) about (c) enough (d) often
Answer key
- fare
- dis-
- laziness
- discontinue
- cancel
- grammmar
- need
- sailors
- immediately
- describe
- later
- accept
- live
- pilot
- very happy
- buy
- quickly
- glutton
- short
- numerous
- hand
- success
- creative
- tidiness
- mother
- boast
- mend – repair
- smooth
- comittee
- join again
- question
- -ness
- weakness
- bravely do a hard thing
- devise
- helper
- stage
- class
- far
- enough
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