ba ar Back to Basics Classroom and Homework Activities Jenni HarroldEnglish - Back To Basies (Yr 1/P 2) Published by R.LC. Publications” 2010 Republished under licence by Prim-Ed Publishina® 2010 Copyright® Jenni Harrold 2010, ISBN 978-1-84654-203-5 PR- 6311UK Titles available in this series: English ~ Back To Basies (Yr 1/P 2) English — Back To Basics (¥r2/P 3) English — Back To Basics (¥t 3° 4) English — Back To Basics (V4 5) English — Back To Basics (¥r 5/P 6) English —Back To Basics (¥ 6/P 7) English — Back To Basics (¥r 6 Ext/S 1) Internet websites This master may only be reproduced by the original purchaser for use with their classies). The publishor probibits the loaning or onsolling ofthis master for the purposes of repraduction. Copyright Notice Blackline masters or copy masters are published and sold with a limited copyright. This copyright allows Publishers to provide teachers and schools with @ wide range of learning activities without copyright being breached, This limited copyright allows the purchaser to make sufficient copies for use within their own education institution. The copyright s not transferable, nor can it be onsold. Following these instructions is not essential but will ensure that you, as the purchaser, have evidence of legal ownership to the copyright f inspection occurs. For your added protection in the case of copyright inspection, please complete the form below. Retain this form, the complete original document and the invoice or receipt as proof af purchase Wane of Purchaser: Dato of Purchase: ‘Suppliar: ‘Schoo! Order¢ (if applicable): Signature of Purchaser: In some cases, websites or specific URLs may be recommended. While these are checked and rechecked at the time of publication, the publisher has no contra over any subsequent changes which may be made to webpages. Itis strongly recommended thatthe class teacher checks all URLs before allowing pupils to access them, View all pages online Website: wwvuprim-ed.comEnglish — Back To Basics is a comprehensive resource designed to teach and revise basic literacy concepts. Essential skills are covered in spelling and word study, punctuation and grammar; with phonics included in Books Yr 1/P 2, Yr 2P 3 and Yr 3/P4, Each of the pages focuses on one concept, which is developed through relevant, graded activities. ‘Although intended as a homework series, these books are also ideal for: * teaching a new concept Titlos in the sories aro: * consolidation + assessment English — Back To Basics — Yr /P2 English ~ Back To Basics ~ Vr 2/P3 English — Back To Basics — Yr.P 4 English — Back To Basics - Yr 4/P 5 English ~ Back To Basics ~ Yr 5/P 6 English — Back To Basics ~ Yr 6/P 7 English — Back To Basics —Yr6 ExvS 1 Teacher notes Final links ~ mp, Ik 335 Final links ~ nk, sk 86-37 Overview... wiv Final links ~f ss 138-39 Curriculum firks.. vo Y ‘e Spoling and vocabulary i vi Digraphs— eh. oN Digraph — Shen A243 Spolling rules avi Glossary... ihn, _Plarephe~th iB Additional word lists. xi Spelling and word study Vowel sounds... xi Consonant sounds xi, Week sevceover.writeschenk. es Prelince ‘iy Finding words 1 48-49 Words in words 50-51 Suffixes... ey i teletee Foi Albhabetiel ode nn encearen ot 9 Words commonly misspelt... awii—xix Rhyming words, its Words easily confused or misused. -xx—nxi Opposites S87 Homophones. 50-59 Phonics Punctuation Initial sounds —1 2a iigdshemunde=d Copital letters sentences caveats OBI Final sounds -1 Copita ettors names. sevens 62-68 Final sounds -2 og; Pastas aS Widite anda To-11 Question marks 66-67 Midele sounds~2 rig Fditng fH Initial inks —l, ct 115 Sanne Initial inks A, gh 47 Initia inks — pl, st iasig, Noms a Initial links - sw, tw ron Verbs. rea Initial inks ~ ef, dr x13 Adiectives. = goed isthe heck 94-25 Writing sontencos -word ardor 16-7 alleen 26-27 Finishing sentences 73-79 Fri a 9829 dining sentences — conjunctions 80-81 Fal ik ps p-31 Whiting S0nten 28. .cnerennnennnnn 2-83 Final links ~ nd ld 32-33 Prim Publishing? wrn.prin-e.om English ~ Back To Basicsa Teacher notes ‘This series of books contains pupil and teacher pages focusing an skills in the following areas: “spelling and word study + punctuation + grammar + phonics (Books Vr 1/P 2, Vr 2/P 3 and Yr 3/PA}. This series of books: * provides activities on each page that relate to one literacy concept + follows an organised formatin which concepts are repeated and expanded across year levels + uses a focal list of vocabulary * has a pupil page supported by a corresponding €D teachers page lel ‘+ has a teachers page that includes answors and detailed information explaining each concept + provides additional reference information for toachers. This series of books is ideal for: + teaching a new concept 5 ‘+ consolidating and revising knowladge and skills + homework activities to revise skills taught in class + assessment. There are two different lsts of words used in each book: ‘+ an ago-appropriata spalling list of 40 words, and + high-frequency vocabulary list Both lists are used frequently throughout each book in the areas of spelling and word study, punctuation and grammar. This book includes: + an extensive glossary af terms used in spelling and word study, punctuation and grammar ‘+ vowel sounds and the different ways they are represented + consonant sounds and the different ways they are represented “+ spolling rules * prefixes, their meanings and examples + suffixes, their meanings and examples ‘+ word origins —Latin and Greok root words with their meanings and examples + words commonly misspelt + words easily confused or misused + prepositions and prepositional phrases ‘+ words that can be used as adjectives or adverbs. English ~ Back To Basics wv ‘wow pied com Prim Ea Pubishing?as