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Class 11 One-word Substitution worksheet

CBSE English. One word for a phrase: a person who cannot read, a speech made without preparation. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the words change every time.

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Sample questions

Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.

Section A · multiple choice

  1. 1.

    One word for “a list of the books read for a subject” is:

    1. bibliography
    2. biology
    3. insolvent
    4. novice
    Answer

    (a) bibliography

  2. 2.

    One word for “a person who can speak many languages” is:

    1. fugitive
    2. polyglot
    3. echo
    4. omnipotent
    Answer

    (b) polyglot

  3. 3.

    One word for “a government by a small group of powerful people” is:

    1. hypocrite
    2. herbivore
    3. oligarchy
    4. omnipotent
    Answer

    (c) oligarchy

Section B · short answer

  1. 4.

    Write one word for each: (a) easily deceived or cheated (b) one who is present everywhere

    Answer

    (a) gullible (b) omnipresent

  2. 5.

    Write one word for each: (a) a medicine that kills germs (b) one who knows everything

    Answer

    (a) antiseptic (b) omniscient

Section C · long answer

  1. 6.

    Write one word for each: (a) a word that is the opposite in meaning of another (b) a person who runs away from justice (c) a person who is indifferent to pleasure and pain

    Answer

    (a) antonym (b) fugitive (c) stoic

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In the app, every One-word Substitution sheet is new: the app remembers the questions your child has already had and leaves them out. Print the sheet as a PDF, or use notebook mode and write the answers in a notebook.

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