Level Fifteen
Unit Four
Anthony K Whelan anthonykwhelan@yahoo.com
The man who had developed a new kind of electricity could not believe that the industry and government would honour him. He received the news in silence and surprise, as he had never dared to suppose it would happen. He laughed a little when he remembered the long, hard road to success. believe
honour
silence
developed
industry
success
electricity
laughed
surprise
government
remembered
suppose
A. Write all of the list words into your dictionaries or work books. B. Which list words contain these smaller words? a). lop b). our c). city d). dust f). pose g). rise h). elect i). lie k). over l). govern m).red n). on
e). try j). men o). red
s i l e nc e s i l e nc e s i l e nc e s i l e nc e s i l e nc e s i l e nc e s i l e nc e
C. In the same way as ‘silence’ is stepped, so it spells the same vertically as horizontally, neatly write these words: success, laughed, government, surprise.
Try it with your name!
D. Unjumble these words: a). rtysudni
15.4
b). mnetrevogn
c). depoleved d). soepups
e). iieeccttrly f). gehdula
g). eecnlis
i). ruonoh
k). deermbemre
j). rrspseiu
E. Write out the antonyms of these words. a). scoff b). noise c). failure e). shame
h). eeeebli l). rrsiupse
d). cried
f). undeveloped g). forgotten h). dishonour
F. Word families: ‘electron’ is greek for amber. Look up what amber is. The Greeks believed it had magical powers, because it could pick up small objects when rubbed. We now know that this so-called power was static electricity. The word, ‘electron’, however, has come into our language associated with electricity.
electron electronics electronical electronically electric electrical electrically electrician electricity
govern governor government governmental governing
industry industrial industrially industrialist industrialise(ize) industrialisation industries
Copy all these word families into your work books.