a) TOPIC: Mice.

b) TOPIC: The bush.

a) trip + -ed = ______        b) hid + -en = _______

c) grasp + -ing = ______        d) kid + -ing = ______

e) gape + -ing = ______        f) plan + -ed = _____

g) swim + -ing = ______        h) bake + -ing = _____

a) fancy + -ful = _______        b) cavity + -es= _______

c) city + -es = ______        d) delicacy + -es = _______

e) worry + -ed = ______        f) butterfly + -es = ______

g) monkey + -s = _____       h) apply + -cation = _______

i) party + -ing = ______        j) true + ly = _______        [5 mks]

a) aviation        b) discontinuation        c) repetition

d) arguably        e) unbelievably        f) notation

g) illogical        h) technological        [4 mks]

a) mgnfcnt        b) prmtv        c) prmt

a) NEAR GIANT = ________        b) OLD PAN= ________

a) Marriage with the poor man meant that the princess had to renounce her claim to the throne.

i) announce        ii) enjoy        iii) retain        iv) give up        v) celebrate

b) People were reluctant to rest on the decrepit bench.

i) fancy        ii) old and weak        iii) low        iv) artistic        v) hard

c) Since she already had a pencil, the one she found was superfluous.

i) more than required        ii) fantastic        iii) superior        iv) lucky

d) Some people think they are always right, but we are all fallible.

i) wrong        ii) likely to err       iii) humble        iv) obese        v) volatile

e) Using big words gives her the opportunity to be pretentious.

2. the darkening forest, when a glint caught his eye. Pausing to drop his bundle of

3. charcoal and his axe, the woodcutter knelt in the loam and moss beneath a

4. massive, bearded rimu tree. With his thick, blackened fingers, the woodcutter

5. fumbled in the moss and rimu needels until he had in his hands the source of

6. the glint: a magnificently-wrought ring of gold. The woodcutter marveled at

7. his prize, turning it over and around in his fingers. As he did so, the ring suddenly

8. turned blood-red. It may have been a trick of the setting sun, but the event sent

9. a shiver down the spine of the woodcutter. Nevertheless, he wraped the ring in

10. his kerchief, stuffed the kerchief in his pocket, gathered up his gear, and

11. continued his homeward journey.

12. When the wolf-pack struck, the woodcutter was court totally by surprise and

13. he stood no chance. Tearing at his body, the starving wolves left very little

14. behind. A great grey wolf, in his crazed hunger, even managed to swallow the

15. kerchief containing the ring.

16. Several days later, a band of hunters, seeking the wolves who had killed the

17. woodcutter, attacked and shot the wolves with their bows. The hunters then

18. began skining the beasts. One of the hunters’ dogs, sniffing at the carcases

19. ripped open the stomach of the great grey wolf and pulled out the handkerchief

20. containing the ring. The hunters, seeing the kerchief, examined it and so

21. discovered the ring.

22. An arguement quickly erupted over who should own the ring. Harsh words

23. soon transformed into harsh action and, soon, only one hunter was left alive,

24. returning home with the ring in his pocket.

25. Once in town, the hunter made his way to his freind’s house for their

26. weekly game of cards. After a few hands, the hunter found himself without

27. any luck while his friend, a blacksmith, sat with a fat pile of coins.

28. The hunter reached into his pocket and withdrew the ring which seemed hot in

29. his fingers. He glanced down at it and for a moment, thought he saw the gold

30. flicker over with red. The ring he thumped to the table as his steak for the next

31. hand.

32. As soon as he saw the ring, the blacksmith covetted it and ressolved to get it

33. at any cost. The hand was played out, and the blacksmith lost. He lost the next

34. hand and the next, also. And so it went until he was out of coins. His wife told

35. him to ceace playing, but the blacksmith, in a sudden rage, leapt up and, with

36. the nearby iron fire-poker, toppled the hunter where he sat.

37. In glee, the blacksmith grabed the ring and held it close to his eye. He never

38. saw his wife move behind him and swing the heavy iron frying pan.

39. With a clink, the ring struck the stone floor and the wife quickley picked it up

40. by using a pair of kindling sticks. As a girl, she had spent many weeks with her

41. aunt, the Witch of the Wood, and new cursed items when she saw them.

42. Hurrying, she made her way to the river by moonlite and finally flicked the

43. ring high out over the water. It caught the moonlight momentarilly, somehow

44. flashing a blood-red. A ripple broke the water and a large trout leaped upwards,

45. caught the ring in its mouth, and disappeared.

46. The wife returned to her home.

47. Some days later, a fisherman managed to land a good-sized trout. He pulled it

48. to shore. There he gutted the fish and, by chance, had the knife slip in his hands.

49. It sliced into the fish’s gut and spilled out a golden ring. The fisherman, hardly

50. believeing his good fortune, picked it up and examined it, turning it in his fingers.

51. As the sun caught the ring, it seemed to glow red. The fisherman put the ring