Book Four

EnglishWorkbookBy Ronald Ridout

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2 AllaboutMonicaWatson

1. I am a girl, and my name is Monica Watson,2. I have fair hair and blue eyes.3. I was born in the year 1969.4. My next birthday is on 23rd November, 1979. 5. On that day I shall be ten years old.6. I attend South town Primary School.7. Mr. Brown is the headmaster.8. My address is 29, Old Street, Ford town, Lancashire.9. Our house is just one kilometre from the school.10. I started using this book on 27th June, 1978.

WritetensentenceslikethoseMonicawrote,butaltertheinformationtomakeittrueofyourself.Makesureyouusecapitallettersinalltherightplaces.

ALLABOUTME

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Re-write each of these sentences. Put in the place of the itali-cized word, a word of similar meaning chosen from the three on the right.

1. Once a woman lost a beautiful brooch. 2. She searched everywhere, but could not find it. 3. So she asked the police to send a detective to her house to

help her. 4. The detective mounted the stairs to the room where the

brooch had been kept. 5. Presently he came down. 6. I think the brooch is in the jackdaws nest in that tall tree,

he said.7. He fetched a ladder and climbed the tree,8. With the brooch secure in his pocket, he descended. 9. l knew where to look, because the bird left tracks on your

dressing-table, he explained.

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Once a woman lost a lovely brooch. She

(ugly, lovely, big) (walked, moved, hunted) (wash, assist, arrest)

(climbed, broke, visited)

(happily, quietly, soon) (hear, believe, smell)

(obtained, bought, fixed) (rattling, safe, shining) (feathers, holes, marks)

Hereisthealphabetinsmallletters:

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

NowwriteitoutincapitallettersA B

Write each of these lists in alphabetical order. The first will remind you how to do it. Rememberthatspecialnamesofperson,place,daysandmonthsmustbeginwithacapitalletter.

train 1.___________ boat 5.___________ Jane 9.____________

car 2.___________ ship 6.___________ Susan 10.____________

cycle 3.___________ yacht 7.___________ Mary 11.____________

tank 4.___________ liner 8.___________ Edith 12.____________

apple 13.__________ Bob 17.___________ March 21.___________

plum 14.___________ Bert 18.___________ April 22.____________

currant 15.___________ Alan 19.___________ May 23.____________

pear 16.___________ Geoff 20.___________ June 24.____________

high 25.___________ Sweden 29.___________ Brown 33.___________

happy 26.___________ China 30.___________ Benson 34.__________

stout 27.___________ country 31.___________ Giles 35.___________

slim 28.___________ Spain 32.___________ Gunn 36.___________

tight 37.___________ Jean 42.___________ Heals 47.__________

tall 38.___________ Joyce 43.___________ Hodges 48.__________

tender 39.___________ Jill 44.___________ Harris 49.__________

small 40.___________ Judy 45.___________ Hunt 50.__________

slender 41.___________ Jane 46.___________ Hibbert 51.__________

4 Alphabeticalorder

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Thedictionary 5The words in a dictionary are arranged in alphabetical order. Put the words from this box in the same order as in the dictionary. Then turn to the Little Dictionary on page 46 and see if you have put them in the right order. After that write out their meanings. The first one

has been done for you.

The alphabetical list: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Meanings

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Nowusethelittledictionaryandwriteapairofsentences,likethepairdoneforyou,abouteachofthese:9. the hair dresser 10. the postman 11. the motorist 12. the plumber

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goatfruitgameseventuallyhairdressergiraffefoolishfetched

The word eventually means in the end

eventually

The word fetched

The hairdresser cuts hair.The hairdresser is a person who cuts hair.

1. I am the day before Friday.

2. I am the third month of the year.

3. A clock has two, and so have you.

4. I mean the same as sunrise.

5. I am a fish that rhymes with shout.

6. I follow spring.

7. I am a noun meaning a sailing boat.

8. I am the plural of crumb.

9. I am the singular of daisies.

10. I am an adjective meaning broad.

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Hereinthewrongorderaretheanswers:March,Thursday,daisy,crumbs,dawn,wide,hands,yacht,summer,trout.

man who sells linen and other cloth goods (noun.)

opposite of wide (adjective)

plural of fairy (noun)

person who plays piano (noun)

person who rides a bike (noun)

ones fathers brother (noun)

do as one is told (verb)

noun formed from strong (noun)

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Hereinthewrongorderaretheanswers;fairies,narrow,draper,strength,pianist,cy-clist,uncle,obey.

6 Clues

We call Sunday the first day of the week. The rest in order are:Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.All the days except Sunday are called weekdays.Now fill in the puzzle with help of these clues:

Across Down3. The day before Friday. 1. Not a weekday.5. The day beginning with W. 2. The last day of the week. 6. The one from last day. 3. The third day of the week. 4. The first weekday

This puzzle has been solved for you, but there are no clues. By looking up the Little Dictionary, write down suit-able clues.

