One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 636 · 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 sick people are treated (a) library (b) orphanage (c) museum (d) hospital
2. 2.One word for: a person who stitches clothes (a) cobbler (b) carpenter (c) tailor (d) barber
3. 3.One word for: a doctor who treats sick animals (a) dentist (b) veterinarian (c) optician (d) florist
4. 4.One word for: a person who works without being paid (a) employee (b) owner (c) tourist (d) volunteer
5. 5.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) fortnight (b) millennium (c) century (d) decade
6. 6.One word for: the study of past events (a) geography (b) history (c) astronomy (d) biology
7. 7.One word for: a person who is being treated by a doctor (a) nurse (b) patient (c) surgeon (d) visitor
8. 8.One word for: a person who writes poems (a) singer (b) tailor (c) poet (d) painter
9. 9.One word for: a person who makes furniture from wood (a) tailor (b) barber (c) plumber (d) carpenter
10. 10.One word for: a place where bees are kept (a) granary (b) aviary (c) aquarium (d) apiary
11. 11.One word for: a place where grain is stored (a) aviary (b) granary (c) orchard (d) library
12. 12.One word for: not fit to be eaten (a) edible (b) audible (c) visible (d) inedible
13. 13.One word for: a person who always looks on the bright side (a) pessimist (b) scientist (c) optimist (d) tourist
14. 14.One word for: a list of things to be discussed at a meeting (a) atlas (b) diary (c) menu (d) agenda
15. 15.One word for: a sound too soft to be heard (a) invisible (b) inaudible (c) illegible (d) inedible
16. 16.One word for: a period of ten years (a) millennium (b) fortnight (c) decade (d) century
17. 17.One word for: happening every day (a) annual (b) weekly (c) monthly (d) daily
18. 18.One word for: a place where fish are kept (a) aviary (b) aquarium (c) stable (d) granary
19. 19.One word for: a person who sells medicines (a) florist (b) dentist (c) pharmacist (d) optician
20. 20.One word for: the study of living things (a) astronomy (b) biology (c) geography (d) history
21. 21.One word for: a group of singers (a) crew (b) herd (c) fleet (d) choir
22. 22.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) edible (b) illiterate (c) illegible (d) invisible
23. 23.One word for: an animal that eats only meat (a) herbivore (b) omnivore (c) carnivore (d) vegetarian
24. 24.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) miser (b) donor (c) glutton (d) tourist
25. 25.One word for: a place where old and rare things are kept for show (a) aviary (b) library (c) granary (d) museum
26. 26.One word for: a person who speaks many languages (a) optimist (b) miser (c) patriot (d) polyglot
27. 27.One word for: words that sound alike but differ in meaning (a) homophones (b) prefixes (c) antonyms (d) synonyms
28. 28.One word for: a place where books are kept for reading (a) granary (b) orchard (c) aviary (d) library
29. 29.One word for: a person who studies the stars and planets (a) geologist (b) biologist (c) dentist (d) astronomer
30. 30.One word for: something that cannot be seen (a) audible (b) illegible (c) invisible (d) edible
31. 31.One word for: a person who visits places for pleasure (a) tourist (b) pilot (c) patriot (d) traitor
32. 32.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) tourist (b) traitor (c) patriot (d) pilot
33. 33.One word for: a garden of fruit trees (a) aquarium (b) granary (c) orchard (d) aviary
34. 34.One word for: against the law (a) impossible (b) illegal (c) legal (d) invisible
35. 35.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) pedestrian (b) carnivore (c) vegetarian (d) omnivore
36. 36.One word for: able to use both hands equally well (a) ambidextrous (b) illiterate (c) bilingual (d) talkative
37. 37.One word for: a person who sells flowers (a) cashier (b) dentist (c) florist (d) tailor
38. 38.One word for: happening once every year (a) annual (b) monthly (c) weekly (d) daily
39. 39.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) invisible (b) unbreakable (c) edible (d) fragile
40. 40.One word for: the study of the earth and its countries (a) astronomy (b) geography (c) biology (d) history

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