One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 658 · 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 always expects the worst (a) optimist (b) tourist (c) dentist (d) pessimist
2. 2.One word for: against the law (a) legal (b) impossible (c) invisible (d) illegal
3. 3.One word for: a person who stitches clothes (a) carpenter (b) barber (c) tailor (d) cobbler
4. 4.One word for: happening every day (a) annual (b) monthly (c) daily (d) weekly
5. 5.One word for: a person with great skill in something (a) beginner (b) expert (c) amateur (d) novice
6. 6.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) silent (b) bilingual (c) literate (d) talkative
7. 7.One word for: a park where animals are kept for people to see (a) library (b) museum (c) zoo (d) granary
8. 8.One word for: a person who betrays his or her country (a) optimist (b) tourist (c) traitor (d) patriot
9. 9.One word for: a place where bees are kept (a) granary (b) apiary (c) aquarium (d) aviary
10. 10.One word for: the study of living things (a) history (b) astronomy (c) geography (d) biology
11. 11.One word for: the story of a person’s life written by that person (a) novel (b) autobiography (c) atlas (d) biography
12. 12.One word for: the study of the earth and its countries (a) astronomy (b) history (c) biology (d) geography
13. 13.One word for: an animal that eats only meat (a) vegetarian (b) omnivore (c) herbivore (d) carnivore
14. 14.One word for: a person who speaks many languages (a) polyglot (b) patriot (c) miser (d) optimist
15. 15.One word for: a person who sells medicines (a) pharmacist (b) optician (c) florist (d) dentist
16. 16.One word for: a place where money is kept safely (a) mint (b) library (c) bank (d) museum
17. 17.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) illegible (b) illiterate (c) edible (d) invisible
18. 18.One word for: a person who travels in a bus or train (a) pedestrian (b) passenger (c) driver (d) pilot
19. 19.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) edible (b) fragile (c) invisible (d) unbreakable
20. 20.One word for: a doctor who treats teeth (a) optician (b) florist (c) dentist (d) pharmacist
21. 21.One word for: a person who sells flowers (a) tailor (b) dentist (c) florist (d) cashier
22. 22.One word for: a place where grain is stored (a) library (b) aviary (c) granary (d) orchard
23. 23.One word for: a person who studies animals (a) zoologist (b) geologist (c) botanist (d) astronomer
24. 24.One word for: a person who repairs pipes and taps (a) cobbler (b) tailor (c) carpenter (d) plumber
25. 25.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) atlas (b) biography (c) autobiography (d) geography
26. 26.One word for: a word opposite in meaning to another word (a) homophone (b) synonym (c) suffix (d) antonym
27. 27.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) tourist (b) pilot (c) patriot (d) traitor
28. 28.One word for: a book of word meanings in alphabetical order (a) atlas (b) diary (c) novel (d) dictionary
29. 29.One word for: people who watch a match (a) pedestrians (b) patients (c) passengers (d) spectators
30. 30.One word for: agreed upon by everyone (a) famous (b) unanimous (c) generous (d) anonymous
31. 31.One word for: a sound too soft to be heard (a) invisible (b) illegible (c) inaudible (d) inedible
32. 32.One word for: not fit to be eaten (a) edible (b) inedible (c) audible (d) visible
33. 33.One word for: a group of singers (a) choir (b) herd (c) fleet (d) crew
34. 34.One word for: a place where books are kept for reading (a) granary (b) aviary (c) orchard (d) library
35. 35.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) scavenger (b) herbivore (c) carnivore (d) omnivore
36. 36.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) insectivore (b) carnivore (c) omnivore (d) herbivore
37. 37.One word for: a person who studies the stars and planets (a) dentist (b) biologist (c) astronomer (d) geologist
38. 38.One word for: a place where fish are kept (a) granary (b) aviary (c) stable (d) aquarium
39. 39.One word for: easily broken (a) fragile (b) edible (c) flexible (d) visible
40. 40.One word for: a period of ten years (a) century (b) fortnight (c) millennium (d) decade

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