WorksheetsHatchet Vocabulary and Context Clues
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
-thick, swarming hordes of mosquitoes that flocked to his body, made a living coat on his exposed skin...
vicious
large group
small group
noisy
His clothes were wet and clammy and there was a faint chill.
shredded
torn
uncomfortably damp
frazzled
In moments his eyes were swollen shut and his face puffy and round to match his battered forehead.
puffy
round
bleeding
beaten up
Along the edge there were thick grasses and the water looked a little murky and there were small things swimming in the water, small bugs.
clear
dark and dirty
thick
slow moving
His fingers gingerly touched a group of needles that had been driven through his pants and into the fleshy part of his calf.
cautiously
carelessly
unknowingly
unaware
It was some form of granite, or sandstone, but embedded in it were large pieces of a darker stone, a harder stone.
outside of
barely on
hanging on
enclosed in
Some of the rock that had been scooped out had also been pulverized by the glacial action, turned into sand, and now made a small sand beach that went down to the edge of the water...
carried away by ice
to reduce by crushing
formed by ice
smoothed out
If only I had matches, he thought, looking ruefully at the beach and lakeside.
with regret
with excitement
with sadness
with joy
The curve of the rock back made an almost perfect flue that carried the smoke through the cracks of the roof but held the heat.
a device to blow air to increase the flame
a channel in a chimney for stopping flame and smoke to the outer air
a channel in a chimney for conveying flame and smoke to the outer air
a fireplace
In the initial segment of the dream his father was standing at the side of the living room looking at him and it was clear from his expression that he was trying to tell Brian something.
beginning
end
middle
advanced
