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 word means “the state of being kind”? (a) kindly (b) kinder (c) kindest (d) kindness
- 2.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) misobey (c) disobey (d) unobey
- 3.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
- 4.One word for: a doctor who treats sick animals (a) dentist (b) optician (c) veterinarian (d) florist
- 5.The film was so dreary that we left before it ended. “Dreary” means ___. (a) very funny (b) exciting (c) dull and gloomy (d) very short
- 6.Which word is a noun? (a) admiration (b) admirably (c) admirable (d) admire
- 7.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) glutton (b) donor (c) tourist (d) miser
- 8.Fill the gap: a ___ of soldiers (a) army (b) bunch (c) flock (d) swarm
- 9.Which word means the same as “afraid”? (a) scared (b) lazy (c) tired (d) proud
- 10.One word for: a person who works without being paid (a) employee (b) owner (c) tourist (d) volunteer
- 11.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) ill – well (b) early – late (c) ill – sick (d) full – empty
- 12.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
- 13.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
- 14.What is the feminine of “waiter”? (a) hostess (b) waitress (c) princess (d) actress
- 15.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “temporary”? (a) permanent (b) honest (c) brave (d) modern
- 16.Which word is an adjective? (a) imagination (b) imaginative (c) imaginatively (d) imagine
- 17.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 18.What does the phrasal verb “look up” mean? (a) find in a dictionary (b) take care of (c) feel sad (d) forget a word
- 19.What does the phrasal verb “carry on” mean? (a) stop (b) continue (c) lift up (d) carry a bag
- 20.Fill the gap: A kid is the young one of a ___. (a) goat (b) cow (c) cat (d) hen
- 21.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) not view (c) view wrongly (d) view before
- 22.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “include”? (a) sink (b) borrow (c) arrive (d) exclude
- 23.Add the suffix: angry + ly = ? (a) angrily (b) angrilly (c) angrly (d) angryly
- 24.The magic trick was baffling; nobody could explain how it was done. “Baffling” means ___. (a) very confusing (b) very easy (c) very short (d) very boring
- 25.One word for: happening once every year (a) monthly (b) weekly (c) daily (d) annual
- 26.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) patriot (b) optimist (c) miser (d) glutton
- 27.One word for: a group of singers (a) herd (b) crew (c) fleet (d) choir
- 28.Fill the gap: a ___ of geese (a) fleet (b) bunch (c) swarm (d) gaggle
- 29.Complete the analogy: Lion is to roar as dog is to ___. (a) moo (b) bark (c) neigh (d) hiss
- 30.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) talkative (b) silent (c) bilingual (d) literate
- 31.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ly (b) -ness (c) -er (d) -less
- 32.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
- 33.Which word is the opposite of “young”? (a) fast (b) loud (c) wet (d) old
- 34.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 35.Fill the gap: A pride is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) sheep (c) lions (d) ships
- 36.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “telephone”? (a) money (b) fridge (c) phone (d) bike
- 37.What does the phrasal verb “pick up” mean? (a) throw (b) drop (c) push (d) lift
- 38.Complete the analogy: Good is to better as bad is to ___. (a) worst (b) worse (c) badly (d) good
- 39.One word for: agreed upon by everyone (a) anonymous (b) generous (c) unanimous (d) famous
- 40.What does the idiom “out of the blue” mean? (a) suddenly, unexpectedly (b) from the sky (c) very sad (d) from the sea
Answer key
- kindness
- disobey
- personnel
- veterinarian
- dull and gloomy
- admiration
- miser
- army
- scared
- volunteer
- ill – sick
- dessert
- its
- waitress
- permanent
- imaginative
- here
- find in a dictionary
- continue
- goat
- view before
- exclude
- angrily
- very confusing
- annual
- glutton
- choir
- gaggle
- bark
- bilingual
- -er
- not clear
- old
- mis-
- lions
- phone
- lift
- worse
- unanimous
- suddenly, unexpectedly
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