Country/SubjectLevel | Curriculum Objectives Englond ‘Word Recognition Lioracy ‘recognise an ineressing number of fila high frequency words + apply phone knowledge and eile reeling and speling Yoar One ‘Word Structure and Spel + spell nev werd using phonics Sentence Structure and Punctuation ‘use capital eters and full stops thorn tend i Listoning Language and Litoracy Foundation Stage and Key Stage One + dovslop phonological awareness and an extonded vocabulary Foundation Stage Reading ‘use word structure to develop reading + dovelopaudtry and visual discrminstion and memory Key Stoge On ‘recognise features language, showing phonoloical awat Key Stage One Reading * build up a sigh vocabulary ‘identity words, patterns or eters ‘recognise and notice how words ae constructed and spel Key Stege One - Writing ‘use a vareryof kil to spell words + spell eorretyarangeof family, important and requlaly accurring words + develo inerazsing competence inthe uss of grammar and punctuation Republic of roland English Senior Infente an First Coss ‘Sonor Infants - Competonce and Confidence in Using Language ‘bud up a sigh vocabulary ‘Toarnoisoate to boginning and final sounds in vwiton words ‘Teor twisolate the pat of word ot syllable which allows ito rye with another word or syllable * boginta develop conventional spling Fret lass Racepiveness to Language + continue to bulla sigh vocabulary ‘engage in activites designed to increase awareness of sounds ‘Tear about the sounds associated withthe part of a word or syllable that alone ito rhyme ith another word or syle ‘Tos about ta sounds associated wth th Dagining af a word or sable ‘learn to.connectthe beginnings of words and sylables with heir hyming pats ‘Teor about common word endings Fret Claes - Competence and Confidence i Using Langunge ‘understand har the convertion of punctuson help to make meaning clearer in writing + spell words in a recognisebe way based onan awareness ofthe most common sling strings and pattems First Class — Developing Cognitive Abilities through Language * porter alphabetical order tasks Scotland Literacy and English nity Reading + expave and play with the patorns and sounds language and use what thy learn + explore sounds, eters and words, discover how they work agsther and use them to help wit easing nd wing Early and First erly Wing ‘ exparescunds, eters and wards, discover how they work together and use them help with reading nd writing First Reading + ure knowladge of sight vocabulary. phonics, punctuation and grammar to read with understanding and exgression First —Weiting + splltha most commonly usad words, using knowlodge of ator patorns + ta indapandarly, use appropriat punctuation and ordor and nk smtences ina waythat makis sense Wales Reading - Skills Language, Ltrmey and Communcaton Skis Fountation Phase ‘understand har written symbols have sound and mesring and develop phonoogil ‘and word recognition Wing - Skits recognise thet punstusion sextet to help a reader understand what wen + dove aly to spell common and familar words na cecognisable way phic and grammatical enowtedge Prim-< Pubishing® —wrn.prim-eceom v English Back To BasicsSpelling list and cat oo it on was am dad had look see we at day has me sit wet bed did 1 mum the ves big dog it my to you can end ir no ‘top car get of op Vocabulary list a big day four in name play six up all black did get is nine purple ten was: am bluo do go it no red tho wo and brown dog acing ike ot said they went are can draw green look on see this white at cat sight grey. me one seven three yellow avy come five he imum orange she to ves best dad for I my pink sit wo you: Write i before o, except after c. For example: friend, believe, receive, receipt ‘Some exceptions: fereig,eithar, science, weird, height, spocios Write io after c for words with a shuhn sound. For example: sufficient, ancient, conscience, efficient Write ei when the vowel sounds like an a. For example: weigh, rein, reign, neighbour For words ending in y: * rtain the y when adding ing; for example: crying, studying + rotain tho yifits procedod by a vowel, when adding ora suffix; for example: employs, employer + chango the yto fifitis procodad by @ consonant, whon adding a suffix for axamplo: crias, studios Some exceptions: dryness, shyness English ~ Back To Basics wi Drop the final ¢ to most words when adding a suffix beginning with a vowel. For example; use—usable make—moking Double the consonant when adding a suffix starting with a vowel (e.g. -ing) to: + aword of one syllable ending in a single consonant, preceded by a vowel for example: drip—dripping sit—sitting + aword of more than one syllable ending ine single consonant, preceded by a vowel ifthe stress is on the final slab; for example: bogin—boginning commit—committed ‘When the stress is not on the final syllable, the single consonant remains; for example: develop—developing—developed. Exceptions include many words ending in , where the is always doubled; for example: appal—appalling travel—travelling, ‘wow pied com rim-Ea Pushing?