One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 453 · 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 home for children who have no parents (a) library (b) hospital (c) orphanage (d) aviary
2. 2.One word for: happening every day (a) annual (b) daily (c) weekly (d) monthly
3. 3.One word for: a person who mends shoes (a) plumber (b) barber (c) cobbler (d) tailor
4. 4.One word for: a person who always looks on the bright side (a) tourist (b) pessimist (c) scientist (d) optimist
5. 5.One word for: a person who travels in a bus or train (a) driver (b) pedestrian (c) passenger (d) pilot
6. 6.One word for: not fit to be eaten (a) inedible (b) audible (c) edible (d) visible
7. 7.One word for: a person who sees an event happen (a) lawyer (b) eyewitness (c) victim (d) judge
8. 8.One word for: a person who sells medicines (a) pharmacist (b) florist (c) optician (d) dentist
9. 9.One word for: a person who cannot read or write (a) illegal (b) innocent (c) invisible (d) illiterate
10. 10.One word for: a period of two weeks (a) fortnight (b) semester (c) decade (d) century
11. 11.One word for: an animal that eats only meat (a) vegetarian (b) omnivore (c) carnivore (d) herbivore
12. 12.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) tourist (b) glutton (c) miser (d) donor
13. 13.One word for: a place where films are shown (a) stadium (b) museum (c) cinema (d) library
14. 14.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) edible (b) fragile (c) invisible (d) unbreakable
15. 15.One word for: a place where birds are kept (a) aviary (b) library (c) aquarium (d) kennel
16. 16.One word for: a word that means the same as another word (a) synonym (b) prefix (c) antonym (d) homophone
17. 17.One word for: something that cannot be seen (a) invisible (b) edible (c) audible (d) illegible
18. 18.One word for: a person who walks along a road (a) passenger (b) cyclist (c) pedestrian (d) driver
19. 19.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) literate (b) talkative (c) silent (d) bilingual
20. 20.One word for: a daily record of personal events (a) novel (b) atlas (c) diary (d) dictionary
21. 21.One word for: people who watch a match (a) spectators (b) passengers (c) pedestrians (d) patients
22. 22.One word for: the story of a person’s life written by that person (a) atlas (b) biography (c) novel (d) autobiography
23. 23.One word for: a person who rides horses in races (a) jockey (b) pilot (c) driver (d) sailor
24. 24.One word for: easily broken (a) flexible (b) fragile (c) visible (d) edible
25. 25.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) herbivore (b) insectivore (c) carnivore (d) omnivore
26. 26.One word for: a person who studies the stars and planets (a) geologist (b) dentist (c) biologist (d) astronomer
27. 27.One word for: a person who writes poems (a) painter (b) tailor (c) poet (d) singer
28. 28.One word for: a book of word meanings in alphabetical order (a) diary (b) novel (c) dictionary (d) atlas
29. 29.One word for: able to use both hands equally well (a) talkative (b) illiterate (c) bilingual (d) ambidextrous
30. 30.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) optimist (b) tourist (c) pessimist (d) dentist
31. 31.One word for: a place where books are kept for reading (a) orchard (b) library (c) aviary (d) granary
32. 32.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) glutton (b) patriot (c) miser (d) optimist
33. 33.One word for: that which cannot be done (a) invisible (b) incorrect (c) illegal (d) impossible
34. 34.One word for: the study of living things (a) astronomy (b) biology (c) history (d) geography
35. 35.One word for: the study of past events (a) astronomy (b) geography (c) history (d) biology
36. 36.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) patriot (b) tourist (c) traitor (d) pilot
37. 37.One word for: a person who sells flowers (a) tailor (b) dentist (c) florist (d) cashier
38. 38.One word for: a place where grain is stored (a) library (b) orchard (c) granary (d) aviary
39. 39.One word for: words that sound alike but differ in meaning (a) prefixes (b) antonyms (c) synonyms (d) homophones
40. 40.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) decade (b) century (c) fortnight (d) millennium

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