Vocabulary Worksheets

by Rachel Spack Koch

Beginning Level

Azar Grammar Series: Basic English Grammar, 3rd edition

Vocabulary Worksheets help students learn new vocabulary in the context of the grammar
covered in the tables of contents of the Azar textbooks or any comparable syllabus. An Answer
Key and Word List for target vocabulary are provided for each chapter. You may download,
reproduce and adapt the material to suit your classroom needs. Vocabulary Worksheets are

Chapter 6—Nouns and Pronouns

1. Review: Kinds of words

2. Review of adjectives: Opposites
3. Review of prepositions: Opposites
4. Common nouns
5. Regular and irregular plural nouns
6. Nouns and verbs: Water
7. Nouns and verbs: Birds
8. Singular and plural nouns
9. Vocabulary review
10.Which word belongs in the group?
11.Verbs: Opposites
12.Vocabulary review
13.Vocabulary review
14.Which word doesn’t belong?
15.Word search game
Answer Key
Word List
 Vocabulary Worksheets
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition
Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

Worksheet 1. Review: Kinds of words

Write the words in the category where they belong.

1. Cairo is a big city.

2. Jack lives in an apartment.

3. Children play games.

4. Susan has beautiful eyes.

5. A new student walked into the classroom.

Nouns Verbs Adjectiv Articles Preposition

es s

Cairo is big a

city
Jack

apartment

Children

games

Susan

eyes

student

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 Worksheet 2. Review of adjectives: Opposites

Complete the sentences. Write the opposite of the word in bold.

1. The bridge isn’t new. It’s old .

2. The motorcycle isn’t cheap. It’s _ _ expensive _.

3. The floor isn’t clean. It’s _ dirty .

4. These math problems aren’t difficult. They’re

easy .

5. My desk isn’t messy. It’s _ neat .

6. There isn’t any gasoline in the car. The gas tank is not full. It’s
empty.

7. Our house is not noisy at night. It’s quiet .

8. Fortunately, we are not sick. We are well .

9. Shelley is smiling. She isn’t sad. She’s happy .

10. It’s raining. The streets aren’t dry. They’re wet _.

wet
11. The kitchen isn’t large. It’s small .

12. The trip to Alaska isn’t short. It’s long .

Worksheet 3. Review of prepositions: Opposites

Complete the sentences in Column A with words or phrases that are opposites.
Write the letter of the correct word or phrase in Column B in the blank space in
Column A.

Column Column B
A

1. The opposite of above is _h . a. outside

2. The opposite of behind is f _. b. after

3. The opposite of inside is a . c. in

4. The opposite of far from is g. d. from

1. The opposite of before is b . e. into

6. The opposite of to is d_. f. in front of

7. The opposite of out is c. g. near

8. The opposite of out of is e . h. below

Worksheet 4. Common nouns

Complete the sentences with a word from the word pool. Write the correct word in
each blank space.

apple boys breeze buildings information person

problems restaurant traffic vegetables

1. This is a delicious apple _ !

2. Pay attention! The professor is giving us important _ information .

3. Susan understands the problem. She’s an intelligent person .

4. I buy fresh vegetables at the market on Saturdays.

5. It’s a beautiful day! The sun is shining, and there’s a nice

breeze_.

6. Johnny and Scotty are little boys . They’re five years old.

7. Our favorite restaurant _ is now open on Sundays. We

like to have dinner there on Sunday evenings.

8. There’s heavy traffic _ on the highway in the

mornings.

9. Instead of small stores, there are

now tall buildings
around the park downtown.

10. Smog causes serious

problems in some places.
The air is not clean.
 Worksheet 5. Regular and irregular plural nouns

Complete the sentences. Write the plural form of the correct word from the word
pool in each blank space.

bush knife
child leaf
city season
fish tooth
foot Ç woman

1. There are three men and

women __________ in my art class.
four

2. My neighbors next door have six _ children .

3. People have two arms, two hands, two legs, and two
feet .

4. Humans have 32 teeth in their mouths by the time

they are adults.

