One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 215 · 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: fit to be eaten (a) edible (b) visible (c) fragile (d) audible
2. 2.One word for: a person who sees an event happen (a) eyewitness (b) victim (c) judge (d) lawyer
3. 3.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) omnivore (b) pedestrian (c) carnivore (d) vegetarian
4. 4.One word for: a place where money is kept safely (a) museum (b) library (c) mint (d) bank
5. 5.One word for: a person who makes furniture from wood (a) barber (b) tailor (c) carpenter (d) plumber
6. 6.One word for: a person who walks along a road (a) cyclist (b) driver (c) passenger (d) pedestrian
7. 7.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) dentist (b) pessimist (c) tourist (d) optimist
8. 8.One word for: a list of things to be discussed at a meeting (a) menu (b) agenda (c) diary (d) atlas
9. 9.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) tourist (b) pilot (c) patriot (d) traitor
10. 10.One word for: a person who speaks many languages (a) patriot (b) miser (c) polyglot (d) optimist
11. 11.One word for: people who watch a match (a) spectators (b) passengers (c) pedestrians (d) patients
12. 12.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) talkative (b) silent (c) literate (d) bilingual
13. 13.One word for: a word that means the same as another word (a) homophone (b) synonym (c) antonym (d) prefix
14. 14.One word for: a doctor who treats sick animals (a) florist (b) dentist (c) optician (d) veterinarian
15. 15.One word for: easily broken (a) visible (b) flexible (c) edible (d) fragile
16. 16.One word for: a sound loud enough to be heard (a) audible (b) fragile (c) visible (d) edible
17. 17.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) herbivore (b) carnivore (c) omnivore (d) insectivore
18. 18.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) patriot (b) glutton (c) optimist (d) miser
19. 19.One word for: a place where sports are played and watched (a) library (b) granary (c) museum (d) stadium
20. 20.One word for: a person who is new to a job or skill (a) beginner (b) veteran (c) expert (d) owner
21. 21.One word for: a garden of fruit trees (a) aquarium (b) aviary (c) orchard (d) granary
22. 22.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) donor (b) miser (c) tourist (d) glutton
23. 23.One word for: a place where fish are kept (a) aviary (b) stable (c) aquarium (d) granary
24. 24.One word for: a place where bees are kept (a) aquarium (b) granary (c) apiary (d) aviary
25. 25.One word for: a person who sells medicines (a) pharmacist (b) dentist (c) optician (d) florist
26. 26.One word for: happening once every year (a) daily (b) monthly (c) annual (d) weekly
27. 27.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) carnivore (b) omnivore (c) herbivore (d) scavenger
28. 28.One word for: a person who studies animals (a) botanist (b) geologist (c) astronomer (d) zoologist
29. 29.One word for: a person who cuts hair (a) plumber (b) tailor (c) cobbler (d) barber
30. 30.One word for: a person who gives money or blood to help others (a) borrower (b) donor (c) tourist (d) thief
31. 31.One word for: happening every week (a) monthly (b) annual (c) weekly (d) daily
32. 32.One word for: a person who studies the stars and planets (a) biologist (b) geologist (c) dentist (d) astronomer
33. 33.One word for: a person who sells flowers (a) cashier (b) tailor (c) dentist (d) florist
34. 34.One word for: the study of the earth and its countries (a) geography (b) astronomy (c) history (d) biology
35. 35.One word for: something that cannot be seen (a) invisible (b) audible (c) illegible (d) edible
36. 36.One word for: a book of maps (a) diary (b) novel (c) dictionary (d) atlas
37. 37.One word for: a person with great skill in something (a) expert (b) beginner (c) amateur (d) novice
38. 38.One word for: a person who rides horses in races (a) driver (b) pilot (c) jockey (d) sailor
39. 39.One word for: a place where books are kept for reading (a) aviary (b) granary (c) orchard (d) library
40. 40.One word for: a person who walks in his or her sleep (a) tourist (b) optimist (c) pedestrian (d) sleepwalker

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