Vocabulary - Matching

1. rubble - E  2. fatal - K   3. port - F   4. gem - A
5. freight - L   6. rails - J   7. brake lever - C
8. rail gang - G   9. immigrant - B   10. coach - D
11. heyday - H   12. conveyor belt - I

Vocabulary - Fill in the Blanks

1. diner   2. spike   3. crew   4. stations   5. porter
6. buff   7. berth   8. line   9. Ties   10. brake shoe
11. avalanche   12. century

Vocabulary - Using Context Clues

1. heaved - hoisted, lifted with great effort
2. spiral - curving, winding, circling, coiling
3. booming - growing rapidly
4. labourers - workers, people whose work is hard physical labour
5. explosive - substance that can blow up, like gunpowder or dynamite
6. caboose - car at the end of the train, used by train crew
7. old timers - seniors, elders, people who have been around for a long time
8. costly - expensive, high priced
9. rebirth - new birth, started again, recreated, revived

Spelling - Small Words

1. win   2. for, or, rest   3. cat, at   4. pop   5. port, support
6. pen, as, asp   7. age, courage, rage, our, us
8. ill, led, thrill   9. band, done, and, an, ban, do, on, one,
abandon   10. for, fort   11. dent   12. axe, relax
13. ate, eat, at  14. low, wing, follow   15. pat, at   16. pen
17. rub   18. pie   19. hard   20. pen, dam, damp   21. in, sin
22. is, in, exist   23. and, man, an   24. all
25. main, ten, an, in

Spelling - Root Words

1. ship   2. arrive   3. satisfy   4. skirt   5. repair  6. rescue
7. heave   8. strip   9. settle   10. crush   11. want   12. serve 13. enjoy   14. carry   15. close