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 ___ of ants (a) fleet (b) herd (c) colony (d) pride
- 2.Fill the gap: a ___ of students (a) swarm (b) herd (c) class (d) fleet
- 3.Complete the analogy: Cow is to milk as hen is to ___. (a) silk (b) honey (c) eggs (d) wool
- 4.One word for: a place where old and rare things are kept for show (a) granary (b) museum (c) library (d) aviary
- 5.One word for: agreed upon by everyone (a) anonymous (b) famous (c) unanimous (d) generous
- 6.What does the phrasal verb “pick up” mean? (a) throw (b) push (c) drop (d) lift
- 7.What does the idiom “turn a deaf ear” mean? (a) lose hearing (b) listen carefully (c) whisper softly (d) refuse to listen
- 8.One word for: something that cannot be seen (a) edible (b) illegible (c) invisible (d) audible
- 9.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) below – under (b) talk – speak (c) generous – selfish (d) clever – smart
- 10.Fill the gap with the right small word: The rich man gave ___ all his money to the poor. (a) after (b) across (c) away (d) off
- 11.What does the phrasal verb “give away” mean? (a) keep (b) give for free (c) borrow (d) sell
- 12.Fill in the opposite: A lion is strong, but a mouse is ___. (a) wet (b) tall (c) loud (d) weak
- 13.Which spelling is correct? (a) temprature (b) temperature (c) tempreture (d) temperture
- 14.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “sufficient”? (a) enough (b) lucky (c) about (d) often
- 15.Which word is the opposite of “stand”? (a) sing (b) sit (c) eat (d) cry
- 16.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
- 17.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ly (d) -ness
- 18.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) patriot (b) glutton (c) miser (d) optimist
- 19.One word for: a person who betrays his or her country (a) tourist (b) optimist (c) traitor (d) patriot
- 20.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please fill ___ this form with your name. (a) in (b) off (c) across (d) after
- 21.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 22.What does the idiom “feel blue” mean? (a) turn blue (b) feel cold (c) feel lucky (d) feel sad
- 23.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “permit”? (a) tell (b) let (c) live (d) buy
- 24.Fill the gap: A litter is a group of ___. (a) singers (b) sticks (c) ships (d) puppies
- 25.What does the phrasal verb “bring up” mean? (a) raise a child (b) punish (c) forget a child (d) carry upstairs
- 26.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 27.What does the phrasal verb “look for” mean? (a) wait for (b) take care of (c) find by chance (d) search for
- 28.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
- 29.One word for: a person who studies animals (a) zoologist (b) geologist (c) astronomer (d) botanist
- 30.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) ill – sick (b) early – late (c) full – empty (d) ill – well
- 31.Fill the gap with the right small word: I am looking forward ___ the holidays. (a) at (b) for (c) to (d) on
- 32.One word for: a daily record of personal events (a) diary (b) dictionary (c) novel (d) atlas
- 33.What does the idiom “the tip of the iceberg” mean? (a) only a small part (b) a melting ice block (c) a cold place (d) the top of a hill
- 34.What does the phrasal verb “put up with” mean? (a) tolerate (b) build (c) pick up (d) decorate
- 35.Fill the gap: A herd is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) bees (c) ships (d) cows
- 36.Which is the formal word for “want”? (a) purchase (b) reside (c) conclude (d) desire
- 37.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “rude”? (a) wet (b) lazy (c) polite (d) tall
- 38.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
- 39.Which word means the same as “friend”? (a) teacher (b) stranger (c) pal (d) enemy
- 40.Which word means “one who dances”? (a) danced (b) dances (c) dancer (d) dancing
Answer key
- colony
- class
- eggs
- museum
- unanimous
- lift
- refuse to listen
- invisible
- generous – selfish
- away
- give for free
- weak
- temperature
- enough
- sit
- lose
- -er
- glutton
- traitor
- in
- wood
- feel sad
- let
- puppies
- raise a child
- mis-
- search for
- then
- zoologist
- ill – sick
- to
- diary
- only a small part
- tolerate
- cows
- desire
- polite
- It's
- pal
- dancer
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