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Writeoutthesesentencesunderthecorrectheadingsbelow,soastomaketwoshortcompositions of five sentences each.

The platforms are crowded with waiting passengers. Only two people are in sight. Not a sound can be heard. There is a great din of people talking and doors banging. No train is expected for a long while. One train is just arriving and another will soon be leaving. Porters are busy wheeling luggage on trucks. A luggage barrow stands idle on the platform. It is a scene of

bustling activity.

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8 Twostations

Thesearethenamesofthethingsinthepictures,butinadifferentorder.Rememberthatnamesofthingsarecallednouns.

girl boy man woman sea lake

Thefollowingwordsdescribe thenouns.Forexample, talldescribes thegirl.Wordsthat describe nouns are called adjectives.

tall fat small thin wild calm

Choose the right adjective to describe each noun, and then write a sentence about each picture.Beginlikethis:

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Nowwritesixmoresentences.Beginlikethis:

7._____________________________ 10._________________________________

8._____________________________ 11._________________________________

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Adjectives 9

The first picture shows a thin man.The second picture

The man is thin,The woman is

10 PleasecontinueToeachsentenceingroup1to6addanotherfromgroupatofbelow.

Thesentenceyouaddmustfollowonnaturallyaftertheoneyouadditto.

1. Yesterday George visited the Post Office.

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2. Smoke and flames were coming out of the windows.

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3. The sky is red tonight.

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4. Deborah sits at the counter and stamps the books.

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5. Orville Wight was an American airman.

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6. The policeman stopped the cars and buses.

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(a) The house was on fire. (d) There he posted a parcel

(b) Tomorrow it will be fine. (e) Then the children crossed the road safely.

(c) He piloted the first plane to fly. (f) She works at the library.

Addasentenceofyourowntoeachofthese:

7. Jugs are frequently used to hold water and milk.

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8. Mirrors are made of glass.

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9. You can buy postal orders at the Post Office.

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10. The sky this morning was red.

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The invention of aeroplanes 11By taking off down hill, glider planes had carried men through the air before 1900. But it was not till 1903 that the first motor-driven plane took off from level ground. This first flight was made by Orville Wright, an American, on 11th December. His plane stayed up sixty seconds and travelled three hundred yards before touching down.

Many other people were giving thought and energy to the invention of aeroplanes. In 1907 the Vision brothers built a biplane that flew for half a mile. By 1907 Loius Bleriot, another French-man, had flown across the Channel of his own make. Later that year A.V Roe, an Englishman, was successfully flying a triplane, and the speed record had reached 50 m.p.h

Aftereachquestionbelowwritethecorrectanswerfromthislist:

(a) Bleriot first crossed the Channel by air.(b) It was unusual because triplanes are rare today. (c) Orville Wright was the pilot. (d) On this date the first proper aeroplane flight was made. (e) It is an abbreviation for miles per hour.(f) A bib plane first flew a half-mile.

1. What sort of plane first flew half a mile?

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_______________________________________________________________________3. What happened on 11th December, 1903?

_______________________________________________________________________4. Who piloted the first real aeroplane?

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12 QuestionsWrite a full sentence in answer to each of the questions are the names of the animals you will need

cow elephant tortoise squirrel catgoat monkey giraffe sheep mule

1. Which animals has a bushy tall?

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_______________________________________________________________________6. Which animal has a long neck?

_______________________________________________________________________7. Which animal barks?

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_______________________________________________________________________9. Which animal is made into bacon?

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The squirrel has a bushy tail

Answers 13Write out the question to which each of the sentences below might have been the answer.

1. Which animal has a hump on his back?

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The cat purrs.

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The cow has horns.

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The cart-house pulls wagons.

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The rabbit lives in a burrow.

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Pigs live in sties.

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Bees live in hives.

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Spiders spin webs.

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The wasp stings worst.

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The mouse nibbles.

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Sheep give us mutton.

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The thrush has a speckled breast.

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The owl hoots at night.

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The ape is fond of imitating human beings.

The camel has a hump on its back.

14 VerbsBy the help of the little dictionary use these verbs (doing words) to fill the blanks below:

disobey waddle march disappear accompany imprison

1. To ____________________________ means to go along with.

2. To ____________________________ means to put in prison.

3. To ____________________________ means to walk in order as soldiers do.

4. To ____________________________ means to walk like a duck.

5. To ____________________________ means not to do as one is told.

6. To ____________________________ means to go out of sight.

Rewrite these sentences, replacing the part in italics by a single verb chosen from the

following:

improving disbelieved appeared imprisoned

sprawl descended bloom despise

7. We look down with scorn on his mean action.

8. This rose tree will soon put forth blossoms.

9. I think my writing is getting better.

10. John did not believe the story.

11. We climbed down the hill into the valley.

12. The thief will be put in prison.

13. I like to stretch my body carelessly on the rug.

14. Suddenly Tom came into sight round the bend of the road.

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We despise his mean action.

