Middle Comprehension with Pictorial and Context Clues
Written by George Moore
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MIDDLE FOREWORD Cloze is a well known teaching strategy for developing language skills in primary schools. The author has used his extensive experience as a classroom teacher and principal to write this series of books that provide cloze exercises that are varied and interesting. There are two main types of cloze exercises in this book –␣ exercises where answer lists are given and those where the children provide their own words. In both cases, reading strategies such as context clues, syntactic and semantic skills and word recognition etc. are practised. The factual passages enable the children to use their reading skills while learning interesting facts about a variety of topics. The imaginative passages will help to expand vocabulary and could be used as starting points for written expression. The passages involving nouns, adjectives etc. enable the teacher to use the sheets as tools for reinforcing lessons on parts of speech. Children should provide their own words in cloze review situations and not select words from a given list. CONTENTS © R. I . C.P ubl i cat i ons Communications page 1 Export from Alagra page 23 •f orr evi e w pur p osesonl y • Collective Nouns page 2 Review page 24 Verbs Poem 1 Letter Review Building Up Spiders Poem 2 Adjectives Prehistoric Tribes Gone Fishing The Hunter Nouns Poem 3 The Old Farmer Review Time Proper Nouns Shipwrecked Newspaper Report Ambushed
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POINTS FROM RESEARCH ON CLOZE PROCEDURES
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Cloze exercises are very effective in developing reading/listening skills with primary/secondary pupils.
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Selective deletions are effective as teaching tools and can be used to practise selected aspects of language (nouns, verbs etc.).
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Teachers of younger children should precede written cloze exercises with oral cloze activities (for example, 'I rode to school on my .').
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Except in test situations, cloze exercises can be used with partners or small groups –␣ much verbal interaction.
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When content words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs) are deleted, the children are encouraged to search for meaning.
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© R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons When structural words (pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions, articles) are deleted, • orare r e vi ewto use pwords ur p os e sonl y• the f children encouraged which are syntactically correct.
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'Prompts' (initial letters, pictures, letter groups etc.) should be used in the initial stages with younger children before attempting passages without 'prompts'.
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Answers are provided at the back of this book. However it is not possible to provide a complete list of possible answers. Teachers should use their discretion in marking activities and students should be rewarded for providing answers that show a use of context and pictorial clues contained in each activity.
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Exercise 1
Communications
When you have slotted the words from the list into the spaces in the passage, read it again to make sure it makes sense. Check any unknown words in your dictionary. Use pencil at first in case you have to make changes. COMMUNICATIONS
Today we can communicate with each other by writing or using the
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listen to the Many years ago, other 6
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or watch
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were used. African tribes used
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to carry messages through the jungle where you couldn't see very far.
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system using
. All these methods, however, are not as important as , which is one of history's most outstanding inventions.
semaphore
metal
smoke
mirrors
telephone
television
methods
letters
flags
arms
writing
drums
sun
radio
distances
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Collective Nouns
A collective noun is a word which stands for a collection of things. For example: a pack of cards; a herd of goats. Use the collective nouns from the list below to complete the passage.
swarm regiment cluster groups party packs family tribe
The
crowds flocks shoals herd gangs clump fleet
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of trees. They had already taken photographs of
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of wild birds on the plains and
of wolves in the
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mountains, but this was different. Several earlier tourist been threatened, so a
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had also
of buses had taken them to a local native
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village. There, the whole
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of Watusi warriors had danced around a
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of native huts as their ancestors had done for centuries. Each of villagers then gathered its
of cattle and drove 11
them to the river to drink, while their owners caught
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of tiny fish
of soldiers in the nearby
which they used to provide food for the 13
township. The same food was sold to bridge before the expected
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of workers repairing the
of summer tourists.
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Exercise 3
Verbs
Verbs are mainly action words which tell us what someone or something has done, is doing or will do. For example – the girl ate her lunch. All the words in the list below are verbs and can be used to fill the gaps in the passage so it makes sense. Use pencil in case you have to make changes.
The old lady
for help as the daring thief 1
down the street. He had
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her handbag,
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the road and in seconds had street. Two young men had
down a dark side
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by two policemen who
of the crime and the judge However, he was
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him to the waiting police van. Later that week he was
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him for twelve months.
nine months later for good behaviour.
convicted
strolled
imprisoned
disappeared screamed
crossed
captured
snatched
noticed
escorted
released
followed
manacled
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Exercise 4
Poem 1
Use the list words below to fill the spaces in the poem. Don't forget to think about the rhyming words at the end of the lines as this may help.