— Abbreviation An abbreviation is a word written in shortened form. A full stop may be used to show part of the word is missing. However, ifthe last letter of the word is used, there is no full stop. For example: Mon. for Monday Drfor Doctor Acronym Avword made up from the initial letters of a phrase. Far example: SIDS (sudden infant ddoath syndramo) radar (radio detecting and ranging) (Note: fits not pronounced as a ‘word, itis an intialism; e.g. LPG.) Antonyms Words that are opposite in meaning. For examplo: hot/cold darkdight wotidry Base word The root word or main part of the word. Prefixes and suffixes can be added to the base word, For example: reading, misguided, caretully Compound word ‘Two or more words joined together. Far example: pancake, teaspoon, underground Consonant Any letter of the alphabet thatis not a vowol For example: b,c. d,f.9.h.j Contraction A shortened form of a ward. An apostrophe is usod to replace the deleted leters, Far example: I'm, we're, they'l, she'd, cantt Derivative Aword made from adding prefixes and suffixes to a base word. For example: sleeping, unusial, hhappity Prim Pubiishing® wor prin-ed com ‘Spelling and word study Digraph Two letters representing one phoneme For example: th, sh, wh, er, ck, ou Eponyms Eponyms are words that come trom @ person's name or name ofa place. For example: Jules Leotard Anders Celsius Earl of Cardigan Etymology ‘The study of the origin and history of words. For example: annwa/from the Latin word annu, meaning ‘year Grapheme ‘The written representation of a sound. For example: ov, ing, th Homographs ‘Words that are spelt the same but have different origins and meanings and are sometimes pronounced differently For example: cricket, wind Homophones ‘Words that sound the same but are spelled differently. For example: peace/piece threw/through bored/board Morpheme The smallest unit of meaning. For example: house/keop/ing Phoneme ‘The smallest unit of sound in a word that can be represented by one, two, three orfourletters. There are 44 phonemes in English. For example: to, shoe, through Phonetics ‘System of spelling words that reprasents sounds by symbols. Plural Indicates more than one person or thing, For example: two books three wishes four children Prefix Used at the beginning of a base word ta change meaning. For example: inedible, uncanseious, ‘kegel, disobey Singular Only one person or thing. For example: one boo, table, an apple Suffix Used atthe end of a base word, For example: working, lonely, walked, editor Syllable Aunit of sound which contains a vowel sound. Allwards are made up of one or more syllables. For example: talk, nerv-ous, in-de-pen-dent Synonyms Words that are similar in meaning For example: big/arge smaltftiny weydamp Thesaurus Aroferance book which groups: words by meaning, For example: promise—pledge, guarantea, ‘engagement, commit, assure, secure Trigraph ‘Three letters representing one phoneme. For example: high, fudge, pear Vowel ‘The five letters of the alphabet that are nat consonants. ‘These are: a, ei, oand u. English ~ Back To Basicsa Teacher notes Apostrophe Used to show ownership and in contractions to show where letters have been dropped. For example: Jackie’s dog wasn't barking, Capital letters Used to start sentence, as the first latter of proper nouns, for the pronoun / intitles, and to start direct speech. Colon Used to introduce additional information. For example: Use the following: eggs, bacon, milk, salt and pepper. Comma Used as a short pause to saparato parts of a sontence and items ina lst For example: The boy, a great athlete, was competing inmost events. | took pens, pencil paper and paints to the class Dash Used to provide additional information or show that something is unfinished. For example: | opened the gift—it was just what | wanted, Ellipsis Used to mark letters or words that have been left out and a pause or interruption For example: Her birthday party was wonderful... the best ever! English ~ Back To Basics Punctuation Exclamation mark Used to show strong emotion, For example: Thats fantastic news! Forward slash Used to show options, shortened forms, in web addresses and instead of per, anor a. For example: true/false 60kmvh Full stop Used at the end of a sentence or in some abbreviations. For example: His birthday was on 21Feb. Hyphen Used to join words and word parts, clarify meaning and divide words at ‘the and af a line For example: re-signed a contract brother-in-law three-quarters Parentheses Used to enclose additional information such as a comment, explanation or example. For example: Tia (my sister) showed me how to use the program. Question mark Used at the end of a sentence to show a question to be answered. For example: Did you finish everything you wanted to? ‘Quotation marks Used to indicate direct speech, ‘quotations and specific titles. For example: ‘Did you know the Spanish word “siesta” means a shortnap?” Ben asked Semicolon Used to separate short, balanced and linked phrases or clauses. itis stronger than a comma, notas strong as a full stop. Itcan also be used to separate items in a list of phrases or clauses. For example: | bought new shoes; ‘they ware on sale, | need 12 pens, pencils, and rulors; 24 books, six erasers and two bags. ‘www pied com ri-Ea Pushing?vote Abstract noun Aword which deseribes things that cannot actually be heard, seen, smelt or tasted. For exam anger, beauty, danger, jealousy, loyalty, pain Active voice ‘Tho voice of the verb which shows ‘that the subjact of the sontonce is performing the action For example: Hor friond drove the ‘The dog frightened the child, Adjective Adoscribing word used to add meaning to @ noun or pronoun, For example: He wore a blue shit. The meal was delicious. Adverb Adds meaning to a verb, adjective or other adverb. It can tell how, where or when, For example: He workad carefully. Yesterday, they walked to school, ‘She finally finished. Agreement ‘Shows that linked words or phrases agree in terms of ease, number, gender and person, For example: He is welcome. They arewelcome. She tried to write the story herselt Article A subclass of determiners where ‘and anare indefinite and the is dofinitive, For example: a computer, an apple, thedog Prim Pubiishing® wor prin-ed com Grammar Auxiliary verb A’helping’ verb that is used in forming tense, mood and vaiees with other verbs. The verbs 10 be, to have and to do are often used as auxiliary vorbs: For