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Mischief, Sprite, Elf and Flame grew so fast that you could almost see them getting bigger

under your eyes. They all had most glorious red coats. But Elfs was the finest. And wasnt

he proud of it! He spent no end of time cleaning it with his paws and his littte-tongue. As for

his tail, it looked as if it were blown out with air, almost like a balloon. Eff was always fluff-

ing it up. His mother never had to say to him, as she did to Mischief, Fluff out your tail.

Mischief the Squirrel, by

Pere Castor (Alien and Unwin Ltd)

Complete each sentence with a word used above.

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Begineachanswerwiththewordsinitalics:

7. What did Elfs tail look like? Elfs tail

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8. Say what Elf was proud of.

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9. What was their names?

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10. What was the colour of their coats?

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11. What did his mother had to tell Mischief?

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The baby squirrels grew very

was the colour of their coats.

Elf was very proud of his

Elf cleaned his coat with his tongue and his

His tail looked rather like a

His mother often had to tell to fluff out his tail.

Elfs tail looked almost like a balloon.

Rewrite the verbs in each right -hand list so that they can pair off with their opposites

intheleft.

1. _________________________begin 6. ______________________ appear

2. _________________________disobey 7. ______________________ sank

3. _________________________ decrease 8. ______________________ unloosed

4. _________________________ hindered 9. ______________________Whispered

5. _________________________ lose 10. _____________________ shorten

Nowpairthesenounsasoppositesinthesameway:

11. ________________________ sunset 16. _____________________ valley

12. ________________________ victories 17. _____________________ answer

13. ________________________ enemies 18. _____________________ villains

14. ________________________truth 19. _____________________ danger

15. ________________________ dwarfs 20. _____________________ cruelty

Pair off the adjectives in (a) with their opposites in the first list; and those in (b) with

their opposites in the second list; and those in (c) with the last list.

(a) empty, heavy, broad, ancient, dirty

(b) early, quiet, sour, rapid, lean

(c) wealthy, foolish, captive, bottom, plural

21. ___________________ 26. ___________________ 31. ___________________

22. ___________________ 27. ___________________ 32. ___________________

23. ___________________ 28. ___________________ 33. ___________________

24. ___________________ 29. ___________________ 34. ___________________

25. ___________________ 30. ___________________ 35. ___________________

find

help - helped

disappearfinish

obeyincrease

light

floated

shouted

lengthen

fastened

friends

falsehood

giants

sunrise

defeats

heroes

safety

kindness

question

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fullclean

narrow

modern

sweet

latenoisy

fat

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Oppositionsentence 17After each sentence in the first group (1-9) write one of the opposite meaning chosen from the second group (a-i).

1. What he said made me feel very annoyed.

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2. I entered very noisily.

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3. I feel as strong as an ox this morning.

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4. I was drenched through and through.

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5. Daniels looked as thin as a rake.

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6. Daniels hearing was excellent.

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7. Daniel was shivering with cold.

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8. Daniels meat was deliciously tender.

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9. Daniel was as fat as a porker.

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(a) This morning I feel very weak.

(b) I was as pleased as Punch by what he said.

(c) Daniel was as fat as a pig.

(d) Daniel felt as warm as toast.

(e) Daniel was as deaf as a door post.

(f) Daniels meat was as tough as leather.

(g) I was as dry as a bone.

(h) Daniel was extremely slender.

(i) I came in as quietly as a mouse.

18 SentencesinorderWriteouteachgroupofsentencesinthecorrectorder.Beginwithinthewordsindi-cated.

He prepares the ground for sowing.He gathers the fully grown carrots.He sows the seed.Daddy buys a packet of seeds.He has to wed the growing plant.

1. ______________________________________________________________________2. ______________________________________________________________________3. ______________________________________________________________________4. ______________________________________________________________________5. ______________________________________________________________________

She mixed the cake.She takes it out of the oven to cool.Mother weighs the ingredients.She tips the mixture into the tin.She puts it in the oven to bake.

6. _______________________________________________________________________7. _______________________________________________________________________8. _______________________________________________________________________9. _______________________________________________________________________10. ______________________________________________________________________

He blew up the tyre and rode away.He stuck a patch over the puncture.Sandy removed the tyre.He took out the inner tube.He replaced the inner tube and the tyre.

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The Daddy buys a packet of seeds.ThenNextAfter thatFinally

First ThenNextAfter thatFinally

First ThenNextAfter thatFinally

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One day when Ronald was very young, his father gave him a little toy car. For a while he had great fun with his new plaything. Then one day he said, If my car were bigger I could ride in it,A few days later his mother inquired where the car was. Have you lost it? she asked.I wanted it to grow bigger, replied Ronald. So I planted it in the garden.

Answereachofthesewithacompletesentence.

