Test Your Storybook Verbs

In each case, choose the most appropriate of the three alternatives:

1)    Jimmy lost his footing on the branch and chortled / plunged / squeezed into the grass below.

2)    Jimmy’s tail splashed / trudged / leapt into the cold water.

3)    Jimmy was so cold that his teeth were chattering / spluttering / gurgling.

4)    The otter skipped / boomed / floated out into the stream on his back.

5)    A barn owl gathered / perched / covered  on the rock beside Maddie and Bella.

6)    Bella began singing / twanging / banging on her drum.

7)    Maddie flapped / muttered / wrinkled her nose and flapped / muttered / wrinkled her ears.

8)    Jimmy inched / grumbled / dragged when Maddie and Bella insisted he help them with their shopping.

Take a look inside the book by clicking on the cover at the following link:
Jimmy Squirrel & The Crazy Market


ANSWERS: 1) plunged; 2) splashed; 3) chattering; 4) floated; 5) perched; 6) banging; 7) wrinkled; flapped; 8) grumbled

Test Your Memory

How much can you remember about the story? Put a circle around the words you think are right.

1)    Jimmy has red / green fur.
2)    Maddie has a shrill / deep voice.
3)    Bella has scary / beady eyes and tiny / floppy ears.
4)    Jimmy thinks that going to the market is a great / terrible idea.
5)    The stream is difficult to cross because the magic / stepping stone is under water.
6)    When she jumps across the stream, Maddie’s front paws come down on the muddy / sandy bank but her backside and tail splash into the rushing / freezing water.
7)    When Jimmy says he wants to go home, Maddie speaks to him in her gentlest / bossiest voice and she gives him a stern / funny look.
8)    Bella leads Maddie and Jimmy along a straight / winding path in the wood.
9)    One day the sky above the wood burst open and hundreds of dirty / shiny pieces fall to earth.
10) The weasels are listening to an aria sung by a fat / thin badger.
11) Bella finds a silver / golden harmonica in the hollow of the oak tree.

Take a look inside the book by clicking on the cover at the following link:  Jimmy Squirrel & The Crazy Market

Nature Wordsearch

Help Jimmy to find the words in the grid, then piece together the letters left over to discover his family name.

BARK            GRASS             STREAM
BOULDER      MEADOW         TREE
BRANCH        PATH              TRUNK
BURROW       SLOPE             WATER
EARTH          STONE

S	E	N	O	T	S	B	E	Q
S	T	R	E	A	M	A	P	T
H	E	B	W	W	U	R	O	R
C	A	S	O	O	A	K	L	U
N	R	I	S	U	R	T	S	N
A	T	R	H	A	L	R	E	K
R	H	T	R	E	R	D	U	R
B	A	E	E	R	T	G	E	B
P	M	E	A	D	O	W	L	R

Jimmy’s family name is:    _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _

Jimmy Squirrel meets Mr Otter

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"So when's the book coming out, Jimmy?"

"It's just a matter of days now, Mr Otter. Just a matter of days!"