Forms of Freedom: Practice with the word family FREE
Directions for the teacher:
STEP 1 – Task A.
 Read the text aloud to the class.
 Ask students to underline all the words in the word family for “free” (freely, freedom,
free, freed).
 Then have students to take turns reading the text aloud with a partner.
 Read the text in chorus as a class.
 Ask volunteers to explain Freida’s words.
STEP 2 – Task B. Complete as a class.
Answers:
1. speak freely
c. adverb
2. have freedom
a. noun
3. be free
b. adjective
4. be freed
e. verb (passive voice/ past participle)
5. free yourself from fear
d. verb (active voice)
STEP 3 – Task C.
 Have students work alone or in pairs to complete the sentences.
 Correct their work as a class.
 Students may work in pairs or small groups to discuss the questions. Each member of
the group should have at least one turn asking and answering a question.
Answers:
1. Have past vacations freed you from all obligations?
2. At what age should a person be free to make his or her own decisions?
3. Name someone with whom you can speak your mind freely.
4. What kind of music frees your mind from worry and fully relaxes you?
5. If you were an artist, what would you draw, paint, or photograph to represent the idea
of freedom?
STEP 4 – Optional. For those in need of more pronunciation/listening practice, you may work
with minimal pairs. Try a dictation:
1. It was free.
4. It was my plea.
2. It was a fee.
5. He freed the animal.
3. It was time to flee.
6. He will feed the animal.
By Jennifer Lebedev
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Forms of Freedom: Practice with the word family FREE
[Task A.]
Read the text aloud.
Freida spoke freely about her feelings on freedom:
“There should be no fee to be free, but we are never
freed from responsibility.”
[Task B.]
Identify the parts of speech of the words in bold.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
speak freely ___
have freedom ___
be free ___
be freed ___
free yourself from fear ____
a. noun
b. adjective
c. adverb
d. verb (active voice)
e. verb (passive voice/ past participle)
[Task C.]
Complete the statements with words from the box. Each word is used only once.
free
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
freed
freely
frees
freedom
Have past vacations _________ you from all obligations?
At what age should a person be _________ to make his or her own decisions?
Name someone with whom you can speak your mind _________.
What kind of music _________ your mind from worry and fully relaxes you?
If you were an artist, what would you draw, paint, or photograph to represent the idea
of _________?
By Jennifer Lebedev
Retrieved from: http://englishwithjennifer.wordpress.com