1. Which word in the first sentence means only a few years old?

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________________________________________________________________________3. What did Ronalds father give him?

________________________________________________________________________4. When did he give the toy car to Ronald?

________________________________________________________________________5. Why did Ronald want the car to grow bigger?

________________________________________________________________________6. Write out the Question Ronalds mother put to him.

________________________________________________________________________7. Why did Ronald plant the car?

________________________________________________________________________8. Rewrite the second sentence so that it means Ronald did not enjoy his present.

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20 Describing picture

Your friend has been ill and is not yet allowed to read. Write four or five sentences to de-scribe what is happening in each picture. Use as many of the given words as you like.

children picnic wood trees sandwiches lemonade bicycles

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model railway tunnel bridge Lily-pond river water-butt

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________________________________________________________________________dolls tea-party table cups and saucers golly

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We speak of one chimney, but two chimneys.We speak of one cherry, but two cherries.Both chimney and in y, but they change differently when we make them plural (meaning more than one). The rule is:(a) When there is a vowel (a,e,i,o,u,) just before the y, add s.(b) When there is a consonant (any other letter) just before the y, change the y into i and es.

Maketwoequalgroupsoftherenouns:

boy puppies lady monkeys penny stories boys

valleys ladies pennies holidays valley berry lorry

berries monkeys holiday story lorries puppy

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1.__________________________ 5._______________________ 9. _______________2.__________________________ 6. _______________________ 10. _______________3. __________________________7. _______________________ 11.________________4.__________________________ 8. _______________________ 12. _______________Write the plural noun besides each singular noun:

13.__________________________ 17.______________________ 21. ____________14.__________________________ 18 _______________________ 22 ______________15. _________________________ 19. _______________________ 23._____________16__________________________ 20 _______________________ 24. _____________

Forming plural 21

boy

cities city

valleys

boystoysdays

penniescherrieschimneyspuppies

flies

babiesskiescries

cherrypuppycopyarmy

babyholidayberryfly

donkey donkeysboypennylady

Come, lets go to bedSays Sleepy - head.Tarry a while,Put on the pan,Says Greedy Nan;Lets sup before we go.

There are three people in this jingle. Their names are Sleepy-head, Slow and Greedy Nan. Notice that when we write the special names of persons we always begin with a capital letter.

Can you answer these questions about the jingle? Four of your answers will begin with Yes and four with No.Usecompletesentenceslikethis:

1. Did Sleepy-head to go to bed?

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_______________________________________________________________________3. Did Slow want to stay up a little longer ?

_______________________________________________________________________4. Did Greedy Nan want a meal before going to bed?

_______________________________________________________________________5. Did Sleep - head want to stay up late?

_______________________________________________________________________6. Was Nan feeling hungry?

_______________________________________________________________________7. Was Slow in a hurry to go to bed?

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22 Going to bed.

Yes, sleeping -head did want to go bed

No, slow did not want to go to bed at once.

Five boys completed in the hundred yards race. Their names were Bryan, Alan, John, Peter and Mark. Bryan passed the winning post first, with Mark close on his heels. John was last, through he finished only a foot behind Alan. The other boy did not complete the course, be-cause he tripped half-way and injured his knee.

Firstlabelcorrectlyeachboyinthepicture.Thenwriteafullsentenceinanswerto:

1. Who was the winner?

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_______________________________________________________________________4. By how much did Alan beat John?

_______________________________________________________________________5. How many finished the race?

_______________________________________________________________________6. What was the of the boy who did not finish?

_______________________________________________________________________7. Why did he not finish?

_______________________________________________________________________8. What were the names of the competitors in alphabetical order?

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1.Tellthestoryofthesepicturesincompletesentences.Someofthesewordsmaybeuseful:

Spot walk meet black chase climb tree follow ________________________________________________________________________

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2. Tell the story of these pictures too. Some of these words may help:

balloon garden broken-hearted ladder climbsplaying lodges idea fetches descends

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Inwhatwayarethethingsineachpairalike?Theanswersareontheright.Writethemoutinthesameorderasthepairstheyreferto.

dresses and trousersbenny and sixpencehouse and schoolSunday and Tuesdayyellow and blueoak and chestnutkitten and ducklingwalnut and hazel

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Nowwriteyourownanswertothesequestion

1. In what way are a dress and a coat alike?

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________________________________________________________________________4. In what way are Monday and Wednesday alike?

