One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 846 · 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 period of a hundred years (a) millennium (b) century (c) decade (d) fortnight
2. 2.One word for: a person who sees an event happen (a) victim (b) judge (c) lawyer (d) eyewitness
3. 3.One word for: a person who cuts hair (a) plumber (b) tailor (c) barber (d) cobbler
4. 4.One word for: a person who betrays his or her country (a) patriot (b) tourist (c) optimist (d) traitor
5. 5.One word for: a list of things to be discussed at a meeting (a) atlas (b) menu (c) agenda (d) diary
6. 6.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) patriot (b) glutton (c) optimist (d) miser
7. 7.One word for: happening once every year (a) daily (b) weekly (c) monthly (d) annual
8. 8.One word for: a person who makes furniture from wood (a) plumber (b) barber (c) carpenter (d) tailor
9. 9.One word for: a person who works without being paid (a) volunteer (b) tourist (c) employee (d) owner
10. 10.One word for: a home for children who have no parents (a) hospital (b) library (c) aviary (d) orphanage
11. 11.One word for: people who watch a match (a) pedestrians (b) spectators (c) patients (d) passengers
12. 12.One word for: a person who repairs pipes and taps (a) tailor (b) cobbler (c) carpenter (d) plumber
13. 13.One word for: against the law (a) legal (b) illegal (c) invisible (d) impossible
14. 14.One word for: a doctor who treats teeth (a) florist (b) dentist (c) optician (d) pharmacist
15. 15.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) omnivore (b) carnivore (c) pedestrian (d) vegetarian
16. 16.One word for: a person who studies the stars and planets (a) dentist (b) biologist (c) astronomer (d) geologist
17. 17.One word for: a period of a thousand years (a) century (b) fortnight (c) millennium (d) decade
18. 18.One word for: a person who is new to a job or skill (a) owner (b) veteran (c) expert (d) beginner
19. 19.One word for: words that sound alike but differ in meaning (a) antonyms (b) synonyms (c) prefixes (d) homophones
20. 20.One word for: a place where sports are played and watched (a) granary (b) library (c) stadium (d) museum
21. 21.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) visible (b) fragile (c) audible (d) edible
22. 22.One word for: an animal that eats only meat (a) vegetarian (b) omnivore (c) carnivore (d) herbivore
23. 23.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) dentist (b) optimist (c) pessimist (d) tourist
24. 24.One word for: a place where old and rare things are kept for show (a) library (b) granary (c) aviary (d) museum
25. 25.One word for: a word that means the same as another word (a) prefix (b) antonym (c) homophone (d) synonym
26. 26.One word for: able to use both hands equally well (a) talkative (b) ambidextrous (c) bilingual (d) illiterate
27. 27.One word for: a person who visits places for pleasure (a) tourist (b) patriot (c) pilot (d) traitor
28. 28.One word for: a person who stitches clothes (a) barber (b) carpenter (c) cobbler (d) tailor
29. 29.One word for: a person who rides horses in races (a) driver (b) sailor (c) pilot (d) jockey
30. 30.One word for: agreed upon by everyone (a) generous (b) anonymous (c) unanimous (d) famous
31. 31.One word for: a place where money is kept safely (a) library (b) museum (c) bank (d) mint
32. 32.One word for: easily broken (a) fragile (b) edible (c) visible (d) flexible
33. 33.One word for: that which cannot be done (a) illegal (b) incorrect (c) impossible (d) invisible
34. 34.One word for: a period of two weeks (a) century (b) fortnight (c) decade (d) semester
35. 35.One word for: not fit to be eaten (a) inedible (b) edible (c) visible (d) audible
36. 36.One word for: a sound loud enough to be heard (a) fragile (b) visible (c) edible (d) audible
37. 37.One word for: a word opposite in meaning to another word (a) antonym (b) homophone (c) suffix (d) synonym
38. 38.One word for: a book of maps (a) atlas (b) dictionary (c) novel (d) diary
39. 39.One word for: the story of a person’s life written by that person (a) biography (b) atlas (c) novel (d) autobiography
40. 40.One word for: a book of word meanings in alphabetical order (a) atlas (b) dictionary (c) diary (d) novel

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