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CBSE · Class 9 · English

One-word Substitution

Standard difficulty · 20 questions · 40 marks

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Write full answers in Sections B and C. Answers are on the last page — try every question first!

Section A — Choose the correct answer8 × 1 = 8 marks
1.
One word for “a place where birds are kept” is:
  1. poet
  2. aviary
  3. democracy
  4. antiseptic
2.
One word for “a life story written by the person themselves” is:
  1. autobiography
  2. apiary
  3. immigrant
  4. biography
3.
One word for “a person who works without pay” is:
  1. invisible
  2. extempore
  3. volunteer
  4. homicide
4.
One word for “a sound that comes back after hitting a surface” is:
  1. pedestrian
  2. herbivore
  3. biography
  4. echo
5.
One word for “a person who can speak many languages” is:
  1. polyglot
  2. aviary
  3. novice
  4. pedestrian
6.
One word for “the killing of a human being by another” is:
  1. echo
  2. homicide
  3. pedestrian
  4. horizon
7.
One word for “a list of the books read for a subject” is:
  1. orphanage
  2. biology
  3. bibliography
  4. century
8.
One word for “a period of one hundred years” is:
  1. polyglot
  2. emigrant
  3. century
  4. pedestrian
Section B — Short answer8 × 2 = 16 marks
9.
Write one word for each: (a) something that cannot be read (b) a building where things of historical interest are kept
10.
Write one word for each: (a) a person who travels on foot (b) the line where the earth and sky seem to meet
11.
Write one word for each: (a) a place where orphans are looked after (b) an animal that eats only flesh
12.
Write one word for each: (a) an animal that eats only plants (b) a person who comes into a country to live there
13.
Write one word for each: (a) a person who cannot read or write (b) a person who writes poems
14.
Write one word for each: (a) a person who does not eat meat (b) a life story written by someone else
15.
Write one word for each: (a) a speech made without preparation (b) a person who is new to a job or activity
16.
Write one word for each: (a) a person who leaves their own country to live in another (b) something that cannot be seen
Section C — Longer answers4 × 4 = 16 marks
17.
Write one word for each: (a) a person who looks on the bright side (b) a medicine that kills germs (c) a place where bees are kept
18.
Write one word for each: (a) a person who always expects the worst (b) the study of living things (c) a government by the people
19.
Write one word for each: (a) a person who is new to a job or activity (b) a list of the books read for a subject (c) a sound that comes back after hitting a surface
20.
Write one word for each: (a) a place where birds are kept (b) a person who can speak many languages (c) something that cannot be read
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CBSE · Class 9 · English

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One-word Substitution · AW-9E-OWS-2026-V1 · For parents — fold back or tear off before handing the sheet to your child.

QAnswerWorking
1(b) aviary—
2(a) autobiography—
3(c) volunteer—
4(d) echo—
5(a) polyglot—
6(b) homicide—
7(c) bibliography—
8(c) century—
9(a) illegible (b) museum—
10(a) pedestrian (b) horizon—
11(a) orphanage (b) carnivore—
12(a) herbivore (b) immigrant—
13(a) illiterate (b) poet—
14(a) vegetarian (b) biography—
15(a) extempore (b) novice—
16(a) emigrant (b) invisible—
17(a) optimist (b) antiseptic (c) apiary—
18(a) pessimist (b) biology (c) democracy—
19(a) novice (b) bibliography (c) echo—
20(a) aviary (b) polyglot (c) illegible—