example: | was thinking of you. He does leave his room ina mess We have seen it. Clause ‘A group of words with @ subject and its verb, For example: She walked to the station, Collective noun A group of persons or things. For example: a class of pupils, a flock of sheep, a herd of elephants Command verb (imperative) ‘Avorb used as an order or command. For example: Stop tlking so loudly. Common noun ‘A.word naming general rather than particular things. For example: applo, river, table, colour Complex sentence Has a main (independent) clause and atleast one subordinate (dependent) clause. For example: | like swimming before I walk along the beach. Compound sentence Has two or more independent clauses with a linking word For example: The nurse worked hard and helped the sick child. Conjunction Ajoining word for words, phrases, clauses and sentences, For example: | ate an apple anda Pi 9s tired but! had to work because the assignment was due. Connective Acconnecting word that tells order ‘and what is coming next For example: I'llfinish the dishes first and then watch a film. Determiner Aword that is used in front of a noun ‘or pronoun ta tell semathing about it For example: a tiger, thetiger, some tigers, both tigors, that tiger, three tigers Direct speech Exactly what is spoken, enclosed in quotation marks. For example: “Are you feeling thirsty?’ she asked, Double negative When two negatives are used together, with the effect of cancelling each other so the negative meaning is lost For example: She wasn‘tdoing nothing. He didn't get nolunch. Finite verb Avverb that has a subject. A finite verb must be a part of every sentence and agree with its subject. For example: The ball rolls. The balls rol Idiom A phrase thatis not meanttiterally For example: over the moon frog in my throat English ~ Back To BasicsPeet Ta] Teacher notes Indefinite pronoun A pronoun that refers to people or things generally and not specifically For example: anybody, anything, everybody, everyone, somebody, something Indirect speech Reports, and often alters, direct speach without the use of quotes. For example: | asked her ta be quiet. She told me she would leave eariy. Main (independent) clause ‘A group of words that can stand alone and make sense without baing dependent on any other part of a sontence, Far example: | decided to go shopping after | had my lunch. Modifier ‘Aword or group of words that affect the meaning of another word in some way by giving more information. They might describe, define or make a meaning more precise For example: The TVis in the fargest room, Bright-eyed and inquisitive, the squirrel searched for food, Noun ‘A word that names a person, place, thing, feeling or idea For example: doctor, Paris, suitcase, tear, courage Object Shows whet or whom the vorb affects, For example: They purchased a house. She wore blue jeans. Paragraph Agroup of sentences that are about one main idea. The sentences should follow in a logical order. English ~ Back To Basics Grammar Passive voice The voice of the verb which shows that the subject is having an action done tot For example: Max was tickled by his sister Sho was surprised by the visitors. Person Text may be written as the first, second or third parson and is indicated by the use of pronouns and verbs. Jwrote the book. Itmust be yours. Did ho waite tho book? For example: Personal pronoun Used in place of a person. First person personal pronouns are: ‘me, mine, we, us, Ours. Second person personal pronouns are: you, yours. ‘Thitd person personal pronouns are: he, his, bim, she, hers, he, i its, they, them, theirs. Phrase A group of words in a sentence which does not contain a finite verb. For exampla: She walked towards the house. The car erashed into the tree, Possessive pronoun A pronoun used to show ownership. For example: That bookis his. thinks hers. Ihave mine here. Itmust be yours. Predicate ‘What is written or said about the subject of a sentence, For example: The teacher was tired and hungry. Tho kitehan was clean and tidy, Preposition Used in front of a noun or pronoun to deseribe the relationship For example: underthe water, to him, atthe concert, before lunch, around them Pronoun Usod in place of a noun to reduce repetition, For example: Peteris conscientious. Ho works quietly Proper noun Used to specifica name a person orth For example: Jemma, Antarctica, Sahara Dosort Relative pronoun Used to connect or relate one part of a sentence to another. For example: Here is the house thar! want to buy. met the man whose story | had read. Sentence A group of words that makes sense fn its own. Itmay have one or more clauses, It must have a finite verb, 4 capital letter at the start and end in full stop, question mark or exclamation mark, For example: {1 ear breakfast after ve had a shower. Simple sentence Asontence with only one verb (part of the predicate) and one subject. For example: {played a game. They ate dinner together. Slang Words or phrases in common use. that are not considered to be part of standard English. For example: aggro, dude. Statement Asentence which states a fact. For example: We will not be leaving today. ‘wow pied com rim-Ea Pushing?Subject The person or thing who is doing the action ina sentence. For example: Mrs Green taught music. The football team won the game with the last kick ‘Subordinate (dependent) clause A group of words that cannot stand alone and make sense. Its dependent on the main clause or its meaning For example: | ate everything on the plate because Iwas Grammar Tense Verb tenses tell whether the action is happening in the past, present or future. For example: | walked, | walk, | am walking, | will walk. Verb ‘An action or state of being word For example: She read the book. He