One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 173 · 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 who sells flowers (a) dentist (b) tailor (c) cashier (d) florist
2. 2.One word for: a person who mends shoes (a) cobbler (b) plumber (c) tailor (d) barber
3. 3.One word for: a place where coins are made (a) granary (b) mint (c) museum (d) bank
4. 4.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) omnivore (b) carnivore (c) insectivore (d) herbivore
5. 5.One word for: a sound loud enough to be heard (a) edible (b) audible (c) visible (d) fragile
6. 6.One word for: a place where fish are kept (a) aquarium (b) stable (c) granary (d) aviary
7. 7.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) illiterate (b) illegible (c) edible (d) invisible
8. 8.One word for: the story of a person’s life written by that person (a) novel (b) biography (c) atlas (d) autobiography
9. 9.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) scavenger (b) carnivore (c) omnivore (d) herbivore
10. 10.One word for: happening once every year (a) annual (b) monthly (c) weekly (d) daily
11. 11.One word for: happening every day (a) weekly (b) monthly (c) annual (d) daily
12. 12.One word for: a person with great skill in something (a) amateur (b) novice (c) expert (d) beginner
13. 13.One word for: a person who speaks many languages (a) miser (b) patriot (c) polyglot (d) optimist
14. 14.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) visible (b) fragile (c) edible (d) audible
15. 15.One word for: a person who sells medicines (a) optician (b) dentist (c) florist (d) pharmacist
16. 16.One word for: the study of past events (a) astronomy (b) history (c) geography (d) biology
17. 17.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) omnivore (b) carnivore (c) pedestrian (d) vegetarian
18. 18.One word for: a place where books are kept for reading (a) aviary (b) library (c) orchard (d) granary
19. 19.One word for: something that cannot be seen (a) illegible (b) invisible (c) audible (d) edible
20. 20.One word for: a list of things to be discussed at a meeting (a) atlas (b) agenda (c) menu (d) diary
21. 21.One word for: a person who repairs pipes and taps (a) cobbler (b) plumber (c) carpenter (d) tailor
22. 22.One word for: a person who walks in his or her sleep (a) optimist (b) tourist (c) sleepwalker (d) pedestrian
23. 23.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) edible (b) fragile (c) invisible (d) unbreakable
24. 24.One word for: words that sound alike but differ in meaning (a) prefixes (b) homophones (c) synonyms (d) antonyms
25. 25.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) fortnight (b) millennium (c) decade (d) century
26. 26.One word for: against the law (a) legal (b) invisible (c) illegal (d) impossible
27. 27.One word for: able to use both hands equally well (a) talkative (b) illiterate (c) bilingual (d) ambidextrous
28. 28.One word for: easily broken (a) flexible (b) edible (c) visible (d) fragile
29. 29.One word for: a person who stitches clothes (a) carpenter (b) cobbler (c) barber (d) tailor
30. 30.One word for: a person who flies an aeroplane (a) conductor (b) pilot (c) sailor (d) driver
31. 31.One word for: a daily record of personal events (a) dictionary (b) novel (c) atlas (d) diary
32. 32.One word for: the study of living things (a) geography (b) biology (c) astronomy (d) history
33. 33.One word for: not fit to be eaten (a) visible (b) edible (c) inedible (d) audible
34. 34.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) atlas (b) geography (c) autobiography (d) biography
35. 35.One word for: a place where sports are played and watched (a) museum (b) granary (c) stadium (d) library
36. 36.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) tourist (b) optimist (c) pessimist (d) dentist
37. 37.One word for: a book of maps (a) atlas (b) novel (c) diary (d) dictionary
38. 38.One word for: a word opposite in meaning to another word (a) homophone (b) antonym (c) suffix (d) synonym
39. 39.One word for: a person who walks along a road (a) pedestrian (b) driver (c) cyclist (d) passenger
40. 40.One word for: a book of word meanings in alphabetical order (a) novel (b) diary (c) atlas (d) dictionary

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