Use the context to work out what the underlined words mean. Explain them using one or
other of the expressions in B on the vocabulary section.
- Above the trees at the edge of the meadow, a buzzard hangs for a moment on the wind before soaring towards the hills. I think a buzzard must be a kind of bird.
- According to some sources, the water vole is one of the most rapidly declining creatures in Britain and a new survey is now being carried out to determine how serious the threat of extinction really is.
- Using a large chisel and a hammer, Jack managed to knock down the old garden wall.
- Kate carried in a delicious chicken and noodle soup in a large tureen and we enjoyed several bowls each.
- We often used to walk up to the cliff top where we would clamber over the farmer’s gate and go right to the edge where the view was better.
- Some people get really ratty when they haven’t had enough sleep.
Possible Answer
- A vole must be a kind of small animal, something like a mouse perhaps.
- A chisel could be a kind of tool that can be used for chipping away at something or for breaking it. I think it’s probably something that could be used by sculptors but that bigger ones might also be used for destroying structures.
- A tureen must be a kind of very large bowl, a bit like a pot, used for soup.
- To clamber probably means something like climbing with difficulty.
- Ratty must be a bit like bad-tempered.
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