One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 182 · 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 works without being paid (a) employee (b) owner (c) volunteer (d) tourist
2. 2.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) decade (b) fortnight (c) millennium (d) century
3. 3.One word for: a person who sees an event happen (a) victim (b) lawyer (c) judge (d) eyewitness
4. 4.One word for: a word that means the same as another word (a) homophone (b) prefix (c) antonym (d) synonym
5. 5.One word for: a garden of fruit trees (a) orchard (b) aviary (c) granary (d) aquarium
6. 6.One word for: a person who always looks on the bright side (a) pessimist (b) tourist (c) scientist (d) optimist
7. 7.One word for: a park where animals are kept for people to see (a) zoo (b) granary (c) library (d) museum
8. 8.One word for: easily broken (a) visible (b) flexible (c) fragile (d) edible
9. 9.One word for: a person who flies an aeroplane (a) driver (b) pilot (c) sailor (d) conductor
10. 10.One word for: the story of a person’s life written by that person (a) novel (b) atlas (c) autobiography (d) biography
11. 11.One word for: a person who makes furniture from wood (a) barber (b) carpenter (c) plumber (d) tailor
12. 12.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) carnivore (b) pedestrian (c) vegetarian (d) omnivore
13. 13.One word for: a person who stitches clothes (a) carpenter (b) cobbler (c) tailor (d) barber
14. 14.One word for: a place where films are shown (a) library (b) cinema (c) museum (d) stadium
15. 15.One word for: a person who speaks many languages (a) patriot (b) optimist (c) miser (d) polyglot
16. 16.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) donor (b) tourist (c) glutton (d) miser
17. 17.One word for: a book of word meanings in alphabetical order (a) diary (b) dictionary (c) novel (d) atlas
18. 18.One word for: people who watch a match (a) pedestrians (b) spectators (c) patients (d) passengers
19. 19.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) visible (b) fragile (c) edible (d) audible
20. 20.One word for: words that sound alike but differ in meaning (a) prefixes (b) synonyms (c) homophones (d) antonyms
21. 21.One word for: a person with great skill in something (a) beginner (b) novice (c) expert (d) amateur
22. 22.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) scavenger (b) herbivore (c) omnivore (d) carnivore
23. 23.One word for: a person who is being treated by a doctor (a) visitor (b) surgeon (c) patient (d) nurse
24. 24.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) edible (b) fragile (c) unbreakable (d) invisible
25. 25.One word for: a doctor who treats sick animals (a) dentist (b) optician (c) veterinarian (d) florist
26. 26.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) talkative (b) bilingual (c) literate (d) silent
27. 27.One word for: a doctor who treats teeth (a) optician (b) pharmacist (c) dentist (d) florist
28. 28.One word for: a word opposite in meaning to another word (a) synonym (b) antonym (c) homophone (d) suffix
29. 29.One word for: a person who walks along a road (a) passenger (b) driver (c) pedestrian (d) cyclist
30. 30.One word for: the study of past events (a) geography (b) biology (c) astronomy (d) history
31. 31.One word for: a daily record of personal events (a) novel (b) atlas (c) dictionary (d) diary
32. 32.One word for: a place where birds are kept (a) library (b) kennel (c) aquarium (d) aviary
33. 33.One word for: the study of living things (a) history (b) geography (c) astronomy (d) biology
34. 34.One word for: a person who studies animals (a) botanist (b) geologist (c) astronomer (d) zoologist
35. 35.One word for: a person who sells flowers (a) cashier (b) tailor (c) florist (d) dentist
36. 36.One word for: a period of a thousand years (a) fortnight (b) century (c) millennium (d) decade
37. 37.One word for: that which cannot be done (a) invisible (b) illegal (c) impossible (d) incorrect
38. 38.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) traitor (b) patriot (c) pilot (d) tourist
39. 39.One word for: a place where coins are made (a) museum (b) bank (c) granary (d) mint
40. 40.One word for: a person who studies the stars and planets (a) geologist (b) astronomer (c) dentist (d) biologist

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