1. Alliteration. Give examples of alliteration for the topics below.
        a) TOPIC: Computers.       b) TOPIC: Books.       c) TOPIC: Pixies.       [3 marks]

2. Root Words. Give the root words for each of the words below.
       a) miscalculation        b) anarchic        c) disinterestedly        d) disturbance        e) illegible        f) irreducible
         g) disqualified        h) unceremonious        [4 mks]

3. 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 FALL to RISE in 4 moves. F A L L _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ R I S E

b) Change WORK to PLAY in 8 moves. W O R K _ _ _ _     meat of pig _ _ _ _     harbour _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _     black stuff in burning woodsmoke _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _     kill with violence P L A Y

c) Change TIME to DART in 4 moves. T I M E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ D A R T

d) Change FROG to PLAY in 4 moves. F R O G _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ P L A Y

[6 mks]

4. Missing Vowels. The words below are missing vowels.
       Insert vowels to complete the words (first letter is included below):
       a) whlsm        b) bynd        c) bttlfld        d) chmln        e) ntbll        f) mnrch       [3 mks]

5. Missing Consonants. The words below are missing consonants and are at LEAST 4 letters long.
       Insert consonants to complete the words (first letter is included below):
       a) eiio        b) e        c) eae       d) eoae      [4 mks]

6. 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]

7. Anagram Madness. The anagrams below are all colours.
       Can you unscramble them? (The starting letter is underlined):
       a) QUITE SOUR = ________        b) INSANE = ________        c) NO GEAR = ________       [3 mks]

8. 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) Select 5 of your weekly spelling words and write them on a large sheet of paper in the order you will use them so your audience can see your words. Next, pretend you ARE each word in turn, telling the class why you are such a good word and how you can make sentences interesting and how you might be better than similar words.

c) You must write 5 sentences. Each sentence MUST contain 2 of your weekly spelling words so that you use 10 of your weekly spelling words in total. [10 mks]

9. Word meanings. Select the correct meaning for each underlined word in each sentence.

a) The commander showed his wrath by ordering 1,000 push-ups for his men.
       i) enjoyment        ii) hatred        iii) insanity        iv) anger        v) ideas

b) The land near the lair of Smaug the Dragon was desolate.
       i) ugly        ii) unusual        iii) amazingly windy        iv) peculiar        v) deserted and gloomy

c) The soldiers knew they had to prevail to save their families.
       i) predominate, be the stronger        ii) be physically fit        iii) be ruthless        iv) display cruelty

d) My uncle is often embarrassed as he is rather illiterate.
        i) foolish        ii) late for appointments       iii) unable to read or write
        iv) hideous        v) tall

e) Maggie often wants to play with us. Because of her odious personality we usually rebuff her.
       i) accept        ii) snub, reject        iii) evade, avoid        iv) threaten       [5 mks]

10. Understanding and using words.  Put each word below in a sentence which shows
       that you know what the word means.
       (a) elation      (b) odious      (c) procrastinate      [3 mks]

11. Word Puzzle.  Leave out one letter on each line until you make a one-letter word. Every line
       must contain a real word.

              [4 mks]


12. PROOF-READING 6.205 Alpha and Beta groups  [Help]
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. You must find 10 (ten) errors.

1.      Commander Jax Ludvolk reporting. Stardate: 7.99.7564. Location: Gideous Prime,
2.    Sector 248.098, Maedwor's Nebulae.
3.      Attention: Director Hubris Mancour, Outreach Exploration Division, Earth.
4.      Sir, we made landfall on Gideous Prime after several days of intence and through
5.    observation from orbit. We confirmed Gideous Prime as a Class A planet, similar
6.    in diameter, mass, gravity and atmosphere to Earth. I will attach all relavent scientific
7.    data to this communique for your perusall.
8.      Following standard proceedure, a team of six was beamed down to the planet's surface under
9.    the command of Seargant Hannis Stone.
10.      They remained planet-side for over 120 hours. They reported humanoids of a type totally
11.    indistingushable from homo sapiens! An incredable discovery! Linguistics Officer, Jurett Om,
12.    quickly managed to analyze the native language and found that it corresponded almost precisly
13.    to what is known of Earth's ancient Babylonian language.
14.      Following Om's lead, the team was able to converse with the local populace and again made
15.    a new discovery of enourmus magnichude!
16.      Sir, I must report that the people of Gideous Prime call their planet, EDEN!       [10 mks]