One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 691 · 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 mends shoes (a) plumber (b) tailor (c) barber (d) cobbler
2. 2.One word for: a person who stitches clothes (a) tailor (b) carpenter (c) barber (d) cobbler
3. 3.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) patriot (b) tourist (c) pilot (d) traitor
4. 4.One word for: a person who sees an event happen (a) eyewitness (b) lawyer (c) judge (d) victim
5. 5.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) atlas (b) autobiography (c) biography (d) geography
6. 6.One word for: words that sound alike but differ in meaning (a) prefixes (b) antonyms (c) synonyms (d) homophones
7. 7.One word for: a person who repairs pipes and taps (a) plumber (b) cobbler (c) carpenter (d) tailor
8. 8.One word for: a person who cannot read or write (a) illegal (b) invisible (c) innocent (d) illiterate
9. 9.One word for: a doctor who treats teeth (a) optician (b) florist (c) dentist (d) pharmacist
10. 10.One word for: a period of two weeks (a) fortnight (b) semester (c) century (d) decade
11. 11.One word for: a place where money is kept safely (a) library (b) museum (c) bank (d) mint
12. 12.One word for: a person who studies the stars and planets (a) astronomer (b) biologist (c) geologist (d) dentist
13. 13.One word for: an animal that eats only meat (a) vegetarian (b) omnivore (c) herbivore (d) carnivore
14. 14.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) carnivore (b) insectivore (c) herbivore (d) omnivore
15. 15.One word for: a word opposite in meaning to another word (a) homophone (b) synonym (c) antonym (d) suffix
16. 16.One word for: a person who always looks on the bright side (a) tourist (b) scientist (c) pessimist (d) optimist
17. 17.One word for: a person who is being treated by a doctor (a) patient (b) visitor (c) surgeon (d) nurse
18. 18.One word for: a word that means the same as another word (a) homophone (b) prefix (c) antonym (d) synonym
19. 19.One word for: a place where sick people are treated (a) hospital (b) museum (c) library (d) orphanage
20. 20.One word for: a person who speaks many languages (a) optimist (b) miser (c) patriot (d) polyglot
21. 21.One word for: a person who visits places for pleasure (a) patriot (b) pilot (c) traitor (d) tourist
22. 22.One word for: a period of a thousand years (a) fortnight (b) decade (c) millennium (d) century
23. 23.One word for: a place where fish are kept (a) aquarium (b) stable (c) granary (d) aviary
24. 24.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) donor (b) tourist (c) miser (d) glutton
25. 25.One word for: happening once every year (a) annual (b) monthly (c) weekly (d) daily
26. 26.One word for: a garden of fruit trees (a) aquarium (b) orchard (c) aviary (d) granary
27. 27.One word for: a group of singers (a) fleet (b) choir (c) crew (d) herd
28. 28.One word for: a place where old and rare things are kept for show (a) museum (b) library (c) granary (d) aviary
29. 29.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) illiterate (b) invisible (c) illegible (d) edible
30. 30.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) glutton (b) miser (c) patriot (d) optimist
31. 31.One word for: happening every week (a) daily (b) annual (c) monthly (d) weekly
32. 32.One word for: a daily record of personal events (a) dictionary (b) diary (c) atlas (d) novel
33. 33.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) century (b) decade (c) millennium (d) fortnight
34. 34.One word for: the study of past events (a) biology (b) geography (c) astronomy (d) history
35. 35.One word for: a place where books are kept for reading (a) orchard (b) aviary (c) library (d) granary
36. 36.One word for: easily broken (a) flexible (b) visible (c) edible (d) fragile
37. 37.One word for: a place where coins are made (a) mint (b) bank (c) granary (d) museum
38. 38.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) omnivore (b) vegetarian (c) pedestrian (d) carnivore
39. 39.One word for: a person who walks in his or her sleep (a) tourist (b) optimist (c) sleepwalker (d) pedestrian
40. 40.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) fragile (b) audible (c) edible (d) visible

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