5. The of the year are spring, summer, winter,

and autumn, or fall.

6. The on the trees change color in autumn.

7. There are forks, _ , and spoons on the table.

8. There are trees, flowers, and outside around

my house.

9. Mumbai and Calcutta are two in India.

10. My family has several pets. We have a dog, two cats, and five
.
Worksheet 6. Nouns and verbs (water)

Complete each sentence with a word from the word pool. Write the correct word in
each blank space.

boils change freezes like melts solid

steam

1. Water bolis _ at 100 degrees C, or 212

degrees F. It becomes vapor, or steam.

2. Water freezes _ at 0 degrees C, or 32

degrees F. It becomes ice.

3. Water is a liquid. When it becomes ice, it is a

solid .

4. Ice melts at temperatures above 0 degrees

C., or 32 degrees F. It becomes a liquid.

5. In these sentences, the word become means change to

something else.
Worksheet 7. Nouns and verbs (birds)

Read the passage about birds. Then complete the sentences on the next page.

Birds have wings, feathers, and beaks. They don’t have teeth. They have
strong bones and strong hearts. They breathe through tiny air sacs, like
lungs. Most birds fly. They have powerful muscles that move their wings.

However, some birds don’t fly. For example, ostriches don’t

fly, but they run very fast.

Penguins spend most of their lives in the water,

but they don’t fly. Penguins are excellent swimmers, and they
also walk on ice.

Birds have sharp eyes to find food. They see the food easily. Then they use
their beaks and their claws to get their food: insects, worms, small animals,
fish, fruit, and berries.

Birds that fly spread pollen from one flower to another. The pollen makes
new plants. In this way birds are important: they contribute to making new
plant life.

air sac = a part inside a plant or animal that is shaped like a bag and contains liquid
or air
lungs = the organs that you breathe with
pollen = a fine powder in flowers. The wind, birds and insects carry it to other
flowers. The pollen then produces seeds.
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Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition
Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

Worksheet 7, page 2

Complete the sentences. Check all possible completions.

1. All birds have .

□ wings □ teeth □ hearts □ feathers

2. Some birds don’t .

□ fly □ breathe □ eat □ see

3. Powerful means .

□ fast □ icy □ strong □ excellent

4. People have muscles in their .

□ arms □ legs □ hearts □ hair

5. Ostriches .
□ walk on □ spread □ swim fast □ run fast
ice pollen

6. Birds
□ eat □ spread □ spread □ have
insects pollen insects good
eyes

7. are birds.

□ Ostriches □ Penguins □ insects □ muscles

8. are plants.

□ flowers □ lungs □ worms □ bones

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Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

Worksheet 8. Singular and plural nouns

Write the words that the numbers point to. The first letter is given.

1. 2. 5. 6.

3. . 7. 9.

8.

4.
A bird has:

1. a tail with f eathers .

2. a b eak .

3. two w ings .

4. c laws at the bottom of their legs.

A person has:

5. two h ands .

6. two e yes .

7. two k nees .

8. two f eet .

9. a c hest .

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Worksheet 9. Vocabulary review

Circle the letter of the word or phrase that means the same as the bolded word.

1.Our arms and legs have long bones. Our hands and feet have short
bones.
a. teeth c. hard parts of the body
b. feet d. soft parts of the body

2. It’s good to breathe the fresh air in the country.

a. eat c. touch
b. feel d. take in through your lungs

3. Would you like another piece of cake?

a. the last c. one more of the same kind
b. this d. that

4. The students in our class are contributing money to the local hospital.
a. asking for c. giving
b. finding d. breathing

5. Weightlifters have strong muscles in their arms and chests.

a. tiny c. powerful
b. red d. short

6. Some weightlifters lift 200 pounds easily.

a. every day c. with difficulty
b. fast d. without difficulty

7. An alligator has sharp teeth.

a. something to see with c. something to eat with
b. something to hear with d. something to smell with

8. Your heart beats in your chest.

a. the organ for breathing c. the organ to hear with
b. the organ to feel with d. the organ that sends blood through your
body

9. The wind spreads pollen. Birds and insects spread pollen from one
flower to another.
a. move up c. move to cover a larger area (expand)
b. move down d. move to cover a smaller area (contract)
 Worksheet 10. Which word belongs in the group?

