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Rewrite these list of words in alphabetical order:
a) Ship, tanker, liner, hovercraft, ferry.
b) Rope, compass, deck, flag, mast, are, pilchard.
c) Herring, trout, swordfish, hake, eel, sardine, anchor.
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2. Identify the root word from the following words:
a) Seafood, undersea, seaman, overseas.
b) Fishing, jellyfish, fishrod, starfish.
c) Sailor, sailing, sail, sailplane.
d) Starlight, starry, stardust, start.
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a) What does mum want the boys to do?
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b) What happened to the family last educational hoppy?
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c) Why is will’s stomach churning?
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d) Who is spud Murphy?
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e) How would you react if you were told to join your library?
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3. Write the paragraph below in the past tense choosing the suitable verbs
form the box .
Visualized glared sighed closed changed churned
a. Will’s stomach_______________ as he __________________
Mrs Murphy in his mind.
b. Her image ___________________ at him, spud gun at the ready.
c. He _______________ his eyes and _______________ deeply.
d. Mum never ____________________ her mind.
4. Match each present tense verb to its irregular past tense partner:
Past tense present tense
Thought red
Read say
Was think
Found is
Had find
Said have
Discus some stories you’ve heard, watched or read:
a) What sort of stories were they?
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b) Who told you the story? ............................................................................
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c) Did you hear them once or more than once?
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d) Which story did you enjoy most? ……………………………………………………………
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e) Why did you enjoy that story most? ………………………………………………………
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f) Explain what genre it is.
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