WorksheetsThe Ravine Vocabulary in Context-Brown
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.
When Vinny and three others dropped down into the _______ they entered a jungle thick with tangled trees and rumors of what might have happened to the dead boy's body.
gnarly
rivulet
ravine
precipice
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The cool breeze that swept the Hawaiian hillside pastures above died early in the ________ down.
descent
cascade
decomposing
dialect
Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.
There were four of them-Vinny; his best friend, Joe-Boy; Mo, who was afraid of nothing; and Joe-Boy's ___________ girlfriend, Starlene-all fifteen.
winced
Kikuyu
gnarly
haole
Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.
Vinny moved to the edge of the trail, where the ravine fell through a twisted jungle of _________ trees and underbrush to the stream far below.
gnarly
decomposing
Kikuyu
cascade
Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.
The cold mountain water tasted Tangy. Was it because the dead boy's body was down there _______________?
wincing
cascading
decomposing
descending
Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.
The zigzag trail was wet and muddy from the little __________ of water that bled from the side of the cliff.
hanks
precipice
rivulets
ravine
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Vinny imagined how his body would ____________ past the waterfall so close it's mist would dampen the air he breathed.
hank
descent
wince
cascade
Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.
Vinny stood at the top of the ledge swaying slightly, the tips of his toes on small movement from the ____________.
hank
haole
precipice
rivulet
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Vinny ripped a coiled ________ of white ginger from the ginger patch and smelled it, and prayed he'd still be alive after the sun went down.
precipice
winced
gnarly
hank
Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.
Vinny _________ suddenly. He didn't want to be here. It was too soon, way too soon. Two weeks and one day.
winced
cascaded
decomposed
descended
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Vinny breathed deeply, and looked up and out over the island. He saw, from there, a land that rolled away like honey, easing down a _________ of rich __________ grass pasture land.
Click both words needed.
descent
dialect
Kikuyu
hank
Which detail from the story The Ravine is an example of dialect?
"Shuddup, " Vinny said.
Vinny scowled
She has no fear, Vinny thought.
He grabbed a leaf and stuck it in his mouth.
