One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 693 · 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 period of two weeks (a) decade (b) semester (c) fortnight (d) century
2. 2.One word for: a person who makes furniture from wood (a) barber (b) carpenter (c) plumber (d) tailor
3. 3.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) fortnight (b) century (c) decade (d) millennium
4. 4.One word for: a sound loud enough to be heard (a) audible (b) visible (c) edible (d) fragile
5. 5.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) tourist (b) pilot (c) patriot (d) traitor
6. 6.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) glutton (b) tourist (c) miser (d) donor
7. 7.One word for: a book of word meanings in alphabetical order (a) atlas (b) novel (c) diary (d) dictionary
8. 8.One word for: a group of singers (a) fleet (b) choir (c) crew (d) herd
9. 9.One word for: a person who walks along a road (a) passenger (b) pedestrian (c) cyclist (d) driver
10. 10.One word for: the study of the earth and its countries (a) astronomy (b) history (c) geography (d) biology
11. 11.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) pedestrian (b) vegetarian (c) carnivore (d) omnivore
12. 12.One word for: a doctor who treats teeth (a) optician (b) pharmacist (c) florist (d) dentist
13. 13.One word for: against the law (a) impossible (b) illegal (c) legal (d) invisible
14. 14.One word for: people who watch a match (a) passengers (b) patients (c) pedestrians (d) spectators
15. 15.One word for: a place where old and rare things are kept for show (a) library (b) granary (c) aviary (d) museum
16. 16.One word for: not fit to be eaten (a) audible (b) visible (c) inedible (d) edible
17. 17.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) edible (b) invisible (c) illiterate (d) illegible
18. 18.One word for: the study of living things (a) history (b) astronomy (c) biology (d) geography
19. 19.One word for: agreed upon by everyone (a) famous (b) unanimous (c) generous (d) anonymous
20. 20.One word for: a list of things to be discussed at a meeting (a) agenda (b) atlas (c) menu (d) diary
21. 21.One word for: a person who sees an event happen (a) eyewitness (b) lawyer (c) victim (d) judge
22. 22.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) carnivore (b) herbivore (c) omnivore (d) scavenger
23. 23.One word for: a period of ten years (a) fortnight (b) millennium (c) decade (d) century
24. 24.One word for: a person with great skill in something (a) novice (b) amateur (c) beginner (d) expert
25. 25.One word for: a person who sells flowers (a) florist (b) tailor (c) dentist (d) cashier
26. 26.One word for: able to use both hands equally well (a) illiterate (b) bilingual (c) ambidextrous (d) talkative
27. 27.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) fragile (b) audible (c) edible (d) visible
28. 28.One word for: happening once every year (a) weekly (b) annual (c) monthly (d) daily
29. 29.One word for: something that cannot be seen (a) edible (b) invisible (c) illegible (d) audible
30. 30.One word for: the story of a person’s life written by that person (a) atlas (b) novel (c) biography (d) autobiography
31. 31.One word for: a home for children who have no parents (a) library (b) aviary (c) orphanage (d) hospital
32. 32.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) miser (b) patriot (c) optimist (d) glutton
33. 33.One word for: a person who walks in his or her sleep (a) optimist (b) tourist (c) pedestrian (d) sleepwalker
34. 34.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) autobiography (b) atlas (c) biography (d) geography
35. 35.One word for: a person who betrays his or her country (a) traitor (b) patriot (c) optimist (d) tourist
36. 36.One word for: a place where money is kept safely (a) library (b) bank (c) mint (d) museum
37. 37.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) omnivore (b) carnivore (c) herbivore (d) insectivore
38. 38.One word for: a period of a thousand years (a) fortnight (b) millennium (c) century (d) decade
39. 39.One word for: a person who rides horses in races (a) pilot (b) jockey (c) sailor (d) driver
40. 40.One word for: a place where bees are kept (a) aviary (b) apiary (c) granary (d) aquarium

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