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Amanda Ford & Elizabeth Haywood
A WEEKLY ENGLISH HOMEWORK PROGRAM
Student Book
Contents
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Theme 1
Books
Worksheet 1
Worksheet 2
Worksheet 3
Vocabulary and Spelling: Similes; Metaphors
Grammar and Punctuation: Revision: parts of speech; Pronouns: Pronouns that take
singular verbs, Pronouns: first, second and third person; Revision: capital letters
Comprehension: ‘A Word in Their Ears’; Bookish words
Theme 2
New Technology
Worksheet 4
Worksheet 5
Worksheet 6
Vocabulary and Spelling: Verbosity; Prefixes
Grammar and Punctuation: Prepositions; Idioms; Apostrophes
Comprehension: ‘Big Games Hunters’
Theme 3
Poetry
Worksheet 7
Worksheet 8
Worksheet 9
Vocabulary and Spelling: Poetic devices; Forms of poetry; Clichés
Grammar and Punctuation: ‘All the World’s a Stage’; Revision: nouns
Comprehension: ‘Clancy of The Overflow’; Rhyme
Theme 4
Television
Worksheet 10 Vocabulary and Spelling: Word origins; Beware the critic!
Worksheet 11 Grammar and Punctuation: Adjectives and antonyms; Adjectives of degree;
Revision: parts of speech; Dashes
Worksheet 12 Comprehension: ‘Race to Dakar’; ‘Imply’ and ‘infer’; Synonyms
Theme 5
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Public Speaking
Worksheet 19 Vocabulary and Spelling: Connotations
Worksheet 20 Grammar and Punctuation: Revision: parts of speech; Gerunds; Revision: adverbs;
Revision: the comma
Worksheet 21 Comprehension: ‘Gettysburg Address’; ‘Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat’;
Successful speeches; Proverbs
Theme 8
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Theatre
Worksheet 16 Vocabulary and Spelling: Word origins; Elements of a story
Worksheet 17 Grammar and Punctuation: Verb tenses; Italics
Worksheet 18 Comprehension: ‘Monks’ Fine Habit’; Roman numerals; Synonyms
Theme 7
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Newspapers
Worksheet 13 Vocabulary and Spelling: ‘Newspaper Items: a Glossary’
Worksheet 14 Grammar and Punctuation: Adjectives; Brackets
Worksheet 15 Comprehension: ‘Danger in the Calm’
Theme 6
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Music
Worksheet 22 Vocabulary and Spelling: Syllables; Confusing pairs
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Worksheet 23 Grammar and Punctuation: Pronouns; Revision: punctuation marks
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Worksheet 24 Comprehension: ‘This Year, You Can Leave Your Hat Off’; Synonyms; Square expressions;
Circular expressions
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Theme 9
Computers
Worksheet 25 Vocabulary and Spelling: Tech talk; Old words, new meanings; Compound words
Worksheet 26 Grammar and Punctuation: Conjunctions; Revision: verb tenses; Revision: brackets
Worksheet 27 Comprehension: ‘Soon, the Digital Life’; Popular expressions
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Theme 10
Magazines
Worksheet 28 Vocabulary and Spelling: Star gazing; Word origins; Confusing pairs
Worksheet 29 Grammar and Punctuation: Phrases; Revision: direct and indirect speech;
Apostrophes again!
