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One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 383 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) patriot (b) miser (c) glutton (d) optimist
  2. 2.One word for: a garden of fruit trees (a) aquarium (b) granary (c) aviary (d) orchard
  3. 3.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) herbivore (b) carnivore (c) insectivore (d) omnivore
  4. 4.One word for: a sound loud enough to be heard (a) visible (b) edible (c) fragile (d) audible
  5. 5.One word for: a person who travels in a bus or train (a) pilot (b) driver (c) passenger (d) pedestrian
  6. 6.One word for: a sound too soft to be heard (a) invisible (b) inaudible (c) inedible (d) illegible
  7. 7.One word for: the study of past events (a) astronomy (b) history (c) geography (d) biology
  8. 8.One word for: a place where sports are played and watched (a) museum (b) library (c) granary (d) stadium
  9. 9.One word for: a person who walks in his or her sleep (a) optimist (b) sleepwalker (c) tourist (d) pedestrian
  10. 10.One word for: agreed upon by everyone (a) famous (b) unanimous (c) generous (d) anonymous
  11. 11.One word for: happening every week (a) monthly (b) annual (c) weekly (d) daily
  12. 12.One word for: a person who repairs pipes and taps (a) cobbler (b) tailor (c) carpenter (d) plumber
  13. 13.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) optimist (b) dentist (c) pessimist (d) tourist
  14. 14.One word for: a person who stitches clothes (a) cobbler (b) barber (c) carpenter (d) tailor
  15. 15.One word for: a person with great skill in something (a) amateur (b) novice (c) beginner (d) expert
  16. 16.One word for: a person who walks along a road (a) cyclist (b) driver (c) passenger (d) pedestrian
  17. 17.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) decade (b) millennium (c) fortnight (d) century
  18. 18.One word for: a place where films are shown (a) museum (b) library (c) cinema (d) stadium
  19. 19.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) audible (b) visible (c) fragile (d) edible
  20. 20.One word for: words that sound alike but differ in meaning (a) homophones (b) antonyms (c) prefixes (d) synonyms
  21. 21.One word for: a person who mends shoes (a) tailor (b) barber (c) plumber (d) cobbler
  22. 22.One word for: a place where money is kept safely (a) museum (b) bank (c) mint (d) library
  23. 23.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) talkative (b) silent (c) literate (d) bilingual
  24. 24.One word for: a period of ten years (a) fortnight (b) decade (c) century (d) millennium
  25. 25.One word for: against the law (a) legal (b) illegal (c) impossible (d) invisible
  26. 26.One word for: a doctor who treats teeth (a) florist (b) optician (c) pharmacist (d) dentist
  27. 27.One word for: the study of living things (a) biology (b) astronomy (c) geography (d) history
  28. 28.One word for: something that cannot be seen (a) audible (b) illegible (c) invisible (d) edible
  29. 29.One word for: happening every day (a) daily (b) weekly (c) monthly (d) annual
  30. 30.One word for: people who watch a match (a) pedestrians (b) passengers (c) patients (d) spectators
  31. 31.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) illegible (b) illiterate (c) edible (d) invisible
  32. 32.One word for: a list of things to be discussed at a meeting (a) atlas (b) diary (c) agenda (d) menu
  33. 33.One word for: a book of maps (a) atlas (b) diary (c) dictionary (d) novel
  34. 34.One word for: a place where coins are made (a) mint (b) museum (c) bank (d) granary
  35. 35.One word for: the story of a person’s life written by that person (a) biography (b) novel (c) autobiography (d) atlas
  36. 36.One word for: not fit to be eaten (a) audible (b) inedible (c) edible (d) visible
  37. 37.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) pilot (b) tourist (c) traitor (d) patriot
  38. 38.One word for: a word opposite in meaning to another word (a) suffix (b) antonym (c) synonym (d) homophone
  39. 39.One word for: a person who rides horses in races (a) jockey (b) pilot (c) driver (d) sailor
  40. 40.One word for: a daily record of personal events (a) dictionary (b) diary (c) novel (d) atlas

Answer key

  1. glutton
  2. orchard
  3. herbivore
  4. audible
  5. passenger
  6. inaudible
  7. history
  8. stadium
  9. sleepwalker
  10. unanimous
  11. weekly
  12. plumber
  13. pessimist
  14. tailor
  15. expert
  16. pedestrian
  17. century
  18. cinema
  19. edible
  20. homophones
  21. cobbler
  22. bank
  23. bilingual
  24. decade
  25. illegal
  26. dentist
  27. biology
  28. invisible
  29. daily
  30. spectators
  31. illegible
  32. agenda
  33. atlas
  34. mint
  35. autobiography
  36. inedible
  37. patriot
  38. antonym
  39. jockey
  40. diary

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