Complete the groups. Choose the word from the word pool that belongs in each
group. Write the word in the blank space in each item.

banana rainy
feet runners
fish swim
Ç leaf tea
nose wing

flower
stem leaf

1. stem, flower, pollen, leaf

2. water, coffee, milk, tea _

3. beak, feather, claw, wing

4. heart, head, chest, _ nose

5. eyes, ears, hands, feet

6. apple, pear, berry, banana

7. fly, walk, crawl, swim

8. alligator, penguin, whale, fish

9. smoggy, foggy, cloudy, ______rainy________

10. weightlifters, football players, swimmers, _ runners

Worksheet 11. Verbs: opposites.

Complete the sentences in Column A with words that are opposites. Write the letter
of the correct word in Column B in the blank space in Column A.

Column Column
A B

1. The opposite of buy is h . a. leave

2. The opposite of freeze is d b. contract

3. The opposite of lose is e. c. fail

4. The opposite of contribute is

d. melt
g .

5. The opposite of expand is

e. find
b .

6. The opposite of catch is f. throw

f.

7. The opposite of succeed is

g. take
c.

8. The opposite of arrive is a . h. sell

Worksheet 12. Vocabulary review

Cross out the incorrect word in each item.

1. When water (boils / freezes), it is very hot.

2. Mr. Stathes is a kind and generous man. He (contributes /

borrows) money to the hospital every year.

3. One dollar is (worth / over) 100 cents.

4. Use a knife to (throw / spread) butter on

your bread.

5. We breathe through our (heart / lungs).

6. The man in the picture is cutting a

(bush / flower). It is like a short tree.

7. Flowers have stems, but trees and bushes

have (stems / branches.)

8. Flowers, bushes, and trees have (leaves /feathers).

9. Expand means to become (small / big).

10. This is a saying: “If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again.”
Succeed means to have a (bad / good) result.
Worksheet 13. Vocabulary review

Write the letter of the sentence that completes each conversation correctly.

a. I don’t want to spread the germs around my office. 5

b. I need to buy some face powder. 6
c. I want to have strong muscles. 2
d. I’d like to have some more, please. 4
e. It’s boiling. 1
f. It’s melting. 3

1. A: What’s that noise?

B: Oh, it’s the water in the kettle. It’s boiling .

2. A: Do you exercise every

day? B: Yes, I do.
A: Why?
B: I want to have strong muscles._

3. A: How’s the weather there

today? B: It’s warm.
A: Is there snow on the ground like
yesterday? B: Not now. It’s It’s melting .

4. A: Mm! Delicious potatoes!

B: I’m glad that you like them.
A: They’re so good. I’d like to
have some more, please .

5. A: I’m not going to work

today. B: No? Why not?
A: Because I have the flu. I don’t want to spread the germs around my office
.

6. A: Are you going to the cosmetics

counter? B: Yes. I need to buy some face
powder. .

cosmetics counter = the place in a store where you buy cosmetics, such as
lipstick and powder
Worksheet 14. Which word doesn’t belong?

1. O tea O potato O milk O coffee

2. O ice O wood O rock O rain

3. O cloud O fog O O grass

steam
4. O powder O oil O water O
gasoline
5. O teeth O leaves O bones O
muscles
6. O large O small O tiny O little

7. O beak O wing O claw O hand

8. O bushes O O trees O
houses flowers
9. O branch O stem O leaf O chest

10. O ostrich O whale O fish O

penguin
Worksheet 15. Word search game

Find the six words in the puzzle and circle them. A word can be horizontal (across),
vertical (up and down), or diagonal (from side to side).

The clues to the words are under the puzzle. All the words are from this chapter.

The gray shading shows the first letter of a word.

