Name: ______
Date: ______
Class: ______
CAN YOU PICTURE IT?
Look at the pictures below. Can you combine two to make a compound word (a single word that is made up of two separate words)? See how many compound word you can make in 3 minutes.
______/ ______/ ____________/ ______/ ______
______/ ______/ ______
______/ ______/ ______
______/ ______/ ______
______/ ______/ ______
______/ ______/ ______
Name: ______
Date: ______
Class: ______
MAKE IT LETTER PERFECT
One of the words in each row is spelled incorrectly. Can you find them before 2 minutes are up? (Circle the correct spelling)
1. vaccuum / vacuum / vaccum / vacume2. receive / receive / receeve / reiceve
3. parallel / paralell / parelel / paralel
4. carriage / carridge / carriage / carriadge
5. enviernment / enviarment / environment / enviroment
6. possesive / posessive / posesive / possessive
7 princepal / principal / princeable / princaple
8. anunymous / anonimus / anonymous / anonymous
9. Febewary / Feburary / Febuary / February
10. plesant / pleasant / pleasent / pleasint
11. grammer / gramer / grammar / grammar
12. bouquet / bouket / bouquet / boucket
13. Fredericton / Fredricton / Fredrickton / Fredricton
14. photograf / photograph / fotograph / photoegraph
15. goverment / government / govermint / govorment
16. synonim / sinonim / sinonym / synonym
17. Wensday / Wendsday / Wednesday / Wednsday
18. wieght / weiht / weight / weigt
19. guitaar / quitar / gitar / guitar
20. aintchant / ancient / anchent / anciant
Name: ______
Date: ______
Class: ______
ANTONYM ANALOGIES
An analogy is a comparison. As you will see in the sentences below, analogies are worded in a specific way. These comparisons are opposite or antonyms. Read these incomplete analogies and fill in the blanks.
1. Above is to below as top is to ______.
2. Answer is to question as ancient is to ______.
3. Beautiful is to ugly as baby is to ______.
4. Blunt is to sharp as calm is to ______.
5. City is to country as day is to ______.
6. Deep is to shallow as difficult is to ______.
7. Soft is to hard as early is to ______.
8. Lie is to truth as dirty is to ______.
9. Enemy is to friend as frail is to ______.
10. Healthy is to ill as foolish is to ______.
Name: ______
Date: ______
Class: ______
ANTONYM ANALOGIES
An analogy is a comparison. As you will see in the sentences below, analogies are worded in a specific way. These comparisons are opposite or antonyms. Read these incomplete analogies and fill in the blanks.
1. Follow is to lead as halt is to ______.
2. Innocent is to guilty as loud is to ______.
3. New is to old as open is to ______.
4. Male is to female as lazy is to ______.
5. Smile is to frown as right is to ______.
6. Push is to pull as rough is to ______.
7. Shy is to aggressive as happy is to ______.
8. Rich is to poor as polite is to ______.
9. Near is to far as wait is to ______.
10. Crooked is to straight as capture is to ______.
Name: ______
Date: ______
Class: ______
SORT/ING SYL/LA/BLES
The words below have been sorted into syllables and scrambled. Rearrange the syllables in each line and write out the word next to them. Did you get them all in under two minutes? FAN/TAS/TIC!
2. le/na/fi / ______
3. a/tion/u/tin/con / ______
4. tro/naut/as / ______
5. pin/o/ion / ______
6. chro/nize/syn / ______
7. der/ful/won / ______
8. pro/tion/por / ______
9. o/rous/car/niv / ______
10. o/rous/car/niv / ______
11. a/ti/ne/go/ble / ______
12. ty/va/e/ri / ______
13. ple/ap/pine / ______
14. end/ar/leg/y / ______jh
15. bal/ny/co
16. na/ti/des/tion
17. ile/ven/ju
Name: ______
Date: ______
Class: ______
THE SOPRANO WALTZED WITH THE CHEF
Many words used in other languages have been integrated into the English language over the years. Some words have been adopted in their original form and some have been changed. See how many of these words you know. Circle the answer that best matches each underlined word.
