One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 80 · 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 park where animals are kept for people to see (a) zoo (b) library (c) granary (d) museum
2. 2.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) visible (b) fragile (c) edible (d) audible
3. 3.One word for: a person who studies the stars and planets (a) biologist (b) astronomer (c) geologist (d) dentist
4. 4.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) fortnight (b) millennium (c) century (d) decade
5. 5.One word for: a person who visits places for pleasure (a) tourist (b) patriot (c) traitor (d) pilot
6. 6.One word for: a person who always looks on the bright side (a) scientist (b) optimist (c) pessimist (d) tourist
7. 7.One word for: a person who cuts hair (a) cobbler (b) tailor (c) plumber (d) barber
8. 8.One word for: easily broken (a) fragile (b) flexible (c) visible (d) edible
9. 9.One word for: a daily record of personal events (a) diary (b) novel (c) dictionary (d) atlas
10. 10.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) herbivore (b) carnivore (c) omnivore (d) insectivore
11. 11.One word for: a period of a thousand years (a) millennium (b) decade (c) century (d) fortnight
12. 12.One word for: a person who speaks many languages (a) polyglot (b) miser (c) patriot (d) optimist
13. 13.One word for: against the law (a) invisible (b) impossible (c) legal (d) illegal
14. 14.One word for: a person who sees an event happen (a) victim (b) lawyer (c) judge (d) eyewitness
15. 15.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) geography (b) atlas (c) autobiography (d) biography
16. 16.One word for: happening every day (a) monthly (b) weekly (c) annual (d) daily
17. 17.One word for: able to use both hands equally well (a) illiterate (b) talkative (c) bilingual (d) ambidextrous
18. 18.One word for: a place where fish are kept (a) stable (b) aviary (c) granary (d) aquarium
19. 19.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) pilot (b) tourist (c) traitor (d) patriot
20. 20.One word for: a person who flies an aeroplane (a) pilot (b) conductor (c) driver (d) sailor
21. 21.One word for: a place where coins are made (a) bank (b) mint (c) granary (d) museum
22. 22.One word for: a doctor who treats teeth (a) dentist (b) optician (c) pharmacist (d) florist
23. 23.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) patriot (b) miser (c) optimist (d) glutton
24. 24.One word for: the study of past events (a) astronomy (b) history (c) biology (d) geography
25. 25.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) vegetarian (b) pedestrian (c) omnivore (d) carnivore
26. 26.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) invisible (b) edible (c) illegible (d) illiterate
27. 27.One word for: a person who is being treated by a doctor (a) visitor (b) nurse (c) surgeon (d) patient
28. 28.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) fragile (b) invisible (c) edible (d) unbreakable
29. 29.One word for: a place where money is kept safely (a) museum (b) bank (c) mint (d) library
30. 30.One word for: a place where grain is stored (a) orchard (b) library (c) granary (d) aviary
31. 31.One word for: a person who repairs pipes and taps (a) tailor (b) carpenter (c) plumber (d) cobbler
32. 32.One word for: a sound loud enough to be heard (a) edible (b) audible (c) fragile (d) visible
33. 33.One word for: a person who walks along a road (a) cyclist (b) pedestrian (c) passenger (d) driver
34. 34.One word for: a book of maps (a) novel (b) dictionary (c) diary (d) atlas
35. 35.One word for: happening every week (a) annual (b) weekly (c) daily (d) monthly
36. 36.One word for: a place where bees are kept (a) apiary (b) granary (c) aquarium (d) aviary
37. 37.One word for: a period of two weeks (a) fortnight (b) semester (c) decade (d) century
38. 38.One word for: a place where birds are kept (a) aviary (b) aquarium (c) kennel (d) library
39. 39.One word for: an animal that eats only meat (a) carnivore (b) omnivore (c) herbivore (d) vegetarian
40. 40.One word for: a person who mends shoes (a) barber (b) cobbler (c) plumber (d) tailor

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