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Worksheets"The Dare - 1948" Vocabulary
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
The boy was transfixed by the oncoming tidal wave. What does the word transfixed mean in this sentence?
excited
to become motionless with horror
anticipation for something sweet
angry and frustrated
When someone smiled or spoke in a contemptuous or mocking manner then they . . .
explained
grinned
sneered
partook
Marika had a chameleon stored in . . .
a wooden cage
a shoebox
a jar full of green liquid
a sock
Finish the sentence: Jan Venter was known for shooting _________________ that snuck into his farm.
trespassers
llamas
soldiers
cannibals
To look at with earnest and eager attention is to look at . . .
brazenly
particularly
stupidly
intently
Fill in the black: I saw a polar bear ______________________ another polar bear in a huge hug.
enveloping
simpering
mastering
slithering
Veronica's dare was to ____________________________________.
Have Meneer Venter chase her until he passed out.
Bring back a bougainvillea branch from Meneer Venter's farm.
Bring back oranges from Meneer Venter's farm.
Bring a poinsettia back from Meneer Venter's farm.
Fill in the blank: The snake was ______________________ through the garden.
trespassing
slithering
enveloping
careening
Marika was envious of Veronica's _________________________.
house in the city
lack of brothers
expensive clothes
porcelain dolls
Fill in the blank: When someone stares in a deliberately impassioned or expressionless manner, they are displaying a ________________ face.
angry
happy
deadpan
sneered
Veronica _____________________ through the poinsettia bush to see what was happening.
struggled
transfixed
hurried
glimpsed
Veronica considered her doll Margaret to be a poor __________________ of her counselor, Rebecca. (an exact copy on a smaller scale)
sister
replica
friend
deadpan