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How alike? 25

(a) They are both coins.(b) They are both babies.(c) They are both a kind of tree. (d) They are both kinds of nut. (e) They bare both names of days.(f) They are both articles of clothing. (g) They are both buildings.(h) They are both names of colours

They are both articles of clothing

insects cities games vegetables

corn meat fruits occupations

Use one of these nouns to fill each of the blanks:

1. Apples, oranges and grapes are all names of________________________________________________________________________2. Ants, bees and earwigs are all names of________________________________________________________________________3. Glasgow, Paris and London are all names of________________________________________________________________________4. Beef, pork, mutton, veal and venison are all kinds of________________________________________________________________________5. Barley, rye, maize and wheat are all kinds of________________________________________________________________________6. is the group name of turnips, cabbage and peas________________________________________________________________________ 7. is the group name of golf, cricket and tennis

________________________________________________________________________8. Teaching, farming, mining and weaving are all________________________________________________________________________

Answerthefollowingincompletesentences.Remembertoputinthecommas.Thereisonlyonewordoutofplaceineachgroup.

9. Which are relations? Mother, cousin, aunt, fairy, sister

________________________________________________________________________10. Which are towns? Brighton, Bolton, April, Swanssae, Luton

________________________________________________________________________11. Which are birds? robin, thrush, duck, cow, goose

________________________________________________________________________12.. Which are people? girls, men, monkeys, teacher, doctors

________________________________________________________________________13. Which are drinks? cocoa, lettuce, tea, wine, milk

________________________________________________________________________14. Which are metals? oak, iron, lead, copper, brass

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26 Classes

Mother, cousin, aunt and sister are all relatives

Choose three out of four each time. Then write the answer in a complete sentence. Remember to put the commas.

1. Which ones can see? babies, boys, trains, women

________________________________________________________________________2. Which ones can talk? girls, houses, men, boys

________________________________________________________________________3. Which ones can walk? girls, cows, kittens, ships

________________________________________________________________________4. Which ones can eat? men, pigs, cars, kittens, ships

________________________________________________________________________5. Which ones can jump? shops, horses, boys, dogs

________________________________________________________________________6. Which ones have mothers? lamb, babies, puppies, cakes

________________________________________________________________________ 7. Which ones have eyes? chicken, Bob, eggs, Susan

________________________________________________________________________8. Which ones are toys? dolls, socks, balloons, rattles

________________________________________________________________________9. Which ones have birthdays? pennies, maureen, alf, mr. Green

________________________________________________________________________10. Which ones go to school? Puppies, boys, girls, infants

________________________________________________________________________11. Which ones will grow up? baskets, babies, goslings, colts

________________________________________________________________________12. Which ones have tongues?

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Commas 27

Babies, boys and woman can all see.

28 Margarets day

Write the story of what Margaret does at the above times

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At seven oclock Margaret wakes up and stretches herself

SevenOclock

Half pastSeven

EightOclock

Quarter to nine Soon after an hour

Twenty to eleven Midday just after four an hour later SevenOclock sharp

I jump I am jumping. I come I am comingI help I am helping I write I am writing.

Notice that verbs ending in e drop the e when ing is added. Now complete each of these sentences:

1. I recite. Doris is __________________________________________________

2. I hope. Jane is ___________________________________________________

3. I take. Tom is ___________________________________________________

4. I bathe. June is __________________________________________________

5. I ride. Ben is____________________________________________________

6. I whistle. Ted is____________________________________________________

7. I walk. Eve is ___________________________________________________

8. I joke. Diane is__________________________________________________

Complete each of these sentences with a verb ending ining,formedfromoneoftheseverbs:

shake come bathe drivebake ride write weave

9. Helen is ______________________________ a letter on her new notepaper.

10. When is Clare ________________________________________ to see us?

11. Robert likes ______________________________________ his new bicycle.

12. The rascals brought down the apples by ______________________ the tree.

13. Many people in Lancashire earn their living by________________________

14. ________________________________________ in the sea is good for you.

15. Susan is _______________________________________ her first real cake.

16. Mr. Robinson is fond of ___________________________ his new motor car.

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reciting

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Thehareandthetortoise 30

The hare jeered at the tortoise. You have as many legs as I have but you cannot run anything like as fast as I can, he boasted.

I must admit that I do not rush as you do,: answered the tortoise quietly. Yet I will challenge you to a race.

With me? Shrieked the hare in merry amusement. You must be mad.

And, went on the tortoise, Our friend the fox will act as umpire to see that the race is run fairly.

Fairly, snorted the hare. Do you think I should want to cheat miserable tortoise?

They lined up by the elm tree, which the fox chose as the winning post. The course lay round the hill and back to the elm tree.

Ready, steady, go! Shouted the fox.

The hare raced a whole mile in a few minutes. Then, feeling sure winning, he lay down under a cluster of ferns to have a short nap.

The tortoise, not to be discouraged, plodded on. In sunshine and shade, uphill and downhill, over rough ground and smooth, he stepped his slow steps. Slow but steady often wins the race, he kept saying to himself. A long time afterwards he overtook the hare last asleep under the ferns.

The hare had overslept. When he eventually awoke he rushed madly onwards, only to find that the tortoise had already reached the elm tree.

Complete these. Find the first four words in the Little Dictionary and write out their meaningsinthelastthreeparagraphsofthestory.

