One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 844 · 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 walks along a road (a) cyclist (b) driver (c) passenger (d) pedestrian
2. 2.One word for: happening every day (a) annual (b) weekly (c) monthly (d) daily
3. 3.One word for: the study of living things (a) biology (b) geography (c) history (d) astronomy
4. 4.One word for: an animal that eats only meat (a) vegetarian (b) omnivore (c) carnivore (d) herbivore
5. 5.One word for: a place where money is kept safely (a) museum (b) mint (c) library (d) bank
6. 6.One word for: a person who cuts hair (a) tailor (b) barber (c) cobbler (d) plumber
7. 7.One word for: a word opposite in meaning to another word (a) homophone (b) synonym (c) antonym (d) suffix
8. 8.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) atlas (b) geography (c) autobiography (d) biography
9. 9.One word for: a person who rides horses in races (a) jockey (b) driver (c) sailor (d) pilot
10. 10.One word for: a person who works without being paid (a) employee (b) tourist (c) owner (d) volunteer
11. 11.One word for: a person with great skill in something (a) amateur (b) beginner (c) expert (d) novice
12. 12.One word for: against the law (a) legal (b) invisible (c) impossible (d) illegal
13. 13.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) pedestrian (b) omnivore (c) carnivore (d) vegetarian
14. 14.One word for: a sound loud enough to be heard (a) fragile (b) audible (c) edible (d) visible
15. 15.One word for: a place where films are shown (a) stadium (b) library (c) cinema (d) museum
16. 16.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) bilingual (b) literate (c) silent (d) talkative
17. 17.One word for: a home for children who have no parents (a) aviary (b) hospital (c) orphanage (d) library
18. 18.One word for: words that sound alike but differ in meaning (a) homophones (b) synonyms (c) prefixes (d) antonyms
19. 19.One word for: a person who writes poems (a) tailor (b) singer (c) painter (d) poet
20. 20.One word for: a person who makes furniture from wood (a) tailor (b) carpenter (c) barber (d) plumber
21. 21.One word for: the story of a person’s life written by that person (a) biography (b) autobiography (c) novel (d) atlas
22. 22.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) illiterate (b) invisible (c) edible (d) illegible
23. 23.One word for: the study of past events (a) history (b) geography (c) biology (d) astronomy
24. 24.One word for: a place where grain is stored (a) library (b) aviary (c) granary (d) orchard
25. 25.One word for: a place where old and rare things are kept for show (a) aviary (b) granary (c) museum (d) library
26. 26.One word for: a garden of fruit trees (a) granary (b) aquarium (c) orchard (d) aviary
27. 27.One word for: a period of ten years (a) fortnight (b) millennium (c) century (d) decade
28. 28.One word for: a person who mends shoes (a) barber (b) plumber (c) cobbler (d) tailor
29. 29.One word for: agreed upon by everyone (a) unanimous (b) anonymous (c) famous (d) generous
30. 30.One word for: a place where fish are kept (a) stable (b) granary (c) aviary (d) aquarium
31. 31.One word for: able to use both hands equally well (a) ambidextrous (b) illiterate (c) bilingual (d) talkative
32. 32.One word for: a period of a thousand years (a) millennium (b) fortnight (c) century (d) decade
33. 33.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) carnivore (b) insectivore (c) omnivore (d) herbivore
34. 34.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) patriot (b) traitor (c) pilot (d) tourist
35. 35.One word for: a person who repairs pipes and taps (a) carpenter (b) plumber (c) cobbler (d) tailor
36. 36.One word for: a place where sick people are treated (a) library (b) orphanage (c) museum (d) hospital
37. 37.One word for: happening once every year (a) weekly (b) daily (c) annual (d) monthly
38. 38.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) fragile (b) invisible (c) unbreakable (d) edible
39. 39.One word for: the study of the earth and its countries (a) biology (b) history (c) astronomy (d) geography
40. 40.One word for: a place where sports are played and watched (a) museum (b) granary (c) library (d) stadium

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