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1 KEY ENGLIH KILL FOR K2 am a rn i pl Pa Ba d rl ENGL H ARPENER: plling ng YEAR 6 E FINAL COVER.indd 3 Nam 24/07/ :16

2 Bring your ar plugs bcaus this is whr all th action is. This is th hom of... Baarbara, Martha and thir gang ar th flock who rock! Thy r th word wranglrs. Thy find th bst way to join lttrs by tying thm tothr, stitching thm up or wlding thm in plac. Thy r grat music fans, too, and lov a bit of thrash mtal! Can you s Baarbara? h s th on waring a wlding mask! Rcycling barn This is th plac whr words ar choppd up rady to b rusd, but it s also th training ground for Th Duck quad Pa Ths ducks lov to pull words apart and brak thm up into littl lttry pics. Working with chainsaws, sldhammrs or just thir highly-traind wings, thy can split up words for rcycling. Th tru idntity of th Ninja Duck is a mystry pl Ths birds ar th ral workrs on th farm. Thy sort through th lttrs and words, choosing which ons nd to go tothr. Thy r told what to do by Eggstin but h talks so much that thy somtims fort to listn! Who can blam thm? E PP YR5_6 FINAL V2.indd 1 Rcycling barn lttr shack am Chickn Pickr Crw r Construction shd Eggstin Eggstin is an gg-straordinarily clvr chickn and a propr gghad! H s in char of th Chickn Pickr Crw but h s always crowing on about somthing. g... Baarbara and th Havy Mtal Gang f ar This is whr th chickns hang out. L ar n Construction shd f arm h t Lttr shack This hors is William. H pulls th havy lttrs and words around btwn th workshops. dg u o h t ar d n u ro nd Word Farm is th plac whr words ar takn apart, rcycld and put back tothr. This is danrous work. Brokn words lak lttr radiation and th animals hav bcom hypr-intllint! This is good nws for Chris bcaus th animals hlp him with his work. in or William Ba W t dp in th countrysid and hiddn away bhind ths iron gats lis Word Farm. Chris is th ownr of Word Farm. You can s him coming through th gats on th lft. m a W m rm F ar ord df a Rootr and Tootr Trry and Crumb Rootr and Tootr root out words from all ovr th world. W ll lav it to you to guss which pig is which! Th two sillist bulls on th farm. Thy r just too daft for most word work but thy try hard to mak th othr animals smil! Badr Larning 02/08/ :52

3 Introduction Thr ar hundrds of thousands of words in th English langua so it s hardly surprising that vryon missplls a word onc in a whil! Larning th corrct splling for ach on of thos words would b impossibl but hlp is at hand: larning som simpl ruls will hlp you to spll lots of words. This book has bn mad to hlp you larn ths ruls and bcom a succssful spllr. Things to look out for in this book: Eggstin s Hints Eggstin s hints ar rally usful and thy will mak your work asir. Don t fort to rad thm. This pictur shows you that using a dictionary could hlp you to answr th qustions. English is mad up from lots of othr languas and thr ar som words that don t follow th ruls. Exampls of ths words appar in th Wacky Word Warning signs. Hi! I m PELLING BEE Wacky Word Warning WACKY WORD WARNING WACKY WORD WARNING Aftr most sctions thr s a chanc for you to practis your spllings as part of a mini-splling tst. Your tachr will tll you which words to writ in th spacs. Contnts Endings that sound lik /shus/ splt -cious or -tious 2 Badr Larning Pa Endings that sound lik /shul/ 9 Unstrssd vowls 13 Words nding in -ant, -anc/-ancy, -nt, -nc/-ncy 3 14 Words nding in -abl and -ibl 19 Practising syllabl strss 24 Adding suffi xs to words nding in -fr 25 Using a hyphn to link words 27 Words containing th lttr-string ough 28 // splt i aftr c 32 Words with silnt lttrs 35 Homophons 39 Root words 47 ampl Pa Badr Larning

4 Information in g Endings that sound lik /shus/ splt -cious or -tious L ar n Th animals hav bn askd to mak lots of adjctivs nding with th sound /shus/. pr dg Ba Pa cious us nutri cio tious r This sound can b mad using -tious or -cious 3 E PP YR5_6 FINAL V2.indd 3 am pl Th chickns wr not sur which word nding th shp ndd so thy hav brought both. but which word ndings ar w supposd to us? shus sounds Badr Larning 02/08/ :52

