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Class 12 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.
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.
One word for “a person who hates mankind” is:
- gullible
- misanthrope
- monologue
- insolvent
Answer
(b) misanthrope
- 2.
One word for “words written on a tomb” is:
- epitaph
- oligarchy
- endemic
- somnambulist
Answer
(a) epitaph
- 3.
One word for “fear of being in closed spaces” is:
- decade
- philanthropist
- claustrophobia
- portable
Answer
(c) claustrophobia
Section B · short answer
- 4.
Write one word for each: (a) certain to happen; unable to be avoided (b) fear of heights
Answer
(a) inevitable (b) acrophobia
- 5.
Write one word for each: (a) a word that is the opposite in meaning of another (b) the study of the origin and history of words
Answer
(a) antonym (b) etymology
Section C · long answer
- 6.
Write one word for each: (a) one who is present everywhere (b) unable to pay one’s debts (c) a government by a small group of powerful people
Answer
(a) omnipresent (b) insolvent (c) oligarchy
Fresh sheets for your child
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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