Words within Words [4 pages]

Focus on specific features of words to identify complete words.

This activity is suitable for KS2. Differentiation is by peer support: children can work individually, in pairs or group, but should have individual copies. It is also useful as a homework sheet, but a dictionary should be available for checking.

Children highlight/circle words within the words given. Number of repeats indicates number of words to be found. They should be encouraged to use a dictionary to check if a letter combination they have found is an actual word.

A further activity would be to put each small group/row of groups/

complete page of identified words into alphabetical order

NB Although answers have been provided there are some other words to be found in some groups

The first set of words is from ‘The Enormous Crocodile’ -Roald Dahl

brownest
brownest
brownest
brownest
brownest / disappeared
disappeared
disappeared
disappeared
disappeared
disappeared / allowed
allowed
allowed
allowed
allowed
allowed
allowed / something
something
something
something
something
something
something
roundabout
roundabout
roundabout
roundabout
roundabout / playground
playground
playground
playground / crashing
crashing
crashing
crashing / feathers
feathers
feathers
feathers
feathers
feathers

ALSO: gathered, managed, bellowed, waddled, arranged, sometimes, candyfloss,

brownest brownest
brownest
brownest
brownest / disappeared disappeared
disappeared
disappeared
disappeared
disappeared / allowed
allowed
allowed
allowed
allowed
allowed
allowed / something
something
something
something
something
something
something
roundabout
roundabout
roundabout
roundabout
roundabout / playground
playground
playground
playground / crashing
crashing
crashing
crashing / feathers feathers feathers
feathers
feathers
feathers

CIRCLE 4 DIFFERENT WORDS WITHIN EACH WORD

airplane
airplane
airplane
airplane / wardrobe
wardrobe
wardrobe
wardrobe / bowling
bowling
bowling
bowling / dragon
dragon
dragon
dragon / golden
golden
golden
golden
painting
painting
painting
painting / rectangle
rectangle
rectangle
rectangle / slumber
slumber
slumber
slumber / another
another
another
another / orange
orange
orange
orange

CIRCLE 5 DIFFERENT WORDS WITHIN EACH WORD

cartoon
cartoon
cartoon
cartoon
cartoon / whenever
whenever
whenever
whenever
whenever / gigantic
gigantic
gigantic
gigantic
gigantic / islander
islander
islander
islander
islander / rodent rodent rodent rodent rodent
factory
factory
factory
factory
factory / vegetable
vegetable
vegetable
vegetable
vegetable / mother
mother
mother
mother
mother / trusting
trusting
trusting
trusting
trusting / twinkle twinkle twinkle twinkle twinkle

CIRCLE 4 DIFFERENT WORDS WITHIN EACH WORD

airplane
airplane
airplane
airplane / wardrobe
wardrobe
wardrobe
wardrobe / bowling
bowling
bowling
bowling / dragon
dragon
dragon
dragon / golden
golden
golden
golden
painting
painting
painting
painting / rectangle
rectangle
rectangle
rectangle / slumber
slumber
slumber
slumber / another
another
another
another / orange
orange
orange
orange

CIRCLE 5 DIFFERENT WORDS WITHIN EACH WORD

cartoon
cartoon
cartoon
cartoon
cartoon / whenever
whenever
whenever
whenever
whenever / gigantic
gigantic
gigantic
gigantic
gigantic / islander
islander
islander
islander
islander / rodent rodent rodent rodent rodent
factory
factory
factory
factory
factory / vegetable
vegetable
vegetable
vegetable
vegetable / mother
mother
mother
mother
mother / trusting
trusting
trusting
trusting
trusting / twinkle twinkle twinkle twinkle twinkle