Worksheet 30 Comprehension: ‘Magazines in the Marketplace’; Tone; Slang; Synonyms
Theme 11
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Advertising
Worksheet 31 Vocabulary and Spelling: Word origins; The language of advertising; Suffixes
Worksheet 32 Grammar and Punctuation: Clauses: Adjectival clauses, Adverbial clauses;
Revision: indirect speech; Revision: adjectives
Worksheet 33 Comprehension: ‘A Song for the Selling’; ‘Affect’ and ‘effect’; Euphemisms;
Colloquial language
Theme 12
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Movies
Worksheet 34 Vocabulary and Spelling: Behind the scenes; Suffixes
Worksheet 35 Grammar and Punctuation: Revision: conjunctions; Simple and compound sentences;
Complex sentences; Ellipsis points
Worksheet 36 Comprehension: ‘Good Enough to Eat’; Colloquial language
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Source Material
Books
Worksheet 3: ‘A Word in Their Ears’
New Technology Worksheet 6: ‘Big Games Hunters’
Poetry
Worksheet 8: ‘All the World’s a Stage’
Poetry
Worksheet 9: ‘Clancy of The Overflow’
Television
Worksheet 12: ‘Race to Dakar’
Newspapers
Worksheet 13: ‘Newspaper Items: a Glossary’
Newspapers
Worksheet 15: ‘Danger in the Calm’
Theatre
Worksheet 18: ‘Monks’ Fine Habit’
Public Speaking Worksheet 21: ‘Gettysburg Address’; ‘Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat’
Music
Worksheet 24: ‘This Year, You Can Leave Your Hat Off’
Computers
Worksheet 27: ‘Soon, the Digital Life’
Magazines
Worksheet 30: ‘Magazines in the Marketplace’
Advertising
Worksheet 33: ‘A Song for the Selling’
Movies
Worksheet 36: ‘Good Enough to Eat’
Create Your Own Worksheet
Student Record Sheet
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BOOK 3
BOOKS
Name: Vocabulary and Spelling
Date: 1
Books word list
allegory
epilogue
genre
novel
simile
alliteration
fable
irony
novella
sonnet
ballad
farce
metaphor
onomatopoeia
stereotype
cliché
flashback
myth
parody
theme
Exercise 1
Choose a word from the word list to fill each space. You might need to change the form of the word.
Just as a painter uses paint and canvas and a sculptor uses clay, a writer’s tools are words. A writer
and
may make use of
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to make her descriptions
more vivid. Writers can also use words that imitate the sound the word is describing; this is
known as
. Sometimes writers string together a group of words beginning
with the same consonant to create a particular effect. This is known as
.
Writers may choose to write fiction or non-fiction, poetry, plays, novels, shorter novels
(known as
) or short stories. Novelists may write fantasies, romances,
adventure stories, mysteries or science fiction. All these different forms of writing are known as
.
Poets can choose different forms of poetry. Two of the most well known are the
which tells a story and usually has a repetitive rhythm, and the
,
, which has fourteen
lines, made up of three quatrains (blocks of four lines) and a concluding rhyming couplet (two lines).
Writers often employ
, creating a difference between what we expect
and what actually takes place. They sometimes use
, that is, a typical
representative of a group, such as a nagging wife. Stories do not always unfold in a straight­
forward manner. Sometimes the writer will make use of
People have always felt the need to tell stories, as ancient
to loop back in time.
and
show. Above all, writers aim to be fresh and striking and the best writing
will avoid
.
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Similes
A simile is a figure of speech where a comparison is made between two things using words such as
‘like’ and ‘as’.
For example
Her eyes shone like diamonds.
Exercise 2
Choose words from the following box to complete the expressions.
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snow
lion
daisy
silk
fox
pitch
back
ice
thieves
grass
1 as cold as
2 as white as
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3 as smooth as
4 as black as
/2
5 as fresh as a
6 as cunning as a
/2
7 as green as
8 as brave as a
/2
9 like water off a duck’s
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10 as thick as
Metaphors
Metaphors compare things by saying one is the other.
For example
‘The road was a ribbon of moonlight.’
(from The Highwayman by A. Noyes)
Exercise 3
Circle the metaphor in each of the following sentences.
1 ‘There’s no need to snap my head off,’ Mum said.
2 The teacher was boiling with anger as she walked into the room.
3 The young demonstrator was full of fire about her cause.
4 The bank workers feared that heads would roll when the new management came in.
5 Ricky Ponting grows in stature with every game he plays.
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6 Spearhead David Neitz is the most important player in Melbourne’s forward-line.
Exercise 4
Match each of the following writers with his or her work.
J.K. Rowling
William Shakespeare
J.R.R. Tolkien Enid Blyton
Banjo Paterson
Lewis Carroll
John Marsden
Dr Seuss
Morris Gleitzman
Charles Dickens
1 The Lord of the Rings
2 The Man from Snowy River
3 Alice in Wonderland
4 Oliver Twist
5 Tomorrow, When the War Began
6 Romeo and Juliet
7 The ‘Famous Five’ series
8 The Cat in the Hat
9 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
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10 Two Weeks with the Queen
TOTAL
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Extension exercise
Devise a quiz that matches books with their authors.
