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 idiom “keep an eye on” mean? (a) close one eye (b) stare rudely (c) watch carefully (d) wear glasses
- 2.Which word is the opposite of “sell”? (a) buy (b) run (c) sit (d) sleep
- 3.One word for: a garden of fruit trees (a) granary (b) aquarium (c) aviary (d) orchard
- 4.One word for: a place where films are shown (a) stadium (b) cinema (c) library (d) museum
- 5.What is the masculine of “tigress”? (a) lion (b) tiger (c) king (d) bull
- 6.Fill the gap with the right small word: Calm ___ and tell me what happened. (a) up (b) after (c) down (d) across
- 7.Fill the gap: The young one of a cow is a ___. (a) kitten (b) cub (c) calf (d) chick
- 8.Choose the right form: Wear a helmet for ___ while cycling. (a) protect (b) protectively (c) protection (d) protective
- 9.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 10.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 11.Complete the analogy: Farmer is to field as sailor is to ___. (a) farm (b) court (c) ship (d) school
- 12.Fill the gap: The young one of an eagle is an ___. (a) cub (b) kid (c) calf (d) eaglet
- 13.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
- 14.Complete the analogy: Lion is to lioness as tiger is to ___. (a) mare (b) hen (c) tigress (d) lioness
- 15.Complete the analogy: Child is to children as mouse is to ___. (a) mice (b) cheese (c) mouse (d) rats
- 16.The guide gave a concise answer in just one sentence. “Concise” means ___. (a) very rude (b) long and confusing (c) very loud (d) short and clear
- 17.Fill the gap: a ___ of sheep (a) fleet (b) flock (c) swarm (d) pride
- 18.Which word is a noun? (a) creative (b) creatively (c) create (d) creation
- 19.Which word means the same as “rock”? (a) sand (b) leaf (c) cloud (d) stone
- 20.Complete the idiom: The news came out of the ___. (a) red (b) pink (c) green (d) blue
- 21.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “attempt”? (a) try (b) live (c) tell (d) buy
- 22.The hikers were parched after the long climb and drank all their water. “Parched” means ___. (a) very sleepy (b) very proud (c) very thirsty (d) very cold
- 23.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ful (b) -er (c) -ness (d) -ly
- 24.The patient’s condition was critical, so the doctors acted fast. “Critical” means ___. (a) very simple (b) very funny (c) very serious (d) very good
- 25.What does the idiom “raining cats and dogs” mean? (a) pets are fighting (b) animals are falling (c) a light shower (d) raining very heavily
- 26.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 27.What does the idiom “hold your horses” mean? (a) feed the horses (b) ride a horse (c) wait, be patient (d) hurry up
- 28.Complete the idiom: Stop beating around the ___ and tell me the truth. (a) house (b) garden (c) bush (d) tree
- 29.Which word means the same as “ill”? (a) sick (b) brave (c) well (d) kind
- 30.Complete the analogy: Pen is to writer as camera is to ___. (a) barber (b) farmer (c) photographer (d) tailor
- 31.Complete the analogy: Light is to dark as noise is to ___. (a) silence (b) sound (c) song (d) music
- 32.Fill the gap: The young one of a lion is a ___. (a) calf (b) chick (c) kitten (d) cub
- 33.Which word is an adjective? (a) creative (b) create (c) creation (d) creatively
- 34.Fill in the opposite: Come in through the front door and go ___ through the back door. (a) hot (b) wet (c) out (d) tall
- 35.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) win – lose (b) mend – break (c) mend – repair (d) come – go
- 36.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
- 37.Which word is the opposite of “morning”? (a) Monday (b) summer (c) river (d) evening
- 38.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) diswrite (c) prewrite (d) miswrite
- 39.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
- 40.What does the phrasal verb “put off” mean? (a) postpone (b) wear (c) arrive (d) agree
Answer key
- watch carefully
- buy
- orchard
- cinema
- tiger
- down
- calf
- protection
- aunt
- steel
- ship
- eaglet
- then
- tigress
- mice
- short and clear
- flock
- creation
- stone
- blue
- try
- very thirsty
- -ness
- very serious
- raining very heavily
- sun
- wait, be patient
- bush
- sick
- photographer
- silence
- cub
- creative
- out
- mend – repair
- borrow
- evening
- rewrite
- quite
- postpone
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