Vocabulary Review Chapters 1 39 Vocabulary words Chapters
Vocabulary Review Chapters 1 -39
Vocabulary words Chapters 1 -4
1. James lived in an old, ______ house with his aunts on a high hill in England.
2. Something is about to happen, James told himself. Something ______ or really strange is about to happen any moment.
3. Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge did not like James at all and considered him to be a bother or a _______.
4. A dog with rabies may ______ at the mouth. You will see foam around its mouth.
5. The crystals were extraordinarily beautiful, and there was a strange brightness about them, a sort of _______ quality that made them glow and sparkle in the most wonderful way.
6. The aunts’ large garden was _______. It was empty and hadn’t grown any plants or flowers for years.
Vocabulary words Chapters 5 -9
7. James was _____ when he saw how enormous the peach had grown.
8. When James slipped, the ____, powerful gems burst out of the bag and burrowed their way down into the soil.
Vocabulary words Chapters 10 -13
9. The Centipede removed his boots and ______ across the room.
10. The long tunnel down into the peach was dark and ______.
11. The creatures were all ______ on a sofa watching James closely.
Vocabulary words Chapters 14 -17
12. One second later, very slowly, very quietly, and _______, the great peach started to lean forward and began to move.
13. As the peach began to roll, all the creatures and James began bumping and _____ one another.
14. As the peach tumbled and rolled, there was confusion and _____ inside the peach pit.
15. When the peach came to rest in the ocean, it bobbed quietly and ______ on the water’s surface.
Vocabulary words Chapters 18 -21
16. James shows he is a leader when chaos and _________ break out amongst the creatures.
17. The centipede is a rude fellow. He _____ at the Earthworm and made a nasty comment.
End of Practice Chapters 1 -21
Vocabulary words Chapters 22 -25
nd 502 18. The seagull was ______ to the peach stem by a thread.
19. There were ______ 502 seagulls tied to the peach not one more and not one less.
20. The peach ______ over the ocean not quite touching the water.
21. The insects and James were _____ for the hungry sharks circling below the peach.
Vocabulary words Chapters 26 -29
22. The cloudmen were tall, wispy, and fluffy white. They appeared ______ to James and the insects.
23. The centipede shouted rude comments at the cloudmen which _____ them so much they began to hurl things at the peach.
24. The Earthworm considered the Centipede to be ________ because of his rude and disgusting comments.
25. James and the insects were _____ by the sight of the beautiful and colorful rainbow.
26. The insects considered James to be their leader. They looked to him whenever they need an idea or a _______ to solve a problem.
Vocabulary words Chapters 30 -36
27. Water came roaring and pouring down upon them like a great _______ and they thought they would perish(die).
28. The large peach _______ downward toward the Earth below.
29. As the peach plummeted through the sky people were in sort of a ______ thinking it was a bomb about to fall on their city.
30. The travelers shrieked with fear and ______ around frantically for something to hold on to.
31. They were all clinging _____ to the stem to keep themselves from being flung into space.
Vocabulary words Chapters 37 -39
32. The police and citizens of NY City were _____ to see a small boy and giant insects emerge from the fallen peach.
33. The plummeting peach caused quite a _____ (disturbance) among the frightened people on the ground.
34. The Centipede’s biggest ______ (out of the ordinary behavior) was his constant talk about all his 42 boots.
35. The crowd cheered as the ______ (parade) of James and the giant insects waved and rode down the middle of a NY City street.
36. The NY Fire Chief and Chief of Police could only stand ____(stare)in amazement at the size of Ladybug, Miss Spider, Earthworm, Centipede, and Old-Green Grasshopper.
End of Practice ~ Chapters 22 -39 Only go on if you are ready to check your work.
Answer Key Chapters 22 -25 Chapters 26 -29 Chapters 30 -36 Chapters 37 -39 18. tethered 22. wraithlike 27. deluge 32. flabbergasted 19. precisely 23. infuriated 28. plummeted 33. commotion 20. hovered 24. loathsome 29. stupor 34. eccentricity 21. prey 25. enthralled 30. groped 35. procession 26. proposal 31. desperately 36. gape
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