Vocabulary Review Chapters 1-25

Vocabulary words Chapters 1-4

James lived in an old, ___________ house with his aunts on a high hill in England.

2. Something is about to happen, James told himself 2. Something is about to happen, James told himself. Something ____________ or really strange is about to happen any moment.

3. Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge did not like James at all and considered him to be a bother or a _____________.

4. A dog with rabies may ___________ at the mouth 4. A dog with rabies may ___________ at the mouth. You will see foam around its mouth.

5. The crystals were extraordinarily beautiful, and there was a strange brightness about them, a sort of _____________ quality that made them glow and sparkle in the most wonderful way.

6. The aunts’ large garden was _____________ 6. The aunts’ large garden was _____________. It was empty and hadn’t grown any plants or flowers for years.

Vocabulary words Chapters 5-9

James was __________ when he saw how enormous the peach had grown.

8. When James slipped, the ________, powerful gems burst out of the bag and burrowed their way down into the soil.

Vocabulary words Chapters 10-13

9. The Centipede removed his boots and ____________ across the room.

10. The long tunnel down into the peach was dark and ___________.

11. The creatures were all ___________ on a sofa watching James closely.

Vocabulary words Chapters 14-17

12. One second later, very slowly, very quietly, and _____________, the great peach started to lean forward and began to move.

13. As the peach began to roll, all the creatures and James began bumping and __________ one another.

14. As the peach tumbled and rolled, there was confusion and _________ inside the peach pit.

15. When the peach came to rest in the ocean, it bobbed quietly and ___________ on the water’s surface.

Vocabulary words Chapters 18-21

16. James shows he is a leader when chaos and _________________ break out amongst the creatures.

17. The centipede is a rude fellow 17. The centipede is a rude fellow. He __________ at the Earthworm and made a nasty comment.

End of Practice Chapters 1-25 The next slide contains the answer key. Only go on if you are done answering the questions.

Answer Key Chapters 1-25 1.ramshackle 8. precious 15. serenely 2. peculiar 9. ambled 16. pandemonium 3. nuisance 10. murky 17. jeering 4. froth 11. reclining If you got an answer incorrect, please go back and see why it was wrong. 5. luminous 12. insidiously 6. desolate 13. jostling 7. spellbound 14. chaos

Vocabulary words Chapters 22-25