One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 673 · 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 walks along a road (a) driver (b) cyclist (c) pedestrian (d) passenger
2. 2.One word for: happening every day (a) daily (b) weekly (c) monthly (d) annual
3. 3.One word for: a place where sick people are treated (a) hospital (b) museum (c) orphanage (d) library
4. 4.One word for: people who watch a match (a) patients (b) passengers (c) spectators (d) pedestrians
5. 5.One word for: a list of things to be discussed at a meeting (a) menu (b) agenda (c) diary (d) atlas
6. 6.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) miser (b) glutton (c) patriot (d) optimist
7. 7.One word for: a person who visits places for pleasure (a) traitor (b) pilot (c) patriot (d) tourist
8. 8.One word for: a person who walks in his or her sleep (a) pedestrian (b) tourist (c) sleepwalker (d) optimist
9. 9.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) pilot (b) tourist (c) patriot (d) traitor
10. 10.One word for: a person who stitches clothes (a) tailor (b) barber (c) carpenter (d) cobbler
11. 11.One word for: a person who always looks on the bright side (a) tourist (b) pessimist (c) scientist (d) optimist
12. 12.One word for: that which cannot be done (a) illegal (b) impossible (c) incorrect (d) invisible
13. 13.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) century (b) millennium (c) decade (d) fortnight
14. 14.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) miser (b) glutton (c) donor (d) tourist
15. 15.One word for: a person who makes furniture from wood (a) plumber (b) carpenter (c) tailor (d) barber
16. 16.One word for: a period of a thousand years (a) fortnight (b) decade (c) century (d) millennium
17. 17.One word for: a place where bees are kept (a) granary (b) aviary (c) aquarium (d) apiary
18. 18.One word for: happening every week (a) monthly (b) annual (c) daily (d) weekly
19. 19.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) edible (b) audible (c) visible (d) fragile
20. 20.One word for: a place where fish are kept (a) granary (b) aquarium (c) stable (d) aviary
21. 21.One word for: against the law (a) illegal (b) impossible (c) invisible (d) legal
22. 22.One word for: agreed upon by everyone (a) generous (b) unanimous (c) famous (d) anonymous
23. 23.One word for: the study of past events (a) astronomy (b) geography (c) history (d) biology
24. 24.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) invisible (b) fragile (c) unbreakable (d) edible
25. 25.One word for: a person who works without being paid (a) owner (b) employee (c) tourist (d) volunteer
26. 26.One word for: a person who studies the stars and planets (a) geologist (b) biologist (c) astronomer (d) dentist
27. 27.One word for: a doctor who treats teeth (a) dentist (b) optician (c) pharmacist (d) florist
28. 28.One word for: words that sound alike but differ in meaning (a) homophones (b) antonyms (c) synonyms (d) prefixes
29. 29.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) autobiography (b) biography (c) atlas (d) geography
30. 30.One word for: the story of a person’s life written by that person (a) autobiography (b) novel (c) biography (d) atlas
31. 31.One word for: a person who mends shoes (a) plumber (b) barber (c) cobbler (d) tailor
32. 32.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) dentist (b) pessimist (c) tourist (d) optimist
33. 33.One word for: a person who cuts hair (a) plumber (b) tailor (c) barber (d) cobbler
34. 34.One word for: not fit to be eaten (a) visible (b) audible (c) edible (d) inedible
35. 35.One word for: a book of word meanings in alphabetical order (a) diary (b) novel (c) dictionary (d) atlas
36. 36.One word for: a place where sports are played and watched (a) granary (b) museum (c) stadium (d) library
37. 37.One word for: a period of two weeks (a) decade (b) semester (c) century (d) fortnight
38. 38.One word for: the study of the earth and its countries (a) biology (b) geography (c) astronomy (d) history
39. 39.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) carnivore (b) omnivore (c) vegetarian (d) pedestrian
40. 40.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) herbivore (b) scavenger (c) carnivore (d) omnivore

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