One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 827 · 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 place where sick people are treated (a) orphanage (b) hospital (c) library (d) museum
2. 2.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) atlas (b) biography (c) geography (d) autobiography
3. 3.One word for: a person who visits places for pleasure (a) patriot (b) tourist (c) pilot (d) traitor
4. 4.One word for: a doctor who treats teeth (a) optician (b) dentist (c) florist (d) pharmacist
5. 5.One word for: the story of a person’s life written by that person (a) novel (b) autobiography (c) biography (d) atlas
6. 6.One word for: a person who makes furniture from wood (a) plumber (b) barber (c) carpenter (d) tailor
7. 7.One word for: a place where money is kept safely (a) museum (b) library (c) mint (d) bank
8. 8.One word for: a book of maps (a) dictionary (b) diary (c) atlas (d) novel
9. 9.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) millennium (b) century (c) fortnight (d) decade
10. 10.One word for: a list of things to be discussed at a meeting (a) menu (b) atlas (c) diary (d) agenda
11. 11.One word for: a book of word meanings in alphabetical order (a) dictionary (b) atlas (c) novel (d) diary
12. 12.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) omnivore (b) carnivore (c) pedestrian (d) vegetarian
13. 13.One word for: a person who mends shoes (a) barber (b) tailor (c) cobbler (d) plumber
14. 14.One word for: happening once every year (a) daily (b) annual (c) weekly (d) monthly
15. 15.One word for: a garden of fruit trees (a) orchard (b) aquarium (c) aviary (d) granary
16. 16.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) unbreakable (b) invisible (c) fragile (d) edible
17. 17.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) silent (b) literate (c) talkative (d) bilingual
18. 18.One word for: a place where birds are kept (a) aviary (b) aquarium (c) library (d) kennel
19. 19.One word for: a person who gives money or blood to help others (a) thief (b) donor (c) borrower (d) tourist
20. 20.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) herbivore (b) carnivore (c) omnivore (d) scavenger
21. 21.One word for: a person who walks along a road (a) driver (b) passenger (c) pedestrian (d) cyclist
22. 22.One word for: people who watch a match (a) patients (b) pedestrians (c) passengers (d) spectators
23. 23.One word for: happening every day (a) monthly (b) daily (c) weekly (d) annual
24. 24.One word for: a person who flies an aeroplane (a) sailor (b) pilot (c) driver (d) conductor
25. 25.One word for: a place where fish are kept (a) stable (b) aviary (c) aquarium (d) granary
26. 26.One word for: against the law (a) illegal (b) invisible (c) legal (d) impossible
27. 27.One word for: a person who studies the stars and planets (a) astronomer (b) biologist (c) dentist (d) geologist
28. 28.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) invisible (b) illegible (c) edible (d) illiterate
29. 29.One word for: an animal that eats only meat (a) carnivore (b) omnivore (c) vegetarian (d) herbivore
30. 30.One word for: a person who sells flowers (a) cashier (b) dentist (c) tailor (d) florist
31. 31.One word for: a person who cannot read or write (a) illegal (b) illiterate (c) innocent (d) invisible
32. 32.One word for: a person who stitches clothes (a) barber (b) carpenter (c) cobbler (d) tailor
33. 33.One word for: a person who cuts hair (a) tailor (b) barber (c) cobbler (d) plumber
34. 34.One word for: a person who studies animals (a) geologist (b) botanist (c) zoologist (d) astronomer
35. 35.One word for: the study of past events (a) geography (b) history (c) astronomy (d) biology
36. 36.One word for: a person who betrays his or her country (a) tourist (b) traitor (c) patriot (d) optimist
37. 37.One word for: a person with great skill in something (a) expert (b) beginner (c) novice (d) amateur
38. 38.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) fragile (b) audible (c) edible (d) visible
39. 39.One word for: a person who travels in a bus or train (a) passenger (b) pilot (c) pedestrian (d) driver
40. 40.One word for: a period of a thousand years (a) century (b) decade (c) fortnight (d) millennium

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