1. to jeer: _________________________________________________________________

2. to challenge: _____________________________________________________________

3. an umpire: ______________________________________________________________

4. a cluster: ________________________________________________________________

5. __________________________ travelled steadily but with hard work.

6. ___________________________a short sleep.

7. ____________________________ slept longer than intended.

8. ____________________________ in the end.

Writeacompletesentenceinanswertoeachofthesequestions.BegineachanswerwithYesorNo.

9. Did the hare jeer at the tortoise?

_________________________________________________________________________10. Was the owl asked to be the umpire?

_________________________________________________________________________11. Did the fox act as the umpire?

_________________________________________________________________________12. Did the tortoise lie down to sleep?

_________________________________________________________________________13. Was the hare a plodding animal?

_________________________________________________________________________14. Did the tortoise lose heart?

_________________________________________________________________________15. Was the tortoise the winner?

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Yes, the hare did jeer at the torroise.

32 Sentences

Join the correct verb to each noun to make a short sentence

Nouns Verbs

1. ships are opened 1. __________________________________ 2. jugs are launched 2. __________________________________

3. windows are ridden 3. __________________________________

4. eggs are filled 4. __________________________________

5. apples are laid 5. __________________________________

6. bicycles are picked 6. __________________________________

7. aeroplanes are felled 7. __________________________________

8. trees are educated 8. __________________________________

9. children are flown 9. __________________________________

Lengtheneachshortsentencebyaddingtheproperphasefromthelist:

under the tap in the air in the room

into the sea in the orchard at school

in the forest along the road in the hen house

10. ______________________________________________________________________ 11. _______________________________________________________________________

12. ______________________________________________________________________

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Ships are launched.

Ships are launched into the sea.

Pictures 33

1. Draw a picture of the seaside with children playing in the sand bath-ing. Perhaps there is a boat out at sea.

Then write about half a dozen sen-tences explaining what is happen-ing in your picture.

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2. Draw a picture of a keeper feeding the sea-lions at the zoo.

Then write about half a dozen sen-tences explaining what is happen-ing in your picture.

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34. Question and answer

Here are two questions about the first picture. Write the answer to the second one. Then write down two questions about each of the other pictures and give your own answers.

1. Is this a biplane or a monoplane?

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It is a monoplane.

Joining sentences 35Mary sat by the fire. Mary warmed her feet.

Let us try to join these two sentence by and. Because it is Mary doing the action in both sen-tences there is no need to repeat Mary. So the two sentence make this single sentence:

Mary sat by the fire and warmed her feet.

In the same way make one sentence of each these pairs:

1. Frank sat by the fire. Frank warmed his hands.

_________________________________________________________________________2. Louise slipped. Louise fell down.

_________________________________________________________________________3. Mr. Green came home. Mr. Green had dinner.

_________________________________________________________________________4. Jack looked left and right. He then crossed the road.

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Make these ten sentences into five by using and to join each sentence on the left to the correct one on the right. Leave out the unnecessary words.

5. The baker came. She bought a pound of sugar.6. Tony died in. He left two loaves. 7. Mother lit the gas. Tony swam to the other end.8. The rain fell. She put on the kettle.9. Mary entered the grocers. The rain made us wet.

5. _______________________________________________________________________

6. _______________________________________________________________________

7. _______________________________________________________________________ 8. _______________________________________________________________________ 9. _______________________________________________________________________

The baker came and left two loaves.

36. Paragraph

One day a lion lay down under a shady tree to sleep. While he slept a playful mouse ran over him. This woke up the lion in a rage. He put out his great paw and was just going to kill the mouse when the little creature begged for mercy. The lion took pity on him and let him go. The mouse thanked the lion. I will try to repay your kindness, said the tiny creature. The lion merely laughed at this.

Several days passed by. Then, out hunting in the forest, the lion was caught in a trap. In vain he struggled and roared to get free. But the trap held him fast. The little mouse heard the noise and ran to help him. At once he began nibbling at the massive ropes with his tiny, sharp teeth. After much hard work he gnawed through the ropes. At last the lion was free.

Do you notice that the sentences in this story are broken up into two groups? The first group of sentences tells us how the lion came to spare the life of the mouse. The second group tells us how the mouse saved the lions life in return.

A group of sentences all about one thing, or all about one part of a story, is called a paragraph. All stories of length are divided into paragraphs.

Now answer each of these questions with a complete sentence;

1. How many paragraphs are there in the story about the lion and mouse?

_________________________________________________________________________2. Write out the first sentence in the second paragraph.

_________________________________________________________________________3. Which paragraph tells us about the mouse saving the lions life?

_________________________________________________________________________4. Which paragraph describes the lion sparing the mouses life?

_________________________________________________________________________5. Write out the sentence that tells us the lion was trapped.

_________________________________________________________________________6. Write out the sentence that tells us the lion spared the mouses life.