has written a story. They will eat dinner. We thought about it. Words used as prepositions beyond in but inside by into concerning like despite near down of during off excopt on for conto from out Prepositional phrases behind in in front of due to in ou of inaddition to in fight of inthe back of in place of over past per round through throughout wi) to towards in regard to in spito of instead of, in view of Words used as adjectives or adverbs unary. aboard among about around above at across before after behind against below along beneath alongside beside amid besides amidst between according to aside from ahead of asto apart from back of astaras because of bad doublless better early bright enough cheap even close fair deep far Prim Pubiishing® wor prin-ed com fast loose first loud hard low high much late near itt quick x right rough second sharp slow smooth under uni up upon via with within without on account of on board outof owing to straight third tight well worse wrong English ~ Back To BasicsThere are 19 vowel sounds listed below. Most of these vowel sounds can be written in a number of different ways. The letters used to represent sounds in wards are called ‘graphemes’. Knowledge about common graphemes and an understanding of how to use them when selecting the particular one needed to spell a word correctly, are essential spelling skills. ‘Some of the most commonly used graphemes for each vowel sound are found in the table below. Sound Graphemes “a as in bat a(cat) ‘a’ asinrain ai (pain) ay (tray) a-e (plate) a (baby) ea (break) ei (rein) ey (grey) ‘ar asin bar ar (car) a (class) al (calf) au (laugh) ‘air’ as in pair air (chair) are (care) ear (bear) ere (there) eir (their) avy (yawn) or (fork) au (sauce) a (bal) ore (store) oar (roar) oor (poor) ough (fought) ‘aw’ asin paw | augh (caught) al walk) “a asinvoll 2 (jt) oa (soroad) ‘ee’ asintree | 80 (shoep) ea (beat) y (unm) ie thief ei (cling) oy (key (ak) e-e (athlete) ‘er asinforn | er (orm) ir (gil ur (purse or (word) ear (earn) our (ourmoy) “ear asin appear | ear (neat) eer [deer ee (hore ir lier) Tasinbit iin y (pyramid) ui (build) ‘Tasintive | (find ie (pie y sky ie ine) igh sigh) ‘arasintop | 0 lot) « (wasp) au (sausage) ou (cough) “e'asinhope | o{no) oa (boat) 08 (tos) ow (sow) 0-¢ [homa) “ow asin cow | ow (down) ou (loud) “ay asinioy | oy(boy) oi (coin) ‘a0’ asin cook | 00 (book) w (bush ou (should) "go" asin boat | oo (spoon) ew flew) uo (true) ou (soup) ui rut o Wo) ‘Vasinmud | utruck) (some) ou (young) ‘yu’ asinuso | a-o uso) u (duty ow (now uo (avenue) eau (beauty English ~ Back To Basics xl woe prea com Prm-EaPubishing®on There are 25 consonant sounds listed below. Mostof these consonant sounds can be written in a number of different ways. The letters used to represent sounds in words are called ‘graphemes' Knowledge about common graphemes and an understanding of how to use them whan selecting the particular ‘one needed to spell a word corractly, are essential spelling skils. ‘Some of the most commonly used graphemes for each consonant sound are found in the table below. Sound Graphemes asin big b (bat) bb (rabbit) ‘ce’ asincat ¢ (clean) ck (pack) ch (school) k (kite) cc (occupy) que (cheque) “eh asin chin ch (church) toh (wateh) ‘d'asindog d (doll) da (rudder) ed (talked) fas in fat £ (fed) ff (giraffe) ph (phone) gh (laugh) ‘g’asinget 4g (goat) gg (egg) gu (guide) gh (ghost) ‘b’ asinhat h (have) wh (who) ‘jasinjam {iat 9 (giant ge (hedge) gg (suggest) ‘Vas in look lot) I (hill) Le (little) ‘mas inmet m (mother) mm (hammer) mb (climb) Im (calm) mn (autumn) ‘n’ as innow ‘n (nurse) nn (runner) kn {knot} ‘ng’ asin sing ng (strong) n (sink) ‘pasinpot (bin) pp (rinped) ‘fasinrun (red) rr (carry! wr (write) ‘s'as in sat s (sun) ss {toss} c (cent} ce (rica) sc (scene) ‘sh’ asin ship sh (sheep) s (sugar) ss (pressure) ch (machine) ci (special) ti (station) si (tension) ‘Yasintap ‘t (tent) tt (written) th (Thomas) ed (cooked) ‘th’ asin thin th (think) ‘th’ asin then th (that) the (breathe) ‘vas invan vivase) f (of) ‘w asinwas Ww (watch) wh (when) *x’as in box x {fox) cks (socks) ‘y‘asin yas vival) ‘Yasin zebra 2 (2ip) zz (fizz) s (has) ‘zh’ asin measure s {treasure} si television! Prim-< Pubishing® —_wrn.prin-eceom xa English - Back To Basicsee Teacher notes Prefix Meaning Example(s) anti- opposed, against antiseptic bie ‘wo, twice bicycle bio life biography circum around circumference co. ‘together cooperate contra. ‘opposite, against contradict de. away, from, down defor, descend dis- apart disconnect enem- make enable, embrace ox former ex-promiar for nat forget fore- before forecast siga- billion gigabyte hyper- over, exclusive hyperactive ik not illegal in notin incomplete, inside imei not impossible, irregular intor- botwean, among intorviow mal wrong malfunction mega. milion mogabyte micro: small microscope mili thousand mille min small miniskirt mis. wrongly misjudge non not nonsense out outside, dotached utpationt post. aftor postgraduate pre before preheat re again, back ropoat, return half semicircle sub. undor submarine super. over, above ‘superhuman ‘rans- across transport tr ‘three, triple tricycle une not undone uni one, single uniform with against, away withhold English ~ Back To Basies xiv woe prea com Prm-EaPubishing®a Suffix Meaning Example(s) -able, -ible capable of, for adaptable, possible of, relating to maternal, magical ar tke circular “aie temake aggravate -ation actof invitation -dom state of freedom er, one who farmer, actor -e88 feminine of nouns princess -told number of parts, times twofold “ful able to fll of helpful, pltoful ion action, state, quality consideration, promotion -ise make into humanise “ish belonging ike sitlish, Swedish -ism state, quality, act