One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 70 · 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 sound too soft to be heard (a) illegible (b) inaudible (c) inedible (d) invisible
2. 2.One word for: a word opposite in meaning to another word (a) homophone (b) suffix (c) synonym (d) antonym
3. 3.One word for: a person who sells medicines (a) dentist (b) optician (c) pharmacist (d) florist
4. 4.One word for: a person who visits places for pleasure (a) pilot (b) patriot (c) tourist (d) traitor
5. 5.One word for: a person who betrays his or her country (a) patriot (b) optimist (c) tourist (d) traitor
6. 6.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) omnivore (b) insectivore (c) carnivore (d) herbivore
7. 7.One word for: a home for children who have no parents (a) orphanage (b) hospital (c) aviary (d) library
8. 8.One word for: a place where grain is stored (a) granary (b) aviary (c) orchard (d) library
9. 9.One word for: a doctor who treats teeth (a) optician (b) dentist (c) florist (d) pharmacist
10. 10.One word for: a person who walks in his or her sleep (a) optimist (b) sleepwalker (c) tourist (d) pedestrian
11. 11.One word for: a period of ten years (a) century (b) millennium (c) fortnight (d) decade
12. 12.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) pilot (b) traitor (c) tourist (d) patriot
13. 13.One word for: a period of two weeks (a) century (b) fortnight (c) decade (d) semester
14. 14.One word for: a daily record of personal events (a) diary (b) novel (c) dictionary (d) atlas
15. 15.One word for: happening every week (a) annual (b) daily (c) weekly (d) monthly
16. 16.One word for: a sound loud enough to be heard (a) edible (b) fragile (c) audible (d) visible
17. 17.One word for: a person who stitches clothes (a) cobbler (b) barber (c) tailor (d) carpenter
18. 18.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) millennium (b) decade (c) fortnight (d) century
19. 19.One word for: a period of a thousand years (a) millennium (b) decade (c) century (d) fortnight
20. 20.One word for: a park where animals are kept for people to see (a) granary (b) zoo (c) library (d) museum
21. 21.One word for: able to use both hands equally well (a) ambidextrous (b) talkative (c) illiterate (d) bilingual
22. 22.One word for: not fit to be eaten (a) visible (b) inedible (c) audible (d) edible
23. 23.One word for: something that cannot be seen (a) illegible (b) audible (c) invisible (d) edible
24. 24.One word for: a book of word meanings in alphabetical order (a) novel (b) diary (c) dictionary (d) atlas
25. 25.One word for: a place where coins are made (a) mint (b) museum (c) granary (d) bank
26. 26.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) audible (b) fragile (c) visible (d) edible
27. 27.One word for: the study of living things (a) geography (b) history (c) astronomy (d) biology
28. 28.One word for: a garden of fruit trees (a) aviary (b) aquarium (c) granary (d) orchard
29. 29.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) edible (b) fragile (c) unbreakable (d) invisible
30. 30.One word for: a place where books are kept for reading (a) aviary (b) granary (c) orchard (d) library
31. 31.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) carnivore (b) vegetarian (c) omnivore (d) pedestrian
32. 32.One word for: a place where fish are kept (a) aquarium (b) granary (c) aviary (d) stable
33. 33.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) tourist (b) glutton (c) donor (d) miser
34. 34.One word for: a place where old and rare things are kept for show (a) library (b) aviary (c) granary (d) museum
35. 35.One word for: a person who mends shoes (a) tailor (b) plumber (c) barber (d) cobbler
36. 36.One word for: a person who speaks many languages (a) polyglot (b) miser (c) patriot (d) optimist
37. 37.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) dentist (b) pessimist (c) optimist (d) tourist
38. 38.One word for: a book of maps (a) novel (b) dictionary (c) diary (d) atlas
39. 39.One word for: a place where sick people are treated (a) orphanage (b) hospital (c) library (d) museum
40. 40.One word for: a person who studies animals (a) astronomer (b) geologist (c) botanist (d) zoologist

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