The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Vocabulary: Chapters 1-2
Pages 1-24
Directions: Read the sentence from the book, then answer the question about the underlined
word by choosing the correct response.
1. “Hadn’t we all better go to bed?” said Lucy. “There’s sure to be a row if we’re heard
talking here.”
The word row is pronounced to rhyme with “plow”. Lucy was worried that their
talking might ____________.
a. be written about in the newspaper
b. get them into trouble
c. be full of grammatical errors
d. make them sleepy
2. “Did you see those mountains as we came along? And the woods? There might be
eagles. There might be stags. There’ll be hawks.”
A stag is another word for ___________.
a. bear
b. fox
c. deer
d. wolf
3. “And in the meantime we’re pretty well off. There’s a wireless and lots of books.”
The wireless Susan suggests using is a __________________.
a. piano
b. record player
c. toaster
d. radio
4. And Shortly after that they looked in a room that was quite empty except for one big
wardrobe; the sort that has a looking-glass in the door.
A wardrobe is a piece of furniture used for _________________.
a. keeping meat fresh, like a refrigerator
b. hanging clothes in, like a closet
c. taking a bath in
d. putting trash in, like a wastebasket
5. There was nothing else in the room at all except a dead blue- bottle on the windowsill.
A blue- bottle is a type of ______________.
a. house fly
b. drinking glass
c. flowering plant
d. song bird
6. To her surprise, (the wardrobe door) opened quite easily, and two moth- balls
dropped out.
Moth- balls are not in common use today. They are used to ______________.
a. feed mice and other small animals
b. attract moths
c. keep moths away from clothing
d. keep clothing smelling fresh
7. Lucy felt a little frightened, but she felt very inquisitive and excited as well.
To be inquisitive means to be ______________.
a. hungry
b. tired
c. angry
d. curious
8. He had red woolen muffler round his neck and his skin was rather reddish too.
What Lucy would call a muffler, we might call a ______________.
a. tailpipe
b. keychain
c. scarf
d. uniform
9. When he say Lucy he gave such a start of surprise that he dropped all his parcels.
A parcel is another word for ______________.
a. a package
b. a bouquet of flowers
c. a pair of boots
d. a sandwich
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Vocabulary:
Chapters 3-4 Pages 25-26
Directions: Match the words on the left with the correct definition on the right.
hoax
a. attendants at a royal court
spiteful
b. a low sled
heather
c. looking cold and forbidding
groping
d. reddened or inflamed with emotion
sledge
e. having resentment toward someone
gilded
f. people of high rank
stern
g. a deception, a prank
dominion
h. a type of evergreen shrub
mantle
i. feeling about blindly
courtiers
j. covered with a fine layer of gold
nobles
k. the lands belonging to a feudal landlord
flushed
l. a loose outer garment or sleeveless cloak
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Vocabulary: Chapters 5-6
Pages 47-68
Directions: A word is in context if we see it in the sentence where it was written. It is out of
context when it is by itself. The following underlined words are shown in the context of the
sentence from the book where they appear. See if you can figure out from reading the
sentence what the underlined words mean, then write the meaning from the dictionary.
1. Up to that moment Edmund has been feeling sick, and sulky, and annoyed with Lucy
for being right.
Your definition:
Dictionary definition:
2. Edmund gave a very superior look as if he were far older than Lucy.
Your definition:
Dictionary definition:
3. “But it’s all nonsense,” said Edmund, very taken aback.
Your definition:
Dictionary definition:
4. “Does your experience lead you to regard your brother or your sister as the more
reliable?”
Your definition:
Dictionary definition:
5. “Nothing is more probable,” said the Professor, taking off his spectacles and
beginning to polish them.
Your definition:
Dictionary definition:
6. “And what a filthy smell of camphor!” said Edmund. “I expect the pockets of these
coats are full of it,” said Susan, “to keep away the moths.”
Your definition:
Dictionary definition:
7. Edmund was saying to himself, “I’ll pay you all out for this, you pack of stuck-up,
self-satisfied prigs.”
Your definition:
Dictionary definition:
8. Everyone agreed to this and off they went, walking briskly and stamping their feet.
Your definition:
Dictionary definition:
9. Snow had drifted in from the doorway and was heaped on the floor, mixed with
something black, which turned out to be charred sticks and ashes from the fire.
Your definition:
Dictionary definition:
10. The crockery lay smashed on the floor and the picture of the Faun’s father had been
slashed to shreds with a knife.
