One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 16 · 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 money is kept safely (a) bank (b) mint (c) museum (d) library
2. 2.One word for: a doctor who treats sick animals (a) optician (b) veterinarian (c) dentist (d) florist
3. 3.One word for: able to use both hands equally well (a) talkative (b) illiterate (c) bilingual (d) ambidextrous
4. 4.One word for: a person with great skill in something (a) expert (b) amateur (c) novice (d) beginner
5. 5.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) carnivore (b) omnivore (c) pedestrian (d) vegetarian
6. 6.One word for: a place where books are kept for reading (a) granary (b) aviary (c) orchard (d) library
7. 7.One word for: the story of a person’s life written by that person (a) autobiography (b) novel (c) atlas (d) biography
8. 8.One word for: a person who sees an event happen (a) judge (b) eyewitness (c) victim (d) lawyer
9. 9.One word for: a word opposite in meaning to another word (a) homophone (b) antonym (c) suffix (d) synonym
10. 10.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) patriot (b) glutton (c) optimist (d) miser
11. 11.One word for: a word that means the same as another word (a) antonym (b) prefix (c) synonym (d) homophone
12. 12.One word for: a place where birds are kept (a) kennel (b) library (c) aquarium (d) aviary
13. 13.One word for: a person who betrays his or her country (a) optimist (b) tourist (c) traitor (d) patriot
14. 14.One word for: that which cannot be done (a) illegal (b) invisible (c) incorrect (d) impossible
15. 15.One word for: against the law (a) legal (b) impossible (c) invisible (d) illegal
16. 16.One word for: not fit to be eaten (a) visible (b) audible (c) edible (d) inedible
17. 17.One word for: a place where coins are made (a) museum (b) mint (c) granary (d) bank
18. 18.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) geography (b) biography (c) atlas (d) autobiography
19. 19.One word for: words that sound alike but differ in meaning (a) synonyms (b) homophones (c) antonyms (d) prefixes
20. 20.One word for: a person who speaks many languages (a) patriot (b) polyglot (c) miser (d) optimist
21. 21.One word for: agreed upon by everyone (a) anonymous (b) generous (c) famous (d) unanimous
22. 22.One word for: a period of ten years (a) millennium (b) decade (c) fortnight (d) century
23. 23.One word for: a doctor who treats teeth (a) pharmacist (b) florist (c) dentist (d) optician
24. 24.One word for: a park where animals are kept for people to see (a) zoo (b) library (c) museum (d) granary
25. 25.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) silent (b) literate (c) bilingual (d) talkative
26. 26.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) invisible (b) edible (c) illegible (d) illiterate
27. 27.One word for: a person who studies animals (a) geologist (b) astronomer (c) botanist (d) zoologist
28. 28.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) decade (b) millennium (c) fortnight (d) century
29. 29.One word for: a person who sells flowers (a) cashier (b) tailor (c) dentist (d) florist
30. 30.One word for: a place where sports are played and watched (a) granary (b) museum (c) stadium (d) library
31. 31.One word for: something that cannot be seen (a) illegible (b) audible (c) edible (d) invisible
32. 32.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) miser (b) donor (c) glutton (d) tourist
33. 33.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) herbivore (b) scavenger (c) carnivore (d) omnivore
34. 34.One word for: a place where old and rare things are kept for show (a) aviary (b) museum (c) granary (d) library
35. 35.One word for: a person who studies plants (a) zoologist (b) dentist (c) botanist (d) astronomer
36. 36.One word for: a person who walks along a road (a) driver (b) cyclist (c) pedestrian (d) passenger
37. 37.One word for: a place where grain is stored (a) orchard (b) granary (c) aviary (d) library
38. 38.One word for: a sound loud enough to be heard (a) audible (b) edible (c) visible (d) fragile
39. 39.One word for: a person who stitches clothes (a) barber (b) carpenter (c) tailor (d) cobbler
40. 40.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) audible (b) fragile (c) visible (d) edible

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