s 11
Day 02
ue as /ū/ : ear as /er/
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Write the words
fuel
duel
value
argue
rescue
______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
pearl
search
dearth
earnest
rehearse
______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
Group the list words into the categories
NOUNS and VERBS
only a NOUN
ADJECTIVES
fuel
pearl
earnest
duel
dearth
value
only a VERB
rescue
argue
search
rehearse
Write the list word to match the meaning
practice
rehearse
petrol
fuel
worth
value
fight
duel
save
rescue
gem
pearl
look
search
lack
dearth
serious
earnest
quarrel
argue
Fill in the gaps with the missing list word
The dearth of supplies at early settlements caused great hardship for the
settlers.
Dearth of water during a drought may cause a drop in stock numbers on
farming properties.
Fill in the gaps and write the meaning of the phrases
at face value
meaning: to believe what people say do without questioning for deeper meaning
fuel the fire
meaning: to do or say something that makes a problem worse
to come to the rescue
meaning: when someone rushes to the aid someone in trouble
s 11
Day 03
ue as /ū/ : ear as /er/
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Write the words
fuel
duel
value
argue
rescue
______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
pearl
search
dearth
earnest
rehearse
______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
Verb families
The firemen were proud and relieved to have rescued the man from the
burning building.
The driver turned off his phone whilst he was fuelling up his car.
The real estate agent was valuing the old property on the corner.
The police searched all night for the murderer.
The actress rehearsed her lines several times a day.
The children argued all day over who had won the game.
Write adjectives to describe the list word or extension
_____________, _____________ duel
_____________, _____________ search
_____________, _____________ fuel
_____________, _____________ pearl
_____________, _____________ value
_____________, _____________ rehearsal
Make the word and write it in a sentence
re + fuel
+
ling
= refuelling
_________________________________________________________________________
argue –e + ment +
a +tive
= argumentative
_________________________________________________________________________
rehearse - e
+
al
= rehearsal
_________________________________________________________________________
e + value—e
+
a+ tion
= evaluation
_________________________________________________________________________
earnest
+
ness
= earnestness
_________________________________________________________________________
What am I?
I grow from a parasite inside a mollusc. I’m a metaphor for something that is
rare and valuable. I am used in paints, medicines, and cosmetics.
I am a pearl.
s 11
Day 04
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GreekWords
Combining
Forms— list
Interest
: Clothes
Combining forms are meaningful word parts
that can occur at the beginning
or end of a word.
Greek words are often made up of more than one
combining form and can have a suffix as well.
These words are often scientific or medical terms.
The suffix -ology means “the study of”
Match the Greek combining form to the meaning
chron
cycl
deca
metre
mono
sphere
one
time
ten
circle
wheel, circle
measure
Separate the Greek combining forms and write the meanings
bicycle
=
bi
+
cycle
a bike with two wheels
decagon
=
deca
+
gon
a shape with ten sides
cyclone
=
cycl
+
one
a hurricane
chrono
+
logical
recording events in the order they occurred
chronological =
centimetre
=
centi
+
metre
one-hundredth of a metre
hemisphere
=
hemi
+
sphere
half a sphere
monochrome =
mono
+
chrome
one colour
deca
+
de
10 years
decade
=
chronograph =
chrono
+
graph
Fill in the gap with a Greek combining form
an instrument to record time with accuracy
A cyclops is a Greek mythological figure with an eye in the centre of his forehead
List the track and field events in a decathlon
100 m sprint
long jump
shot-put
high jump
400 m run
110 m hurdles
discus
pole vault
javelin
1,500 m run