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BOOK 3
BOOKS
Name: Grammar and Punctuation
Date: 2
Exercise 1
Match the following words with their meanings by placing the correct number in the middle column.
copyright
1
a written account of a person’s life
allegory
2
a conversation between characters
preface
3
a short section at the end of a book or play
epilogue
4
an interesting story about a real person or thing
anecdote
5
writing about imaginary events
anonymous
6
an introduction at the beginning of a book or speech
genre
7
a person whose name is not known
biography
8
the style of a book or painting
fiction
9
the exclusive right to control a literary or other work
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dialogue
a story with a second meaning, besides the original one
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Revision: parts of speech
Exercise 2
Change the following nouns to adjectives.
Noun
Change the following nouns to verbs.
Adjective
Noun
Verb
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allegory
6
publisher
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2
autobiography
7
reference
/2
3
mystery
8
suspense
/2
4
myth
9
description
/2
5
irony
10
summary
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Pronouns
Pronouns that take singular verbs
The following pronouns take singular verbs: everybody, each, everyone, anybody, no one, anyone,
nobody.
For example
Everyone is going to the library. Each student is borrowing a book.
Exercise 3
Circle the correct verb out of the pair in brackets in each of the following sentences.
1 There will be a seat for everyone who (has/have) a ticket.
2 At the moment anyone (are/is) able to purchase a ticket.
3 Nobody (were/was) surprised by the number of seats available.
4 Everybody (is/are) asked to be on time.
5 Each of the speakers (are/is) an expert.
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Pronouns: first, second and third person
Sentences can be written in the first, second or third person.
Person
Singular pronoun
Plural pronoun
The first person is the person speaking.
I
we
The second person is the person spoken to.
you
you
The third person is the person spoken about.
he, she, it
they
Exercise 4
Rewrite these sentences according to the instructions.
1 I wanted to go to the movies. Change to third person plural.
2 She wanted to go as well. Change to first person singular.
3 We had to run to catch the train. Change to second person singular.
4 I suggest planning ahead next time. Change to first person plural.
5 She would love to meet a writer. Change to third person plural.
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Revision: capital letters
Use capital letters:
• at the beginning of sentences
• at the beginning of names of particular people, places and things
• as the first letter when writing the days of the week, months of the year and names of special
festivals, and when writing the main words in the titles of books and films
Exercise 5
Insert capital letters where necessary in the following sentences.
1 i have just read the best book ever. it is called the lord of the rings.
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2 he was going to sydney on christmas eve.
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3 antonia bought tickets to kylie minogue’s concert.
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4 most of our films come from america, but the castle was a popular australian film.
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5 i’m going to lorne for easter with mark and daniel.
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TOTAL
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Extension exercise
Copy a paragraph from a book, leaving out the capital letters and punctuation marks. Ask a friend to
replace them and discuss the results.
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BOOK 3
BOOKS
Name: Comprehension
Date: 3
(Source material for this worksheet, ‘A Word in Their Ears’, can be found on page 73.)
Exercise 1
Write the correct response to each question, based on the article ‘A Word in Their Ears’.
1 Parents can encourage a love of reading in their children by
.
2 According to the article, the enormous number of books in a bookshop can be
.
3 Bronwen Bennett is the vice-president of the
.
4 According to Bronwen Bennett, introducing your child to the book you loved as a child will
.
make them realise
5 Literary events at Dromkeen showed that children were interested in
.
6 How many generations have loved Winnie the Pooh books?
7 Babies Need Books claims that parents should read to children
.
8 Reading to children will help parents and children to
.
9 Bronwen Bennett believes that the Harry Potter books have encouraged
children to enjoy reading.
10 Bronwen Bennett believes boys read in
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.
Exercise 2
Fill the spaces in the passage below with words from the following word box.
movies
video games
sports
books
encourages
compete
television
DVDs
adapted
literature
There is a wide choice of books for young people to read these days. However, reading must
with many other activities.
lot of time, including training and matches.
take up a
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also eat up the hours,
and new, more exciting games are being developed all the time.
Watching
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is popular, although
have taken over to some degree, as the quality of picture and sound is so much better. Going
to the
is a regular event for many young people who enjoy
seeing the latest film. Many of the films, such as the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter films,
are actually
from
young people to read the
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.