Your definition:
Dictionary definition:
11. “The former occupant of these premises, Faun Tumnus, is under arrest and awaiting
his trial on a charge of …comforting her said Majesty’s enemies, harboring spies and
fraternising with humans.” (The American spelling is fraternizing.)
Your definition:
Dictionary definition:
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Vocabulary: Chapters 7-8
Pages 69-94
Directions: Read each clue and find the answers in the box. Then use the letters above the
numbered spaces to decipher the secret message.
marmalade
betray
trifle
treacherous
gloomy
decoy
stratagem
token
beckoned
vanished
sensation
whisked
boughs
1. plan; tactics
peddlers
prophecy
festoons
doge
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2. jelly with rind and fruit
18
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3. prediction
3
22
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4. feeling
9
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5. dangerous
20
21
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6. decorative chains
10
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7. object used to entice; bait
5
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15
8. to violate a trust
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12
9. branches
19
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15
10. something of little importance
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8
11. something that identifies
11
6
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2
3
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12
13
14
4
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6
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8
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18
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20
21
22
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Vocabulary: Chapters 9-10
Pages 95- 120
Directions: Use the words in the box to complete the sentences below. You may need to use
your dictionary. Not all of the words will be used.
spectacles
sorcerer
stammered
sluice
gloomy
turret
bundled
ventured
solemn
cordial
brambles
threshold
bristling
gloating
flask
reckoned
1. The _______________ on the castle was visible in the distance.
2. He ________________ on the journey despite the dangers.
3. They opened and closed the _______________ gate to regulate the flow of water.
4. He scratched himself on the thorns of the prickly _______________.
5. Grandmother wore her _______________ to do her needlework.
6. I gave my _______________ promise to study harder for the next test.
7. The embarrassed boy nervously ______________ an excuse for his error.
8. The seemingly endless rain put Sarah in a _______________ mood.
9. He _______________ out of the house so hastily that he forgot his briefcase.
10. After the race, the vain winner stood _______________ at the finish line.
11. After dinner, Mrs. Jones sipped a _______________.
12. The ______________ used his magical powers to chase away the evil spirits.
Directions: Some of the vocabulary words were not used in the first part of this activity. For
each unused word, write an original sentence.
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Vocabulary: Chapters 11-12
Pages 121- 146
Directions: Alphabetize the words in the vocabulary box. Then use a dictionary to define
them.
standard
celandines
dense
rampant
indulgence
bane
sulkily
gluttony
transparent
fidgets
everlasting
currant
pavilion
vermin
Vocabulary Charade Game:
Divide the class into two or more teams. Create VOCABULARY CHARADE CARDS with
the word on one side and the definition on the other. The game begins when a player from
one team selects a card. That player then acts out the word for his or her teammates, who
have two minutes to correctly guess the word and define it. Teams alternate until all players
have had a chance to act out a word or until all the words have been used. Each correct
answer is worth one point.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Vocabulary: Chapters 13-14
Pages 147-170
Part One: Choose the word in each set that is most unlike the first word in the meaning.
1. encamp:
travel
hike
vacate
inhabit
2. traitor:
caretaker
tyrant
betrayer
loyalist
3. enrage:
charm
anger
tease
enliven
4. earnestly:
seriously
quickly
eagerly
insincerely
5. dismay:
trouble
disguise
hope
impatience
6. surged
swelled
ebbed
surfaced
increased
7. siege:
retake
attack
revolt
retreat
8. quivering
sickly
shakily
steady
silly
Part two: Choose the word in each set that is most like the first word in the meaning.
1. thicket:
flowers
shrubs
weeds
vines
2. scepter:
rod
crown
throne
scroll
3. renounce:
repeat
redo
reject
retell
4.assaulting:
feeding
following
testing
attacking
5. gibber:
cry
eat
obtain
chatter
6. despair:
happiness
anger
hopelessness
desire
7. fulfill:
adjust
complete
flatter
collect
8. overshadow
dominate
overturn
outburst
overrun
Choose two words from each part (4 words total). Write original sentences for each.
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Vocabulary: Chapters 15-16-17
Pages 171- 206
Directions: Alphabetize the words in the vocabulary box. Then use your dictionary to define
them.
alliance
fusty
amidst
muzzle
concealed
ransacking
saccharine
foreboding
skirling
incantation
gnawed
gorse
liberated
whisked