of heroism, baptism -ist one who artist “iva tka, connected with native, protactive -less without childless: cy like, how, when manly, darkly, yearly iment result, state, quality of achievement, judgment -ous full of nervous “phobia fear, dread claustrophobia Prim-< Pubishing® —_wrn.prin-eceom English - Back To BasicsPe rt ey Teacher notes Root word |_Meaning Example(s) seribe wing doseribe, inscribe, scribble, presoribo, transcribe port carry ‘ransport portable, report, export. impor, support ped foot pedestrian, pedal, pedestal, impede, expedition spire breathe inspire, conspire, respir,transpi mit send, let go ‘ransmit omit admit, permit, remit fact maka, do manufacture, facto, faction, satisfaction factory duce, duct tolead conduct introduce, produce, educate, conductor capit head capital captain, decapitate, eapitulate fy flow fluid, uont, influence, affluent, ofluent manu hand manual, manufacture, manuscript, ma aqua, aque water aquatic, aquarium, aquaplano, aqueduct, Aquarius aud hear audio, audience, audible, audition anu year annucl, anniversary, biannual annuity bone well benefit, bonoficial, bonefactoy, beneficiary, benevolent prem, prim frst primary, prime, primitive, primer, premier uns one uni dua wo duct ues three wwiangle quatuor four quarter auingue five quintet, sex sik sextuplet septum seven Soptombor (7° month on Roman calondar) acto eight octopus over nine November (9® month an Roman calendar) decem ten decimal eentum hundred century mila thousand millimetre Root word | Meaning Example(s) inet mato | monsuce centimetre, mimeo, thormometa, barometer, peda speodom miro small miieroscopic, microscope, microphone aero air aeronaut aerate, aeroplane, aerial sphore globe, ball atmosphere, stratosphere, hemisphere tele tar off telephone, teleport, televise, television logy word knowledge. | psychology biology, zoology, neurology auto solf automatic, autobiography, autograph, automobile logos word, reason | logic, lgistic, logical English ~ Back To Basics avi woe prea com Prin Pubshing®vee about ache addross afraid again agree almost always ‘among answer any around August aunt autumn balloon beautiful because boon beginning behaviour bicycle breakfast buitt businoss busy buy. careful Prim Pubiishing® wor prin-ed com choose colour coming cough could country couple cousin daughter decide dofinite different dificult discuss doctor does don't done during early easy eight every exercise famous February finish forgotten friend ‘guess halt heard hospital hour hungry important insoct instead interesting invite January knew know lately laugh library liston lose making many meant message might minute naughty nearly xvii none ‘ocean often once people picture piece please promise ‘question quick ready roason remember rough said separate September sign since some someone special spread straight strange sure surprise th though through together tomorrow tonight touch trouble Tuesday uncle used useful vegetable woice ‘Wednesday welcome whore which who ‘women won't would write writing wrong wrote yesterday English ~ Back To Basicsaccidont adventure aeroplane altogether ambulance amusing anxious appear appreciate argument assombly association athlete attendance audience author automatic avenue awful balance believe careless celebrate centre certain chocolate comfortable committee conversation curtain English ~ Back To Basics customer damage decoration delicious disappointing discovery disgraceful distract division doubt section electric enormous enough excitement extreme failure fashion favourite finally forty frequent generous gradual heritage hesitate honest, horrible imagination immediately incident information injury instrument intelligent jealous knowledge lawyer league machine material med! @ migrate ‘multiplication museum musical mystery necessary neighbour nephew nervous niece opinion oxygen parliament passongor permission persuade physical population private procedure punishment pure pyjamas ‘quantity reasonable recreation religion repair roquest searce separate silence skiful subtraction support surround technology unknown valuable variety visitor woary weight weird yacht youth ‘wow pied com rim-Ea Pushing?vote accessories acquaintance acquire admittance adolescence anniversary ‘anonymous appalling Arctic assistance asthmatic basically bouquet boutique bureau campaign casualty cautious cemetery chauffeur choreography coincidence colleague commercial commitment communicate compatitive concussion congratulations consciontious conscious controversial Prim Ea Puig? convenient cooperate courageous curious daceased dofinite desperate diabetes diarrhoea difference disappearance disapproval disastrous discipline diserimination discussion disease disinfectant distinguish documentary economically efficient eightieth electrician embarrass ‘encourage escalator essential ‘eventually fascinate fatigue fierce wwe ied com forsigner fortunately treight fugitive furious gouge genuine glamorous government grammar arieve guarantee guard hallucination harass hereditary hilarious humorous hypothetical hysterical ignorance iliterate imaginative immaculate inappropriate independence indigenous ineligible ingredient insoparable intormediate imterrupt itrelovant inreplaceable itresponsible itinerary jewallary kidnapped knowledgeable labelled legendary limousine maintonance manageable manually millionaire miraculous morgage muscle mysterious negotiate numerous. nutritious obedient obese obscene obsessive occasion occurred offence omittod opportunity ordinary outrageous, paralyse participant permitted phonomanon pneumonia politician possession possibility professional pronunciation prosecute protein questionnaire queue rebellious receipt, recommend referee regretted rehabilitation