One Word Substitution Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 21: One word substitution · Set 966 · 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: against the law (a) illegal (b) legal (c) invisible (d) impossible
2. 2.One word for: a person who rides horses in races (a) sailor (b) pilot (c) driver (d) jockey
3. 3.One word for: a sound loud enough to be heard (a) fragile (b) visible (c) audible (d) edible
4. 4.One word for: a place where books are kept for reading (a) library (b) granary (c) orchard (d) aviary
5. 5.One word for: the study of living things (a) astronomy (b) geography (c) biology (d) history
6. 6.One word for: a person who cannot read or write (a) innocent (b) invisible (c) illegal (d) illiterate
7. 7.One word for: a person who betrays his or her country (a) optimist (b) tourist (c) traitor (d) patriot
8. 8.One word for: a doctor who treats teeth (a) dentist (b) pharmacist (c) florist (d) optician
9. 9.One word for: a period of ten years (a) fortnight (b) decade (c) millennium (d) century
10. 10.One word for: a person with great skill in something (a) expert (b) beginner (c) novice (d) amateur
11. 11.One word for: a person who walks along a road (a) passenger (b) driver (c) cyclist (d) pedestrian
12. 12.One word for: easily broken (a) edible (b) fragile (c) flexible (d) visible
13. 13.One word for: something that cannot be seen (a) edible (b) audible (c) illegible (d) invisible
14. 14.One word for: a period of two weeks (a) decade (b) semester (c) century (d) fortnight
15. 15.One word for: the story of a person’s life written by that person (a) biography (b) autobiography (c) novel (d) atlas
16. 16.One word for: a garden of fruit trees (a) aviary (b) orchard (c) granary (d) aquarium
17. 17.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) autobiography (b) geography (c) biography (d) atlas
18. 18.One word for: a person who is being treated by a doctor (a) patient (b) nurse (c) surgeon (d) visitor
19. 19.One word for: a person who flies an aeroplane (a) sailor (b) pilot (c) conductor (d) driver
20. 20.One word for: words that sound alike but differ in meaning (a) prefixes (b) synonyms (c) antonyms (d) homophones
21. 21.One word for: a person who repairs pipes and taps (a) tailor (b) plumber (c) carpenter (d) cobbler
22. 22.One word for: not fit to be eaten (a) audible (b) inedible (c) visible (d) edible
23. 23.One word for: a period of a thousand years (a) fortnight (b) century (c) decade (d) millennium
24. 24.One word for: happening every week (a) annual (b) weekly (c) monthly (d) daily
25. 25.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) illegible (b) invisible (c) edible (d) illiterate
26. 26.One word for: a person who sees an event happen (a) judge (b) lawyer (c) victim (d) eyewitness
27. 27.One word for: a person who writes poems (a) tailor (b) poet (c) singer (d) painter
28. 28.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) scavenger (b) carnivore (c) omnivore (d) herbivore
29. 29.One word for: agreed upon by everyone (a) anonymous (b) unanimous (c) famous (d) generous
30. 30.One word for: an animal that eats only meat (a) carnivore (b) omnivore (c) herbivore (d) vegetarian
31. 31.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) fragile (b) visible (c) audible (d) edible
32. 32.One word for: a book of maps (a) dictionary (b) diary (c) atlas (d) novel
33. 33.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) bilingual (b) silent (c) talkative (d) literate
34. 34.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) carnivore (b) pedestrian (c) omnivore (d) vegetarian
35. 35.One word for: a park where animals are kept for people to see (a) granary (b) museum (c) zoo (d) library
36. 36.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) tourist (b) patriot (c) pilot (d) traitor
37. 37.One word for: people who watch a match (a) passengers (b) spectators (c) pedestrians (d) patients
38. 38.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) millennium (b) decade (c) fortnight (d) century
39. 39.One word for: a person who travels in a bus or train (a) passenger (b) pilot (c) pedestrian (d) driver
40. 40.One word for: a person who speaks many languages (a) optimist (b) patriot (c) miser (d) polyglot

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