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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 6Nouns 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 doesnt belong?
15. Word search game
Answer Key
Word List

Vocabulary Worksheets
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Basic English Grammar, 3 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

Adjectives

Articles

Cairo

is

big

Prepositions

city

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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

Worksheet 2. Review of adjectives: Opposites


Complete the sentences. Write the opposite of the word in bold.
1.

The bridge isnt new. Its _____________________.

2.

The motorcycle isnt cheap. Its _____________________.

3.

The floor isnt clean. Its _____________________.

4.

These math problems arent difficult. Theyre


_________________________.

5.

My desk isnt messy. Its _________________________.

6.

There isnt any gasoline in the car. The gas tank is not full. Its
_________________________.

7.

Our house is not noisy at night. Its _________________________.

8.

Fortunately, we are not sick. We are _________________________.

9.

Shelley is smiling. She isnt sad. Shes ________________________.

10.

Its raining. The streets arent dry. Theyre ___________________.

11.

The kitchen isnt large. Its _____________________.

12.

The trip to Alaska isnt short. Its ____________________.

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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

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 A

Column B

1. The opposite of above is ____.

a. outside

2.

b. after

3.

4.

The opposite of behind is____.

The opposite of inside is ____.

The opposite of far from is ____.

c. in

d. from

1. The opposite of before is ____.

e. into

6.

f. in front of

The opposite of to is ____.

7. The opposite of out is ____.

g. near

8. The opposite of out of is ____.

h. below

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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

Worksheet 4. Common nouns


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

boys
problems

breeze
buildings
information
person
restaurant
traffic
vegetables

1. This is a delicious _______________________!


2. Pay attention! The professor is giving us important __________________.
3. Susan understands the problem. Shes an intelligent _________________.
4. I buy fresh _______________________ at the market on Saturdays.
5. Its a beautiful day! The sun is shining, and theres a nice
_______________________.
6. Johnny and Scotty are little __________________. Theyre five years old.
7. Our favorite _______________________ is now open on Sundays. We
like to have dinner there on Sunday evenings.
8. Theres heavy _______________________ on the highway in the
mornings.
9. Instead of small stores, there are now
tall ______________________
around the park downtown.
10. Smog causes serious
_______________ in some places.
The air is not clean.

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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

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
child
city
fish
foot

knife
leaf
season
tooth
 woman

1.

There are three men and four __women_____________ in my art class.

2.

My neighbors next door have six _____________________.

3.

People have two arms, two hands, two legs, and two
____________________________.

4.

Humans have 32 _____________________ 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.
10.

Mumbai and Calcutta are two ____________________ in India.


My family has several pets. We have a dog, two cats, and five
____________________.

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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

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 _____________________ at 100 degrees C, or 212


degrees F. It becomes vapor, or steam.

2. Water _____________________ at 0 degrees C, or 32


degrees F. It becomes ice.
3. Water is a liquid. When it becomes ice, it is a
_____________________.
4. Ice _____________________ at temperatures above 0 degrees
C., or 32 degrees F. It becomes a liquid.
5. In these sentences, the word become means ______________ to
something else.

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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

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 dont 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 dont fly. For example, ostriches dont
fly, but they run very fast.
Penguins spend most of their lives in the water,
but they dont 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, 3 Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

Worksheet 7, page 2
Complete the sentences. Check all possible completions.
1. All birds have _______.

 wings

teeth

2. Some birds dont _______.

 fly

 breathe

3. Powerful means _______.

 fast

 icy

 hearts

 feathers

 eat

 see

 strong

 excellent

4. People have muscles in their _______.

 arms

 legs

 hearts

 hair

5. Ostriches _______.

 walk on ice  spread pollen  swim fast

 run fast

6. Birds _______

 eat insects  spread pollen  spread insects  have good


eyes
7. _______ are birds.

 Ostriches 

Penguins

 insects

 muscles

 worms

 bones

8. _______ are plants.

 flowers

 lungs

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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

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.

3.

6.

7.

9.

8.
4.
A bird has:
1. a tail with f ______________.
2. a b ______________.
3. two w ______________.
4. c ______________ at the bottom of their legs.
A person has:
5. two h _____________.
6. two e _____________.
7. two k _____________.
8. two f _____________.
9. a c _______________.