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Bookish words
Exercise 3
Match these ‘book’ words with their meanings by placing the correct number in the middle column.
bookkeeper
1
something to mark a place in a book
bookmaker
2
a support placed at the end of a row of books
bookmark
3
a person who takes bets
bookworm
4
someone who keeps account books or records
bookend
5
a person who loves reading
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Exercise 4
Match these ‘bookish’ expressions with their meanings by placing the correct number in the middle
column.
to bring to book
1
incomprehensible
to do something by the book
2
someone whose feelings are obvious
a closed book
3
to do something correctly
to be in someone’s good books
4
to copy someone
to be in someone’s bad books
5
an enthusiasm for collecting rare or valuable
books
someone who is an open book
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to be out of favour with someone
to take a leaf out of someone’s book
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to be in favour with someone
to throw the book at someone
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a complete list of literature on a selected
subject
bibliography
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to punish someone severely, with the
maximum penalty
bibliomania
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to bring to account
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Exercise 5
Complete each sentence below by choosing the correct word from the word box.
intimidating
venue
vexed
1 It is important to
spontaneity
good eating habits.
2 How to improve eating habits is a
question.
3 People find too many rules
.
4 The musical performance was stale and lacked
5 The
foster
.
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for the meeting had been double-booked.
TOTAL
/40
Extension exercise
Write a review of your favourite book.
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BOOK 3
NEW TECHNOLOGY
Name: Vocabulary and Spelling
Date: 4
Verbosity
The term ‘verbosity’ comes from the Latin verbosus, meaning ‘to use too many long words to express
yourself’. Senders of mobile phone text messages do the opposite—they try to use as few words and
letters as possible to get the message across, in order to save time and money. The abbreviations they
use are also helpful when chatting on the Internet.
Exercise 1
Find out, or guess, the meanings of the following text-message abbreviations.
1 B4
2 BBL
3 FWIW
4 GAL
5 HRU
6 PLZ
7 TTUL
8 B4N
9 CU
10 G2R
11 HAGO
12 KISS
13 THX
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14 YNT
Exercise 2
Match these verbose statements with their simpler meanings by placing the correct number in the
middle column.
Cease and desist immediately!
1
You have fallen because you were running
too fast.
Peruse this tome diligently.
2
This evil criminal must be imprisoned.
Your impetuous dash precipitated
a gargantuan tumble.
3
They spoke angrily with each other.
They engaged in an incensed and
indignant discussion.
4
Stop now!
Her antiquated visage was
furrowed and ridged.
5
Read this book carefully.
This iniquitous felon must be
incarcerated.
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Her elderly face was wrinkled.
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Prefixes
A prefix is a group of letters placed at the beginning of a word that affects its meaning.
For example
In the word ‘unbelievable’, the prefix un- gives us the opposite
of ‘believable’.
The prefix inter- comes from a Latin word and means ‘between’ or ‘among’.
For example
‘Intercontinental’ means ‘between continents’.
Exercise 3
Match these ‘inter’ words with their meanings by placing the correct number in the middle column.
intercept
1
between cities
Internet
2
to act on each other
intergalactic
3
to interrupt a conversation
interject
4
relations between people
intermediate
5
a computer-based communications network
interpersonal
6
between galaxies
interview
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between two points or stages
interdental
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to come between, seize
interact
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structured conversation, often face-to-face
intercity
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between the teeth
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Exercise 4
Fill each space in these sentences with the most appropriate word from Exercise 3.
1 The
train travels from Melbourne to Sydney.
2 These two chemicals will
and cause an explosion.
3 The radio announcer was forced to
saying something illegal.
4 The company specialised in
management.
5 The police had to
politician.
6 The
to prevent the caller from
relations and human resource
the suspicious package before it reached the
is a very popular form of global communication.
7 The science-fiction film was about
8 Liu had
warfare.
decay, but he refused to go to the dentist.
9 Soon after she applied for the job, Meilin was asked to go for an
10 The trees were at an
yet fully grown.
.
stage—they were bigger than saplings but not
TOTAL
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Extension exercise
Camera phones: benefit or curse? Set up a class debate on this issue.
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BOOK 3
NEW TECHNOLOGY
Name: Grammar and Punctuation
Date: 5
Prepositions
A preposition is a word we use to show place, position, time or means. It links a noun or pronoun to
another word. Here are some of the most common prepositions.
about
around
without
beside
into
to
above
at
between
of
under
across
away
by
on
until
after
back
down
over
up
against
before
for
through
with
along
behind
from
since
in
among
below
Exercise 1
Circle the correct preposition out of the pair in brackets in each of the following sentences.