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occasional
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in a sink full of
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strolls
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and fed.
deserted
blaring
play
home
curled
lonely
foam
chugs
contented
games
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Exercise 5
Letter
Use your own words in the spaces in the letter below to find out what Julie wrote to her friend. After you have completed it, read over the letter to see if it makes sense. Do not use any word twice. 14 High Road Waymont 3/3/93 Dear 1
Well, we've been in our new
for six weeks now so I
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it was time to answer your letter. Mum and Dad have from B–Mart as this house is
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more furniture
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at school and they have is friendly and
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that we consult
with our work.
Well, I think that's all for now, Tracey. Don't forget to say 'hello' to Robyn for me.
Your friend, Julie P.S. I
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Exercise 6
Review
Select your own words to fill the spaces in the passage below so that the story makes sense. Do not use any word twice.
one morning
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grabbed his rod and
after sunrise, Terry
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would be found standing on the river
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watching their
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bobbing up and
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down on the surface of the swiftly flowing
Soon
he arrived, a loud joyful cry was
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. One of his close
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for many years, pulled in the
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trout
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gathered around and
, whom he had
to fish.
he'd seen since he first
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the huge trout which
about three kilograms. It would be a tasty that evening at the club!
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Exercise 7
Building Up
Select the words from the list below and complete the spaces so that the passage makes sense. unable
fee
school
garden
Christmas
windscreens heavy
chores
weeds
decided
small
mother birthday
garage
club
high
training
work
salary
He was only
stronger
and so was
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in July and at at the end of the year. He
would help his
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with her and work outside
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pulling up
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Spiders
Fill in the spaces with the list words below.
Spiders are not really insects for they have eight 1
and not six like
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Some spiders are dangerous and have been known to
people.
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They build webs with
threads
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to catch small flying insects which are to struggle free once they are
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These very strong threads are running out from the
like the
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of the web. To spin the web, they use
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which are located on the
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They also use the
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of a wheel
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of each spider's body.
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to carry them to different
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of the
web when spinning it.
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Exercise 9
Poem 2
Use the list words below to make a sensible poem. If you think about rhyming words it will help.
Playground Battles Excitement is here! All heads to the Children tossing and their
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around.
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Rings
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in the dirt inside,
with 5
Young skills on
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But they cease for a until the
shouts, groans, But then sights and to be
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long display sounds
teacher's gone!
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Throughout the
pride lost drawn
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cheers,
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Exercise 10
Adjectives
Adjectives are describing words. They are used to describe nouns or pronouns (words used instead of nouns). All the missing words in your answers are adjectives. Do not use any adjective twice. Girls to the Rescue The young girls walked carefully down the steep river bank. Their father's canoe was in the water. It was upside down after the dreadful storm the day before. Because it was heavy, they couldn't turn it over. Then Leanne had an idea that Julie thought was a good one. They threw a rope over a low branch. Then they tied it to the stern of the small boat. After that they pulled on the rope and the canoe rose slowly out of the shallow water. After a hole was mended it would be ready to use again for the hundred-kilometre trip to the ocean. Uncle Peter would take it back to his house in his old truck that was always breaking down.
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boat.
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girls had to be
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because of the
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slope. That week they had had some Leanne thought of a It was only a
boat but they couldn't lift it at first.
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weather.
idea.
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The water was only It was a
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even though
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journey to the beach in Peter's
Uncle Peter needed to buy a
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rain had fallen.
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truck.
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Exercise 11
Prehistoric Tribes
Use the word list below to complete the passage so that it makes sense. Use pencil in case you have to make changes. You should learn something about early history.
Early human beings
animals for food or collecting wild
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animal In
the earth thousands of years ago and lived by
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for clothing and made
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. They used
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from their bones.
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climates they often lived inside
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and many 7
have been found on cave
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The first were found at Altamira in
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throughout the world.
