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A whimsical illustration of a person dressed as a penguin trying to communicate with real penguins in a snowy Antarctic landscape, with a ship on the horizon.

Penguin Survival Vocabulary Challenge

Test your vocabulary skills with this engaging quiz based on a whimsical tale of survival among penguins in Antarctica! Can you find the right words to complete the story?

Multiple choice questions
Learn new words in a fun context
Perfect for vocabulary enthusiasts

15 Questions4 MinutesCreated by WaddlingWordsmith24

I was stranded in Antarctica with no hope of rescue. There was only one way I was going to survive: try and ______ the penguins.

Befriend

Beck

Conclude

Accuse

With their jolly walks and smiley faces, I felt that these were ______ creatures, who would be kind to me.

Bewildered

Affable

Contemporary

Fatal

"Hello, penguin! My ship got smashed up on the ice, and I was wondering if you'd like to be my pal?" I asked in the general direction of an ______ of penguins.

Combination

Artichoke

Abundance

Flamboyant

With a cry of _____, the nearest penguin squawked and, with one malicious flipper, smacked me into a hole.

Distress

Meticulousness

Idleness

Labour

I was submerged in freezing water! I had to get out fast, unless I started coughing and contracted some _______.

Abundance

Malady

Oath

Mercy

Slowly, with enormous effort, I ______ from the hole.

Enraged

Enraptured

Emerged

Emptied

The plan was clear. I was going to have to be able to ______ the penguins, so I could totally blend in with them!

Mimic

Interrupt

Lavish

Moral

After listening closely to their squawks, I was able to _____ a pretty good penguin accent.

Abject

Adopt

Adroit

Adenoid

With some torn-up dinner jackets and other formal ______, I was successfully able to make a penguin suit.

Guards

Grotesques

Garments

Fripperies

The time came. I waddled over to my fellow penguins. "Squawk squawk squawk squawk squawk," I _________.

Punctured

Shrank

Bellowed

Permitted

"Squawk squawk squawk," they replied. This was the best conversation I'd had in months! Soon, I was able to blend in with penguin life, waddling around and squawking, though _______ to lay an egg gave me a lot of trouble.

Altering

Quenching

Siezing

Attempting

Then, one day, I spotted a ship in the distance. Rescue! I shot up and started waving, hoping the ship would come and take me to a _______.

Sanitorium

Sanctuary

Solidarity

Salad bar

The ship started steaming toward me. But - uh-oh! _______ struck, as the penguins saw that I'd been duping them! "Squawk squawk squawk," they growled furiously.

Convivium

Ridiculousness

Calamity

Complexion

I only had one trick left up my sleeve. I quickly tucked a bib into my collar and pulled a knife and fork from my pocket. It was time to see if these birds were ______.

Sober

Stretched

Edible

Exquisite

On board the ship, the crew were amazed. "Are you sure you don't want anything to eat? You've been stranded in the snowy wastes for two years!" "No, thank you," I groaned, my hunger well and truly _______. "I'm stuffed."

Sated

Quenched

Stretched

Squelched

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