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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

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. Its 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)

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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

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
feet
fish
 leaf
nose

rainy
runners
swim
tea
wing

flower
stem

leaf

1.

stem, flower, pollen, ____leaf______

2.

water, coffee, milk, ______________

3.

beak, feather, claw, ____________

4.

heart, head, chest, ______________

5.

eyes, ears, hands, ______________

6.

apple, pear, berry, ______________

7.

fly, walk, crawl, ______________

8.

alligator, penguin, whale, ______________

9.

smoggy, foggy, cloudy, ______________

10.

weightlifters, football players, swimmers, ______________

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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

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 A

Column B

1. The opposite of buy is ____.

a. leave

2. The opposite of freeze is ____.

b. contract

3. The opposite of lose is ____.

c. fail

4. The opposite of contribute is


____.

d. melt

5. The opposite of expand is


____.

e. find

6. The opposite of catch is ____.

f. throw

7. The opposite of succeed is


____.

g. take

8. The opposite of arrive is ____.

h. sell

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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

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 dont succeed, try and try again.
Succeed means to have a (bad / good) result.

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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

Worksheet 13. Vocabulary review


Write the letter of the sentence that completes each conversation correctly.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

I dont want to spread the germs around my office.


I need to buy some face powder.
I want to have strong muscles.
Id like to have some more, please.
Its boiling.
Its melting.

1. A: Whats that noise?


B: Oh, its the water in the kettle. _________.
2. A: Do you exercise every day?
B: Yes, I do.
A: Why?
B: _________.
3. A:
B:
A:
B:

Hows the weather there today?


Its warm.
Is there snow on the ground like yesterday?
Not now. Its _________.

4. A: Mm! Delicious potatoes!


B: Im glad that you like them.
A: Theyre so good. _________.
5. A: Im not going to work today.
B: No? Why not?
A: Because I have the flu. _________.
6. A: Are you going to the cosmetics counter?
B: Yes. _______.

cosmetics counter = the place in a store where you buy cosmetics, such as
lipstick and powder

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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

Worksheet 14. Which word doesnt 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 steam

O grass

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 houses

O trees

O flowers

9. O branch

O stem

O leaf

O chest

O whale

O fish

O penguin

10. O ostrich

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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

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.

O W

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.
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Vocabulary Worksheets
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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

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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Vocabulary Worksheets
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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns


4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

easy
neat
empty
quiet
well
happy
wet
small
long

Worksheet 3
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

h. below
f. in front of
a. outside
g. near
b. after
d. from
c. in
e. into

Worksheet 4
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

apple
information
person
vegetables
breeze
boys
restaurant
traffic
buildings
problems

Worksheet 5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

women
children
feet
teeth
seasons
leaves
knives
bushes
cities
fish
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Vocabulary Worksheets
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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

Worksheet 6
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

boils
freezes
solid
melts
change

Worksheet 7
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

wings / hearts / feathers


fly
strong
arms / legs / hearts
run fast
eat insects / spread pollen / have good eyes
ostriches / penguins
flowers / fruit / berries

Worksheet 8
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

feathers
beak
wings
claws
hands
eyes
knees
feet
chest

Worksheet 9
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

c. hard parts of the body


d. take in through your lungs
c. one more of the same kind
c. giving
c. powerful
d. without difficulty
c. something to eat with
d. the organ that sends blood through your body
c. move to cover a larger area
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Vocabulary Worksheets
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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

Worksheet 10
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

leaf
tea
wing
nose
feet
banana
swim
fish
rainy
runners

Worksheet 11
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

h. sell
d. melt
e. find
g. take
b. contract
f. throw
c. fail
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.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

e. Its boiling.
c. I want to have strong muscles.
f. Its melting.
d. Id like some more, please.
a. I dont want to spread the germs around my office.
b. I need to buy some face powder.
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Vocabulary Worksheets
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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

Worksheet 14
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

potato
rain
grass
powder
leaves
large
hand
houses
chest
ostrich

Worksheet 15
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

catch
fish
flower
freezes
heart
people

O W

R W N

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Vocabulary Worksheets
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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

Word List
after
apple
area
arm
around
bad
banana
beak
below
berries
big
blood
boat
body
boil
borrow
boy
branch
breeze
building
bush
buy
Cairo
catch
change
chest
children
city
claw
contract
contribute
cover
difficulty
dirty
dont
earth
easy
eat
empty
expensive
eye

move
muscle
near
neat
need
nose
of
office
old
on
one
organ
ostrich
outside
over
part
penguin
people
person
please.
pollen
potato
powder
powerful
problem
quiet
rain
rainy
restaurant
run
runner
same
season
sell
send
small
solid
some
something
spread
stem
strong
sun
swim

face powder
fail
fast
feather
feet
find
fish
float
flower
fly
freeze
from
fruit
germs
giving
go
good
grass
hand
happy
hard
have
heart
house
I
Id
in
in front of
information
insects
into
kind
knee
knives
large
leaf
leave
leg
like
live
long
lung
melt
more

take
tea
teeth
that
through
throw
town
traffic
vegetable
want
water
well
wet
wing
with
without
women
worth

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