One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 953 · 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 place where coins are made (a) mint (b) museum (c) granary (d) bank
2. 2.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) illiterate (b) invisible (c) edible (d) illegible
3. 3.One word for: a place where old and rare things are kept for show (a) aviary (b) granary (c) museum (d) library
4. 4.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) fortnight (b) decade (c) millennium (d) century
5. 5.One word for: a person who flies an aeroplane (a) sailor (b) conductor (c) pilot (d) driver
6. 6.One word for: happening every week (a) annual (b) daily (c) weekly (d) monthly
7. 7.One word for: a period of ten years (a) fortnight (b) millennium (c) century (d) decade
8. 8.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) biography (b) geography (c) atlas (d) autobiography
9. 9.One word for: a person who betrays his or her country (a) optimist (b) tourist (c) traitor (d) patriot
10. 10.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) patriot (b) miser (c) optimist (d) glutton
11. 11.One word for: a place where films are shown (a) stadium (b) cinema (c) library (d) museum
12. 12.One word for: a person who gives money or blood to help others (a) tourist (b) thief (c) donor (d) borrower
13. 13.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) glutton (b) donor (c) miser (d) tourist
14. 14.One word for: people who watch a match (a) pedestrians (b) passengers (c) patients (d) spectators
15. 15.One word for: able to use both hands equally well (a) illiterate (b) talkative (c) ambidextrous (d) bilingual
16. 16.One word for: a person who speaks many languages (a) polyglot (b) patriot (c) miser (d) optimist
17. 17.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) talkative (b) literate (c) silent (d) bilingual
18. 18.One word for: a home for children who have no parents (a) library (b) orphanage (c) aviary (d) hospital
19. 19.One word for: against the law (a) legal (b) invisible (c) impossible (d) illegal
20. 20.One word for: a person who cannot read or write (a) innocent (b) illegal (c) illiterate (d) invisible
21. 21.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) omnivore (b) insectivore (c) herbivore (d) carnivore
22. 22.One word for: a doctor who treats teeth (a) optician (b) florist (c) pharmacist (d) dentist
23. 23.One word for: a place where bees are kept (a) aviary (b) apiary (c) granary (d) aquarium
24. 24.One word for: the study of past events (a) astronomy (b) history (c) geography (d) biology
25. 25.One word for: a person who walks in his or her sleep (a) tourist (b) pedestrian (c) sleepwalker (d) optimist
26. 26.One word for: a place where money is kept safely (a) library (b) museum (c) mint (d) bank
27. 27.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) scavenger (b) carnivore (c) herbivore (d) omnivore
28. 28.One word for: the study of the earth and its countries (a) history (b) geography (c) biology (d) astronomy
29. 29.One word for: an animal that eats only meat (a) vegetarian (b) carnivore (c) herbivore (d) omnivore
30. 30.One word for: not fit to be eaten (a) edible (b) visible (c) audible (d) inedible
31. 31.One word for: a sound loud enough to be heard (a) visible (b) audible (c) fragile (d) edible
32. 32.One word for: a place where birds are kept (a) kennel (b) library (c) aviary (d) aquarium
33. 33.One word for: a place where books are kept for reading (a) granary (b) orchard (c) aviary (d) library
34. 34.One word for: a person who rides horses in races (a) driver (b) jockey (c) pilot (d) sailor
35. 35.One word for: a person who mends shoes (a) tailor (b) barber (c) cobbler (d) plumber
36. 36.One word for: a garden of fruit trees (a) aquarium (b) orchard (c) aviary (d) granary
37. 37.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) tourist (b) pilot (c) traitor (d) patriot
38. 38.One word for: a book of word meanings in alphabetical order (a) novel (b) dictionary (c) diary (d) atlas
39. 39.One word for: a person who is being treated by a doctor (a) surgeon (b) nurse (c) patient (d) visitor
40. 40.One word for: a place where grain is stored (a) library (b) aviary (c) orchard (d) granary

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