WorksheetsJames and the Giant Peach Ch. 33-39
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
perish
to die
falling fast
goes into a point
lunge
strange or weird
crowd of people coming forward
sudden forward movement
dotty
statue of historic meaning
crazy
ugly
peculiar
to die
in pieces
strange or weird
smithereens
goes into a point
in pieces
sudden forward movement
plummeted
falling fast
statue of historic meaning
crowd of people coming forward
tapered
strange or weird
ugly
goes into a point
vermicides
ugly
to die
sudden movement forward
procession
crazy
falling fast
crowd of people coming forward
monument
strange or weird
statue of historic meaning
ugly
Grasshopper, we are finished! Every one of us is about to _________!
dotty
perish
smithereens
Slowly, almost lazily, the shark opened his mouth and made a _________ at the peach.
tapered
plummeted
lunge
“The boy’s _________!” said the Centipede.
vermicious
procession
dotty
And a man who had a pair of binoculars to his eyes said, “They look pretty _____________ to me, I’ll tell you that.”
lunge
peculiar
tapered
Rumor was, that it was an enormous bomb sent over by another country to blow the whole city to ___________.
monument
procession
smithereens
Round and round and upside down went to the peach as it _________ toward the earth.
dotty
perish
plummeted
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.
vermicious
peculiar
tapered
Oh, just look at its _____________ gruesome face!
dotty
monument
vermicious
And so a ______________ was formed, and in the leading car sat James and all his friends.
lunge
smithereens
procession
It was not only a famous ____________, it was also a famous house.
monument
tapered
peculiar
