One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 288 · 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: easily broken (a) flexible (b) visible (c) edible (d) fragile
2. 2.One word for: happening every week (a) daily (b) annual (c) weekly (d) monthly
3. 3.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) fortnight (b) decade (c) millennium (d) century
4. 4.One word for: a place where books are kept for reading (a) orchard (b) aviary (c) library (d) granary
5. 5.One word for: a person who visits places for pleasure (a) traitor (b) patriot (c) pilot (d) tourist
6. 6.One word for: a period of a thousand years (a) century (b) fortnight (c) decade (d) millennium
7. 7.One word for: a word that means the same as another word (a) antonym (b) prefix (c) homophone (d) synonym
8. 8.One word for: against the law (a) illegal (b) invisible (c) legal (d) impossible
9. 9.One word for: a book of maps (a) diary (b) dictionary (c) novel (d) atlas
10. 10.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) tourist (b) glutton (c) miser (d) donor
11. 11.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) dentist (b) optimist (c) pessimist (d) tourist
12. 12.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) scavenger (b) herbivore (c) carnivore (d) omnivore
13. 13.One word for: a period of ten years (a) century (b) decade (c) fortnight (d) millennium
14. 14.One word for: a person who studies animals (a) geologist (b) astronomer (c) zoologist (d) botanist
15. 15.One word for: the study of living things (a) history (b) astronomy (c) biology (d) geography
16. 16.One word for: a person who speaks many languages (a) miser (b) patriot (c) optimist (d) polyglot
17. 17.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) autobiography (b) biography (c) geography (d) atlas
18. 18.One word for: people who watch a match (a) spectators (b) passengers (c) patients (d) pedestrians
19. 19.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) optimist (b) glutton (c) patriot (d) miser
20. 20.One word for: happening once every year (a) monthly (b) weekly (c) daily (d) annual
21. 21.One word for: that which cannot be done (a) invisible (b) impossible (c) incorrect (d) illegal
22. 22.One word for: able to use both hands equally well (a) ambidextrous (b) bilingual (c) illiterate (d) talkative
23. 23.One word for: an animal that eats only meat (a) omnivore (b) carnivore (c) herbivore (d) vegetarian
24. 24.One word for: a person who writes poems (a) tailor (b) singer (c) poet (d) painter
25. 25.One word for: the study of past events (a) history (b) biology (c) astronomy (d) geography
26. 26.One word for: a place where sports are played and watched (a) library (b) museum (c) stadium (d) granary
27. 27.One word for: a person who always looks on the bright side (a) scientist (b) pessimist (c) tourist (d) optimist
28. 28.One word for: not fit to be eaten (a) visible (b) inedible (c) edible (d) audible
29. 29.One word for: a doctor who treats teeth (a) florist (b) optician (c) pharmacist (d) dentist
30. 30.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) talkative (b) literate (c) silent (d) bilingual
31. 31.One word for: a list of things to be discussed at a meeting (a) agenda (b) menu (c) atlas (d) diary
32. 32.One word for: a person who studies the stars and planets (a) dentist (b) biologist (c) astronomer (d) geologist
33. 33.One word for: happening every day (a) weekly (b) daily (c) monthly (d) annual
34. 34.One word for: a person who walks along a road (a) pedestrian (b) driver (c) cyclist (d) passenger
35. 35.One word for: a place where birds are kept (a) aviary (b) kennel (c) aquarium (d) library
36. 36.One word for: a sound too soft to be heard (a) inaudible (b) invisible (c) illegible (d) inedible
37. 37.One word for: a place where money is kept safely (a) mint (b) bank (c) library (d) museum
38. 38.One word for: a period of two weeks (a) semester (b) fortnight (c) century (d) decade
39. 39.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) visible (b) audible (c) edible (d) fragile
40. 40.One word for: something that cannot be seen (a) illegible (b) edible (c) audible (d) invisible

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