One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 778 · 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 flies an aeroplane (a) conductor (b) driver (c) pilot (d) sailor
2. 2.One word for: a place where books are kept for reading (a) granary (b) orchard (c) aviary (d) library
3. 3.One word for: a place where sick people are treated (a) museum (b) hospital (c) library (d) orphanage
4. 4.One word for: a place where films are shown (a) museum (b) cinema (c) stadium (d) library
5. 5.One word for: a place where birds are kept (a) aquarium (b) library (c) kennel (d) aviary
6. 6.One word for: a list of things to be discussed at a meeting (a) diary (b) menu (c) atlas (d) agenda
7. 7.One word for: not fit to be eaten (a) edible (b) inedible (c) audible (d) visible
8. 8.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) bilingual (b) literate (c) talkative (d) silent
9. 9.One word for: a person who travels in a bus or train (a) driver (b) passenger (c) pedestrian (d) pilot
10. 10.One word for: happening every day (a) annual (b) weekly (c) monthly (d) daily
11. 11.One word for: a place where money is kept safely (a) library (b) museum (c) mint (d) bank
12. 12.One word for: an animal that eats only meat (a) vegetarian (b) carnivore (c) omnivore (d) herbivore
13. 13.One word for: agreed upon by everyone (a) generous (b) anonymous (c) famous (d) unanimous
14. 14.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) tourist (b) pilot (c) patriot (d) traitor
15. 15.One word for: a person who visits places for pleasure (a) pilot (b) patriot (c) traitor (d) tourist
16. 16.One word for: a word opposite in meaning to another word (a) antonym (b) synonym (c) suffix (d) homophone
17. 17.One word for: a person who studies plants (a) dentist (b) zoologist (c) astronomer (d) botanist
18. 18.One word for: a person who studies animals (a) geologist (b) zoologist (c) botanist (d) astronomer
19. 19.One word for: a person who sells medicines (a) pharmacist (b) dentist (c) florist (d) optician
20. 20.One word for: happening once every year (a) weekly (b) monthly (c) daily (d) annual
21. 21.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) century (b) fortnight (c) millennium (d) decade
22. 22.One word for: easily broken (a) visible (b) edible (c) fragile (d) flexible
23. 23.One word for: something that cannot be seen (a) invisible (b) audible (c) edible (d) illegible
24. 24.One word for: a sound loud enough to be heard (a) audible (b) edible (c) visible (d) fragile
25. 25.One word for: a person who sees an event happen (a) judge (b) victim (c) lawyer (d) eyewitness
26. 26.One word for: a person who speaks many languages (a) optimist (b) miser (c) polyglot (d) patriot
27. 27.One word for: a person with great skill in something (a) beginner (b) amateur (c) novice (d) expert
28. 28.One word for: a place where grain is stored (a) orchard (b) granary (c) library (d) aviary
29. 29.One word for: a place where sports are played and watched (a) library (b) museum (c) granary (d) stadium
30. 30.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) miser (b) patriot (c) optimist (d) glutton
31. 31.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) herbivore (b) insectivore (c) omnivore (d) carnivore
32. 32.One word for: a daily record of personal events (a) dictionary (b) atlas (c) novel (d) diary
33. 33.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) omnivore (b) carnivore (c) pedestrian (d) vegetarian
34. 34.One word for: a period of ten years (a) fortnight (b) decade (c) century (d) millennium
35. 35.One word for: a word that means the same as another word (a) prefix (b) synonym (c) antonym (d) homophone
36. 36.One word for: against the law (a) legal (b) impossible (c) invisible (d) illegal
37. 37.One word for: a period of a thousand years (a) decade (b) century (c) fortnight (d) millennium
38. 38.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) autobiography (b) atlas (c) geography (d) biography
39. 39.One word for: a period of two weeks (a) decade (b) semester (c) century (d) fortnight
40. 40.One word for: the study of living things (a) geography (b) history (c) astronomy (d) biology

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