One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 133 · 40 questions

Word tip (Many words → one word): Read every part of the phrase: who or what, and what is special about it. Think of word endings that help: -ible / -able (can be done), -ist (a person), -ary / -ium (a place), -vore (an eater). Check that the word matches the whole phrase, not just part of it.

1. 1.One word for: a person with great skill in something (a) amateur (b) expert (c) beginner (d) novice
2. 2.One word for: a group of singers (a) herd (b) fleet (c) choir (d) crew
3. 3.One word for: easily broken (a) visible (b) fragile (c) edible (d) flexible
4. 4.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) fragile (b) audible (c) edible (d) visible
5. 5.One word for: a place where books are kept for reading (a) library (b) granary (c) aviary (d) orchard
6. 6.One word for: a park where animals are kept for people to see (a) museum (b) zoo (c) granary (d) library
7. 7.One word for: a sound loud enough to be heard (a) edible (b) audible (c) fragile (d) visible
8. 8.One word for: a person who speaks many languages (a) optimist (b) miser (c) polyglot (d) patriot
9. 9.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) herbivore (b) omnivore (c) carnivore (d) scavenger
10. 10.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) donor (b) miser (c) tourist (d) glutton
11. 11.One word for: a place where old and rare things are kept for show (a) library (b) aviary (c) granary (d) museum
12. 12.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) carnivore (b) vegetarian (c) pedestrian (d) omnivore
13. 13.One word for: a person who works without being paid (a) tourist (b) volunteer (c) owner (d) employee
14. 14.One word for: an animal that eats only meat (a) omnivore (b) vegetarian (c) carnivore (d) herbivore
15. 15.One word for: a person who flies an aeroplane (a) sailor (b) driver (c) conductor (d) pilot
16. 16.One word for: a period of ten years (a) millennium (b) decade (c) century (d) fortnight
17. 17.One word for: a person who repairs pipes and taps (a) plumber (b) tailor (c) cobbler (d) carpenter
18. 18.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) literate (b) silent (c) bilingual (d) talkative
19. 19.One word for: a person who sells medicines (a) dentist (b) pharmacist (c) florist (d) optician
20. 20.One word for: a person who makes furniture from wood (a) tailor (b) carpenter (c) plumber (d) barber
21. 21.One word for: a person who is being treated by a doctor (a) visitor (b) patient (c) surgeon (d) nurse
22. 22.One word for: a word that means the same as another word (a) homophone (b) prefix (c) antonym (d) synonym
23. 23.One word for: a period of two weeks (a) fortnight (b) semester (c) century (d) decade
24. 24.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) atlas (b) geography (c) autobiography (d) biography
25. 25.One word for: people who watch a match (a) patients (b) passengers (c) pedestrians (d) spectators
26. 26.One word for: something that cannot be seen (a) invisible (b) audible (c) illegible (d) edible
27. 27.One word for: a person who cannot read or write (a) illegal (b) invisible (c) innocent (d) illiterate
28. 28.One word for: a place where fish are kept (a) aquarium (b) granary (c) stable (d) aviary
29. 29.One word for: the study of past events (a) history (b) geography (c) biology (d) astronomy
30. 30.One word for: a period of a thousand years (a) millennium (b) century (c) decade (d) fortnight
31. 31.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) illegible (b) invisible (c) illiterate (d) edible
32. 32.One word for: a person who walks in his or her sleep (a) tourist (b) pedestrian (c) sleepwalker (d) optimist
33. 33.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) tourist (b) optimist (c) dentist (d) pessimist
34. 34.One word for: not fit to be eaten (a) inedible (b) edible (c) audible (d) visible
35. 35.One word for: the story of a person’s life written by that person (a) novel (b) biography (c) atlas (d) autobiography
36. 36.One word for: a person who mends shoes (a) barber (b) plumber (c) tailor (d) cobbler
37. 37.One word for: the study of the earth and its countries (a) biology (b) astronomy (c) geography (d) history
38. 38.One word for: a word opposite in meaning to another word (a) homophone (b) synonym (c) suffix (d) antonym
39. 39.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) herbivore (b) carnivore (c) omnivore (d) insectivore
40. 40.One word for: a person who sells flowers (a) cashier (b) tailor (c) florist (d) dentist

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