Hatchet Vocabulary - ESL worksheet by tereramoz - Free Printable

Let’s solve this step by step.

We are given a table with 3 columns and 4 rows (including the header). The task is to fill in the blank cells based on patterns or rules that connect the rows and columns.

Looking at the table:

Column 1: “Write a story about...”
Column 2: “Make an advertisement for...”
Column 3: “Write a letter from... to...”

Row 1 (header): Already filled — these are the column titles.

Row 2:
- Col 1: “a dragon who lost his fire”
- Col 2: “a new kind of ice cream”
- Col 3: “a robot to its inventor”

Row 3:
- Col 1: “a cloud that wanted to be rain”
- Col 2: “a school for superheroes”
- Col 3: “a tree to a bird”

Row 4:
- Col 1: “a shoe that could talk”
- Col 2: “a museum of forgotten toys”
- Col 3: ??? ← This is what we need to find.

Now, let’s look for patterns.

Each row seems to have three related ideas — maybe they’re all imaginative, whimsical, or personified objects/creatures.

But more importantly, look at Row 3, Column 3: “a tree to a bird” — that’s a natural relationship. Tree and bird often go together.

Row 2, Column 3: “a robot to its inventor” — creator and creation.

So perhaps each “letter from X to Y” shows a meaningful connection between X and Y.

Now look at Row 4:

Col 1: “a shoe that could talk” → personified object
Col 2: “a museum of forgotten toys” → place where old/toy things live
Col 3: ??? → should be a letter from something to something else, connected to shoes or museums or forgotten things?

Wait — maybe there’s another pattern.

Look across the rows:

In Row 2:
Dragon (mythical) → Ice Cream (food) → Robot & Inventor (tech)

Row 3:
Cloud (nature) → Superhero School (fantasy) → Tree & Bird (nature pair)

Row 4:
Shoe (everyday object) → Museum of Forgotten Toys (place for old things) → ???

What connects “shoe” and “museum of forgotten toys”? Maybe both are items that can be “forgotten” or “left behind”.

A shoe might be lost or left behind. A museum of forgotten toys holds things people forgot.

So perhaps the letter should be from something forgotten to someone who misses it? Or from one forgotten thing to another?

Alternatively, think about the structure of the third column:

Row 2: “a robot to its inventor” → creation to creator
Row 3: “a tree to a bird” → home to resident / nature pair
Row 4: ??? → should follow same logic

What if we think: “a shoe” was worn by someone, now it’s in a museum? So maybe “a shoe to its owner”? But that doesn’t fit “forgotten toys” theme.

Wait — Column 2 says “a museum of forgotten toys”. So maybe the letter is from a toy to someone? But Column 1 is “a shoe”, not a toy.

Unless… the shoe is also “forgotten”? Like a lost shoe?

Then maybe: “a shoe to its pair”? Because shoes come in pairs, and if one is lost, it might write to the other.

That fits!

Check:

Row 2: robot → inventor (creation to creator)
Row 3: tree → bird (home to friend/resident)
Row 4: shoe → its pair (lost item to its missing half)

Yes! That makes sense.

Also, “a shoe that could talk” writing to “its pair” is cute and fits the whimsical tone.

And “museum of forgotten toys” — well, maybe the shoe is also forgotten, so it belongs in that world too.

So the answer should be: “a shoe to its pair”

Let me double-check.

Is there any other possibility?

Could it be “a shoe to the museum”? But that would be “from shoe to museum”, which doesn’t match the pattern of personal relationships like robot-inventor or tree-bird.

“Shoe to child”? Possible, but less poetic.

“Shoe to foot”? Too literal.

“Shoe to its pair” is playful, matches the tone, and completes the pattern of meaningful pairs.

Final decision: “a shoe to its pair”

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Final Answer:
a shoe to its pair