Twenty-six orphans lived there, all _____________ (cram)into a room that should have slept eight at the absolute most
crammed
15
All the children were painfully thin, with filthy rags for clothes. The orphans’ faces were black with s_ _ _, so all you could see in the gloom were their hopeful little eyes.
soot
15
This prison of an orphanage was run by an evil old boot named Mrs Curdle. Her face was usually fixed in a permanent g_ _ _ _ _e.
grimace
15
Mrs Curdle would scoff all the food donated for the orphans, so the children in her care had to eat _______________ for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
cockroaches
15
As a special treat at Christmas, the orphans would line up for their present, a w_ _ _k on the bottom.
whack
15
She was free but alone, and now she had to f_ _d for herself on the streets of London.
fend
15
The big city was a _________(scary/scarey/scarry) place, especially for a little girl. lurked in every corner.
scary
15
In this kind of weather, homeless children like Elsie p_ _ _ _ _ _d in doorways. They would go to sleep and never wake up, to be found at dawn with a dusting of frost on their faces.
perished
15
No! You’re not going to tell on me, are you?” asked the lady. “Tell on you?” replied the girl. Elsie was befuddled. “I could lose me job over this.” “No, no, no. Never. I’m not a s_ _ _ _h.”
snitch
15
“Here, have me packed lunch. Bread and d_ _ _ _ _ _g.
dripping
15
Up in the Arctic, the m_ _ _ _ _h and the huge slab of ice in which it had been found had been packed into a wooden crate full of snow and loaded on to a ship.
mammoth
15
The glass crumbled beneath her, and Elsie ________(fall) into the cabinet, landing on the back of the sabretoothed tiger
fell
15
Yes, yes, of course, Your M_ _ _ _ _y. I am very sorry. I know you have an empire to run.
Majesty
15
"A very quick look?” asked Dotty. “A glance, really.” “A glimpse?” “Less than a glimpse, a peep.” “A p_ _ _?” “EXACTLY!” replied Elsie.
peek
15
“I’ve been cleaning this place for _____________’s years and I ain’t never been in here.
