One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 347 · 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) fragile (b) flexible (c) edible (d) visible
2. 2.One word for: a place where sick people are treated (a) hospital (b) library (c) museum (d) orphanage
3. 3.One word for: a person who betrays his or her country (a) tourist (b) optimist (c) patriot (d) traitor
4. 4.One word for: a person who sells medicines (a) optician (b) florist (c) dentist (d) pharmacist
5. 5.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) fortnight (b) century (c) millennium (d) decade
6. 6.One word for: a person who is being treated by a doctor (a) visitor (b) patient (c) surgeon (d) nurse
7. 7.One word for: a person who sells flowers (a) dentist (b) tailor (c) florist (d) cashier
8. 8.One word for: happening every week (a) annual (b) daily (c) monthly (d) weekly
9. 9.One word for: a person who studies plants (a) zoologist (b) dentist (c) botanist (d) astronomer
10. 10.One word for: a place where old and rare things are kept for show (a) granary (b) museum (c) library (d) aviary
11. 11.One word for: a garden of fruit trees (a) aviary (b) granary (c) orchard (d) aquarium
12. 12.One word for: a place where grain is stored (a) aviary (b) orchard (c) library (d) granary
13. 13.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) edible (b) invisible (c) unbreakable (d) fragile
14. 14.One word for: against the law (a) legal (b) impossible (c) invisible (d) illegal
15. 15.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) literate (b) silent (c) bilingual (d) talkative
16. 16.One word for: a sound loud enough to be heard (a) edible (b) audible (c) fragile (d) visible
17. 17.One word for: a place where films are shown (a) stadium (b) library (c) museum (d) cinema
18. 18.One word for: people who watch a match (a) spectators (b) patients (c) passengers (d) pedestrians
19. 19.One word for: a person who rides horses in races (a) pilot (b) sailor (c) driver (d) jockey
20. 20.One word for: a person who writes poems (a) poet (b) singer (c) painter (d) tailor
21. 21.One word for: a place where money is kept safely (a) museum (b) library (c) bank (d) mint
22. 22.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) herbivore (b) scavenger (c) carnivore (d) omnivore
23. 23.One word for: a person who always looks on the bright side (a) tourist (b) pessimist (c) optimist (d) scientist
24. 24.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) carnivore (b) insectivore (c) herbivore (d) omnivore
25. 25.One word for: words that sound alike but differ in meaning (a) prefixes (b) antonyms (c) homophones (d) synonyms
26. 26.One word for: happening every day (a) monthly (b) annual (c) weekly (d) daily
27. 27.One word for: a place where coins are made (a) mint (b) granary (c) museum (d) bank
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 place where birds are kept (a) kennel (b) library (c) aquarium (d) aviary
30. 30.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) dentist (b) pessimist (c) tourist (d) optimist
31. 31.One word for: a person who walks along a road (a) pedestrian (b) passenger (c) driver (d) cyclist
32. 32.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) biography (b) geography (c) autobiography (d) atlas
33. 33.One word for: a daily record of personal events (a) atlas (b) novel (c) dictionary (d) diary
34. 34.One word for: a person who studies animals (a) zoologist (b) geologist (c) astronomer (d) botanist
35. 35.One word for: the story of a person’s life written by that person (a) atlas (b) autobiography (c) novel (d) biography
36. 36.One word for: a doctor who treats sick animals (a) dentist (b) florist (c) optician (d) veterinarian
37. 37.One word for: a person who speaks many languages (a) patriot (b) polyglot (c) miser (d) optimist
38. 38.One word for: a person who travels in a bus or train (a) passenger (b) driver (c) pilot (d) pedestrian
39. 39.One word for: a sound too soft to be heard (a) illegible (b) invisible (c) inedible (d) inaudible
40. 40.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) tourist (b) glutton (c) miser (d) donor

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