Chapter 5—Asking Questions.pdf

Vocabulary Worksheets

by Rachel Spack Koch

Intermediate level

Azar Grammar Series : Fundamentals of English Grammar , 3rd edition

Vocabulary Worksheets help students learn new vocabulary in the context of the

grammar covered in the tables of contents of the Azar textbooks or any comparable

syllabus. An Answer Key and Word List for target vocabulary are provided for

each chapter. You may download, reproduce and adapt the material to suit your

classroom needs. Vocabulary Worksheets are available as Word documents or PDF

files.

Chapter 5—Asking Questions

1. Reading: Climbing Mount Everest

2. Climbing Mount Everest: Vocabulary practice

3. Climbing Mount Everest: Vocabulary practice

4. Reading: Adventure Tours

5. Adventure Tours: Vocabulary practice

6. Vocabulary practice

7. Word categories

8. Vocabulary practice

9. Which word doesn’t belong?

10. Crossword

Answer Key

Word List

Vocabulary Worksheets

Fundamentals of English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 5: Asking Questions

Worksheet 1. Reading: Climbing Mount Everest

Edmund Hillary was the first person to climb Mount Everest, in 1953. These

questions and answers are similar to those from actual interviews with Edmund

Hillary. Read the interview and answer the questions on the next page.

Climbing Mount Everest

INTERVIEWER: How did you feel when you got to the top of Mount Everest?

HILLARY: Well, somewhat surprised, but deeply satisfied , of course. We

were literally on top of the world!

INTERVIEWER: What did the world look like from up there at the summit ?

HILLARY: We could see a vast distance -- 100 miles -- in every direction .

We saw mountains , glaciers , and high plateaus .

INTERVIEWER: How long did it take you to climb Mt. Everest?

HILLARY: It took seven weeks to go from base camp to the top, but only

three days coming down.

INTERVIEWER: Why did you want to climb Mount Everest?

HILLARY: Because it was there!

INTERVIEWER: Had you always wanted to climb Mount Everest?

HILLARY: I had always dreamed about adventure . As a boy. I read tons of

adventure stories. But I didn’t see a mountain until I was 16 years old!

INTERVIEWER: Sixteen! So … when did you start climbing?

HILLARY: When I was 20. The first mountain I climbed was Mount Cook, in

New Zeeland. And after that, I wanted to climb the highest mountain in the

world … you know, I tried once before, three years ago …, but that

expedition did not succeed .

INTERVIEWER: Not like this expedition! A spectacular success . Now, how

difficult was your climb physically? For example, what about food? Did you

eat plants from the mountain? How did you eat? How did you sleep?

HILLARY: We carried all our own food. But when you are high on the

mountain, you are not hungry at all, and you have to force yourself to eat.

Most of our energy came from very sweet drinks — mostly hot weak tea

with lots of sugar. And we didn’t sleep much. It’s very difficult to sleep at

high altitudes .

INTERVIEWER: How did you prepare for this expedition?

HILLARY: Well, first, by keeping fit. I’m a beekeeper -- I raise bees, so I

have had to make the time to keep fit. I hike and climb and work out.

Vocabulary Worksheets

Fundamentals of English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 5: Asking Questions

Worksheet 1, page 2

Complete the sentences. Put a check in front of the words or phrases that are

correct according to the passage. More than one completion may be correct.

1. This interview is about _______.

climbing mountains

Sir Edward Hillary

the food that grows on mountains

2. When he reached the top of the mountain, Hillary felt _______.

extremely tired

very pleased

quite surprised

3. From the summit, Hillary saw _______.

the ocean

her mountains

glaciers

4. The climb to the top of the mountain took _______.

about 100 days

about 50 days

about three days

5. Edmund Hillary _______.

was born in an area with lots of mountains

first climbed a mountain at age 16

first climbed a mountain at age 20

6. Edmund Hillary _______.

had succeeded in climbing Mount Everest once before

had failed in climbing Mount Everest once before

has climbed other mountains

7. While the expedition was climbing Mount Everest, they _______.

were always very hungry

didn’t sleep very much

drank a lot of tea

8. Edmund Hillary _______.

keeps fit

is an experienced mountain climber

raises bees as his work

(Photo from Wikipedia. Photographer: John Waterson)

Vocabulary Worksheets

Fundamentals of English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 5: Asking Questions

Worksheet 2. Climbing Mount Everest: Vocabulary practice

Choose the correct word from the word pool to complete each sentence.

adventure

glacier

altitude

mountain

direction

plateau

energy

summit

expedition

ton

1. Ice on top of a mountain is a _______________________________.

2. The top of a mountain is its _______________________________.

3. A large, flat area of land that is higher than the land around it is a

_______________________________.

4. The journey to the top of Mount Everest was a long and carefully-planned

_______________________________.

5. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It is 8,848 meters

(29,028 feet) in _____________________________.

6. An exciting experience in which dangerous and unexpected things happen

is an _______________________________.

7. It’s far to fly from Toronto, Canada, to Mumbai, India. But from Toronto

to New York is only a short _______________________________.

8. The first time Edmund Hillary tried to climb Mount Everest, he failed. That

first time was not a _______________________________.

9. If you have enough physical and mental strength to do something, you

have enough _______________________________.

10. North is a _______________________________. South is its opposite.

distance

success

Vocabulary Worksheets

Fundamentals of English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 5: Asking Questions

Worksheet 3. Climbing Mt. Everest: Vocabulary practice

Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence.

1. We were literally on top of the world means that we were

(really / only in our imaginations) on top of the world.

2. If you are somewhat pleased, your are (very / quite)

pleased.

3. If you are deeply satisfied, you are (very / a little) satisfied.

4. Satisfied means (pleased / sad).

5. Lakes are small compared to oceans. Oceans are (full / vast).

6. The International Circus put on a beautiful and impressive show. It was

(pretty good / spectacular).

7. Before he was sixteen, Hillary hadn’t climbed any mountains at all. At all

means (almost all / zero).

8. You can’t (force / let) a child to eat vegetables, but you can try to make

the vegetables taste good.

9. Before recent times, mountain climbers were (mostly / most) men.

10. A beekeeper (takes care of / forces) bees.

11. You do exercises to keep (fit / bees).

12. When you do exercises, you (work / work out).

13. Your occupation is your (activity / job).

14. A ton is something very heavy -- 2000 pounds, or 907.2

kilograms, in the U.S., 2240 pounds, or 1016 kilograms,

in the U.K. If you have tons of books, you have (many /

few) books.

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