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others appear to be
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drawings.
was the first material used for
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they lived in small raised on
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of very
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huts. Some houses were
above water and were easier to
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their homes and
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against
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other tribes. The villagers could also catch fish. An example of this type of village was first discovered in a
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Exercise 12
Gone Fishing
Use the passage below to fill the spaces in your answers. Do not use any word twice. John and Roy had planned to go fishing that night but Roy had to go out with his mother and young sister. Soon they were in the hot afternoon sun, sitting quietly on the edge of the lake. Their Aunt Rose, who had allowed them to fish on her farm, was preparing lunch under the shade of the tall palm trees. The leaves on the trees were very still and the children looked forward to a cool breeze later. Soon Roy let out a loud yell and pointed to John's float which was bobbing in the water. Later they all agreed it was a fine catch even though there were many bones on
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the plates. Then Roy said he had to leave and they trudged home after a wonderful day.
and
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getting a
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was
ready.
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The lake was on the The
were fishing and Aunt
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owned by
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Rose.
on the trees were not moving.
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had been eaten.
The 8 9
shouted and pointed to the float.
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to cool them down.
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caught the first fish. had to go home because he was
They ate lunch in the
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The Hunter
Use the words given in the list below to fill in the spaces in the poem. Use pencil and read through the poem afterwards to see if it makes sense. Rhyming words may help! THE EAGLE The wide-winged hunter Hovering, gliding,
in the air,
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the hare.
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as she hunts her
Giant wings
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To feed
mouths, day after day.
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to her mountain nest, her young, then a well-earned
The sun soon sets, no eaglet
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hunter prey
movement high
circles
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Nouns Nouns are naming words and all the missing words in your answers are nouns. When you have filled in the spaces with your own nouns, read the passage again to make sure it makes sense. Use pencil in case you want to make changes. Don't use any noun twice. Danger on the Farm
The young dipped its sharp
nervously approached the dangerous bull as it
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and prepared to make a savage
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Its powerful body thundered over the green
and its bulging
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stared at the frightened
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loud
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lowest
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and hoped the
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would soon appear through the wooden
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in the corner of the field. However, he was attending a religious service in the old stone
down the
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Poem 3
Use your own words to fill in the spaces in the poem so that it makes sense. Do not use any word twice. Rhyming words should help you.
The Farmer's Woes above, a bright, bright
The
.
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, the sun
A few white 3
through,
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flashes, followed by thunder's But they bring no
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Exercise 16
The Old Farmer
When you have slotted the list words into the spaces in the passage, read it again to make sure it makes sense. Use pencil at first in case you have to make changes. Use the picture to find out your answers.
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the rough
made of sawn pine
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from the hot
was his
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solitary the
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crooked walking stick carved from solid limbs of the two scarecrows, the
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winged its way towards the
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by an old cloth
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Review
Use your own words in the spaces in Colin's letter so that his letter to the paper makes sense. Use a different word in each space. 8 Elton Road Dunton 3/2/93
The Editor Dear Sir/Madam The
dropped around our city streets by
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people is something we should not be
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of. Fortunately, for every litterbug there
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of others who
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employers.
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Exercise 18
Time
Use the list words below to complete the passage. You should learn some interesting facts about time. Time has always been
to us. Some ancient
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peoples measured time by the believed was drawn across the of the sun god
used
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by the chariot
. Much later,
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shadows were used to
, which they
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time. The Egyptians
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measure days or
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made it easy to measure minutes and even 12
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nowadays. When Roman Emperor Julius Caesar made a
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Proper Nouns
Use the list words below to fill in the spaces in the passage. Each list word is a proper noun. Proper nouns are words which name particular things or persons, (for example Paris, Tony, Australia, Easter etc.) and require capital letters. THE HOLIDAY and her young brother
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travelled to southern
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in the
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holidays as their cousins lived in the city of
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house would be empty as their relatives were holidaying on the island of
in the
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, enjoyed cruising on luxury liners like the
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where she saw the Pyramids near
. London Egypt Sea Queen Christmas Royal Express
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Shipwrecked
Use your own words to complete the passage. Do not use any words twice and use visual clues from the picture to select your words.
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in its bow. The ship is badly
and is 3
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rapidly beneath the choppy white-capped
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a loud
in the engine-room, only two of its
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belching forth
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them. They hope to
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it sinks in case they are
escape
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are rowing frantically with their wooden
to pull away from the ship
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The man
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Newspaper Report
Use your own words to fill in the spaces in the passage so that the report makes sense. Use pencil in case you need to make changes. Use a different word in each space.
