Word by Word: Level 5 - Ages 9-10

Level Five

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Foreword Word By Word is a blackline master jam-packed with tried and tested activities which children will love.

Word By Word is designed to create an understanding of the meaning and application of words.

Each page covers a different aspect of word study with explanations provided. The activities follow modern educational trends to develop the topic further.

Word By Word is a series of seven books, covering each primary level. The books progress in difficulty, using appropriate language and activities to suit each year.

Contents Prefixes - 1 .............................................. 1 Prefixes - 2 ............................................ 2 Suffixes - 1 ............................................. 3 Suffixes - 2 ............................................ 4 Antonyms - 1 .......................................... 5 Antonyms - 2 ..........................................6 Synonyms - 1 ......................................... 7 Synonyms - 2......................................... 8 Contractions ........................................... 9 Word Origins - 1 ................................... 10 Word Origins - 2 ................................... 11 Collective Nouns - 1 ............................. 12 Collective Nouns - 2 ............................ 13 Homophones ........................................ 14 Homophones and Homographs........ 15 Compound Words - 1........................... 16

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Compound Words - 2 .......................... 17 Abbreviations ...................................... 18 Alphabetical Order ............................. 19 Occupations - 1 ....................................20 Occupations - 2 .................................... 21 Countries and People ........................ 22 Word Sort .............................................23 Masculine and Feminine ................... 24 Where Does It Belong?....................... 25 Classification ........................................26 Idioms ................................................... 27 Anagrams ............................................ 28 Word Fun - 1 ......................................... 29 Word Fun - 2 ........................................30 My Most Interesting Words ............... 31 Answers........................................... 32-33 R.I.C. Publications

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Prefixes can be used to make antonyms (opposites).

For example, used - unused.

The prefixes un, dis, im, in and ir all mean ‘not’.

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Use the prefixes above to make antonyms for these words.

Explain the new meaning for each word. Use a dictionary to help you.

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not able to be done

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Match a prefix to each word to make antonyms. 3. un

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List two words that use ‘il’ to make antonyms.

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meanings. r e b m u n e v a h ee’ Some prefixes tri means ‘thr ’ o w ‘t e’ bi means ent means ‘fiv p ’ r u o ‘f s quad mean ’ hex means ‘six

Match each word to its meaning. The prefix will help you. Draw and label one of the words on the back of this sheet. trident

having six feet

pentagon

a quarter of a circle

bikini

a five-sided shape

hexapod

a spear with three prongs

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a two-piece swimming costume

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help us to see things in the distance.

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The prefixes for seven, eight and ten are ‘sept’, ‘oct’ and ‘deci’.

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Draw faces to illustrate a type of ‘ness’.

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Unjumble these ‘ness’ words and write them in the crosspatch.

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The clues to the crossword below use the suffixes r ‘ible’ ‘able’ o capable g meanin g of bein

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Choose an ‘able’ and a ‘less’ word and write an interesting sentence for each.

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Unjumble the words. Match the word to its antonym.

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bright

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Write one sentence containing each antonym pair.

(a) always/never

(b) import/export

(c) rough/smooth

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Write the antonym for these words.

(a) multiply

(c) full

(b) subtract

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You must make a new word each time.

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Clues to this crosspatch are synonyms of the answers. For example, if the clue was small, the answer would be little.

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Rewrite the sentences below, replacing the words in italics with a synonym.

(a) The old boat floated quietly on the river.

(b) The terrible storm caused great damage to the small town.

(c) Under the house was a small, dark room containing some treasure.

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Write a synonym for the clues to complete the crosspatch and discover the word going down.

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Write the correct contractions for these words.

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Write a nonsense sentence containing as many contractions as you can.

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Word Origins - 1 Words are often borrowed from other languages. For example, the root word ‘finis’ is taken from the Latin language and means ‘the end’. In English, this root word is used to make words such as finish and final.

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In the sleuth below, find words that use these root words. g raph - dra mono - one, alone d n e writt wn, finis en

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Use a dictionary to match root words above with each word part. Write the meaning of each word.

