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Worksheets"Rikki-Tikk-Tikki-Tikki-Tchk!"
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
"the great war that Rikki-tikki-tavi fought single-handed through the bathrooms of the big ________ in Segowlee cantonment."
veranda (a covered porch) n.
bungalow (a small house) n.
sluice (an opening in the wall that allows water to flow into a sink/tub) n.
house
"The news of Nag's death was all over the garden, for the sweeper had thrown the body on the _______ heap."
rubbish (waste, junk, trash) n.
mongoose (a small animal native to Asia, Africa, and Europe) n.
scuttle (to scurry or scamper) v.
cunningly (done in a clever or deceiving way) adverb
"She had crept up behind him as he was talking, to make an end of him; and he heard her _______ hiss as the stroke missed."
consolation (something that brings comfort) n.
savage (a vicious, fierce person) n.
cower (to crouch in fear or shame) v.
cunningly (done in a clever or deceiving way) adverb
"It may be some _______ to you when you're dead to know that I shall settle accounts with the boy."
mongoose (a small animal native to Asia, Africa, and Europe) n.
valiant (showing bravery, courageous) adjective
consolation (something that brings comfort) n.
revive (to bring back to life or consciousness) v.
"Rikki-tikki went out into the _______ and sat in the sunshine and fluffed up his fur to make it dry to the roots."
bungalow (a small house) n.
cunningly (done in a clever or deceiving way) adverb
gait ( a way a person or animal walks/runs) n.
veranda (a covered porch) n.
"The _______ Rikki-tikki caught him by the head and held fast."
valiant (showing bravery, courageous) adjective
cunningly (done in a clever or deceiving way) adverb
sluice (an opening in the wall that allows water to flow into a sink/tub) n.
rubbish (waste, junk, trash) n.
"Darzee and his wife only _______ down in the nest without answering, for from the thick grass, there came a low hiss."
cowered (to crouch in fear or shame) v.
valiant (showing bravery, courageous) adjective
consolation (something that brings comfort) n.
scuttle (to scurry or scamper) v.
"That's Nag or Nagaina," he said to himself, "and he's crawling into the bathroom __________."
sluice (an opening in the wall that allows water to flow into a sink/tub) n.
tub
sink
valiant (showing bravery, courageous) adjective
"in the warm litter by the melons, very ________ hidden, he found twenty-five eggs the size of bantam eggs with whitish skin not shell."
cunningly (done in a clever or deceiving way) adverb
savage (a vicious fierce person) n.
rubbish (waste, trash, junk) n.
scuttle (to scurry or scamper) v.
"something went off like a thunderclap just behind him; a hot wind knocked him senseless, and red fire ________ his fur."
cunningly (done in a clever or deceiving way) adverb
bungalow (a small house) n.
mongoose (a small animal native to Asia, Africa, and Europe) n.
singed (to burn or scorch) v.
"do you think it is right for you to eat ________ out of a nest?"
fledgling (a young bird just able to fly) n.
sluice (an opening in the wall that allows water to flow into a sink/tub) n.
Karait
Nag
"...and his war cry as he _______ through the long grass was: "Rikki-tikk-tikki-tikki-tchk!"
scuttled (to scurry or scamper) v.
cunningly (done in a clever or deceiving way) adverb
singe (to burn or scorch) v.
valiant (showing bravery, courageous) adjective
"...perfectly balanced a ________ that you can fly off from it at any angle; in dealing with snakes this is an advantage."
gait (a way a person or animal walks/runs) n.
canter
stride
veranda (a covered porch) n.
"He was a ______, rather like a little cat in his fur and his tail, but quite like a weasel in his head and habits."
mongoose (a small animal native to Asia, Africa, and Europe) n.
Teddy
bungalow (a small house) n.
Darzee
"When he ______ he was lying in the hot sun, very draggled, there was a small boy saying: Here's a dead mongoose."
savage (a vicious, fierce person) n.
scuttle (to scurry or scamper) v.
Teddy
revived (to bring back to life or consciousness) v.
