One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 142 · 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 place where sick people are treated (a) library (b) hospital (c) museum (d) orphanage
2. 2.One word for: a period of a thousand years (a) century (b) fortnight (c) millennium (d) decade
3. 3.One word for: a place where bees are kept (a) apiary (b) granary (c) aquarium (d) aviary
4. 4.One word for: a person who always looks on the bright side (a) optimist (b) tourist (c) scientist (d) pessimist
5. 5.One word for: a person who walks along a road (a) passenger (b) driver (c) cyclist (d) pedestrian
6. 6.One word for: a garden of fruit trees (a) aquarium (b) orchard (c) granary (d) aviary
7. 7.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) geography (b) autobiography (c) atlas (d) biography
8. 8.One word for: words that sound alike but differ in meaning (a) prefixes (b) homophones (c) antonyms (d) synonyms
9. 9.One word for: a place where coins are made (a) bank (b) mint (c) museum (d) granary
10. 10.One word for: the study of past events (a) biology (b) history (c) geography (d) astronomy
11. 11.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) tourist (b) miser (c) glutton (d) donor
12. 12.One word for: easily broken (a) visible (b) fragile (c) flexible (d) edible
13. 13.One word for: a period of ten years (a) fortnight (b) decade (c) millennium (d) century
14. 14.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) illiterate (b) invisible (c) illegible (d) edible
15. 15.One word for: a person who sees an event happen (a) eyewitness (b) judge (c) lawyer (d) victim
16. 16.One word for: an animal that eats only meat (a) carnivore (b) vegetarian (c) omnivore (d) herbivore
17. 17.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) insectivore (b) omnivore (c) herbivore (d) carnivore
18. 18.One word for: a person who cannot read or write (a) innocent (b) invisible (c) illiterate (d) illegal
19. 19.One word for: a sound loud enough to be heard (a) edible (b) fragile (c) audible (d) visible
20. 20.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) fragile (b) audible (c) visible (d) edible
21. 21.One word for: a person who studies plants (a) zoologist (b) dentist (c) botanist (d) astronomer
22. 22.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) unbreakable (b) edible (c) invisible (d) fragile
23. 23.One word for: a place where sports are played and watched (a) museum (b) library (c) stadium (d) granary
24. 24.One word for: a person who repairs pipes and taps (a) tailor (b) plumber (c) cobbler (d) carpenter
25. 25.One word for: a person who stitches clothes (a) carpenter (b) barber (c) cobbler (d) tailor
26. 26.One word for: happening every day (a) daily (b) annual (c) monthly (d) weekly
27. 27.One word for: a park where animals are kept for people to see (a) museum (b) zoo (c) library (d) granary
28. 28.One word for: a word that means the same as another word (a) prefix (b) homophone (c) synonym (d) antonym
29. 29.One word for: a doctor who treats teeth (a) optician (b) dentist (c) pharmacist (d) florist
30. 30.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) century (b) decade (c) millennium (d) fortnight
31. 31.One word for: happening every week (a) monthly (b) weekly (c) annual (d) daily
32. 32.One word for: a place where fish are kept (a) aquarium (b) granary (c) aviary (d) stable
33. 33.One word for: a person who flies an aeroplane (a) sailor (b) conductor (c) pilot (d) driver
34. 34.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) omnivore (b) pedestrian (c) vegetarian (d) carnivore
35. 35.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) scavenger (b) omnivore (c) herbivore (d) carnivore
36. 36.One word for: a group of singers (a) herd (b) crew (c) choir (d) fleet
37. 37.One word for: a person who makes furniture from wood (a) plumber (b) tailor (c) barber (d) carpenter
38. 38.One word for: a place where books are kept for reading (a) library (b) aviary (c) granary (d) orchard
39. 39.One word for: a person who studies animals (a) geologist (b) botanist (c) astronomer (d) zoologist
40. 40.One word for: a word opposite in meaning to another word (a) homophone (b) suffix (c) synonym (d) antonym

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