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James and the Giant Peach Ch. 33-39

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

perish

a)

to die

b)

falling fast

c)

goes into a point

2.

lunge

a)

strange or weird

b)

crowd of people coming forward

c)

sudden forward movement

3.

dotty

a)

statue of historic meaning

b)

crazy

c)

ugly

4.

peculiar

a)

to die

b)

in pieces

c)

strange or weird

5.

smithereens

a)

goes into a point

b)

in pieces

c)

sudden forward movement

6.

plummeted

a)

falling fast

b)

statue of historic meaning

c)

crowd of people coming forward

7.

tapered

a)

strange or weird

b)

ugly

c)

goes into a point

8.

vermicides

a)

ugly

b)

to die

c)

sudden movement forward

9.

procession

a)

crazy

b)

falling fast

c)

crowd of people coming forward

10.

monument

a)

strange or weird

b)

statue of historic meaning

c)

ugly

11.

Grasshopper, we are finished! Every one of us is about to _________!

a)

dotty

b)

perish

c)

smithereens

12.

Slowly, almost lazily, the shark opened his mouth and made a _________ at the peach.

a)

tapered

b)

plummeted

c)

lunge

13.

“The boy’s _________!” said the Centipede.

a)

vermicious

b)

procession

c)

dotty

14.

And a man who had a pair of binoculars to his eyes said, “They look pretty _____________ to me, I’ll tell you that.”

a)

lunge

b)

peculiar

c)

tapered

15.

Rumor was, that it was an enormous bomb sent over by another country to blow the whole city to ___________.

a)

monument

b)

procession

c)

smithereens

16.

Round and round and upside down went to the peach as it _________ toward the earth.

a)

dotty

b)

perish

c)

plummeted

17.

The very tallest of them all had a top that ________ off into a long sharp point- like an enormous silver needle sticking up into the sky.

a)

vermicious

b)

peculiar

c)

tapered

18.

Oh, just look at its _____________ gruesome face!

a)

dotty

b)

monument

c)

vermicious

19.

And so a ______________ was formed, and in the leading car sat James and all his friends.

a)

lunge

b)

smithereens

c)

procession

20.

It was not only a famous ____________, it was also a famous house.

a)

monument

b)

tapered

c)

peculiar