1. What would you do with a kimono?
a. wear it b. eat it c. play with it d. watch it grow
2. Where would a chef work?
a. garden b. bedroom c. kitchen d. living room
3. What would you do with brogues?
a. sit on them b. wear them c. cook with them d. smell them
4. What would you do with a menu?
a. play it b. plant it c. drive it d. read it
5. What size would you be if you were petite?
a. large b. small c. medium d. huge
6. What would you do at a delicatessen?
a. skate b. watch a movie c. shop d. sing
7. What is happening at a ballet?
a. singing b. eating c. reading d. dancing
8. Where are you if you are in kindergarten?
a. store b. classroom for young children c. a friend’s home d. playground
9. Where would you wear a sombrero?
a. on your feet b. on your hands c. on your head d. on your wrist
10. What is a lass?
a. a boy b. a baby c. a young girl d. an old woman
11. What would you be doing if you were waltzing?
a. singing b. walking c. cooking d. dancing
12. What does a soprano do?
a. waits tables b. types letters c. fixes cars d. sings in a high voice
Can you think of any other words that came from another language but have now been adopted as English?
______
Name: ______
Date: ______
Class: ______
KICK UP YOUR HEELS WITH THIS CROSSWORD PUZZLE
An idiom is an expression whose meaning does not match the meanings of the words that make it up. See if you can decipher the idioms, then fill in the missing words. Write your answers in the crossword puzzle boxes. If you get them all, you’ll be batting a thousand!
Across
6. 'Hold your horses' means to wait a _____.
7. 'My family has lots of skeletons in our closet' means we have lots of ____.
8. 'They threw in the towel' means they ____.
9. 'She pulled a fast one on me' means she ____ me.
10. 'I've got to get forty winks' means I need ____.
Down
1. 'I held my tongue' means I kept ____.
2. 'We hit the books for three hours' means we ____ for three hours.
3. 'He cried wolf too many times' means he ____.
4. 'My friend holds court with all the boys' means she acts like a ____ in front of them.
5. 'He was climbing the walls' means he was feeling ___.
7. 'Money burns a hole in her pocket' means she ____ whatever money she has.
Name: ______
Date: ______
Class: ______
VOCABULARY WORDS
In one minute or less, see how many words you can make from the word ‘VOCABULARY.’ List them on the lines below. Score one point for words made with three letters, two points for words made with four letters, three points for words made with five letters and five points for each word made with six or more letters. After one minute, team up with a friend, compare lists to see what you each could have added to your list.
Name: ______
Date: ______
Class: ______
ABBREVIATION MATCH-UP
Abbreviations are shortened forms of words. They usually have periods at the end of each shortened word. If the word is capitalized, so is the abbreviation. Match the words in the left column to their abbreviations in the right column.
______1. before noon / a. F______2. assistant / b. intro.
______3. chapter / c. m.p.h.
______4. corporation / d. a.m.
______5. Doctor / e. o.k.
______6. et cetera / f. P.S.
______7. Fahrenheit / g. Rd.
______8. introduction / h. misc.
______9. miscellaneous / i. chap.
______10. miles per hour / j. per cent
______11. okay / k. asst.
______12. per centum / l. Sr.
______13. after noon / m. temp.
______14. postscript / n. yr.
______15. Road / o. corp.
______16. Respond, please / p. St.
______17. Senior / q. R.S.V.P.
______18. Street / r. etc.
______19. temperature / s. Dr.
______20. year / t. p.m.
Name: ______
Date: ______
Class: ______
PALINDROME WORD SEARCH
A palindrome is a word that is spelled the same backward and forward. Find as many as you can in one minute in the word search below. Get them all and you can shout ‘WOW!’ Look for palindromes going up down and diagonally.