1 Dan could not choose (between/among) the two video games.
2 Melissa played happily (between/among) the eight puppies.
3 This phone is different (to/from) that one.
4 I was very cross (with/at) you when you didn’t call.
5 Make sure you divide the chocolate bar (into/to) four equal pieces.
6 I really think you will benefit (of/from) a gym course.
7 My birthday coincides (with/at) yours.
8 Dion had to compete (against/with) boys who were older than him.
9 Are you prepared (for/to) a difficult journey?
10 Nicola will be discharged (from/to) hospital tomorrow.
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Idioms
Prepositions are commonly used with certain words to form idioms. An idiom is a phrase that means
something different from the actual meaning of the words contained in it.
For example
‘To be in hot water’ means ‘to be in trouble’. It does not mean that
there is real hot water involved.
Exercise 2
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom in italics and write it out.
1 The car kept breaking down.
a not working properly
b falling to pieces
2 The baby brought up its dinner.
a vomited up
b carried
3 How are you going to bring off this deal?
a achieve success with
b ruin
4 They were forced to call off the computer sale.
a yell at
b cancel
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5 Have you come across my necklace?
a walked across
b found, discovered
6 It took the cyclist a few minutes to come round after he fell from his bike.
a visit us
b regain consciousness
7 We are going to do up the kitchen.
a renovate
b wreck
8 They were forced to draw back from the edge of the flooded river.
a make a sketch
b retreat
9 He was not cut out for life in the army.
a not suited to
b perfectly suited to
10 Josie felt really let down when she didn’t get an invitation to the wedding.
a happy
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b disappointed
Exercise 3
The following sentences all contain idioms, which are in italics. At the end of each sentence, write
out the preposition that the idiom contains.
1 My grandfather passed away last year. 2 What do these letters stand for? 3 Marco was really taken in by the con man. 4 You should stick by your friends. 5 Don’t be tempted to throw in the towel when things get tough. 6 How many components can the factory turn out in a day? 7 You need to work off some of that Christmas pudding. 8 The students were really run down at the end of the year. 9 She could see through his charming exterior. /10
10 I think I’m going to pass out. Apostrophes
Exercise 4
Rewrite these phrases using apostrophes.
For example
the speed of the modem
the modem’s speed
1 the laughter of the children
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2 the sparking of the leads
/2
3 the intricacy of the motherboard
/2
4 the beauty of the iris
/2
5 the noise of the printers
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TOTAL
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Extension exercise
Write a letter to your aunt describing your trip to a holiday resort. Then write an email to your best
friend describing the same holiday. Discuss the differences between these two communications.
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BOOK 3
NEW TECHNOLOGY
Name: Comprehension
Date: 6
(Source material for this worksheet, ‘Big Games Hunters’, can be found on page 74.)
Exercise 1
The following words and expressions are taken from the article ‘Big Games Hunters’. Match each one
with its meaning by placing the correct number in the middle column.
geeks
1
incomes
tech-savvy
2
a suitable position
al fresco
3
an enormous advance
poaching
4
special privileges
reminiscent
5
charm and attractiveness
anti-social
6
an extremely bright exploding star
niche
7
making minor changes to something
revenues
8
stealing
perks
9
awakening memories of something else
supernova
10
someone who creates animated sequences
animator
11
a business that pays for the right to use a brand name
in tandem
12
understanding the latest technologies
quantum leap
13
not interested in mixing with others
glamour
14
people who spend a lot of their time on computers
tweaking
15
in the open air; out of doors
franchise
16
together
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Exercise 2
Circle the correct response to each of the following questions, based on the article ‘Big Games
Hunters’.
1 According to the article, the developers of video games are often thought of as:
a intelligent
b geeks
c romantic
2 At Electronic Arts (EA), the programmers think of themselves as:
a geeks
b anti-social
c artists
3 The EA studios are luxurious in order to show that the industry:
a is making a lot of money
b is no longer anti-social
c has run out of ideas
4 The video games industry and Hollywood films:
a generate similar amounts of money
b do not generate similar amounts of money
c are not concerned about revenues
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5 The enormous increases in the speed of computers:
a have produced a minor increase in video games
b have not affected the video games industry
c have caused a surge in the video games industry
6 The main purpose of this article is:
a to describe the enormous growth in video games
b to outline the poaching of Hollywood experts by the video games industry
c to describe the new video games
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Exercise 3
Fill the spaces in these sentences with the correct information, based on the article ‘Big Games
Hunters’. In some cases the first letter has been provided.
