WorksheetsStorm Boy Chapter 1 Vocabulary
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Someone who looks for valuable items at the beach
midden
scabber
beachcomber
hermit
This is a...
blunderbuss
tussock
sedge
midden
Where is the Coorong? Select all that apply.
New South Wales
The setting
Where Storm Boy goes to school
South Australia
To be lonely and sad.
roused
writhe
forlorn
seldom
What are Fingerbone and Hideaway talking about?
'An old ______ ,' said Hideaway, 'left by the Aborigines.'
...
'A camping place where they used to crack their shellfish.'
inlet
midden
sedge
hermit
What is this?
a humpy
an inlet
a tussock
a blunderbuss
Hideaway has been described as a ________, because he has an isolated life.
husband
houso
hermit
hobo
What is this?
a sedge
an inlet
a midden
a humpy
What is the opposite of 'put to sleep'?
writhed
alerted
fooled
roused
How would you describe this landscape?
scrubby
tussocky
swampy
arid
To move like a sloth.
sedately
carelessly
relentlessly
calously
What is this?
a humpy
scrub
a midden
a sedge
To do something not often, or rarely.
relentlessly
sedately
frequently
seldom
What is an underbelly? (select all that apply)
the abdomen of an animal
gangs and mafias etc.
the back of an animal
the navel
Which is a synonym for writhe? (same/similar meaning)
wriggle
potter
settle
meddle