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Which is a portmanteau and a which is a portfolio?

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List more words that contain the root word 'cycl'.

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Choose a collective noun from the list and match it to the correct group.

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(a) brood (b) faculty (c) menagerie (d) congregation (e) coven

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Choose two collective nouns from the lists above and put each into an interesting sentence.

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Find the homoph o for the se word nes s in the sle uth.

Homophones are words that sound the same but have a different spelling.

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The drawings below show the different meanings for the homograph cone.

Write a sentence for each.

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Draw pictures to show the different meanings for these homographs. chip chip

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(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (k) (l) (m) (n) (o)

Match the words in the first column with those in the second column to make compound words. water tomb black grand dish egg head day foot fire match camp hand short dare

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For example, government - govt / population - pop.

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Rewrite these sentences, abbreviating as many words as possible.

(a) Doctor Miller strolled down Mayfair Crescent on Thursday 24 September.

(b) The Unidentified Flying Object landed south of the Post Office in Brisbane on Tuesday 15 January.

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Write these sports in alphabetical order order.

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cricket rugby

swimming

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basketball rowing

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Find the occupations in the word sleuth and write them next to the correct description.

(a) A person who keeps bees. (b) A doctor who does surgery. (c) Someone who travels in a spaceship.

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Someone who flies a plane.

(j) A person employed as a driver for a private motor car.

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Use a dictionary to help describe the occupation of these people.

(a) philatelist (b) chiropodist (c) architect

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Occupations - 2 1.

Match the following tools and equipment to the correct occupation.

TOOLS/EQUIPMENT telescope anvil handcuffs palette chalk pulpit cleaver forceps baton desk wrench hose

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OCCUPATION plumber conductor blacksmith firefighter surgeon astronomer butcher priest student artist police officer teacher

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The following occupations use the suffix ‘er’.

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The list below describes the nationality of various people. Complete the chart by listing the country and continent to which these people belong.

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(b) French (c) Malaysian (d) Japanese (e) Argentinian (f) Canadian (g) Dutch (h) Egyptian

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d Sort r o W Five different categories (or parts) of your life at school are shown below. Sort the word into the correct category and add more words of your own. gardener, canteen, mathematics, interested, cricket pitch, oval, librarian, classroom, bored, science, friend, library, tired, court, music.

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Masculine and Feminine 1.

The list below is the masculine form of a person or animal.

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Write the masculine form of the words in bold print. (a) The lioness sprang at the doe.

(b) The daughter of a queen is a princess.

(c) She has a friend who is a girl guide.

(d) My grandmother owns a pet duck.

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ssification a l C 1.

Write a name for each of the following groups.

(a) lion, bear, goat, elephant (b) diamond, opal, ruby, emerald (c) Paris, London, Rome, Tokyo (d) potato, lettuce, carrot, pumpkin (e) ant, beetle, grasshopper, bee (f) piano, harp, violin, trumpet (g) wheat, oats, barley, rice (h) emu, seagull, magpie, wren (i)

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For example, ‘It’s raining cats and dogs’ means that it’s raining heavily.

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(b) barking up the wrong tree

(c) the apple of my eye

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An absurdity is a statement that, when looked at closely, does not make sense.

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Explain what is absurd about these sentences.

(a) My friend is going on holidays on Saturday and is due back in three weeks time on a Wednesday.

(b) I plan to leave Melbourne in July and travel to Auckland to escape the cold weather.

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Make up some absurdities or magic squares of your own and swap with a classmate.

