James and the Giant Peach -Chapter 11- 15 - Vocabulary Enrichmen

• "From her .......... pale face, Tom can tell that she was not healthy at all."

• famished

• ghastly

• plunge

• lurch

• The train ............. forward and some of the people standing fell over

• famished

• ghastly

• plunged

• lurched

• We ran down to the beach and .............. into the sea.

• famished

• reclined

• plunged

• faint

• Have some dinner with us - you must be ..................!

• famished

• reclined

• jiffy

• faint

• The lamp gave out a ............. glow.

• slither

• reclined

• jiffy

• faint

• She was .................. elegantly on the sofa.

• slithering

• reclining

• jiffy

• wistfully

• I've just got to fetch some books from upstairs. Please wait. I'll be with you in a ..........

• slithering

• drowsily

• jiffy

• wistfully

• "I wish," he said .............., "Beatrix Potter was still around."

• slithering

• drowsily

• frantically

• wistfully

• She watched the snake ............. away.

• slither

• drowsily

• frantically

• Repulsively

• We were awakened from deep sleep and made our way ............... down the stairs into the shelter.

• sly

• drowsily

• frantically

• Repulsively