One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 264 · 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 loves his or her country (a) traitor (b) patriot (c) pilot (d) tourist
2. 2.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) audible (b) fragile (c) edible (d) visible
3. 3.One word for: a place where sick people are treated (a) library (b) hospital (c) museum (d) orphanage
4. 4.One word for: a person who sells medicines (a) florist (b) dentist (c) optician (d) pharmacist
5. 5.One word for: happening every week (a) monthly (b) daily (c) weekly (d) annual
6. 6.One word for: a place where grain is stored (a) library (b) aviary (c) orchard (d) granary
7. 7.One word for: a doctor who treats sick animals (a) optician (b) florist (c) veterinarian (d) dentist
8. 8.One word for: an animal that eats only meat (a) herbivore (b) carnivore (c) omnivore (d) vegetarian
9. 9.One word for: a place where sports are played and watched (a) stadium (b) granary (c) library (d) museum
10. 10.One word for: a person who gives money or blood to help others (a) thief (b) tourist (c) donor (d) borrower
11. 11.One word for: a person who sells flowers (a) florist (b) cashier (c) tailor (d) dentist
12. 12.One word for: a period of ten years (a) fortnight (b) decade (c) millennium (d) century
13. 13.One word for: a home for children who have no parents (a) orphanage (b) library (c) aviary (d) hospital
14. 14.One word for: the study of the earth and its countries (a) geography (b) astronomy (c) biology (d) history
15. 15.One word for: the study of past events (a) astronomy (b) biology (c) history (d) geography
16. 16.One word for: a person who flies an aeroplane (a) conductor (b) pilot (c) driver (d) sailor
17. 17.One word for: a sound loud enough to be heard (a) fragile (b) visible (c) edible (d) audible
18. 18.One word for: a book of maps (a) novel (b) dictionary (c) diary (d) atlas
19. 19.One word for: a person who walks along a road (a) driver (b) passenger (c) pedestrian (d) cyclist
20. 20.One word for: a person who makes furniture from wood (a) carpenter (b) tailor (c) barber (d) plumber
21. 21.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) tourist (b) glutton (c) miser (d) donor
22. 22.One word for: a person who is new to a job or skill (a) owner (b) expert (c) veteran (d) beginner
23. 23.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) scavenger (b) herbivore (c) carnivore (d) omnivore
24. 24.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) century (b) decade (c) fortnight (d) millennium
25. 25.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) edible (b) illiterate (c) invisible (d) illegible
26. 26.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) pessimist (b) optimist (c) dentist (d) tourist
27. 27.One word for: a place where books are kept for reading (a) library (b) granary (c) orchard (d) aviary
28. 28.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) insectivore (b) carnivore (c) herbivore (d) omnivore
29. 29.One word for: a place where fish are kept (a) aquarium (b) granary (c) stable (d) aviary
30. 30.One word for: a person who studies plants (a) dentist (b) zoologist (c) astronomer (d) botanist
31. 31.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) patriot (b) glutton (c) miser (d) optimist
32. 32.One word for: a person who always looks on the bright side (a) tourist (b) pessimist (c) scientist (d) optimist
33. 33.One word for: a period of a thousand years (a) millennium (b) fortnight (c) century (d) decade
34. 34.One word for: happening every day (a) annual (b) daily (c) monthly (d) weekly
35. 35.One word for: a place where bees are kept (a) aviary (b) apiary (c) aquarium (d) granary
36. 36.One word for: a garden of fruit trees (a) aviary (b) orchard (c) aquarium (d) granary
37. 37.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) invisible (b) edible (c) unbreakable (d) fragile
38. 38.One word for: happening once every year (a) weekly (b) annual (c) daily (d) monthly
39. 39.One word for: a person who cannot read or write (a) illiterate (b) innocent (c) illegal (d) invisible
40. 40.One word for: a person who studies the stars and planets (a) biologist (b) astronomer (c) geologist (d) dentist

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