1 Can you change LOVE into HATE in 4 moves? LOVE HATE Change one letter at each step to make a new word. 2 Can you think of ten words containing the letters GEO in that order? Geo was the Greek word for world. 3 How many ‘ready made’ words can you find inside the word GRANDMOTHER Hint: There are more than 10 4 How many words can you make using 5 or more letters in this grid? Use any letters in any order, but only once in a word. 5 How many ready made words can you find inside the word PHOTOGRAPHY Hint : There are six 6 One prefix will make the following into complete words. What is it? ________________ social ______________ bacterial _______________dote _______________biotic _____________clockwise ________________septic What does it mean ? 7 Rearrange the following letters to make new words : DAWN LATE MADE EAR EACH NOT NOTE LAME EAT TEAM ABLE READ 8 Can you change ROSE into MILK in 4 moves? ROSE MILK Change one letter at each step to make a new word. 9 Can you change REEL into LEAP in 4 moves? REEL LEAP Change one letter at each step to make a new word. 10 Can you change CAME into LONE in 4 moves? CAME LONE Change one letter at each step to make a new word. 11 WHAT AM I? I HAVE SIX LETTERS My first makes more than one. My second makes waves. My third is just me. My fourth is the same as my last. My fifth starts the opposite of “yes”. My sixth sounds like “see”. My last starts the end. 12 Think of another word with the same starting letter and same number of syllables : passenger independent opening horrible complicated 13 How many different meanings can you find for the words : 1.depression 2. bank 3. show 14 Think of 3 prefixes you could put in front of both and to make other words. What do they mean? 15 Complete these sentences with a main clause : 1) After 30 minutes of waiting at the bus stop, ………. 2) Although it looked disgusting, ……………. 3) ………...…, despite feeling unwell. 4) Frantically, ……………………….. 5) ……………… unless you have got a good excuse. 6) Shocked, ……………….…………. 16 Can you work out the answer to this riddle? * I am a place with 10 letters. * I start and end with two different consonants. * In my middle, I have two vowels together. * I come from the French language. * I contain the word “ran”. * I contain a word meaning “glow”. * I am a place where people can “rest” while they eat. What am I? 17 Make up a riddle for one of these words : * Knowledge * Accommodation * Leisure 18 Choose the correct prefix (dis…, ir…, im…, un…) to form the antonym (opposite) of each of these words : • precise • appear • friendly • loyal • respectful • helpful • measurable • perfect • regular • honest 19 How many new words can you make by adding prefixes and suffixes to this root : (meaning : to carry) 20 English Subject Wordsearch E T S Y X M W O R D S Q R N O N O M A T O P O E I A G B T P L U R A L P R D D L A D V E R B T O N B S J I N S E M I C O L O N L E S T C B V E R B W U C S C H O O P O E T R Y N G J T R N M R W H D A C K J W I O Y M L E N O V E L F E V U M A G L L A N G U A G E How many English ‘subject’ words can you find in this grid? 21 Can you unscramble the words below to form words which make sense? Hint : They are all to do with techniques used to persuade others. penoittier ssimhape caltorirhe stionequs cideeven goalsn 22 MATHS Unscramble the mathematical terms : tiplulmticaoni nivsidio oeaqtuin idtiadno lpiltmuy tiesigvintaon catirfon miadlec orfcta ganrilet 23 Can you think of 5 synonyms for to fit in this sentence? Eg. This quotation shows that Cassie is really scared. Hint : There are more than 5. 24 Can you think of 5 alternatives to ‘said’ in each of these sentences? 1. “Why haven’t you done your homework?” (said) the teacher. 2. “I hate lumpy custard!” (said) Jack. 3. The police officer (said), “Drop the gun now!” 25 How many words containing (meaning write) can you think of? eg. telegraph 26 How many words beginning with can you think of? 27 Unscramble the letters to give a scientific word. You are given the first letter. S C I E N C E toveln domnpou atvnieietgs mnpirteex luatre bbteouslmi edicenv 28 Think of 10 words with (in that order) within them. ‘ ’ is the Greek word for ‘ ’. 29 How many words can you make that relate to SCIENCE? Each word must have a minimum of 3 to 4 of these syllables. er a an in ar sis y chem tion ive per tus ex cor I al cal dis vent ment app 30 HISTORY Unscramble these historical terms. You have been given the first letter. C G T P D C I P R D telsa tnmvoerne roiart cstiilo ntysya toisaiinlvi soninav pgdanaroa blelonie ncfeee 31 GEOGRAPHY Unscramble these geographical terms. You have been given the first letter. L W P C E H S E R I tteuaid tereha tolnulio emtali ryutsa tbatia mteletnte nsiroo nogei anlointanetr 32 Which prefix, meaning ‘before’, can you put in front of the following to make words : ____________dict ____________sent ____________vent ____________mature ____________liminary ____________vious 33 SOME ANSWERS 1. Love Dove Dave Have Hate 2. Geography Geometry George Surgeon Gorgeous Courageous Outrageous 3. grand gran ran rand (South African currency) an and mother moth other he her 4. bleat later table stale stone stable steal stole …and more 5. photo to rap 6. anti = against 7. wand tale dame are ache ton tone male tea meat bale dear hot graph tog 8. rose role mole mile milk Geology Geophysics Dungeon Sturgeon beast laser loses stare strobe least bloat 34 9. reel, real, reap, leap 10. came, come, cone, lone 11. Science 12. By way of example : probably indefinite opposite holiday complemented 13. DEPRESSION : • misery • dent • economic slump 14. pre in circum BANK : • financial institution • river side • flying turn • bet SHOW : • reveal • performance 15. A variety of possible answers. 16. Restaurant 17. A variety of possible answers. 18. imprecise disappear unfriendly disloyal disrespectful unhelpful immeasurable imperfect irregular dishonest 35 19. import importing important imported export exporting exported transport transported transporting transportation porter portly portentous portable 20. English adjective language noun verb poet novel vowel comma antonym words adverb semi-colon colon 21. (for year 9) repetition emphasis rhetorical questions evidence slogan 22. multiplication division equation addition multiply investigation fraction decimal factor triangle 23. conveys indicates illustrates demonstrates suggests 24. By way of example : 1. asked demanded questioned 2. complained mumbled spat shouted 3. screamed warned instructed displays reveals depicts models enquired bellowed barked muttered moaned exclaimed cried yelled shouted 36 25. graphology autograph photograph graphic geography graphite calligraphy paragraph 26. actor activity actual actuality 27. solvent compound investigate experiment neutral combustible evidence 28. biology biography autobiography anti-biotic bionic biofeedback biochemistry and more. 29. chemical experiment inventive invention apparatus discover analysis 30. castle government traitor politics dynasty civilisation invasion propaganda rebellion defence 31. latitude weather pollution climate estuary habitat settlement international erosion region 32. PRE = before actress activate actually active