Level Thirteen Unit Five
Anthony K Whelan anthonykwhelan@yahoo.com
The Burglary It was a dark winter night. The burglar checked the cupboard for any forgotten equipment, and the mirror for his appearance. Then for the last time he read the list of instructions his criminal boss had for him. When he reached the corner he was joined by his accomplice, who did not seem to share his jocular and joyful mood. They boke into the mansion through the servery where the groceries were normally delivered. The burglar elected to crawl through first, but alas, he sent a saucer, containing milk for the pantry cat, crashing to the floor. The two thieves tried to keep tight control over their nerves, but they panicked and ran. The police captured the two fugitives a short distance away from the house, and they appeared in court the next day. control
delivered
mirror
tight
joyful
cupboard
distance
saucer
written
share
court
joined
seem
crawl
A. Write all of the list words into your dictionaries or work books. B. Write out all the words in the above passage which have seven or more letters and are not list words. C. Which list words contain these smaller words? a). raw b). cup c). sauce d). tan e). are
f).ten
g). our h). live
l). see
i). red
j). oar
k). joy
D. Copy adding ‘d’ to the list words. Copy and learn: controlled, courted, distanced, mirrored, tightened, seemed, crawled, shared
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E. Write out all the list words in alphabetical order. F. Unjumble these words: a). lrtocno b). ijoden c). sitdance
d). hares
e). warlc
f). tenwrti
g). veilederd h). casure
i). floyuj
j). rctuo
k). githt
l). rimror
m.) bcpraudo
n). citedtsnea
G. Answer these questions about the passage. a). Who is the main character of the passage? b). What is the subject’s occupation? c). What is an accomplice? d). What is a mansion? e). What was the final outcome for the thieves? f). What does the word ‘jocular’ mean? g). What is a ‘fugitive’?
Stand up, clap six times, turn around twice and bow. Sit down and get on with your work.
H. Draw a picture of the burglars robbing the mansion, and draw the nouns mentioned in the word list, like ‘cupboard’ and label them. I. Antonyms are opposites. Which words from the list and passage are the opposite of the following words? a). unjoined
b). run
c). keep
d). loose
e). undelivered
f). sad
g). last
h). fixed
i). ceiling
j). chaos
k). servant
l). disappearance
o). shack
p). unelected
m). remembered n). long
J. Write your own paragraph using all the list words.