One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 582 · 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 group of singers (a) herd (b) fleet (c) crew (d) choir
2. 2.One word for: a person who works without being paid (a) tourist (b) owner (c) volunteer (d) employee
3. 3.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) tourist (b) traitor (c) pilot (d) patriot
4. 4.One word for: a place where birds are kept (a) aquarium (b) aviary (c) kennel (d) library
5. 5.One word for: a doctor who treats teeth (a) optician (b) dentist (c) pharmacist (d) florist
6. 6.One word for: a person who visits places for pleasure (a) tourist (b) pilot (c) traitor (d) patriot
7. 7.One word for: a person who cuts hair (a) plumber (b) barber (c) cobbler (d) tailor
8. 8.One word for: a park where animals are kept for people to see (a) zoo (b) museum (c) granary (d) library
9. 9.One word for: a person who sees an event happen (a) lawyer (b) judge (c) eyewitness (d) victim
10. 10.One word for: happening once every year (a) monthly (b) weekly (c) daily (d) annual
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 doctor who treats sick animals (a) florist (b) veterinarian (c) dentist (d) optician
13. 13.One word for: a daily record of personal events (a) novel (b) atlas (c) diary (d) dictionary
14. 14.One word for: able to use both hands equally well (a) talkative (b) bilingual (c) illiterate (d) ambidextrous
15. 15.One word for: a garden of fruit trees (a) aquarium (b) granary (c) orchard (d) aviary
16. 16.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) glutton (b) miser (c) optimist (d) patriot
17. 17.One word for: a person who repairs pipes and taps (a) plumber (b) cobbler (c) carpenter (d) tailor
18. 18.One word for: a book of word meanings in alphabetical order (a) diary (b) dictionary (c) atlas (d) novel
19. 19.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) herbivore (b) carnivore (c) omnivore (d) insectivore
20. 20.One word for: a place where old and rare things are kept for show (a) aviary (b) museum (c) granary (d) library
21. 21.One word for: a place where fish are kept (a) aquarium (b) aviary (c) granary (d) stable
22. 22.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) edible (b) invisible (c) fragile (d) unbreakable
23. 23.One word for: a person who cannot read or write (a) innocent (b) illegal (c) illiterate (d) invisible
24. 24.One word for: a word opposite in meaning to another word (a) homophone (b) synonym (c) suffix (d) antonym
25. 25.One word for: happening every day (a) daily (b) weekly (c) annual (d) monthly
26. 26.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) tourist (b) optimist (c) pessimist (d) dentist
27. 27.One word for: against the law (a) invisible (b) illegal (c) impossible (d) legal
28. 28.One word for: a person who is new to a job or skill (a) beginner (b) veteran (c) owner (d) expert
29. 29.One word for: a place where coins are made (a) mint (b) granary (c) museum (d) bank
30. 30.One word for: a person who stitches clothes (a) tailor (b) barber (c) carpenter (d) cobbler
31. 31.One word for: a period of two weeks (a) decade (b) fortnight (c) century (d) semester
32. 32.One word for: easily broken (a) visible (b) edible (c) fragile (d) flexible
33. 33.One word for: people who watch a match (a) passengers (b) patients (c) spectators (d) pedestrians
34. 34.One word for: not fit to be eaten (a) edible (b) inedible (c) audible (d) visible
35. 35.One word for: the study of living things (a) biology (b) history (c) geography (d) astronomy
36. 36.One word for: a sound too soft to be heard (a) illegible (b) invisible (c) inedible (d) inaudible
37. 37.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) donor (b) glutton (c) miser (d) tourist
38. 38.One word for: the story of a person’s life written by that person (a) atlas (b) biography (c) autobiography (d) novel
39. 39.One word for: a sound loud enough to be heard (a) fragile (b) visible (c) audible (d) edible
40. 40.One word for: a period of ten years (a) decade (b) fortnight (c) century (d) millennium

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