One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 937 · 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) diary (b) novel (c) atlas (d) dictionary
2. 2.One word for: people who watch a match (a) patients (b) spectators (c) pedestrians (d) passengers
3. 3.One word for: a person who travels in a bus or train (a) driver (b) pilot (c) pedestrian (d) passenger
4. 4.One word for: a person who sells flowers (a) tailor (b) cashier (c) florist (d) dentist
5. 5.One word for: a word opposite in meaning to another word (a) homophone (b) synonym (c) suffix (d) antonym
6. 6.One word for: a sound too soft to be heard (a) invisible (b) illegible (c) inedible (d) inaudible
7. 7.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) bilingual (b) silent (c) talkative (d) literate
8. 8.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) tourist (b) dentist (c) optimist (d) pessimist
9. 9.One word for: a person who repairs pipes and taps (a) carpenter (b) tailor (c) plumber (d) cobbler
10. 10.One word for: a place where books are kept for reading (a) library (b) aviary (c) granary (d) orchard
11. 11.One word for: a period of a thousand years (a) decade (b) millennium (c) fortnight (d) century
12. 12.One word for: a person who speaks many languages (a) miser (b) patriot (c) optimist (d) polyglot
13. 13.One word for: a place where bees are kept (a) aviary (b) granary (c) aquarium (d) apiary
14. 14.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) century (b) fortnight (c) decade (d) millennium
15. 15.One word for: a person who rides horses in races (a) jockey (b) sailor (c) pilot (d) driver
16. 16.One word for: a book of maps (a) atlas (b) novel (c) diary (d) dictionary
17. 17.One word for: a person who studies plants (a) dentist (b) astronomer (c) botanist (d) zoologist
18. 18.One word for: a place where fish are kept (a) aquarium (b) aviary (c) stable (d) granary
19. 19.One word for: a person who visits places for pleasure (a) tourist (b) traitor (c) pilot (d) patriot
20. 20.One word for: a book of word meanings in alphabetical order (a) atlas (b) diary (c) novel (d) dictionary
21. 21.One word for: a person who makes furniture from wood (a) carpenter (b) barber (c) tailor (d) plumber
22. 22.One word for: a park where animals are kept for people to see (a) granary (b) library (c) museum (d) zoo
23. 23.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) insectivore (b) omnivore (c) herbivore (d) carnivore
24. 24.One word for: happening every week (a) weekly (b) daily (c) annual (d) monthly
25. 25.One word for: happening once every year (a) weekly (b) monthly (c) daily (d) annual
26. 26.One word for: happening every day (a) annual (b) weekly (c) monthly (d) daily
27. 27.One word for: easily broken (a) flexible (b) fragile (c) visible (d) edible
28. 28.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) carnivore (b) omnivore (c) scavenger (d) herbivore
29. 29.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) vegetarian (b) pedestrian (c) carnivore (d) omnivore
30. 30.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) atlas (b) geography (c) autobiography (d) biography
31. 31.One word for: a person who walks in his or her sleep (a) tourist (b) sleepwalker (c) pedestrian (d) optimist
32. 32.One word for: a place where films are shown (a) library (b) museum (c) stadium (d) cinema
33. 33.One word for: a place where birds are kept (a) aquarium (b) kennel (c) library (d) aviary
34. 34.One word for: a person who cannot read or write (a) invisible (b) illegal (c) illiterate (d) innocent
35. 35.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) optimist (b) glutton (c) patriot (d) miser
36. 36.One word for: a person who is being treated by a doctor (a) patient (b) nurse (c) visitor (d) surgeon
37. 37.One word for: a sound loud enough to be heard (a) visible (b) fragile (c) edible (d) audible
38. 38.One word for: a person with great skill in something (a) novice (b) amateur (c) beginner (d) expert
39. 39.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) donor (b) glutton (c) miser (d) tourist
40. 40.One word for: the study of the earth and its countries (a) history (b) biology (c) geography (d) astronomy

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