One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 928 · 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 sees an event happen (a) eyewitness (b) lawyer (c) judge (d) victim
2. 2.One word for: a person who speaks many languages (a) miser (b) optimist (c) patriot (d) polyglot
3. 3.One word for: the study of past events (a) history (b) astronomy (c) geography (d) biology
4. 4.One word for: a word that means the same as another word (a) prefix (b) synonym (c) antonym (d) homophone
5. 5.One word for: a person who mends shoes (a) plumber (b) barber (c) tailor (d) cobbler
6. 6.One word for: a person who rides horses in races (a) jockey (b) driver (c) pilot (d) sailor
7. 7.One word for: a period of two weeks (a) decade (b) century (c) semester (d) fortnight
8. 8.One word for: a person who flies an aeroplane (a) driver (b) pilot (c) sailor (d) conductor
9. 9.One word for: a place where books are kept for reading (a) granary (b) orchard (c) library (d) aviary
10. 10.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) patriot (b) optimist (c) miser (d) glutton
11. 11.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) tourist (b) patriot (c) traitor (d) pilot
12. 12.One word for: a daily record of personal events (a) diary (b) novel (c) dictionary (d) atlas
13. 13.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) scavenger (b) herbivore (c) carnivore (d) omnivore
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: happening once every year (a) daily (b) annual (c) weekly (d) monthly
16. 16.One word for: a person who walks along a road (a) passenger (b) driver (c) cyclist (d) pedestrian
17. 17.One word for: a person who cannot read or write (a) innocent (b) illegal (c) invisible (d) illiterate
18. 18.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) miser (b) tourist (c) donor (d) glutton
19. 19.One word for: a period of a thousand years (a) fortnight (b) decade (c) millennium (d) century
20. 20.One word for: a person who gives money or blood to help others (a) thief (b) donor (c) borrower (d) tourist
21. 21.One word for: a person who always looks on the bright side (a) tourist (b) scientist (c) pessimist (d) optimist
22. 22.One word for: a garden of fruit trees (a) orchard (b) granary (c) aviary (d) aquarium
23. 23.One word for: something that cannot be seen (a) audible (b) invisible (c) edible (d) illegible
24. 24.One word for: able to use both hands equally well (a) illiterate (b) bilingual (c) talkative (d) ambidextrous
25. 25.One word for: a person who is being treated by a doctor (a) surgeon (b) patient (c) visitor (d) nurse
26. 26.One word for: a doctor who treats teeth (a) florist (b) optician (c) pharmacist (d) dentist
27. 27.One word for: a person who is new to a job or skill (a) owner (b) beginner (c) veteran (d) expert
28. 28.One word for: a person who sells medicines (a) florist (b) dentist (c) optician (d) pharmacist
29. 29.One word for: a person with great skill in something (a) amateur (b) expert (c) novice (d) beginner
30. 30.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) pedestrian (b) omnivore (c) carnivore (d) vegetarian
31. 31.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) audible (b) visible (c) fragile (d) edible
32. 32.One word for: a person who writes poems (a) poet (b) tailor (c) painter (d) singer
33. 33.One word for: the study of living things (a) geography (b) history (c) biology (d) astronomy
34. 34.One word for: words that sound alike but differ in meaning (a) antonyms (b) homophones (c) synonyms (d) prefixes
35. 35.One word for: a place where sports are played and watched (a) museum (b) stadium (c) library (d) granary
36. 36.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) autobiography (b) biography (c) atlas (d) geography
37. 37.One word for: a place where old and rare things are kept for show (a) library (b) aviary (c) museum (d) granary
38. 38.One word for: a place where grain is stored (a) orchard (b) granary (c) library (d) aviary
39. 39.One word for: not fit to be eaten (a) visible (b) inedible (c) audible (d) edible
40. 40.One word for: a word opposite in meaning to another word (a) homophone (b) synonym (c) suffix (d) antonym

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