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Write the words
arrive
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Day 2
amuse
amaze
attack
amongst
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escape
eject
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Read and fill the gap
Toys are used to amuse small children.
The football team that was losing went on the attack.
It is polite to arrive on time for appointments.
If the fighter plane is about to crash the pilot will eject.
When a building is burning, people often escape
by using the fire escape stairs.
The miner found the gold nugget amongst all the
worthless stones.
Write the list word that means
evict
eject
assault
attack
cause to smile amuse
abscond
reach
astonish
escape
arrive
amaze
Write the list word and circle all the synonyms from each set of words
arrive: ______________ on time attain succeed reach come
amuse: ______________ laugh charm smile cheer gladden please
attack: ______________ spasm assault enemy fight invasion malign
amaze: ______________ surprise game astound confusion astonish
eject: ______________ seat expel
emit
needle oust
Fill the gap and answer in a sentence
What toys amuse you for the longest time?
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How do you eject a disc from the computer?
You can either command the computer to do so or push
the eject button.
At what time did you arrive at school today?
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What piece of equipment helps to warn people in time to
allow them to escape from a fire?
A fire alarm warns people in time to allow them to escape from a fire.
S09
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Day 3
Write the words
arrive
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amuse
amaze
attack
amongst
_____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________
escape
eject
_____________ _____________
Opposites
depart arrive
Replace the 'am' in “amuse” with
'ab' abuse
'ref' refuse
'conf' confuse
Discuss the meanings of the new words with the members of your group.
Proof read this passage
Write the wrongly spelled words correctly
When the aeroplane was attaked by the enemy, the pilot had to
excape by using his aject seat. He was amased how far it shot
him from his plane but he arived safly on the ground near his
airfield . attacked escape eject amused arrived safely
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Write the list words in
alphabetical order
amaze
amongst
amuse
arrive
attack
eject
escape
Combine with a list
word
escape hatch
fire escape
Verb families
arrive arrives
attack attacks
eject
ejects
amaze amazes
Read these words with your group, then write
each base word and the extension used
Use the words shown in italics in sentences
ejection
eject
ion
arrival
arrive
al
amusement amuse
ment
amazement amaze
ment
amusing
amuse
ing
escapade
escape
ade
The clowns were very amusing.
They greeted him with handshakes on his arrival.
arriving
attacking
ejecting
amazing
arrived
attacked
ejected
amazed
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Day 4
Smart Starters ©
Rewrite this story correcting any spelling or punctuation errors.
The small boy was walking down the road when he saw the clouds
billowing up on the horizon. He knew that it meant there would be a
storm and that he therefore needed to hurry home as quickly as he
could. He stopped only to put on his raincoat and then began to hurry
down the street. In no time at all the rain had started
and the wind began to blow very hard. It took some
effort to be able to make his way along the road. As he
passed the corner of the street he noticed that objects
were flying around the air. One was a piece of paper
which came to rest at his feet. What luck. It was a five
dollar note. He told his mum about the note and she
said he must first take it to the police station and see if
anyone had lost it. He did this the next day but the
police said no-one had reported any lost money so he
was able to keep it.
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