One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 857 · 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 daily record of personal events (a) novel (b) diary (c) dictionary (d) atlas
2. 2.One word for: a person who cannot read or write (a) invisible (b) illegal (c) illiterate (d) innocent
3. 3.One word for: the story of a person’s life written by that person (a) autobiography (b) biography (c) atlas (d) novel
4. 4.One word for: a person who always looks on the bright side (a) pessimist (b) scientist (c) optimist (d) tourist
5. 5.One word for: the study of living things (a) biology (b) history (c) astronomy (d) geography
6. 6.One word for: a place where bees are kept (a) aquarium (b) granary (c) aviary (d) apiary
7. 7.One word for: a garden of fruit trees (a) orchard (b) granary (c) aviary (d) aquarium
8. 8.One word for: a place where fish are kept (a) aviary (b) stable (c) granary (d) aquarium
9. 9.One word for: an animal that eats only meat (a) carnivore (b) vegetarian (c) omnivore (d) herbivore
10. 10.One word for: a word opposite in meaning to another word (a) homophone (b) synonym (c) antonym (d) suffix
11. 11.One word for: a park where animals are kept for people to see (a) library (b) zoo (c) museum (d) granary
12. 12.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) traitor (b) patriot (c) tourist (d) pilot
13. 13.One word for: a person who visits places for pleasure (a) traitor (b) pilot (c) tourist (d) patriot
14. 14.One word for: a person who works without being paid (a) employee (b) volunteer (c) tourist (d) owner
15. 15.One word for: a person who walks in his or her sleep (a) pedestrian (b) sleepwalker (c) optimist (d) tourist
16. 16.One word for: a person who sells flowers (a) tailor (b) cashier (c) florist (d) dentist
17. 17.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) insectivore (b) omnivore (c) carnivore (d) herbivore
18. 18.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) optimist (b) tourist (c) dentist (d) pessimist
19. 19.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) talkative (b) literate (c) silent (d) bilingual
20. 20.One word for: a place where sick people are treated (a) library (b) orphanage (c) museum (d) hospital
21. 21.One word for: a period of ten years (a) fortnight (b) decade (c) millennium (d) century
22. 22.One word for: something that cannot be seen (a) invisible (b) edible (c) illegible (d) audible
23. 23.One word for: a period of two weeks (a) fortnight (b) century (c) semester (d) decade
24. 24.One word for: a place where coins are made (a) mint (b) bank (c) granary (d) museum
25. 25.One word for: a sound loud enough to be heard (a) audible (b) visible (c) edible (d) fragile
26. 26.One word for: a person with great skill in something (a) amateur (b) novice (c) beginner (d) expert
27. 27.One word for: a sound too soft to be heard (a) invisible (b) illegible (c) inaudible (d) inedible
28. 28.One word for: a person who stitches clothes (a) tailor (b) cobbler (c) carpenter (d) barber
29. 29.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) edible (b) visible (c) fragile (d) audible
30. 30.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) optimist (b) miser (c) patriot (d) glutton
31. 31.One word for: words that sound alike but differ in meaning (a) prefixes (b) synonyms (c) homophones (d) antonyms
32. 32.One word for: able to use both hands equally well (a) bilingual (b) illiterate (c) ambidextrous (d) talkative
33. 33.One word for: a doctor who treats teeth (a) pharmacist (b) florist (c) optician (d) dentist
34. 34.One word for: a period of a thousand years (a) century (b) fortnight (c) millennium (d) decade
35. 35.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) geography (b) atlas (c) biography (d) autobiography
36. 36.One word for: not fit to be eaten (a) inedible (b) visible (c) edible (d) audible
37. 37.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) fortnight (b) decade (c) millennium (d) century
38. 38.One word for: a place where money is kept safely (a) library (b) mint (c) museum (d) bank
39. 39.One word for: a person who studies the stars and planets (a) biologist (b) geologist (c) dentist (d) astronomer
40. 40.One word for: a place where grain is stored (a) library (b) orchard (c) granary (d) aviary

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