H E A R T M S
C F L O W E R
D A L P Z L N
V L T E B P F
V T E C N O I
R R W N H E S
F K X H X P H
CLUES:
1. You throw a ball, and I it.
2. swim.
3. A rose is a .
4. Water and becomes ice.
5. Your beats inside your chest.
6. There is room in my car for five : two in the front seat and
three in the back seat.
Answer Key

Worksheet 1
Nouns:
Cairo
city
Jack
apartment
Children
games
Susan
eyes
student
classroom

Verbs:
is
lives
play
has
is
walked

Adjectives:
big
beautiful
new

Articles:
a
an
A
the

Prepositions:
in
into

Worksheet 2
1. old
2. expensive
3. dirty
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Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition
Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

4. easy
5. neat
6. empty
7. quiet
8. well
9. happy
10. wet
11. small
12. long

Worksheet 3
1. h. below
2. f. in front of
3. a. outside
4. g. near
5. b. after
6. d. from
7. c. in
8. e. into

Worksheet 4
1. apple
2. information
3. person
4. vegetables
5. breeze
6. boys
7. restaurant
8. traffic
9. buildings
10. problems

Worksheet 5
1. women
2. children
3. feet
4. teeth
5. seasons
6. leaves
7. knives
8. bushes
9. cities
10. fish

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Worksheet 6
1. boils
2. freezes
3. solid
4. melts
5. change

Worksheet 7
1. wings / hearts / feathers
2. fly
3. strong
4. arms / legs / hearts
5. run fast
6. eat insects / spread pollen / have good eyes
7. ostriches / penguins
8. flowers / fruit / berries

Worksheet 8
1. feathers
2. beak
3. wings
4. claws
5. hands
6. eyes
7. knees
8. feet
9. chest

Worksheet 9
1. c. hard parts of the body
2. d. take in through your lungs
3. c. one more of the same kind
4. c. giving
5. c. powerful
6. d. without difficulty
7. c. something to eat with
8. d. the organ that sends blood through your body
9. c. move to cover a larger area
Worksheet 10
1. leaf
2. tea
3. wing
4. nose
5. feet
6. banana
7. swim
8. fish
9. rainy
10. runners

Worksheet 11
1. h. sell
2. d. melt
3. e. find
4. g. take
5. b. contract
6. f. throw
7. c. fail
8. a. leave

Worksheet 12
Correct Words
1. freezes boils
2. borrows contributes
3. over worth
4. throw spread
5. heart lungs
6. flower bush
7. stems branches
8. feathers leaves
9. small big
10. bad good

Worksheet 13
1. e. It’s boiling.
2. c. I want to have strong muscles.
3. f. It’s melting.
4. d. I’d like some more, please.
5. a. I don’t want to spread the germs around my office.
6. b. I need to buy some face powder.
Worksheet 14
1. potato
2. rain
3. grass
4. powder
5. leaves
6. large
7. hand
8. houses
9. chest
10. ostrich

Worksheet 15
1. catch
2. fish H C D V VER A R
T SMR N F I S
3. flower F H
4. freezes F L OW E
5. heart LPOE
6. people ALL
TTRE
PWEC
ZBNPNH
K X H X
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Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition
Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

Word List face powder move take

fail muscle tea
after fast near teeth
apple feather neat that
area feet need through
arm find nose throw
around fish of town
bad float office traffic
banana flower old vegetab
beak le
below fly on want
berries freeze one water
big from organ well
blood fruit ostrich wet
boat germs outside wing
body giving over with
boil go part without
borrow good penguin women
boy grass people worth
branch hand person
breeze happy please.
building hard pollen
bush have potato
buy heart powder
Cairo house powerful
catch I problem
change I’d quiet
chest in rain
children in front of rainy
city information restaurant
claw insects run
contract into runner
contribute kind same
cover knee season
difficulty knives sell
dirty large send
don’t leaf small
earth leave solid
easy leg some
eat like something
empty live spread
expensive long stem
eye lung strong
melt sun
more 1 swim

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