English Skills Worksheet 6.203 Alpha

1. Onomatopoeia. Use an onomatopoeia in each sentence you write for the topics below. Underline your onomatopoeia.

a) TOPIC: Insects

b) TOPIC: Building

c) TOPIC: Movies    [3 marks]

2. Word Endings 1. Read the words and the endings below. Add the endings given and write the new word (remember when to drop the final ‘e’ and when to double the final consonant):

a) ship + -ing = ______         b) fun + -y = _______

c) hope + -ing = ______         d) safe + -er = ______

e) take + -ing = ______         f) win + -ing = _____

g) tag + -ed = ______         h) stick + -ing = _____

i) wiggle + -ed = _____         j) grin + -ed = _____    [5 mks]

3. Word Endings 2. Read the words and the endings below. Add the endings given and write the new word:

a) mystery + -ous = _______         b) activity + -es = _______

c) university + -es = ______         d) x-ray + -ing = _______

e) worry + -ing = ______         f) worry + -ed = ______

g) ordinary + -ly = _____         h) beauty + -fy = _______

i) stay + -ed = ______         j) merry + -ment = _______     [5 mks]

4. Root Words. Give the root words for each of the words below.

a) famous         b) insensible         c) assistance

d) competition         e) explosion         f) furious

g) decision         h) denial             [4 mks]

5. Word Chess. At each step, you must change only ONE (1) letter to create a new word. You should end up with the final word given:

a) Change LONE to SALT in 4 moves.
L O N E

_ _ _ _ structure which makes up skeleton

_ _ _ _ person or thing that causes misery

_ _ _ _ antonym of insane

_ _ _ _ exchange of goods for money

S A L T

b) Change DATE to MORN in 3 moves.
D A T E

_ _ _ _ Slang word for friend

_ _ _ _ Female horse

_ _ _ _ Additional, further

MORN

[3 mks]

6. Missing Vowels. The words below are missing vowels. Insert vowels to complete the words (first letter is included below):

a) myr             b) dsstr             c) crckt

d) prssr             e) dbt             f) fshn [3 mks]

7. Missing Consonants. The words below are missing consonants. Insert consonants to complete the words (first letter is included below):

a) auiee             b) eoou             c) uiee [3 mks]

8. Parts of Speech. Choose any TEN (10) of your own weekly spelling words. Say whether they are NOUNS, PROPER NOUNS, PRONOUNS, ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, or VERBS. [5 mks]

9. Anagram Madness. The anagrams below are all North Island towns or cities. Can you unscramble them? (The starting letter is underlined):

a) A TORN STEM = ________     b) BIG SNORE = ________

c) NOODLE WIG = ________ [3 mks]

10. Sentences. You must do ONE of the following tasks, using TEN (10) of your spelling words:

a) Give a short speech or tell a short story to the class using 10 of your weekly spelling words.

On a large sheet of paper, write your words down in the order you will say them so your audience can see your words.

b) Present to the class short dramatic interpretations of 10 of your weekly spelling words.

On a large sheet of paper, write your words down in the order you will say them so your audience can see your words.

c) Use 10 of your weekly spelling words in sentences or a short story.

You must write to a single topic and head your work up with this topic.

[10 mks]

11. Proof-reading. Do your group’s proof-reading sheet. [10 mks]
PROOF-READING 6.203 Beta and Alpha groups
In your books, write down the number of each line. Next to each line you must write down the correct form of any word which has been spelled incorrectly. If a line contains no error, tick it. There are a total of 10 (ten) errors.

1. Once, on a hot, humid summer’s day, I saw what I thought to be a small

2. dragonfly out of the corner of my eye. Don’t ask me why, but this

3. intriged me to the point that I just had to investagate.

4. I went to the spot where I had seen the flash of the dragonfly. Their

5. was nothing there but grass, tall daffodills and willow sapplings waving

6. gently in the breeze. Bees buzzed from flower to flower. The sun beat

7. down, making me drowsy.

8. I lay down on my back, starring up at the whispy clouds high in the blue

9. sky. Presently, I fell fast asleep...

10. When I awoke, I shivered with cold. It was now dark, and a chill wind

11. was blowing. Away in the distance, I heard a strange cry. It was unlike

12. any animal I’d ever heard before. Above, in the night sky, the celestial

13. display was in full bloom with stars carpetting the blackness. Both moons

14. hung low in the sky - BOTH moons?!

15. I caste my eyes heavenwards and examined the dark sky with growing

16. trepedation. If the strange patterns of the stars did not prove it, the two

17. moons above me surely did: wherever I was now, it was NOT Earth!

12. Blank crossword. Complete the blank crossword for your group.   Topic: MUSIC
[5 mks]

TOTAL: 59 marks

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