One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 420 · 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 place where sports are played and watched (a) stadium (b) museum (c) library (d) granary
2. 2.One word for: a person who sells medicines (a) optician (b) dentist (c) florist (d) pharmacist
3. 3.One word for: a doctor who treats sick animals (a) florist (b) optician (c) dentist (d) veterinarian
4. 4.One word for: a person who makes furniture from wood (a) tailor (b) barber (c) plumber (d) carpenter
5. 5.One word for: a place where books are kept for reading (a) library (b) aviary (c) granary (d) orchard
6. 6.One word for: happening every day (a) annual (b) weekly (c) daily (d) monthly
7. 7.One word for: a garden of fruit trees (a) aviary (b) orchard (c) granary (d) aquarium
8. 8.One word for: a place where fish are kept (a) granary (b) aviary (c) aquarium (d) stable
9. 9.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) fragile (b) audible (c) edible (d) visible
10. 10.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) invisible (b) illiterate (c) illegible (d) edible
11. 11.One word for: a person who betrays his or her country (a) traitor (b) tourist (c) patriot (d) optimist
12. 12.One word for: happening every week (a) daily (b) annual (c) monthly (d) weekly
13. 13.One word for: a list of things to be discussed at a meeting (a) agenda (b) menu (c) diary (d) atlas
14. 14.One word for: a place where films are shown (a) library (b) cinema (c) stadium (d) museum
15. 15.One word for: a person who studies animals (a) astronomer (b) botanist (c) geologist (d) zoologist
16. 16.One word for: easily broken (a) edible (b) visible (c) flexible (d) fragile
17. 17.One word for: a period of two weeks (a) decade (b) semester (c) fortnight (d) century
18. 18.One word for: a home for children who have no parents (a) orphanage (b) aviary (c) hospital (d) library
19. 19.One word for: a person who gives money or blood to help others (a) borrower (b) thief (c) tourist (d) donor
20. 20.One word for: a book of word meanings in alphabetical order (a) diary (b) atlas (c) novel (d) dictionary
21. 21.One word for: a person who sees an event happen (a) lawyer (b) victim (c) judge (d) eyewitness
22. 22.One word for: not fit to be eaten (a) edible (b) audible (c) visible (d) inedible
23. 23.One word for: agreed upon by everyone (a) generous (b) famous (c) anonymous (d) unanimous
24. 24.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) millennium (b) decade (c) fortnight (d) century
25. 25.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) biography (b) atlas (c) geography (d) autobiography
26. 26.One word for: a park where animals are kept for people to see (a) museum (b) zoo (c) library (d) granary
27. 27.One word for: a person who rides horses in races (a) pilot (b) sailor (c) jockey (d) driver
28. 28.One word for: a book of maps (a) atlas (b) dictionary (c) diary (d) novel
29. 29.One word for: a person who writes poems (a) tailor (b) poet (c) painter (d) singer
30. 30.One word for: the story of a person’s life written by that person (a) atlas (b) biography (c) autobiography (d) novel
31. 31.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) carnivore (b) insectivore (c) herbivore (d) omnivore
32. 32.One word for: a place where money is kept safely (a) museum (b) mint (c) library (d) bank
33. 33.One word for: an animal that eats only meat (a) carnivore (b) omnivore (c) herbivore (d) vegetarian
34. 34.One word for: able to use both hands equally well (a) illiterate (b) talkative (c) ambidextrous (d) bilingual
35. 35.One word for: people who watch a match (a) patients (b) spectators (c) pedestrians (d) passengers
36. 36.One word for: a group of singers (a) crew (b) fleet (c) herd (d) choir
37. 37.One word for: a place where coins are made (a) bank (b) mint (c) granary (d) museum
38. 38.One word for: a person who travels in a bus or train (a) passenger (b) pedestrian (c) pilot (d) driver
39. 39.One word for: the study of past events (a) history (b) astronomy (c) geography (d) biology
40. 40.One word for: a person who works without being paid (a) tourist (b) employee (c) volunteer (d) owner

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