English vocabulary quiz — 20 questions with answers.

Who it's for: Lower secondary English classes, ages 13–15, and adults learning English.

Use them as a starter, a spelling-and-meaning check before a writing task, or homework for students learning English. Every question has one correct answer except question 5, which has two. All twenty fit in one Quizoma quiz.

The 20 vocabulary questions with answers

Correct answers are marked with a tick. The same questions, with the same answers, are in the CSV file, in the same order.

Synonyms

1. Which word means the same as "happy"?
   A. Sad · B. Joyful ✓ · C. Angry · D. Tired
2. Which word means the same as "enormous"?
   A. Tiny · B. Quiet · C. Huge ✓ · D. Quick
3. Which word means the same as "brave"?
   A. Courageous ✓ · B. Fearful · C. Lazy · D. Polite
4. Which word means the same as "begin"?
   A. End · B. Stop · C. Wait · D. Start ✓
5. Which of these words mean "very big"? (more than one answer)
   A. Gigantic ✓ · B. Minute · C. Vast ✓ · D. Slender

Antonyms

6. Which word is the opposite of "generous"?
   A. Kind · B. Selfish ✓ · C. Wealthy · D. Gentle
7. Which word is the opposite of "victory"?
   A. Defeat ✓ · B. Success · C. Battle · D. Prize
8. Which word is the opposite of "transparent"?
   A. Clear · B. Opaque ✓ · C. Shiny · D. Thin
9. Which word is the opposite of "expand"?
   A. Grow · B. Increase · C. Contract ✓ · D. Stretch
10. Which word is the opposite of "rare"?
    A. Unusual · B. Common ✓ · C. Precious · D. Strange

Word meanings

11. What does "reluctant" mean?
    A. Eager · B. Unwilling ✓ · C. Angry · D. Careful
12. What does "fragile" mean?
    A. Easily broken ✓ · B. Very heavy · C. Very strong · D. Brightly coloured
13. What does "nocturnal" mean?
    A. Active at night ✓ · B. Living in water · C. Living in groups · D. Eating only plants
14. What does "optimistic" mean?
    A. Expecting good things ✓ · B. Expecting bad things · C. Very tired · D. Very honest
15. What does "abundant" mean?
    A. Scarce · B. Plentiful ✓ · C. Hidden · D. Expensive

Commonly confused words

16. Choose the right word: The dog wagged ___ tail.
    A. its ✓ · B. it's · C. its' · D. it
17. Choose the right word: We are going ___ the park.
    A. to ✓ · B. too · C. two · D. toe
18. Choose the right word: Please ___ my apology.
    A. except · B. accept ✓ · C. expect · D. access
19. Choose the right word: The rain will ___ our plans.
    A. affect ✓ · B. effect · C. afect · D. effort
20. Choose the right word: ___ house is at the end of the street.
    A. There · B. Their ✓ · C. They're · D. Theyre

Some wrong options are traps on purpose. Clear in question 8 is a synonym of transparent, not its opposite, so it catches anyone reading too fast; except in question 18 and effect in question 19 are the classic sound-alike mix-ups. Quizoma's results show the accuracy of every question, so you will see straight away which words need another look.

Students can use the same set to revise on their own: import it, switch on Show Score and Retake, and it becomes a practice test they can take until every word sticks. For spelling practice with typed answers, see the fill in the blank generator.

How to use this template

1. Download the file: quizoma-template-english-vocabulary-quiz.csv.
2. Open Quizoma Studio in your browser (or the Android app) and choose Import from file.
3. Pick the .csv. Quizoma shows every question for review before anything is saved, so you can fix a wording, drop a question or add your own.
4. Save, then share the 6-character quiz code or QR with your class. Participants answer at quizoma.com/take in any browser.

Timing and points are set on the quiz when you import, not in the file. If you would rather not import at all, you can type the questions into the online quiz maker directly.

What is in the file

One row per question: the question, then the options, then a final correct column holding the number of the right option. Where more than one option is right, the numbers are joined with a |. The first lines look like this:

question,option1,option2,option3,option4,correct
"Which word means the same as ""happy""?",Sad,Joyful,Angry,Tired,2
"Which word is the opposite of ""generous""?",Kind,Selfish,Wealthy,Gentle,2

Open it in any spreadsheet to edit, and save it as CSV again before importing — an .xlsx file is not read. The same format is described on the templates page.