WorksheetsThe Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Choose the sentence that is an opinion?
“Children ducked and dodged on their way to school.”
“Waterhouse’s creatures were extraordinary!”
“Start with its jawbone.”
“Designing the creatures was only the first step.”
Which word best identifies an opinion?
“dodged”
“extraordinary”
“only”
“Start”
Why was Waterhouse excited on this particular day?
He had just finished his last life-size dinosaur model.
It was the first day the Crystal Palace was open to visitors.
Prince Albert and Queen Victoria were coming to his workshop.
He found out his dinosaur models would be at the Crystal Palace.
Identify the unstated main idea of the following selection?
“Designing the creatures was only the first step. There was still the monumental task of building them.”
Building a large model is a lot of work.
A brick foundation will support the weight of a model.
Assistants are very important to an artist.
Small dinosaur models are very valuable.
Why did Waterhouse think the iguanodon looked like an iguana?
the bones
the spike
the teeth
the nose
Choose meaning of the homonym “casts” as used in the following sentence?
“Then he erected iron skeletons, built brick foundations, and covered the whole thing with cement casts from the dinosaur-shaped molds.”
throws over water
shapes formed by special pans
medical devices for broken bones
actors in movies or plays
Which words from the passage helped you figure out the meaning of the word "casts"?
“showed his guests”
“correct in every detail”
“built brick foundations”
“covered the whole thing”
Choose the best definition of the word “passion” as used in the following sentences?
“By the time he was a young man, he’d found his true passion: animals. He loved to draw and paint them.”
interest
dinosaur
anger
photograph
What is the meaning of the word “anatomy” in these sentences?
“Just so for the megalosaurus. Start with its jawbone. Compare it to the anatomy of a lizard.”
life-size clay figure
early forms of a creature
science of living things
structure of a living thing
The Latin word “fossilis” means “gotten by digging.” Use this definition to figure out the meaning of the word:
“Even though the English had found the first known dinosaur fossil many years before—and the bones of more dinosaurs had been unearthed in England since then . . .”
animal or plant part found in England
animal or plant part found living with humans
animal or plant part found inside bones
animal or plant part found in the ground
Find two adjectives that have almost the same meaning as the adjective “big.” Write the words in the boxes below.
giant
few
monumental
size
Select the first and last steps in the sequence of steps described in making the models.
Waterhouse made life-size clay figures of the dinosaurs.
Waterhouse covered the skeletons with the casts.
Waterhouse made molds from the clay figures.
Waterhouse made iron skeletons for the dinosaurs.