________________________________________________________________________7. Describe in a complete paragraph of at least three sentences how the mouse set lion free.

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Wagtail is the name of the fox terrier puppy that Bobbie received from his father as a birthday present. He made an excellent pet and caused endless amusement. But he had one fault. He would pull at anything he saw dangling. He specially loved to pull at shoe laces and

38 Wagtailknitting wool. He would also tug at apron string and tablecloth corners. Whenever he saw something dangling he pulled it. One day he saw a short string dangling from Bobbies pullover that was hanging out to dry. Up jumped Wagtail and caught hold of it. He pulled and pulled and pulled. The more he pulled the longer grew the string. When Bobbies mother came to take in the clothed, the pull over had disappeared. On the ground was a great pile of coloured wool.

1. How many paragraphs are there in the story ?

_________________________________________________________________________2. Which paragraph tells us what Bobbies mother discovered?

_________________________________________________________________________3. Which paragraph tells us about Wagtails one fault?

_________________________________________________________________________4. What was Wagtail most fond of pulling?

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Nowaskthreequestionsaboutanypartofthestoryandanswerthemyourself.

5. _______________________________________________________________________

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Can you write your own riddles? The first has been done for you. Complete the others. Remember to use full sentences.

Now answer each of these questions with a complete sentence;

1.________________________________________________________________________

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______________________________________________________________(I am a lemon.) 2.________________________________________________________________________

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________________________________________________________________(I am a dog.)

3.________________________________________________________________________

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4.________________________________________________________________________

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_______________________________________________________________(I am a book.)

5.________________________________________________________________________

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6.________________________________________________________________________

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Riddles 39

My colour is yellow and I am very sour. I grow on trees in

warm countries. People eat me with pancakes. What am i?

Long ago a boy named William was set to watch over a flock of sleep on the hillside. At the foot of the hill was a village. William was told to shout for help if ever he saw a wolf approaching.

One day to have some fun the boy cried out with all his might, Wolf Wolf! The wolf is com-ing!

Up from the village rushed all the men, armed with clubs and axes to kill the wolf. Of course they found no wolf. So they went home again and left William laughing up his sleeve.

Next day, thinking he would have some more fun, William again cried out, Wolf! Wolf! Again up rushed some men from the village. But there were not so many as before. Once more they saw no trace of a wolf, and returned to the village shaking their heads.

On the third day William repeated his cry. Only one man came running up this time. All the oth-ers had seen through the boys little trick.

On the fourth day a wolf really did come. William cried out in dismay, Wolf! Wolf! Help! But not a single man came to his rescue.

The wolf broke into the flock and killed a great many sheep. Among them was a lovely lamb which William treasured as his own.

40 Wolf! Wolf!

1. How many paragraphs are there in the story ?

_________________________________________________________________________2. Write out the last sentence in the sixth paragraph.

_________________________________________________________________________3. Which paragraph tells us about the damage done by the wolf?

_________________________________________________________________________4. Which paragraph tells us what happened on the third day?

_________________________________________________________________________5. Write out the sentence that tells how all the men came to the rescue.

_________________________________________________________________________6. Which sentence tells that a wolf actually came?

_________________________________________________________________________7. How many times altogether did the boy shout for help?

_________________________________________________________________________8. Why did no men come the last time?

_________________________________________________________________________9. Write a paragraph of three or four sentences of your own, telling all that happened on the third day. Or, if you prefer, imagine you are William and write a paragraph telling what hap-pened to you on the last day.

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1. Who wrote this letter of invitation?

__________________________________________________________________________2. To whom did he write it?

__________________________________________________________________________3. On what date did he write it?

__________________________________________________________________________4. In what town does the writer live?

__________________________________________________________________________5. If Nicholas accepts, on what day will he visit his friend?

__________________________________________________________________________6. Who will be the guest on Saturday?

__________________________________________________________________________ 7. Write out your own address in the same way as Tony wrote his.

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42 The invitation

31 East Street Newtown Surrey 21st June, 1977

Dear Nicholas, Will you come to tea on Saturday at four Oclock? Ido hope so. Mummy says we may have strawberries for tea. She grows them in the garden. After tea I want to show you my new cricket bat. Your friend, Tony.

This is how Tony addressed his envelope to Nicholas. Now address the envelope shape below to Tony. His surname is. Si-monds.

Then imagine you are Nicholas and write his reply next day to Tony. Tell him you are pleased to accept his invitation and are looking forward to seeing him.

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Nicholas Jenkins, 15 West Road, OLDTOWN, Surrey.

Robin the Bobbin, whose surname was Ben, Ate more meat than fourscore men: He ate a cow, he ate a calf, He ate a butcher and a half, He ate a church, he ate a steeple, He ate the priest and all the people. Robin the Bobbin, whose surname was ben, Ate them all up, and then started again.

1. What was Robins surname?

_________________________________________________________________________2. What did he do when he had eaten everything up?