1 The video games industry is stealing talent from H
.
to develop a large game.
2 It can cost more than
3 Twenty years ago one person could develop a computer game. Now it can take a staff of
.
4 One of the biggest areas of growth is in s
to be added at the last moment.
5 The games still lack the g
e
, which used
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of Hollywood.
Exercise 4
Find the following words in the word search.
They can be found vertically, horizontally or
diagonally, backwards or forwards.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
video  8
games  9
gourmet
10
poach
11
cubicle
12
image
13
perks
animation
skill
console
tweak
glamour
supernova
S K
I
L
L V Y A U R
U W E H A K
I
P O A C H J
F O X T
E G X
R T
O O P
I M A G E W Q
L M H G L
N A B S
E U P
E D A D G E
O N G C C K M M H R
V
I
D E O Y O Y E K
A M X N N E U U S
S
S A W H S K R O R S
Y T T G O U R M E T
X
I
E Y L D L
L A X
Z O J H E A E K
F N E
L C
I
J O
B U C O
TOTAL
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Extension exercise
Write an email to a friend describing a new video game you have heard about or tried.
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Teacher Book
BOOK 3
NEW TECHNOLOGY
Name: Comprehension
Date: 6
(Source material for this worksheet, ‘Big Games Hunters’, can be found on page 98.)
Exercise 1
The following words and expressions are taken from the article ‘Big Games Hunters’. Match each one
with its meaning by placing the correct number in the middle column.
geeks
14
1
incomes
tech-savvy
12
2
a suitable position
al fresco
15
3
an enormous advance
poaching
8
4
special privileges
reminiscent
9
5
charm and attractiveness
anti-social
13
6
an extremely bright exploding star
niche
2
7
making minor changes to something
revenues
1
8
stealing
perks
4
9
awakening memories of something else
supernova
6
10
someone who creates animated sequences
animator
10
11
a business that pays for the right to use a brand name
in tandem
16
12
understanding the latest technologies
quantum leap
3
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not interested in mixing with others
glamour
5
14
people who spend a lot of their time on computers
tweaking
7
15
in the open air; out of doors
franchise
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together
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Exercise 2
Circle the correct response to each of the following questions, based on the article ‘Big Games
Hunters’.
1 According to the article, the developers of video games are often thought of as:
a intelligent
b geeks
c romantic
2 At Electronic Arts (EA), the programmers think of themselves as:
a geeks
b anti-social
c artists
3 The EA studios are luxurious in order to show that the industry:
a is making a lot of money
b is no longer anti-social
c has run out of ideas
4 The video games industry and Hollywood films:
a generate similar amounts of money
b do not generate similar amounts of money
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c are not concerned about revenues
5 The enormous increases in the speed of computers:
a have produced a minor increase in video games
b have not affected the video games industry
c have caused a surge in the video games industry
6 The main purpose of this article is:
a to describe the enormous growth in video games
b to outline the poaching of Hollywood experts by the video games industry
c to describe the new video games
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Exercise 3
Fill the spaces in these sentences with the correct information, based on the article ‘Big Games
Hunters’. In some cases the first letter has been provided.
1 The video games industry is stealing talent from Hollywood
.
eighteen million dollars
to develop a large game.
2 It can cost more than
3 Twenty years ago one person could develop a computer game. Now it can take a staff of
thirty six
.
4 One of the biggest areas of growth is in sound
to be added at the last moment.
5 The games still lack the glamour
effects
, which used
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of Hollywood.
Exercise 4
Find the following words in the word search.
They can be found vertically, horizontally or
diagonally, backwards or forwards.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
video  8
games  9
gourmet
10
poach
11
cubicle
12
image
13
perks
animation
skill
console
tweak
glamour
supernova
S K
I
L
L V Y A U R
U W E H A K
I
P O A C H J
F O X T
E G X
R T
O O P
I M A G E W Q
L M H G L
N A B S
E U P
E D A D G E
O N G C C K M M H R
V
I
D E O Y O Y E K
A M X N N E U U S
S
S A W H S K R O R S
Y T T G O U R M E T
X
I
E Y L D L
L A X
Z O J H E A E K
F N E
L C
I
J O
B U C O
TOTAL
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Extension exercise
Write an email to a friend describing a new video game you have heard about or tried.
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Test 1
BOOK 3
Name: Date: Similes and metaphors
Exercise 1
State whether the following descriptions include a simile or a metaphor.
