One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 758 · 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 betrays his or her country (a) optimist (b) patriot (c) tourist (d) traitor
2. 2.One word for: a doctor who treats teeth (a) dentist (b) florist (c) pharmacist (d) optician
3. 3.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) silent (b) bilingual (c) talkative (d) literate
4. 4.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) tourist (b) dentist (c) pessimist (d) optimist
5. 5.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) geography (b) atlas (c) biography (d) autobiography
6. 6.One word for: a place where sick people are treated (a) orphanage (b) museum (c) hospital (d) library
7. 7.One word for: a person who sees an event happen (a) lawyer (b) judge (c) eyewitness (d) victim
8. 8.One word for: a word that means the same as another word (a) synonym (b) prefix (c) antonym (d) homophone
9. 9.One word for: people who watch a match (a) passengers (b) spectators (c) pedestrians (d) patients
10. 10.One word for: a person who flies an aeroplane (a) driver (b) conductor (c) sailor (d) pilot
11. 11.One word for: agreed upon by everyone (a) anonymous (b) unanimous (c) generous (d) famous
12. 12.One word for: an animal that eats only meat (a) vegetarian (b) omnivore (c) herbivore (d) carnivore
13. 13.One word for: happening every day (a) monthly (b) annual (c) daily (d) weekly
14. 14.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) fragile (b) audible (c) visible (d) edible
15. 15.One word for: a person who cannot read or write (a) illegal (b) illiterate (c) invisible (d) innocent
16. 16.One word for: a person who walks in his or her sleep (a) pedestrian (b) tourist (c) sleepwalker (d) optimist
17. 17.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) herbivore (b) insectivore (c) carnivore (d) omnivore
18. 18.One word for: a daily record of personal events (a) dictionary (b) atlas (c) novel (d) diary
19. 19.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) pilot (b) patriot (c) traitor (d) tourist
20. 20.One word for: a place where money is kept safely (a) museum (b) mint (c) library (d) bank
21. 21.One word for: easily broken (a) edible (b) fragile (c) flexible (d) visible
22. 22.One word for: a person who studies the stars and planets (a) biologist (b) dentist (c) astronomer (d) geologist
23. 23.One word for: a person who mends shoes (a) tailor (b) cobbler (c) barber (d) plumber
24. 24.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) miser (b) patriot (c) glutton (d) optimist
25. 25.One word for: a place where coins are made (a) museum (b) mint (c) granary (d) bank
26. 26.One word for: against the law (a) legal (b) illegal (c) impossible (d) invisible
27. 27.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) tourist (b) glutton (c) donor (d) miser
28. 28.One word for: a period of a thousand years (a) millennium (b) fortnight (c) decade (d) century
29. 29.One word for: a period of two weeks (a) semester (b) decade (c) century (d) fortnight
30. 30.One word for: happening every week (a) annual (b) weekly (c) monthly (d) daily
31. 31.One word for: a person who stitches clothes (a) cobbler (b) barber (c) tailor (d) carpenter
32. 32.One word for: the study of the earth and its countries (a) biology (b) history (c) astronomy (d) geography
33. 33.One word for: a word opposite in meaning to another word (a) suffix (b) homophone (c) antonym (d) synonym
34. 34.One word for: words that sound alike but differ in meaning (a) antonyms (b) homophones (c) prefixes (d) synonyms
35. 35.One word for: the study of living things (a) history (b) astronomy (c) biology (d) geography
36. 36.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) herbivore (b) scavenger (c) omnivore (d) carnivore
37. 37.One word for: happening once every year (a) monthly (b) daily (c) annual (d) weekly
38. 38.One word for: a doctor who treats sick animals (a) optician (b) veterinarian (c) dentist (d) florist
39. 39.One word for: a home for children who have no parents (a) orphanage (b) hospital (c) library (d) aviary
40. 40.One word for: a person who walks along a road (a) driver (b) passenger (c) cyclist (d) pedestrian

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