One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 725 · 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 list of things to be discussed at a meeting (a) menu (b) atlas (c) diary (d) agenda
2. 2.One word for: a daily record of personal events (a) novel (b) dictionary (c) atlas (d) diary
3. 3.One word for: able to use both hands equally well (a) bilingual (b) illiterate (c) ambidextrous (d) talkative
4. 4.One word for: a place where money is kept safely (a) library (b) mint (c) museum (d) bank
5. 5.One word for: a person who studies animals (a) geologist (b) zoologist (c) astronomer (d) botanist
6. 6.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) silent (b) bilingual (c) talkative (d) literate
7. 7.One word for: a person who walks along a road (a) cyclist (b) pedestrian (c) driver (d) passenger
8. 8.One word for: happening every week (a) daily (b) weekly (c) annual (d) monthly
9. 9.One word for: a place where grain is stored (a) orchard (b) aviary (c) library (d) granary
10. 10.One word for: happening once every year (a) daily (b) monthly (c) weekly (d) annual
11. 11.One word for: a person who cuts hair (a) barber (b) plumber (c) cobbler (d) tailor
12. 12.One word for: a person who cannot read or write (a) invisible (b) illegal (c) innocent (d) illiterate
13. 13.One word for: a group of singers (a) crew (b) choir (c) fleet (d) herd
14. 14.One word for: something that cannot be seen (a) invisible (b) edible (c) illegible (d) audible
15. 15.One word for: the study of living things (a) biology (b) history (c) astronomy (d) geography
16. 16.One word for: happening every day (a) annual (b) daily (c) weekly (d) monthly
17. 17.One word for: a person who visits places for pleasure (a) traitor (b) tourist (c) patriot (d) pilot
18. 18.One word for: a place where birds are kept (a) kennel (b) aquarium (c) library (d) aviary
19. 19.One word for: easily broken (a) visible (b) edible (c) flexible (d) fragile
20. 20.One word for: people who watch a match (a) spectators (b) patients (c) passengers (d) pedestrians
21. 21.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) optimist (b) dentist (c) tourist (d) pessimist
22. 22.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) patriot (b) pilot (c) traitor (d) tourist
23. 23.One word for: a home for children who have no parents (a) orphanage (b) hospital (c) aviary (d) library
24. 24.One word for: a garden of fruit trees (a) orchard (b) aviary (c) granary (d) aquarium
25. 25.One word for: an animal that eats only meat (a) vegetarian (b) omnivore (c) herbivore (d) carnivore
26. 26.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) invisible (b) illiterate (c) edible (d) illegible
27. 27.One word for: a place where sick people are treated (a) library (b) orphanage (c) hospital (d) museum
28. 28.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) miser (b) glutton (c) tourist (d) donor
29. 29.One word for: a place where old and rare things are kept for show (a) aviary (b) museum (c) granary (d) library
30. 30.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) fragile (b) invisible (c) edible (d) unbreakable
31. 31.One word for: the story of a person’s life written by that person (a) novel (b) biography (c) atlas (d) autobiography
32. 32.One word for: a word opposite in meaning to another word (a) synonym (b) antonym (c) homophone (d) suffix
33. 33.One word for: a period of two weeks (a) semester (b) fortnight (c) decade (d) century
34. 34.One word for: a person with great skill in something (a) amateur (b) expert (c) novice (d) beginner
35. 35.One word for: a park where animals are kept for people to see (a) zoo (b) library (c) granary (d) museum
36. 36.One word for: a person who stitches clothes (a) tailor (b) cobbler (c) barber (d) carpenter
37. 37.One word for: a person who sees an event happen (a) lawyer (b) victim (c) eyewitness (d) judge
38. 38.One word for: a person who studies the stars and planets (a) geologist (b) astronomer (c) dentist (d) biologist
39. 39.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) atlas (b) autobiography (c) biography (d) geography
40. 40.One word for: a word that means the same as another word (a) synonym (b) prefix (c) homophone (d) antonym

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