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Jackie French, The Goat Who Sailed The World EAL Word Detective

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A 'quarterdeck' is?

a)

a small skateboard

b)

the front part of a ship

c)

a chocolate bar

d)

a simplified deck of playing cards

2.

what is 'mist'?

a)

When you don't catch the ball

b)

A cloud of fine droplets of water

c)

The past tense of 'miss'

d)

A young lady

3.

What is a 'galley'?

a)

A ship's kitchen

b)

A place you go to see artworks

c)

A young lady

d)

'Go away' in English slang

4.

Who features in 'The Goat Who Sailed The World'?

a)

James Cook

b)

The Goat

c)

Isaac

d)

Thor

5.

Who wrote 'The Goat Who Sailed The World'?

a)

Jackie French

b)

Some French lady

c)

Nicholas Fury

d)

Mary-Anne Waverley

6.

What is a 'kid'?

a)

A baby goat

b)

A baby pig

c)

A small suitcase

d)

another word for a brown onion

7.

How many kids does The Goat have?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

1

d)

0

8.

Was Isaac used to having servants?

a)

yes

b)

no

c)

I don't know

d)

Isaac is too young to know

9.

Scurvy is a deficiency of which vitamin?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

10.

What are 'trinkets'?

a)

Tricky baby elves

b)

Low value decorations

c)

Water run-off

d)

Delicious candies from Japan

11.

What is the plural of 'pea'?

a)

Pease

b)

Peas

c)

Peases

d)

Pizze

12.

What type of word is 'hawthorn'?

a)

A noun

b)

A verb

c)

An adjective

d)

An adverb

13.

What type of word is 'barren'?

a)

A noun

b)

A verb

c)

An adjective

d)

An adverb

14.

What is the name of the ship in 'The Goat Who Sailed The World'?

a)

The Endeavour

b)

The Intrepid

c)

The Temeraire

d)

The Jolly Roger

15.

A 'prefix'...

a)

comes before a word

b)

comes after a word

c)

separates two words

d)

denotes possession

16.

A 'suffix'...

a)

means it cannot be fixed

b)

comes before a word

c)

comes after a word

d)

separates two words

17.

Which of the following is an example of a 'contraction'?

a)

A heavily pregnant lady.

b)

shipwreck

c)

didn't

d)

Knight

18.

Which of the following is an example of a 'compound word'?

a)

Knight

b)

Shipwreck

c)

Australia

d)

didn't

19.

Which of the following is a 'proper noun'?

a)

Australia

b)

Shipwreck

c)

Didn't

d)

James Cook

20.

Which of the following is an 'adverb'?

a)

happily

b)

barren

c)

mouse

d)

Isaac