1 He looked like a rabbit caught in the headlights.
2 The moon was a bright yellow balloon in the sky.
3 She was as cunning as a fox.
4 The road was a ribbon of moonlight.
5 The children were as thick as thieves.
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Parts of speech
Exercise 2
Provide answers for the following.
1 Form an adjective from the noun ‘autobiography’.
2 Form an adjective from the noun ‘suspicion’.
3 Form an adverb from the adjective ‘enormous’.
4 Form a noun from the verb ‘describe’.
5 Form an adjective from the adverb ‘gently’.
6 Form a noun from the verb ‘adapted’.
7 Form a verb from the noun ‘competition’.
8 Form an adjective from the noun ‘spontaneity’.
9 Form an adverb from the noun ‘diligence’.
10 Form a noun from the verb ‘encourage’.
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Prefixes
Exercise 3
Which ‘inter-’ words match these definitions?
1 to interrupt a conversation
2 between cities
3 relations between people
4 between galaxies
5 to come between
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Prepositions
Exercise 4
Write the preposition in each of these sentences.
1 Do not run between cars.
2 Some homeless people are forced to sleep under bridges.
3 They arrived at the oval before the rest of the crowd.
4 You should stick by your friends.
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5 They couldn’t see through my misty window.
Exercise 5
Write the preposition in each of these sentences.
1 What does this symbol stand for?
2 Tie the net between the trees.
3 They had to lean against the door to close it.
4 Go around to the other entrance.
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5 Jade had to walk through the rain to get home.
Apostrophes
Exercise 6
Rewrite these phrases using apostrophes.
1 the shoes of the fisherman
2 the ribbon of the girl
3 the music of the band
4 the fur of the cats
5 the roar of the lions
6 the beauty of the rose
7 the colour of the sky
8 the sweetness of the pears
9 the laughter of the children
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10 the noise of the train
TOTAL
74
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Test 1
Name: Date: Similes and metaphors
Exercise 1
State whether the following descriptions include a simile or a metaphor.
simile
1 He looked like a rabbit caught in the headlights.
metaphor
2 The moon was a bright yellow balloon in the sky.
simile
3 She was as cunning as a fox.
metaphor
4 The road was a ribbon of moonlight.
simile
5 The children were as thick as thieves.
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Parts of speech
Exercise 2
Provide answers for the following.
1 Form an adjective from the noun ‘autobiography’.
autobiographical
suspicious
2 Form an adjective from the noun ‘suspicion’.
enormously
3 Form an adverb from the adjective ‘enormous’.
description
4 Form a noun from the verb ‘describe’.
gentle
5 Form an adjective from the adverb ‘gently’.
adaptation
6 Form a noun from the verb ‘adapted’.
7 Form a verb from the noun ‘competition’.
8 Form an adjective from the noun ‘spontaneity’.
9 Form an adverb from the noun ‘diligence’.
10 Form a noun from the verb ‘encourage’.
compete
spontaneous
diligently
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Prefixes
Exercise 3
Which ‘inter-’ words match these definitions?
interject
1 to interrupt a conversation
2 between cities
3 relations between people
intercity
interpersonal
4 between galaxies
intergalactic
5 to come between
intercept
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Prepositions
Exercise 4
Write the preposition in each of these sentences.
1 Do not run between cars.
between
under
2 Some homeless people are forced to sleep under bridges.
before
3 They arrived at the oval before the rest of the crowd.
by
4 You should stick by your friends.
through
5 They couldn’t see through my misty window.
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Exercise 5
Write the preposition in each of these sentences.
for
1 What does this symbol stand for?
between
2 Tie the net between the trees.
against
3 They had to lean against the door to close it.
around
4 Go around to the other entrance.
5 Jade had to walk through the rain to get home.
through
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Apostrophes
Exercise 6
Rewrite these phrases using apostrophes.
1 the shoes of the fisherman
2 the ribbon of the girl
3 the music of the band
4 the fur of the cats
the fisherman’s shoes
the girl’s ribbon
the band’s music
the cats’ fur
5 the roar of the lions
the lions’ roar
6 the beauty of the rose
the rose’s beauty
7 the colour of the sky
the sky’s colour
8 the sweetness of the pears
9 the laughter of the children
10 the noise of the train
the children’s laughter
the train’s noise
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TOTAL
76
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