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.

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Fundamentals of English Grammar, 3rd Edition
Chapter 5: Asking Questions

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Chapter 5: Asking Questions

adventure glacier
altitude mountain
direction plateau
distance success
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.

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