Chapters 18 - 19

Choosing Correct Meanings

Study the two different meanings of each word in the boxes. Then read the sentences. Complete each sentence by writing one word from the selection in the boxes. You will use each word twice.
One that is exactly like another match A narrow piece of wood coated on one end with a compound that ignites when scratched against a rough or chemically treated surface
Relatively hard, naturally formed mineral or petrified matter; stone rock To move back and forth or from side to side
Aa usually wooden implement having a blade at one end or sometimes at both ends, used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat

paddle

 To move through water by means of repeated short strokes of the limbs

 
Being below the correct pitch flat Having a horizontal surface without a slope
A tone of definite pitch note A brief informal letter
Confined by bonds; tied

bound

 Determined; resolved
To plunge headlong pitch Idiom - black as pitch (meaning total darkness)
The part of a body of liquid or gas that has a continuous onward movement

current

 A flow of electric charge
To become lodged or jammed. wedge Any shape that is triangular in cross section

  1. He touched the ________________ to the candle, and the light grew steadier.

  2. In the complete darkness the boat started to ________________ , rock, and roll.

  3. And then at last the __________________ slowed, and the boat stopped thrashing about so wildly.

  4. All the boats were an exact ________________ of each other.

  5. Doon found a  ________________ rock to set out the food he had brought with him for the journey.

  6. The seats in the boat were  ________________ -shaped.

  7. Lina and Doon had planned to announce their discovery at the Singing after the last  __________________ was sung.

  8. When the candles blew out Lina, Doon, and Poppy were in the  ________________ darkness.

  9. Doon was amazed that he had a light that didn't need the electric __________________ created by the generator.

  10. Lina said, "We are  ________________ to find the way out soon."

  11. The boat began to pitch and   ________________  with the current.

  12. They found places to __________________ all three candles into the frame of the boat, so they could keep their hands free.

  13. Using a __________________ to poke against the walls, Doon guided the boat around the edge of the pool.

  14. His voice sounded __________________ in this closed-in place.

  15. The packet was wrapped in slippery, greenish material and __________________ up with a strap.

  16. Poppy stuck her hands into the water and started to __________________ .

  17. They sat on the  __________________ for a while, eating the food Doon had brought.

  18. Lina reached in her pocket and  pulled out the __________________ she had written.

----------Key----------

  1. match

  2. pitch

  3. current

  4. match

  5. flat

  6. wedge

  7. note

  8. pitch

  9. current

  10. bound

  11. rock

  12. wedge

  13. paddle

  14. flat

  15. bound

  16. paddle

  17. rock

  18. note