relevant responsibility restaurant resuscitate rhythm rumour satellite schodule sigs significant silhouette sincerely sophisticated spaghetti spontaneous statistics successful sufficient supervisor surgeon suspicious technique therapeutic tragedy transferred twelfth unanimous unconscious unique unnecessary vaccinate vague visibility volunteered vulnerable wintry worshipped English ~ Back To BasicsWords easily confused or misused Teacher notes Words Examples angel/angle |We put the angel on the Christmas tree. A triangle might have a right angle. asilike I did as | was told. | was like my sister. ate/eaten, late breakfast. | have eaten breakfast. beat/beaten We will beat them. We should have beaten them. became/become She became a star. She will become a star. bbogan/bogun Ho bagan the work. Ho has bogun to work bbeen/being Thave been to school. ike being at school beside/besides I stood beside Who, besides your dad, is home? blew/blown The wind blew. The papers have blown away. breath/breathe He took a deep breath. He can breathe deeply. can/may/might ‘She can do that. May | do that? | may do that. | might be able to do that. came/come She came late. They will come later. ‘chose/choose chose the apple. | will choose an apple. dairy/diary The milk came from the dairy. He wrote in his diary. desertdessert The desert was dry. He deserted them. We had ice-cream for dessert. did/done He did the work, He has done the work. forgot/forgotten She forgot the number. He has forgotten to bring it. gave/give She gave me the book. | will give you the book, gone/went He has gone to school. She wentto school, hid/hidden Mum hid the Christmas presents. The presents were hidden from us. its/it's The dog is wagging its tail. It's a sunny day. knew/knowlknown [I knew the teacher. | know who she is. | wish | had known before Jaidlain [twas laid on the table. It had lain on the table for a while. learnfteach [had to learn the words. She can teach me how to do it. lond/borraw | will lend you tho book. May borrow tho book? loose/lose “These trousers feel loose, Don'tlose yaur phone meter/metre The meter was running. Itwas a metre long. otfoft Twas tired of working. I took off my ha. ‘utdoorvoutdoors | Cricket is an outdoor sport. We played it outdoors passed/past I passed the test. | walked past her. practice/practise He is going to footballl practice. He will practise his skills. principal/prineiple | She is tho principal af the school. She follawed a basic principle quievauite | was very quiet. twas quite funny. raptwrapped [was rapt with the result. | wrapped a present. risen/rose The sun had risen before | woke. The sun rose before | did. role/roll She played the role of a doctor. She ate a salad roll for lunch. showed/shown I showed her where | lived. He has shown me the way to go. storey/story They lived on the top storey of the building. | read the story. theirfthere/they re That is their house. They live there. They're going out. throwhthrough [throw the ball. walked through the room, toreftorn He tore the shirt he was wearing, The shirt is torn wearfwhere/we're || will wear the dress. Where are you? We're going to school went/gone They went an hour ago. They have already gone. whajiwhich have two brothers who are older. | have two kttens which are cute. who'siwhose Who's leaving now? Do you know whose dog itis? English ~ Back To Basics x ‘wow pied com Prim Ea Pubishing?Words easily confused or misused Teacher notes Rootword Example(s) accepvexcept Please accept this gift Everyone went except Drew. addition/edition | completed the addition problems. There is a new edition of that book. advicefadvise She asked for my advice. | would advise you to finish it. affect/effect |She was affected by the news. It had a good effect on her. amend/emend They should amend the rule. He needs to emend (edit} his work. balletballot Hor ballot dross was boautiful. Wo noadod a ballot paporto voto. belietbeliove My belo is that you wl do well. believe you will win charted/chartered He charted the data. He chartered a boat for the day. continual/continuous _ | She was in continual pain. It was a continuous line. councillor/caunsellor_|The local couneilor approved the plans. The counsellor listened to her dependany/dependent_|The woman had two dependants. The child was dependent on her mother. device/devise The electronic device was expensive. She had to devise a new plan. liciyilicit He tried to elicit information. The drug was illicit. cliibe/eaible The schoo! was eligible forthe grant. Her writing was legible. emigranVimmigrant The emigrant left his country. The immigrant arrived in his new country. emission/omission There was a gas emission. The omission of her name was an oversight. employee/emplayer The new employes worked hard. The boss was their employer. forgave/forgiven J easily forgave my best friend. | told her she was forgiven. |formally/formeriy: Iwas dressed formally. | was formerly at another address. human/humane He is a human being. They had to treat the animal in a humane way. licanceflicense He had a driver's licence. Ha had to license the car. mediate/meditate | She had to mediate betwen the grouns. took time to meditate and relax mistaken/mistook Iwas mistaken about the time. | mistook the time it would take. overtaken/overtook They had overtaken the slow car. They overtook the car. promior/promiore |The promior is tho stato lnador. Wo wont to tho film promioro proot/prove You need the right proof fist. You wil have to prove is true. refuge/refugee He took refuge from the storm. The refugee arrived from another country. review/revue Write a review of the book. The musical revue was very funny. scared/scarred Twas seared ofthe dark. The burn scarred my skin scraped/scrapped |She scraped her knee when she fell. | scrapped the work | was doing. stationary/stationery _ |The train was stationary. The stationery included pencils. suilsuita Ho wore tho naw suit to tho party. Wo stayod in an oxponsive hotel sito summary/summery |The summary was very brief. Itwas a fine, summery day. Prim Pubiishing® wor prin-ed com 2a English ~ Back To Basicsnitial sounds - 1 Phonics Answers 1. Tho flowing ilstatons shoul bo cloud (a) batbathod bok (1) {b) car can cat cross (J (2) dog dor dross dnesaur (a) (d) treetaptigertable — (t } {e) sun seal star stamp (J English ~ Back To Basics 2 ‘wwwpr-edcom —Prim-Ea Publishing?PUPIL NAME 1. Colour the pictures with the same first sound. Write the sound in ep box. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) avtag ae ies & eros — A ‘a + \ )1. Teachor chock 2 (a) bed (a) six (g) ten 3. Answers will vary. English ~ Back To Basics Answers (b) car {ec} dog (e) cat (book (hy rat wp -ed.com Prien £4 Pabishing®PUPIL NAME ULI LL El 3 1. Circle the first letter of each word. Write the word. (a)you Ss (b) day (c)look (id) me (e)sit ff) has (g)end ____........_____—(h) yes 2. Write the first letter for each word. (a) ed ce (b) " pe tay (c) og Gr (a) ix 6 (e)__at Gx) (f) ook _ | (g)___en @ (h) ___at @ 3. Write a word that starts with each letter. (aja (b) e (c)i (d) 0 (e)u (ht (g)w (h) g (i) b (ir Prim Pubisting® — wrn.prin-edcom 5 English ~ Back To Basicsal sounds - 1 Phonics Answers 1. The following illustrations should be coloured. {a} cat rat mat hat {b) man can fan pan {e} hag flag rag tag (a) car bar jar star {e} buscrossdress grass [s E888 English ~ Back To Basics 6 ‘wwwpr-edcom —Prim-Ea Publishing?PUPIL NAME 1. Colour the pictures with the same last sound. Write the sound in the box. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) Prim Pubisting® — wrn.prin-edcom 7 English ~ Back To BasicsAnswers 1. Teachor chock 2 (a) mop (bo) mat (e} bat (a) milk (e) belt flag (g) bell (h) seven 3. Answers will vary. English ~ Back To Basics 8 wp -ed.com Prien £4 Pabishing®PUPIL NAME 1. Circle the last letter of each word. Write the word. (a)red ______________{b) ten (c)for ...______________(d) wet (e)puff Sf) mum (g)cow fh) pink 2. Write the last letter for each word. (a) mo (b) ma (c)ba____ ¥ (d) mil (e)bel__ (f) fla P (g) bel (h) seve. 3. Write a word that ends with each letter. (a) n (b) s (c) m (d) b (e) 9 (f) x (9) ° (h) Pp (i) d (i) t Prim Pubisting® — wrn.prin-edcom 8 English ~ Back To BasicsMiddle sounds - 1 Phonics Answers 1. Tho following illustrations should bo coloured, (a) ponbedjetton (0) {b) dog mop rock log [0 {c) car cathat fan @ (d) sun duck bus sum ( u ) (e} bin pig pin fin © English ~ Back To Basics 10 ‘wwwpr-edcom —Prim-Ea Publishing?PUPIL NAME Middle sounds - 1 1. Colour the pictures with the same middle sound. Write the sound in the box. " | Gexlo 6 (b) BARAMiddle sounds - 2 Phonics Answers 1. Teachor chock 2 (a) duck (b) ring {e) pin (a) crisp (o} stamp (rock (g) kiss (h) crack 3. (a) bin (b) dog fe) ant (a) fan (e) pen ) am {g) cup (h) cat English ~ Back To Basics 12 ‘wwwpr-edcom —Prim-Ea Publishing?PUPIL NAME Middle sounds - 2 1. Circle the middle letter of each word. Write the word. (ajhad (bhi (c)can (ig (e)bed Ef) an (g)dad ____......_______(h) get 2. Write the middle letter for each word. (a)d__ck sp (b) ng QO (c)p. n Vi (d) cr___sp BQ (e)st__mp (fr ck ig (g)k____ss Sf (h) er. ck tv) 3. Write a word with each middle letter. (a) i Wo rn) (e) e 7 y (f) r ~ { f] D (g) uu EN (hy) a si Prim Pubisting® — wrn.prin-edcom 13 English ~ Back To BasicsAnswers 1. Teachor chock 2 (a) 3. (a) blanket (b) blind (ec) blow clap (b) club (c) clitt {d) clock 4. Circled words: (a) tb) (e) (a) {o) o () (hy clap clock, blink classroom, clean blue black, blondo blunt clown blank English ~ Back To Basics 14 Phonics wp -ed.com Prien £4 Pabishing®PUPIL NAME 1. Circle bl in each word. (a) blob (b) blue (c)black (d) blink (e) blank (f) bleed 2. Write bi to finish the words. (a) anket (b) ind (c) \ 3. Write cl to finish the words. (a) ap (b) ub (c)__iff (d) ock 4. Circle the b! and cl words. Write yes or no. (a) Can you clap? (b) Can a clock blink? (c) Is the classroom clean? (d) Is the sky blue? (e) Is your hair black or blonde? (f) Is your pencil blunt? (g) ls a clown funny? (h) Is this page blank? Prim Pubisting® — wrn.prin-edcom 45 ow English ~ Back To BasicsPhonics Answers flame, float, flag, floor, fla. globe, glove, glow, glass, glue. 3 al tly (6) ip (c) floss (d) glass {0} flat (flap English ~ Back To Basics 16 ‘wwwpr-edcom —Prim-Ea Publishing?PUPIL NAME 1. Circle the fl in each word. Match the word to the picture. flag flame floor flea float ® te VP \ & 2. Circle the g! in each word. Match the word to the picture. glass glue glove globe glow P2753 3. Choose the right word. Draw a picture. (a) The bird can( fly | float ( (b) I can (lop | flip} a coin. ( (c) | can{ floss gloss |my teeth. (d) 1 can drink from a(glove |glass ). [ ] (e) The page is{ flat gold (f) The cat went out the door (si Prim Pubisting® — wrn.prin-edcom 7 English ~ Back To BasicsAnswers 1. (a) play (b) plano {6} plant (1) plank 2 (a) plant (6) plane {o} plank (a) play 3. (a) sleep (b) sleeve {6} sting (a) slide 4 slip, slop, slap 5. Teacher check English ~ Back To Basics 18 ‘wwwpr-edcom —Prim-Ea Publishing?PUPIL NAME 1. Write pl to finish the words. (a) ay — (b) 2. Write the missing p! word. (a) The green grows in the garden. (b)lsawthe SS _—high in the sky. (c) The was made of wood. (d) I like to games. 3. Write s! to finish the words. (a) eep (b) eeve (c) ing (d) ide 4. In summer we should ip, op, ap. 5. Draw two friends playing on a slide and a dog sleeping. Prim Pubisting® — wrn.prin-edcom 49 English ~ Back To Basics