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Answers Page 1 1. impossible, irresponsible, disagree, immobile, disobey, uneven, irregular, disallow, imperfect, independent, unfair, impolite, incomplete, unsafe, incorrect 2. unselfish, dishonest, irrelevant, immature, insecure 3. Answers may vary

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paste - glue, snug - cosy, laugh - giggle, rob - steal, tear - rip, pretty - attractive, smile - grin, spook - ghost, happy - glad, small - little, huge - enormous, coat - jacket, sightless - blind, exam - test, giddy - dizzy, gift - present, pillow - cushion, spine - backbone, raw - uncooked, big - large I've, where's, they're, daren't, can't, I'd, don't, he's, I'll, we're Teacher check 3. Answers may vary finis - finish, final, finale, finally mono - monopoly, monocle, monolith, monotony graph - graph, graphic, telegraph, autograph phono - phonogram, telephone, xylophone denti - dental, dentist, dentistry, denture Teacher check

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transport - to carry from one place to another cymbal - curved brass plates struck together malignant - dangerous or deadly cycle - moving in a circle portable - able to be moved maltreat - to treat roughly or cruelly cyclone - a tropical storm export - to send to countries for sale portfolio - a case for carrying loose papers portmanteau - a suitcase Answers may vary (a) school (b) gaggle (c) swarm (d) pack (e) bunch (f) flock (g) litter (h) herd (i) choir (j) bouquet (k) fleet (l) pride (a) a group of newly hatched birds (b) a group lecturers (c) a collection of wild animals in cages (d) a group of people in a church (e) a group of witches 3. Teacher check (a) album (b) library (c) band (d) pack (or deck) ACROSS 2. flight 3. company 6. litter 10. swarm 11. forest 12. brood 13. plague DOWN 1. clump 3. collection 4. gaggle 5. crew 7. troop 8. string 9. pod (a) school (b) pride through - threw, hare - hair, course - coarse, right - write, dear - deer, meat - meet, steel - steal, male - mail, boy - buoy, die - dye, knot - not, key - quay, hoarse - horse, aren't - aunt, sun - son, muscle - mussel, war - wore, saw - sore, cheap - cheep, cent - scent, currant - current, draft - draught, nose - knows, medal - meddle, weather - whether, seen - scene, whole - hole Teacher check www.ricgroup.com.au

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(a) Norwegian, Norway, Europe (b) French, France, Europe (c) Malaysian, Malaysia, Asia (d) Japanese, Japan, Asia (e) Argentinian, Argentina, South America (f) Canadian, Canada, North America (g) Dutch, Holland, Europe (h) Egyptian, Egypt, Africa (i) Swiss, Switzerland, Europe (j) Portuguese, Portugal, Europe (a) Welsh (b) Danish (c) Greek (d) Italian (a) Australia (b) Venice (c) China (d) India (e) Japan (f) Ireland (g) Holland (h) Mexico

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buildings - canteen, classroom, library subjects - mathematics, science, music feelings - interested, bored, tired people - gardener, friend, librarian sport - cricket pitch, oval, court

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(a) watermelon (b) tombstone (c) blackboard (d) grandstand (e) dishwasher (f) eggcup (g) headache (h) daydream (i) football (j) fireworks (k) matchstick (l) campfire (m) handcuff (n) shortbread (o) daredevil Teacher check pancake, bookcase

gander - goose, uncle - aunt, bridegroom - bride peacock - peahen, brother - sister, boar - sow ram - ewe, father - mother, stallion - mare, husband - wife, colt - filly, prince - princess wizard - witch, nephew - niece (a) lion, buck (b) son, king, prince (c) he, boy scout (d) grandfather, drake

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books - library, grain - silo, papers - file, animals - zoo, birds - aviary, dog - kennel, horse - stable, ships - harbour, pig - sty, rabbit - hutch, car - garage, bees - apiary, criminal - jail, aeroplane - hangar, clothes - wardrobe, money - wallet corral - horses /cattle, quiver - arrows, pantry food, holster - gun, carafe - water, wine or fruit juice

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(a) similar to parents (b) to have the wrong idea (c) my favourite (d) overdo my work and play (e) tell what should be kept secret Teacher check

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ACROSS 1. leader 5. organ 7. sore 8. file 12. stapler 14. ten 15. pot 17. page DOWN 1. lean 2. rate 3. now 4. wolf 6. assume 9. left 10. read 11. rope 12. stop 13. race 16. mad Answers may vary

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