One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 822 · 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 is new to a job or skill (a) beginner (b) veteran (c) expert (d) owner
2. 2.One word for: a place where books are kept for reading (a) library (b) granary (c) aviary (d) orchard
3. 3.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) millennium (b) century (c) fortnight (d) decade
4. 4.One word for: a person who works without being paid (a) tourist (b) owner (c) employee (d) volunteer
5. 5.One word for: a period of a thousand years (a) fortnight (b) millennium (c) century (d) decade
6. 6.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) glutton (b) tourist (c) miser (d) donor
7. 7.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) pedestrian (b) vegetarian (c) carnivore (d) omnivore
8. 8.One word for: a person who is being treated by a doctor (a) visitor (b) surgeon (c) nurse (d) patient
9. 9.One word for: a person who repairs pipes and taps (a) tailor (b) plumber (c) cobbler (d) carpenter
10. 10.One word for: a person who cannot read or write (a) innocent (b) illiterate (c) illegal (d) invisible
11. 11.One word for: a book of word meanings in alphabetical order (a) novel (b) diary (c) dictionary (d) atlas
12. 12.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) patriot (b) traitor (c) tourist (d) pilot
13. 13.One word for: a doctor who treats teeth (a) optician (b) florist (c) dentist (d) pharmacist
14. 14.One word for: a person who betrays his or her country (a) optimist (b) traitor (c) patriot (d) tourist
15. 15.One word for: a sound too soft to be heard (a) invisible (b) illegible (c) inedible (d) inaudible
16. 16.One word for: happening every week (a) daily (b) weekly (c) annual (d) monthly
17. 17.One word for: a person who studies animals (a) astronomer (b) geologist (c) botanist (d) zoologist
18. 18.One word for: a place where sick people are treated (a) museum (b) hospital (c) library (d) orphanage
19. 19.One word for: a person who sells medicines (a) florist (b) dentist (c) pharmacist (d) optician
20. 20.One word for: a sound loud enough to be heard (a) fragile (b) edible (c) visible (d) audible
21. 21.One word for: a person who rides horses in races (a) pilot (b) driver (c) jockey (d) sailor
22. 22.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) carnivore (b) scavenger (c) herbivore (d) omnivore
23. 23.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) visible (b) fragile (c) edible (d) audible
24. 24.One word for: a place where old and rare things are kept for show (a) granary (b) aviary (c) library (d) museum
25. 25.One word for: a person who mends shoes (a) barber (b) plumber (c) tailor (d) cobbler
26. 26.One word for: a garden of fruit trees (a) aquarium (b) aviary (c) granary (d) orchard
27. 27.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) autobiography (b) atlas (c) geography (d) biography
28. 28.One word for: a person who always looks on the bright side (a) pessimist (b) scientist (c) optimist (d) tourist
29. 29.One word for: a person who writes poems (a) tailor (b) painter (c) singer (d) poet
30. 30.One word for: happening once every year (a) daily (b) weekly (c) monthly (d) annual
31. 31.One word for: easily broken (a) flexible (b) edible (c) visible (d) fragile
32. 32.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) unbreakable (b) invisible (c) edible (d) fragile
33. 33.One word for: a place where films are shown (a) library (b) museum (c) cinema (d) stadium
34. 34.One word for: not fit to be eaten (a) edible (b) audible (c) visible (d) inedible
35. 35.One word for: a person who visits places for pleasure (a) pilot (b) traitor (c) tourist (d) patriot
36. 36.One word for: a person who cuts hair (a) barber (b) tailor (c) plumber (d) cobbler
37. 37.One word for: people who watch a match (a) patients (b) passengers (c) spectators (d) pedestrians
38. 38.One word for: words that sound alike but differ in meaning (a) homophones (b) prefixes (c) antonyms (d) synonyms
39. 39.One word for: a person who stitches clothes (a) tailor (b) barber (c) carpenter (d) cobbler
40. 40.One word for: a place where birds are kept (a) kennel (b) aquarium (c) aviary (d) library

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