Level Five
Unit Two
Compound Words 1. A large parcel was sent by the next post to Sydney. 2. The stable boy slipped a large rug on the cold horse. 3. Peter saw the rabbit lift his head and quickly hop to his burrow. 4. As it was hailing out-side, father cannot walk down to the Estate Agent to pat the rent for the house. 5. Without his dog beside him, Peter felt rather lonely walking through the bush. 6. When John dropped his old book the cover fell apart from the pages. 7. Stand by the till when the boy has spent his money. apart
beside
without
outside
cannot
sent
next
rug
cold
lift
hop
rent
stand
spent
till
A. Write all of the list words into your dictionaries or work books in alphabetical order. B. Which list words contain these smaller words? a). old
b). and
c). art
d). ill
e). pen
C. Write out all the compound words. (Words that are made from two or more smaller words. Do not confuse these with words within words).
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D. Write out the opposites of these words: a). inside
b). together
c). can
d). saved
e). before
f). hot
g). sit
g). with
E. Unjumble these words. a). gur
b). ftil
c). tpens
d). otnacn
e). lilt
f). rapat
g). sidbee
f). danst
g). xnet
h). tern
F. Underline in red pencil these words you can see in the sentences. a). parcel
b). horse
c). Estate
d). lonely e). through
a). with+out=
b). out+side=
c). under+stand=
d). over+head=
e). car+a+van=
f). screw+driver=
g). high+school=
h). school+girl
i). tooth+brush=
j). dust+pan=
k). cow+boy=
l). space+man=
m). nail+gun=
n). fountain+pen=
o). fire+bug=
G. Word sums.
H. Which list-words are these. Every letter is the letter before the real letter in the word. Use this alphabet to help you. For example, b=c. Fnnc ktbj! (Good luck!)
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz a). bnkc
b). rdms
c). vhsgnts
d). zozpzqr
e). bzmmns
f). rszmc
g). khes
h). mdws