Level Nine Unit Three
Anthony K Whelan anthonykwhelan@yahoo.com
At midnight the bright moon shone high over the island.The fisherman knew as he tied a knot around the iron anchor, that this was the right time to make the record catch. He wanted to show off to the folk at the camp. After his fifth catch he thought to himself, “Everything goes well for the man who prepares well.� midnight
bright
high
island
knew
knot
iron
right
wanted
folk
fifth
thought
goes A. Write all of the list words into your dictionaries or work books. B. Which list words contain these smaller words? a). ant
b). new
c) not
d). is
e). land
f). right
g). though
h). ought
i). go
j). night
C. Write out as many words as you can with the letter pattern,
igh
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D. Unjumble these words: a). lkof
b). seog
c). ffhti
d). ghih
f). ghtrib
g). onkt
h). imigthdn
k). nwadet
l). grith
m). oguthht
e). sandli
i). wekn j). orni
E. Write out the opposites of these words: a). left
b). stops
c). midday
d). dull
e). low
f). neglected
g). wrong
h). stupid
F. A joke. An elderly woman was in an unfamiliar town looking for the railway station to catch her train home. She stopped a young man and asked him for directions. He said, “You go straight down this road, turn right, not left, right?” The woman thought he was being cheeky and replied, “There’s no need to be silly with me young man!” The young man said with a grin, “Well, if you turn left you’ll be left behind, right!” Words which are spelled the same way, but have different meanings are called homographs. G. Complete the pattern for the past tense. PRESENT
PAST
iron knot want know goes think
ironed knotted