_________________________________________________________________________3. What were all the things Robin ate?

_________________________________________________________________________4. Which line rhymes with the third line?

_________________________________________________________________________5. Why do we say that Ben and men rhyme?

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Matchthewordsineachoftheselistswiththeonesbelow,tomakepairsofrhymes.

6. blame, steeple, time, Ben, calf, Robin7. cuff, near, roar, buy, line, you8. flew, roast, dough, flower, boys, floor

6. _______________half 7. ____________________deer 8. __________________most

_________________men _____________________high ___________________sew

_______________Bobbin ____________________store __________________hour

_______________people _____________________mine __________________noise

______________rhyme ______________________too __________________more

_______________same _____________________rough __________________queue

44 Rhymes

Calf

Write out these sentences properly. Use one full stop, one question mark, five com-masandcapitalletters.

1. susan alice margaret and ann are all girls names

_________________________________________________________________________2. what are ants bees wasps beetles and earwigs

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Completeeachsentencewithasingleword

3. Peas, carrots, beans, tomatoes and onions are all_________________________________________________________________________4. When we add ing to hope we get_________________________________________________________________________

5. A short ____________________________ is called a nap.

6. A ______________________________ is a group of sentences all about one thing.

7. Words that describe nouns are called_________________________________________________________________________

8. My fathers brother is my__________________________________________

Answereachquestionwithacompletesentence:

9. How many pennies are there in a pound?

_________________________________________________________________________10. What word rhymes with more?

_________________________________________________________________________11. In what way are green and red alike?

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Makeeachpairofsentencesintoonebyusingand.

12. Mother went shopping. She bought a new saucepan.

_________________________________________________________________________13. The snow fell. The snow made everything white.

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Test yourself 45

accompany, to go along with help, to assistancient, not modern, old hindered, the opposite of helper, to hamperanswers, the opposite of questions; replies hour, sixty minutesappeared, came into sight

beautiful, lovely imprison, to put in prisonbegin, the opposite of finish; to start improving, getting betterbloom, to put forth flowers insects, ants, bees, etcbottom, the opposite of top; lowest place jeer, the opposite of fat; thin

broad, not narrow; wide lean, the opposite of fat; thin lose, the opposite of to find; to misplace captive, the opposite of free; confined cat, an animal that purrschallenge, to invite someone to a March, the third month contest march, to walk in order as soldiers docities, important towns meat, pork, mutton, etc.cluster, a group of the same things minutes, each lasts sixty seconds growing together monkey, an animal that swings by itscorn wheat, oats, etc tailcow, animal that gives milk motorist, a person who drives a carcruelty, the opposite of kindness; mounted, climbed unkindness mute, half horse, half donkeycyclist, a person who rides a bike nap, a short sleep daisy, the singular of daisies narrow, not wide; of little width

danger, the opposite of safety; perildawn, the sunrise obey, to do as is told

decrease, the opposite of to increase; occupations, farming, mining. etc; to lessen careersdescend, climbed down overslept, slept longer than intendeddespise, to look down with scorn ondirty, not clean; grubby pianist, a person who plays the piano.disappear, to go out of sight pig, an animal that is made into bacondisbelieved, did not believe plaything, a toydisobey, not to do as one is told plodded, travelled steadily but withdog, an animal that barks hard workdraper, a person who sells linen and plumber, a person who mends taps and other cloth goods pipes dwarfs, the opposite of giants plural, not singular; more than one postman, a man who delivers lettersearly, the opposite of late presently, soonelephant, an animal with a trunkempty, the opposite of full; containing quiet, not noisy; making little noise nothingenemies, the opposite of friends rapid, not slow; swifteventually, in the end sank, the opposite of floatedfetched, obtained search, huntedfoolish, not wise; silly second, there are sixty in a minutefruit, oranges, apples, etc. secure, safe. sheep, an animal that gives woolgames, cricket, football, etc. shorten, the opposite of to lengthengiraffe, an animal with a long neck sour, the opposite of sweet; bittergoat, an animal that butts sprawl, to stretch ones body carelessly squirrel an animal with a bushy tailhairdresser, a person who cuts hair strength, noun formed from stronghands, pointers, on clocks summer, the season following springheavy, not light; of great weight sunset, the opposite of sunrise

46 The little dictionary

think, to believe valleys, the opposite of hillsThursday, the before Friday vegetables, cabbage, peas, etc.time, the clock tells it victories, the opposite of defeatstortoise, an animal that sleeps in winter villains, the opposite of heroes;

rogues

tracks, marks waddle, to walk like a ducktrout, a fish watch, a tiny clock worn on the

wristtruth, the opposite of falsehood

umpire a person who judges a contest whispered, the opposite of shouted; spoke quietly

uncle, ones father or mothers brother unloosened, the opposite of fastened; wide, broadundid yacht, a sailing boat young, only a few years old

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