Newspaper Report On Tuesday the wailing sound of police-car was heard through the dark,
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bitterly-cold
. The police were
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searching for several
robbers
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who'd stolen money from different locations in the
centre. The
of the banks had been forced to
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have failed to find any
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The police now believe that those are being watched in case they
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Ambushed Complete the passage below by putting your own words into the spaces. Use a different word each time. The picture will help you to select some of the answers.
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of the swiftly flowing
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the courageous
of the expedition soon
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of a native
with the sharp .
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Other natives had
fire to their supply ship and then
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off in their small wooden
hewn out of solid tree
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Exercise 23
Export from Alagra
Port Royal Grain Company
Port Royal is the second largest port in Alagra after Port Hall and the country's capital. Ships from all points of the globe call here after visiting Asia.
Port
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is the most important port in handles all the country's
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nation's capital
but Port
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crop exports. It is also the
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. During 1992 it exported 40 000 tonnes of
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exports for that year. © R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y• , double the tonnage of
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Because many workers in the
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industry went on
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all mines closed, no export figures are shown on the
lifts a container
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the ship proudly flying its country's
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and
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At the docks, wheat is being loaded while a giant
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waits in the outer harbour for its Metric Tonnes
ALAGRA'S EXPORTS 1992
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to be unloaded
after its last journey from
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20 000 10 000 Wheat R.I.C. Publications
Iron Ore
Fruit
Timber
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Exercise 24
Review
Use your own words to fill in the spaces so that the report makes sense. Don't use any word twice and use one word in each space. News Report On Monday many tree
a violent storm broke off
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help in the near future for homeless
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Reporter: J. Marren R.I.C. Publications
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Page 1 1. Letters 2. Telephone 3. Radio 4. Television 5. Methods 6. Drums 7. Smoke 8. Mirrors 9. Metal 10. Sun 11. Distances 12. Arms 13. Semaphore 14. Flags 15. Writing Page 2 1. Party 2. Swarm 3. Clump 4. Flocks 5. Packs 6. Groups 7. Fleet 8. Tribe 9. Cluster 10. Family 11. Herd 12. Shoals 13. Regiment 14. Gangs 15. Crowds Page 3 1. Screamed 2. Dashed 3. Snatched 4. Crossed 5. Disappeared 6. Noticed 7. Followed 8. Dodged 9. Strolled 10. Captured 11. Manacled 12. Escorted 13. Convicted 14. Imprisoned 15. Released
