Online Vocabulary Test - The Secret Garden

1. Match the words and the definitions. Write the correct number.

angel 1. to jump again and again over a rope

bad-tempered 2. drops of water that come from your eyes when you cry
furious 3. something strange that can make wonderful things happen
hop 4. a messenger from God or a very good person
horrid 5. to look at someone or something for a long time
magic 6. terrible
skip 7. to jump on one foot
stare 8. to walk slowly with no special plan
tears 9. very angry
wander 10. often cross and angry
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2. Write definitions or example sentences with the following words:

whisper, handsome, disagreeable, dialect, bury, crooked

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3. Write the words:

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4. Complete the sentences with the correct words:

wheelchair, squirrel, official, sadness, pipe, lonely, selfish, crow, seeds, aches

1. He was sitting under a tree, playing with a wooden ____________ .

2. There was a ___________ and a ____________ with him.
3. “Dickon can get you some _____________ to plant.”
4. Colin told Mrs Medlock and the doctor that he wanted to go out in his _____________ .
5. For ten years Mr Craven had lived this __________ life, his heart full of ___________
and his head full of dark dreams.
6. “My back ____________ and my head hurts. Why didn't you come this afternoon?”
7. In fact, she was a very ___________, disagreeable, bad-tempered little girl.
8. She was born in India, where her father was a British __________ .
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5. Order the sentences:

____Mary heard someone crying in the house and one night she found Colin Craven.

____Mr Craven had a dream about his wife and he decided to go back home.

____Mary was a bad-tempered girl who lived in India and had a servant called Kamala.

____One day she found the key to the secret garden in a hole in the ground.

____The three friends started working together in the garden every day.

____Colin felt better and better every day and finally he was healthy.

____One day the robin helper Mary find the secret garden and she went inside.

____Mary met Martha's brother Dickon who brought a spade and some seeds to plant in the

garden.

____Mrs Medlock took Mary on the train to Yorkshire.

____Everybody was very surprised and happy to see Colin healthy and well.

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TOTAL: 40

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