One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 60 · 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 person who does not eat meat (a) carnivore (b) pedestrian (c) omnivore (d) vegetarian
2. 2.One word for: a person who cannot read or write (a) illiterate (b) invisible (c) innocent (d) illegal
3. 3.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) invisible (b) fragile (c) edible (d) unbreakable
4. 4.One word for: a person who is being treated by a doctor (a) nurse (b) visitor (c) patient (d) surgeon
5. 5.One word for: a place where sick people are treated (a) library (b) orphanage (c) museum (d) hospital
6. 6.One word for: a person who works without being paid (a) employee (b) tourist (c) owner (d) volunteer
7. 7.One word for: a period of two weeks (a) fortnight (b) century (c) semester (d) decade
8. 8.One word for: a person who makes furniture from wood (a) plumber (b) barber (c) tailor (d) carpenter
9. 9.One word for: a person who stitches clothes (a) cobbler (b) tailor (c) carpenter (d) barber
10. 10.One word for: a park where animals are kept for people to see (a) library (b) granary (c) zoo (d) museum
11. 11.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) bilingual (b) literate (c) talkative (d) silent
12. 12.One word for: a person who sees an event happen (a) judge (b) lawyer (c) eyewitness (d) victim
13. 13.One word for: the story of a person’s life written by that person (a) biography (b) atlas (c) autobiography (d) novel
14. 14.One word for: a garden of fruit trees (a) aquarium (b) granary (c) aviary (d) orchard
15. 15.One word for: a sound loud enough to be heard (a) edible (b) fragile (c) audible (d) visible
16. 16.One word for: able to use both hands equally well (a) talkative (b) bilingual (c) ambidextrous (d) illiterate
17. 17.One word for: a period of ten years (a) decade (b) fortnight (c) millennium (d) century
18. 18.One word for: a doctor who treats teeth (a) dentist (b) florist (c) pharmacist (d) optician
19. 19.One word for: a home for children who have no parents (a) hospital (b) library (c) orphanage (d) aviary
20. 20.One word for: happening once every year (a) weekly (b) monthly (c) daily (d) annual
21. 21.One word for: a list of things to be discussed at a meeting (a) menu (b) diary (c) agenda (d) atlas
22. 22.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) geography (b) autobiography (c) atlas (d) biography
23. 23.One word for: people who watch a match (a) spectators (b) patients (c) pedestrians (d) passengers
24. 24.One word for: a person who rides horses in races (a) pilot (b) sailor (c) driver (d) jockey
25. 25.One word for: a person who repairs pipes and taps (a) cobbler (b) carpenter (c) plumber (d) tailor
26. 26.One word for: an animal that eats only meat (a) omnivore (b) vegetarian (c) herbivore (d) carnivore
27. 27.One word for: a word that means the same as another word (a) homophone (b) prefix (c) antonym (d) synonym
28. 28.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) illiterate (b) illegible (c) invisible (d) edible
29. 29.One word for: a person who is new to a job or skill (a) beginner (b) veteran (c) expert (d) owner
30. 30.One word for: a book of maps (a) diary (b) dictionary (c) novel (d) atlas
31. 31.One word for: the study of living things (a) astronomy (b) history (c) biology (d) geography
32. 32.One word for: a place where old and rare things are kept for show (a) library (b) aviary (c) granary (d) museum
33. 33.One word for: a place where books are kept for reading (a) granary (b) aviary (c) orchard (d) library
34. 34.One word for: a place where grain is stored (a) library (b) aviary (c) granary (d) orchard
35. 35.One word for: a person with great skill in something (a) beginner (b) amateur (c) novice (d) expert
36. 36.One word for: something that cannot be seen (a) audible (b) illegible (c) edible (d) invisible
37. 37.One word for: a place where coins are made (a) granary (b) mint (c) museum (d) bank
38. 38.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) millennium (b) fortnight (c) decade (d) century
39. 39.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) omnivore (b) scavenger (c) carnivore (d) herbivore
40. 40.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) fragile (b) audible (c) visible (d) edible

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