Page 6 cont 5. Fish 6. Found/caught 7. Anglers/fishermen 8. Bank 9. Floats 10. River 11. After 12. Heard 13. Friends 14. Known 15. Largest/biggest 16. Began/started 17. Everyone 18. Admired 19. Weighed 20. Meal Page 7 1. Small 2. Unable 3. Heavy 4. Stronger 5. Decided 6. Training 7. Club 8. Fee 9. High 10. School 11. Salary 12. Birthday 13. Christmas 14. Mother 15. Chores 16. Weeds 17. Garden 18. Work 19. Windscreens 20. Garage Page 8 1. Legs 2. Insects 3. Kill 4. Sticky 5. Unable 6. Trapped 7. Arranged 8. Spokes 9. Centre 10. Spinnerets 11. Underside 12. Wind 13. Sections 14. Lid 15. Seizes
Page 11 1. Roamed 2. Slaying 3. Fruits 4. Pelts 5. Needles 6. Cold 7. Caves 8. Paintings 9. Walls 10. Spain 11. Hunting 12. Religious 13. Timber 14. Building 15. Villages 16. Simple 17. Stilts 18. Defend 19. Lake 20. Level Page 12 1. John 2. Roy 3. Rose 4. Meal/lunch 5. Farm 6. Aunt 7. Leaves 8. Fish 9. Roy 10. Night/evening 11. Breeze 12. John 13. Roy 14. Going 15. Shade Page 13 1. Circles 2. Seeking 3. Flap 4. Prey 5. Hungry 6. Neck 7. Bound 8. Movement 9. Talons 10. Grasp 11. High 12. Feeds 13. Rest 14. Cheeps 15. Hunter
Page 16 1. Bearded 2. Resting 3. Fence 4. Logs 5. Sun 6. Hat 7. Boots 8. Grass 9. Hand 10. Favourite 11. Frightened 12. Outstretched 13. Bird 14. Snow-capped 15. Distance Page 17 1. Litter/rubbish 2. Careless/ thoughtless 3. Proud 4. Hundreds/ thousands 5. Care 6. Work/try 7. Clean/tidy 8. Fines 9. Littering 10. Higher/stiffer 11. Earn 12. Governments Parliament 13. Making 14. Deposit 15. Reduce Page 18 1. Important 2. Sun 3. Sky 4. Apollo 5. Measure 6. Stone 7. Lengths 8. Sundials 9. Church 10. Gardens 11. Hours 12. Pendulum 13. Seconds 14. Calendars 15. Months
Page 21 1. Sirens 2. Night 3. Bank 4. City 5. Managers/staff 6. Open/unlock 7. Thieves/robbers 8. Car/truck/vehicle 9. Tyre/battery 10. Fingerprints/prints 11. Staff/workers 12. Raids/robberies 13. Clues/evidence 14. Airports/ports/ borders 15. Country/state Page 22 1. Mouth/entrance 2. River 3. Crew 4. Attack/onslaught/ raid 5. Surprise 6. Leader 7. Slumped/fell 8. Blade/point 9. Spear/arrow 10. Chest 11. Set 12. Rowed 13. Boats/canoes 14. Trunks 15. Perched/high 16. Wave/signal 17. Land/shore 18. Approach/attack 19. Undergrowth/ jungle 20. Expedition /venture
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Page 4 1. Play 2. Deserted 3. Lonely 4. Strolls 5. Occasional 6. Chugs 7. Blaring 8. Cries 9. Games 10. Home 11. Dishes 12. Foam 13. Curled 14. Bed 15. Contented Page 5 1. Tracey 2. House/home 3. Decided/thought 4. Bought purchased 5. Bigger/larger 6. Bedroom/room 7. Share 8. Younger/young 9. Asleep 10. Friends/mates 11. Helped/assisted 12. Teacher 13. Insists 14. Problems 15. Hope Page 6 1. Early 2. Just/shortly 3. Set 4. Fishing
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Page 9 1. Ground 2. Flicking 3. Marbles 4. Drawn 5. Prizes 6. Display 7. Pride 8. Quarrels 9. Lost 10. Moment 11. Duty 12. Long 13. Victorious 14. Sounds 15. Enjoyed Page 10 1. Overturned/heavy 2. Two 3. Careful 4. Steep 5. Dreadful/stormy/ bad 6. Good 7. Small 8. Shallow 9. Heavy 10. Long 11. Old 12. New 13. Young/small 14. Short 15. Low
Page 14 1. Children 2. Horns 3. Attack/charge 4. Grass/turf, paddock, field 5. Eyes 6. Youngsters 7. Roar/bellow 8. Prisoners 9. Bull/beast, (animal) 10. Hands/legs 11. Bough/branch 12. Farmer/owner 13. Gate 14. Church 15. Cries/pleas, yells Page 15 1. Skies/sky 2. Blue 3. Clouds 4. Shines 5. Lightning 6. Sound 7. Rain 8. Dry 9. Sun 10. Heat 11. Earth/ ground/soil 12. Fields /crops 13. Farmer's 14. Planting/sowing 15. You
Page 19 1. Karen 2. Graham 3. England 4. Christmas 5. London 6. Tahiti 7. Pacific 8. Rona 9. Sea Queen 10. Sydney 11. Royal Express 12. English 13. France 14. Egypt 15. Cairo Page 20 1. Crashed/sailed 2. Hole 3. Damaged 4. Sinking 5. Sea /waves/ocean 6. Explosion/noise 7. Funnels 8. Smoke 9. Passengers (crew) 10. Oars 11. Behind/near 12. Before 13. Pulled/dragged/ sucked 14. Swimming 15. Lifeboat
Page 23 1. Hall 2. Alagra 3. Royal 4. Wheat 5. City 6. Fruit 7. Timber 8. Nickel 9. Strike 10. Graph 11. Crane 12. From/onto 13. Flag 14. Turn/cargo 15. Asia/overseas Page 24 1. Night/morning/ afternoon/evening 2. Branches 3. Litter 4. City 5. Firewood 6. Winter 7. Residents/people 8. Winds 9. Pull/work 10. Disaster/ problem/tragedy 11. Police 12. Stealing 13. Promised 14. Homes/houses 15. River
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