5 Endings that sound lik /shus/ splt -cious or -tious (1) Adding -tious Add -tious to mak ths nouns into adjctivs. Noun: ambition caution contntion xpdition infction Adjctiv: ambi tious Noun: nutrition ostntation prtntion rptition suprstition Adjctiv: A fw words nding in -tious do not hav nouns. You just hav to larn ths! If th start of th word can also hav a /shun/ nding thn th shp should add -tious. Got it! conscintious factious scrumptious surrptitious Th word suspicious is th only -cious word that has a noun that nds in /shun/ - suspicion. fiction bcoms fictitious WACKY WORD WARNING WACKY WORD WARNING ampl Pa Badr Larning 4 Badr Larning

6 in g Endings that sound lik /shus/ splt -cious or -tious (2) Adding -cious L ar n You should us -cious if th root word nds in c. Yolky-dolky Eggy. r c i v Ba dg vic offic grac malic avaric am Knock, knock! pl Pa auspic spac Chan ths nouns into adjctivs by adding -cious. vi cious E PP YR5_6 FINAL V2.indd 5 Who s thr? 5 Cious Cious who? Cious m and my chickn! Badr Larning 02/08/ :52

7 Endings that sound lik /shus/ splt -cious or -tious (3) Adding -cious Most words nding in /shus/ ar splt -cious. atro cious auda auspi capa cons dli fro gra mali offi pr spa suspi tna uncons vora dradful atrocious polit and kind lar or roomy spac valuabl or lovd daring and bold crul, wickd tasty not awar doubtful, wary fi rc or violnt bossy, slf-important fortunat or promising hold onto, dtrmind lar capacity grdy or kn awak or awar Add -cious to ach of ths word bginnings. Can you fi nd out what ach word mans? ampl Pa Badr Larning 6 Badr Larning

8 ENGL H Yar 6 English harpnr: plling First publishd 2013 IBN Txt J H Ric 2013 Complt work Badr Publishing Limitd 2013 Th right of J H Ric to b idntifid as author of this Work has bn assrtd by him in accordanc with th Copyright, Dsigns and Patnts Act ARPENER: plling Prfct support for th nw K2 English grammar, punctuation and splling tst English harpnrs is a sris of books to hlp pupils and tachrs with th tchnical rquirmnts of K2 English. Each book covrs th spcific aspcts of English as dscribd in th K2 Tst for grammar, punctuation and splling, and th English Curriculum for yar 6. Packd full of gams and quizzs, ths titls will rally t your class xcitd about langua. Dsignd for your pupils to writ in, ths pupil books ar a grat way for your class to practic thir ky English skills. To hlp your pupils mak sns of splling, thir trusty guid is Eggstin th chickn nius, accompanid by th Chickn Pickr Crw who sort through th lttrs and words, choosing which ons nd to go tothr. Ths rsourcs ar full of fun but ar also srious about tting to grips with splling. Your pupils will njoy grappling with th tchnical sid of English and, bcaus thy ar having fun, will also rmmbr th ruls, tricks and lssons to hlp thm fly through thir tsts. Onc purchasd, you may copy this book frly for Publishr: usan Ross us in your school. nior Editor: Danny Parson Th pas in this book ar copyright, but copis may Editor: ian Morgan b mad without fs or prior prmission providd Dsignr: Jo Digby, north & south dsign that ths copis ar usd only by th institution Illustrator: Julit Brs which purchasd th book. For copying in any Printd in th UK othr circumstancs, prior writtn consnt must b obtaind from th publishr. Not: Du to th natur of th intrnt, it is vital that you chck intrnt links bfor thy ar usd in th classroom. Hlp with controlld assssmnt and how to approach it to t th Th ky vocabulary for xam succss. 80+ pa photocopiabl book with r-vrsionabl activitis on acc Author: Dr Tony Ra. An xprincd history tach for GCE Modrn World History, now full tim duc writr. History Contnts Introduction Mmorabl history Othr titl in th sris tudnts as xprts ENGL H ARPENER: Controlld assssmnt Grammar and Punctuation Oldmdow Road, uit G08, Businss & Tchnology Cntr, Hardwick Industrial Estat, Bssmr Driv, tvna, Hrtfordshir, Kings Lynn, PE30 G1 2DX 4JJ Tl: tl: fax: fax: what dos a C grad look lik, h thir grad to a C and byond. tachr s nots and studnt ovr activitis to hlp mak thm mm how to st up studnts FOR K2as xprt rsourcs. how to approach it with xampl Hlp from th xaminrs common rrors and xam tips to marks ar gaind and lost. Mmorabl vocabulary Exciting nw tools ampl Pa Badr Larning YEAR 6 Nam YEAR 6 J H Ric KEY ENGLIH KILL th ky vocab with gams to pla tagxdo/wordl, triptico.