mom / gag / kayak / madam / level / radareve / bib / dad / peep / toot / noon
wow / pop / solos / eye / dud / mum
M / P / O / P / R / D / K / B / M / F / L / G / S / W
T / A / D / A / S / A / T / P / E / R / E / A / I / U
J / O / D / A / Y / S / O / L / O / S / V / G / D / D
D / A / O / A / D / D / K / P / X / Q / E / X / G / T
R / S / K / T / M / E / Y / O / T / K / L / G / A / N
W / T / G / U / A / Y / C / B / H / I / D / G / C / X
P / O / M / U / M / E / J / H / X / F / H / U / U / B
M / A / W / F / G / J / R / N / L / O / X / O / I / G
P / E / E / P / N / F / J / Y / K / V / V / B / C / P
Q / S / U / D / Z / P / U / V / A / C / M / O / V / N
V / F / U / T / H / T / T / N / W / I / E / B / M / O
I / D / D / I / V / P / R / G / E / W / B / O / Q / O
O / H / C / R / E / V / E / H / W / M / M / O / V / N
Name: ______
Date: ______
Class: ______
THE MISSING LINK
One of the definitions of contract is to shorten words by leaving out one or more letters. Contractions are used to join two words together. The pronoun stays the same in a contraction, but the verb changes.
Look at the following list of pronouns and verbs and their contractions and see if you can discover the rule for making contractions. Write it in the box provided.
are notcan not
did not / aren’t
can’t
didn’t / he would
she would
we would
who would / he’d
she’d
we’d
who’d
I will
he will
she will
you will
they will / I’ll
he’ll
she’ll
you’ll
they’ll / I am
he is
she is
it is
they are
you are / I’m
he’s
she’s
it’s
they’re
you’re
I have
you have
he has
she has / I’ve
you’ve
he’s
she’s / The rule:
Now apply your new found wisdom to making contractions wherever possible in the journal entry below. Let’s go!
April 19, 2104
I have really done it this time. Mr. Nonose asked all the kids for their homework in class today and yours truly forgot to save it on the computer. I tried the old excuse, “My dog must have eaten it,” but he really did not believe me since I do not have a dog and since all our work is done on computers. After all, how could a dog eat a computer? So, Mr. Nonose asks me, “Where is this work of art you have been talking about for the whole week? I have been waiting to see it.” Okay, I have been bragging about what a super job I had done on this project. It is a study on humans in the 1990s and I compare them to our society today. They had these gas-guzzling, carbon monoxide-emitting, slow-as-a-snail cars that they would drive around in. Now we have sleek, energy-efficient pods. Just get in, program it, and you are off – that is all there is to it. So, anyway, back to Mr. Nonose. I had to tell him, “You will have to wait a little bit longer because I did not save it and I will have to rewrite my whole paper.” I am getting sleepy. I think I will have to go to the replicator and get a snack before I enter my humble bubble. There is usually something good to eat. I hope Mom does not catch me. Good night!
Name: ______
Date: ______
Class: ______
REVEALING RELATIONSHIPS
Word analogies are pairs of words that share the same relationship. To figure out
an analogy, try using the first pair of words in a sentence that describes their
relationship. Then look to see which of the answer choices are words that have the
same relationship. Here’s an example:
Analogy – Dog is to puppy as ______
Descriptive Sentence: A puppy is a small dog.
Choices:
a. slice is to loaf
b. love is to hate
c. human is to baby (the only pair of words that describes the same relationship)
d. paper is to pencil
Now it’s your turn. Look at each of the word pairs below circling the answer that has the same relationship. (: means is to)
1. Apple is to seed as:
a. cheese:crackers b. peach:pit c. bread:wheat d. egg:shell
2. Anxiety is to nervousness as:
a. sadness:melancholy b. exhaustion:sleep c. happiness:love d. richness:poverty
3. Greedy is to generous:
a. nice:friendly b. helpful:caring c. pretty:shy d. proud:humble
4. Library is to book as:
a. weights:gym b. words:talking c. museum:painting d. supermarket:magazine
5. Poodle is to dalmation as:
a. frog:tadpole b. beans:grapes c. glasses:plates d. parrot eagle
6. Math is to calculus as:
a. tennis:raquet b. English:books c. love:joy d. sneakers:hightops
7. Author is to novel as:
a. secretary:office b. runner:racetrack c. chef:dinner d. zookeeper:bear
8. Mean is to disliked as:
a. nice:friendly b. happy:liked c. grouchy:adored d, angry:feared
Name: ______
Date: ______
Class: ______
MAKE IT LETTER PERFECT TWO
One of the words in each row is spelled incorrectly. Can you find them before one minute is up? (Circle the correct spelling)