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Question
Observe the picture and the labels carefully. Then match the words and the meanings given in the following table.
| Words | Meaning |
| 1. yard | (a) a floor, flat area built on a ship |
| 2. mast | (b) the forward part of the main body of a ship |
| 3. bow | (c) the forward part of a deck |
| 4. deck | (d) tall, upright pole on a ship |
| 5. forecastle | (e) a pole slung across a ship’s mast. A sail hangs from a yard. |
| 6. starboard | (f) the rearmost (back) part of a ship |
| 7. stern | (g) the part which is always at the front while the ship is sailing. |
| 8. afterdeck | (h) the right-hand side of a ship as one faces forward |
| 9. fore | (i) an open deck near the back |
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Solution
| Words | Meaning |
| 1. yard | (e) a pole slung across a ship's mast. A sail hangs from a yard |
| 2. mast | (d) tall, upright pole on a ship |
| 3. bow | (g) the part which is always at the front while the ship is sailing |
| 4. deck | (a) a floor, flat area built on a ship |
| 5. forecastle | (c) the forward part of a deck |
| 6. starboard | (h) the right-hand side of a ship as one faces forward |
| 7. stern | (f) the rearmost (back) part of a ship |
| 8. afterdeck | (i) an open deck near the back |
| 9. fore | (b) the forward part of the main body of a ship |
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