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: An owlet is the young one of an ___. (a) ant (b) owl (c) eagle (d) ox
- 2.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) rich – wealthy (b) rough – smooth (c) quiet – silent (d) end – finish
- 3.One word for: a person who sees an event happen (a) victim (b) eyewitness (c) judge (d) lawyer
- 4.Choose the right form: Bright flowers ___ bees. (a) attraction (b) attract (c) attractive (d) attractively
- 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 6.Fill the gap: A band is a group of ___. (a) musicians (b) keys (c) cows (d) ships
- 7.Fill the gap: A choir is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) sticks (c) ships (d) singers
- 8.Which word is the opposite of “long”? (a) early (b) happy (c) short (d) wet
- 9.Which is the formal word for “live”? (a) purchase (b) assist (c) reside (d) require
- 10.Which word is the opposite of “loud”? (a) wet (b) thick (c) early (d) quiet
- 11.What does the idiom “all ears” mean? (a) very noisy (b) hard of hearing (c) having big ears (d) listening eagerly
- 12.Which spelling is correct? (a) immediatly (b) immediatley (c) immediately (d) imediately
- 13.Fill the gap: a ___ of cows (a) swarm (b) bunch (c) herd (d) fleet
- 14.Choose the right form: Everyone looked at the dancer with ___. (a) admiration (b) admire (c) admirably (d) admirable
- 15.One word for: a place where birds are kept (a) aquarium (b) kennel (c) aviary (d) library
- 16.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “cheap”? (a) expensive (b) brave (c) honest (d) modern
- 17.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “additionally”? (a) enough (b) lucky (c) often (d) also
- 18.Which is the formal word for “check”? (a) reside (b) commence (c) verify (d) purchase
- 19.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “supervisor”? (a) fridge (b) phone (c) bike (d) boss
- 20.What does the idiom “hold your horses” mean? (a) wait, be patient (b) feed the horses (c) ride a horse (d) hurry up
- 21.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 22.Fill the gap: The young one of a frog is a ___. (a) lamb (b) cub (c) tadpole (d) chick
- 23.One word for: people who watch a match (a) passengers (b) pedestrians (c) spectators (d) patients
- 24.Fill in the opposite: Come in through the front door and go ___ through the back door. (a) wet (b) out (c) tall (d) hot
- 25.Complete the analogy: Bird is to feathers as fish is to ___. (a) fur (b) hair (c) wool (d) scales
- 26.Which spelling is correct? (a) privelege (b) priviledge (c) privilege (d) privilage
- 27.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) not obey (c) obey again (d) obey before
- 28.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) tall – short (b) begin – start (c) happy – sad (d) begin – finish
- 29.Fill in the opposite: Ice is cold, but fire is ___. (a) slow (b) small (c) hot (d) wet
- 30.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 31.Complete the analogy: Cub is to lion as kitten is to ___. (a) hen (b) cow (c) cat (d) dog
- 32.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “entire”? (a) whole (b) often (c) lucky (d) enough
- 33.What does the phrasal verb “make up” mean? (a) paint (b) invent a story (c) tell the truth (d) tidy up
- 34.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) scavenger (b) herbivore (c) omnivore (d) carnivore
- 35.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “therefore”? (a) so (b) often (c) about (d) but
- 36.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
- 37.Which spelling is correct? (a) reccommend (b) recomend (c) recommend (d) reccomend
- 38.Which word is an adverb? (a) invent (b) invention (c) inventive (d) inventively
- 39.Which word means the same as “little”? (a) big (b) loud (c) kind (d) small
- 40.What is the masculine of “headmistress”? (a) headmaster (b) king (c) uncle (d) host
Answer key
- owl
- rough – smooth
- eyewitness
- attract
- un-
- musicians
- singers
- short
- reside
- quiet
- listening eagerly
- immediately
- herd
- admiration
- aviary
- expensive
- also
- verify
- boss
- wait, be patient
- heel
- tadpole
- spectators
- out
- scales
- privilege
- not obey
- begin – start
- hot
- week
- cat
- whole
- invent a story
- omnivore
- so
- buy
- recommend
- inventively
- small
- headmaster
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