Level Eleven
Anthony K Whelan anthonykwhelan@yahoo.com
Unit Five
At the sight of her tears, the man stayed to supper. When their meal was eaten, he stole to the paddock to catch the horse. He tied it to the fence, spoke quietly to the horse before he put the saddle on, then collected some spare gear including his suit. He rode away promising to return. scale spare spoilt return
saddle
scale
sight
spare
spoilt
spoke
stayed
stole
suit
supper
tears
their
tied
A. Write all of the list words into your dictionaries or work books. B. Put each of these words into a sentence. a). spoke
b). spoilt
c). suit
d). saddle
C. Which list words contain these smaller words? a). are
b). tie
c). the
d). ale
e). oil
f). heir
g). sad
h). ears
i). turn
j). stay
D. Write these words and learn them!
light
flight
fright
slight
tight
height
11.5
E. Write out all the list words in alphabetical order.
F. Use the following code to decode the following words from the list. A=B,
B=C,
C=D,
D=E,
E=F,
F=G,
G=H,
H=I,
I=J,
J=K,
K=L,
L=M,
M=N,
N=O,
O=P,
P=Q,
Q=R,
R=S,
S=T,
T=U,
U=V,
V=W,
W=X,
X=Y,
Y=A
Use the above code to decode the following words from the list. a). U F B S T
b). T V J U
c). R S N K D
d). R T O O D Q
e). R B Y K D
f). R T H S
g). R O N H K S
h). S G D H Q
i). R O Y Q D
there
their
they’re
G. Choose the right word for each of the following sentences. a). The children collected _________ bags. b). _________ all coming to my house for tea. c). I was told to meet them over _______
d). They told me _____ going to meet _____ parents _____. Words that sound the same, but are spelt differently are called ‘homophones’.