Level Fourteen
Anthony K Whelan anthonykwhelan@yahoo.com
Unit Six
1. He laid the spirit level on the wood. 2.The man measured the length of pipe for a quarter of a minute to make sure it was quite correct before he paid for it. 3. He tried to sort out the tyre he needed from the others. 4. The boy would not move until the promise had been kept. 5. Could you weigh a needle? laid
paid
spirit
level
promise
sure
measured
quarter
tyre
minute
quite
until
needle
sort
weigh
A. Write all of the list words into your dictionaries or work books. B. Which list words contain these smaller words? a). art b). sure c). need e). red f). eve
g). aid
C. In the list the words ‘paid’ and ‘laid’ rhyme. words rhymes with these words?
Which list-
a).fire
b). morter
c). tweedle
d). hey
f). bought
g). treasured
h). merit
i). devil
j). maid
k). shore
l). daughter
m). sight
n). taught
o). bay
p). weighed
q). lier
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D. Write out all the list words in alphabetical order. E. Unjumble these words: a). utemin
b). isemorp
c). litun
d). retrauq
e). hgiew
f). quiet
g). iapd
h). yret
i). eendle
j). surdesaem
k). alid
l). reus
F. American spelling. Most books are printed in the USA, and therefore have American spelling. Fortunately for us, most American words are the same as English, but there are enough to cause us problems. We spell ‘tyre’, but the Americans spell ‘tire’. You are to change these American spellings to English spelling: a). leveling
b). color
c). gaol
d). favorite
e). leveled
f). airplane
g). flavor
h). center
G. Find the list-words hidden in this word-search. You may find the words by turning corners either left, right, or up and down.
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e a r m y o t r e p
s u r e d i s e z i x p i r a o s t i l x l e v e