WorksheetsUnderstanding Vocabulary in Context
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
What does "ripen" mean in the line "For a full week, the blackberries would ripen"?
To grow larger
To become ready to eat
To turn red
To fall off the bush
What does "clot" mean in the line "At first, just one, a glossy purple clot"?
A piece of a plant
A large pile
A small, rounded mass
A thin coating
What does "lust" mean in the line "Leaving stains upon the tongue and lust for picking"?
A strong desire or craving
A sense of greed
A feeling of disgust
A thirst for water
What does "inked up" mean in the line "Then red ones inked up and that hunger"?
Turned yellow
Turned purple
Turned darker or ripened
Turned sour
What does "briars" mean in the line "Where briars scratched and wet grass bleached our boots"?
Soft grass
Thorny plants or bushes
Red berries
Large trees
What does "tinkling" mean in the line "Until the tinkling bottom had been covered"?
The sound of water
A gentle, high-pitched sound
The sound of berries falling
The sound of footsteps
What does "peppered" mean in the line "Our hands were peppered with thorn pricks"?
Covered or dotted with something
Stained
Softened
Swollen
What does "cache" mean in the line "We hoarded the fresh berries in the byre"?
A large basket
A hidden or stored supply
A type of berry
A kitchen cupboard
What does "fungus" mean in the line "But when the bath was filled we found a fur, A rat-grey fungus"?
A type of plant
A type of insect
A type of bacteria or mould
A type of insect
What does "fermented" mean in the line "Once off the bush The fruit fermented, the sweet flesh would turn sour"?
Become overripe and rotted
Become sweet
Become juicy
Become sour due to a chemical process
What does "stinking" mean in the line "The juice was stinking too"?
Smelling sweet
Smelling pleasant
Smelling bad or rotten
Smelling fresh
What does "glutting" mean in the line "A rat-grey fungus, glutting on our cache"?
Overeating or consuming too much
Growing rapidly
Spoiling quickly
Getting smaller
What does "rot" mean in the line "That all the lovely canfuls smelt of rot"?
The natural decay of organic material
The sweet fragrance of berries
The process of ripening
The freshness of the fruit
What does "fair" mean in the line "I always felt like crying. It wasn't fair"?
Just or right
Pleasant
Bright
Easy
What does "canfuls" mean in the line "That all the lovely canfuls smelt of rot"?
Large containers full of berries
Small pieces of fruit
Berries picked by hand
Cans used for food storage
What does "hoarded" mean in the line "We hoarded the fresh berries in the byre"?
Ate quickly
Stored or saved up
Sold in the market
Picked and discarded
What does "sour" mean in the line "The sweet flesh would turn sour"?
Sweet and ripe
Bitter or unpleasant
Soft and juicy
Fragrant
What does "sticky" mean in the line "Our hands were peppered with thorn pricks, our palms sticky as Bluebeard's"?
Clean and dry
Wet and slippery
Covered in a sticky substance
Rough and dry
What does "byre" mean in the line "We hoarded the fresh berries in the byre"?
A large field
A barn or storage area
A garden
A kitchen
