One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 874 · 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: easily broken (a) edible (b) flexible (c) fragile (d) visible
2. 2.One word for: not fit to be eaten (a) inedible (b) edible (c) visible (d) audible
3. 3.One word for: a person who walks in his or her sleep (a) optimist (b) sleepwalker (c) pedestrian (d) tourist
4. 4.One word for: people who watch a match (a) patients (b) pedestrians (c) spectators (d) passengers
5. 5.One word for: a place where coins are made (a) bank (b) granary (c) museum (d) mint
6. 6.One word for: agreed upon by everyone (a) unanimous (b) famous (c) generous (d) anonymous
7. 7.One word for: a word opposite in meaning to another word (a) homophone (b) synonym (c) suffix (d) antonym
8. 8.One word for: a person who betrays his or her country (a) tourist (b) optimist (c) patriot (d) traitor
9. 9.One word for: a park where animals are kept for people to see (a) zoo (b) library (c) granary (d) museum
10. 10.One word for: a person with great skill in something (a) novice (b) expert (c) amateur (d) beginner
11. 11.One word for: happening every day (a) weekly (b) annual (c) daily (d) monthly
12. 12.One word for: the study of past events (a) biology (b) history (c) astronomy (d) geography
13. 13.One word for: a person who works without being paid (a) employee (b) owner (c) tourist (d) volunteer
14. 14.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) donor (b) tourist (c) miser (d) glutton
15. 15.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) traitor (b) pilot (c) tourist (d) patriot
16. 16.One word for: a place where fish are kept (a) granary (b) aquarium (c) aviary (d) stable
17. 17.One word for: a person who rides horses in races (a) sailor (b) pilot (c) driver (d) jockey
18. 18.One word for: a person who repairs pipes and taps (a) tailor (b) cobbler (c) plumber (d) carpenter
19. 19.One word for: a word that means the same as another word (a) homophone (b) synonym (c) antonym (d) prefix
20. 20.One word for: happening every week (a) annual (b) daily (c) monthly (d) weekly
21. 21.One word for: a person who sells medicines (a) pharmacist (b) dentist (c) optician (d) florist
22. 22.One word for: a place where bees are kept (a) aquarium (b) aviary (c) apiary (d) granary
23. 23.One word for: something that cannot be seen (a) illegible (b) audible (c) edible (d) invisible
24. 24.One word for: a place where birds are kept (a) library (b) aviary (c) kennel (d) aquarium
25. 25.One word for: a person who studies the stars and planets (a) dentist (b) astronomer (c) biologist (d) geologist
26. 26.One word for: happening once every year (a) daily (b) weekly (c) annual (d) monthly
27. 27.One word for: a list of things to be discussed at a meeting (a) atlas (b) agenda (c) diary (d) menu
28. 28.One word for: a person who walks along a road (a) driver (b) cyclist (c) passenger (d) pedestrian
29. 29.One word for: a person who cannot read or write (a) illegal (b) illiterate (c) invisible (d) innocent
30. 30.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) edible (b) illegible (c) illiterate (d) invisible
31. 31.One word for: against the law (a) invisible (b) impossible (c) legal (d) illegal
32. 32.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) invisible (b) unbreakable (c) edible (d) fragile
33. 33.One word for: a person who visits places for pleasure (a) pilot (b) patriot (c) traitor (d) tourist
34. 34.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) atlas (b) geography (c) biography (d) autobiography
35. 35.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) silent (b) literate (c) bilingual (d) talkative
36. 36.One word for: a place where grain is stored (a) library (b) granary (c) orchard (d) aviary
37. 37.One word for: a garden of fruit trees (a) aquarium (b) granary (c) orchard (d) aviary
38. 38.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) omnivore (b) scavenger (c) herbivore (d) carnivore
39. 39.One word for: a person who sells flowers (a) cashier (b) dentist (c) tailor (d) florist
40. 40.One word for: a person who mends shoes (a) barber (b) tailor (c) plumber (d) cobbler

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