Riddled with Language
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MTA Copy Master Series
Riddled with Language
Practical Exercises in Language Skills
A.R. Gillon
Modern Teaching Aids Pty Ltd (Incorporated in NSW), 26-28 Chard Road, Brookvale, N.S.W. 2100. (02) 939 2355
Introduction, page 2
Children love RIDDLES. Riddles are complete Comprehension exercises in themselves. With this in mind, I have compiled these practical exercises in LANGUAGE skills.
The “RIDDLER’S STORIES” in this book contain answers to three or more riddles, interwoven through the story, motivating the pupil to read each passage carefully.
The Language exercises that follow provide the pupil with a comprehensive coverage of SPEAKING, WRITING and READING skills.
In each UNIT there are exercises in:
1. PRONUNCIATION 2. SOUNDS (and PHONIC SKILLS) 3. WORD ANALYSIS and ATTACK 4, SENTENCE STRUCTURE 5. GRAMMAR 6. PUNCTUATION (USAGE) 7. VOCABULARY 8. HANDWRITING 9. WRITTEN EXPRESSION
Also included for the child’s enjoyment are:
1. JOKETIME CORNERS 2. FIND-A-WORD PUZZLES 3. WHO AM I? QUESTIONS
This book enables the pupil to learn language skills through brief enjoyable exercises, without the barrier of formal, indigestible English lessons.
A.R. GILLON
MODERN TEACHING AIDS (Incorporated In New South Wales) 26 Chard Road, Brookvale, Telephone: (02) 939 2355
PTY. LTD. N.S.W. 2100
Australia
Introduction, page 3
PRONUNCIATION
1. git for get 2. miwions for millions 3. makin’ for making 4. somethingk for something 5. ‘im for him 6. uny for only 7. umbERella for umbrella 8. free for three
GRAMMAR
1. verbs 2. double adjectives 3. adverbs 4, compound verbs 5. proper nouns 6. adjectives (pick the noun)
7. phrases - how, where, when 8. adjectives
ONE EaONH
SOUNDS
PUNCTUATION comma in ‘listing’ capitals for names indirect to direct speech comma as a pause apostrophe of possession direct to indirect speech contractions contractions
WORDS double consonants singular words homographs ‘ough’ words double vowels rhyming words alliteration
VOCABULARY
1. ‘e’ words 2. quality and quantity 3. comparison of adjectives 4. descriptive ‘water’ words 5. common expressions 6. there/their/they’re 7. synonyms 8. group of ‘poultry’ words
SENTENCES
1. omitting ‘but’ 2. the TOPIC sentence 3. short sentences 4. questions 5. rewrite with new beginning 6. pronoun on the end 7. adverb inserted 8. reversing a sentence
WRITTEN EXPRESSION
1. Autobiography 2. Conversation 3. Describing Objects 4. Describing Feelings 5. Haunted House Story 6. Using Imagination 7. Stimulating Questions
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The Riddler’s Story THE FLEXIBLE COBBLER
Nowadays, cobblers use a variety of materials when making shoes. Canvas, nylon, rubber and pig skins are very useful and efficient. A clever cobbler down Sole Street tried using banana peel too. It was not very good for school shoes but it made handy slippers.
This shoemaker experiments a lot with left shoes, but never gets them quite right. With his head down, the shoemaker hammers and stitches right through the day. To help school shoes wear longer, he leaves the nail head exposed in the sole of the shoe, The little nails must get a headache walking around upside down all day.
Who knows what this eccentric cobbler will do next? Perhaps he will call in the elves and leprechauns.
UNIT 1
The answers are hidden in the story.
The Riddler’s Questions
WHY DOES A SHOEMAKER ALWAYS HAVE TROUBLE MAKING THE LEFT SHOE?
IF PIG SKINS MAKE GOOD SHOES WHAT DO BANANA SKINS MAKE?
WHAT ALWAYS WALKS WITH ITS HEAD DOWN?
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Riddler’s Lanquage
UNIT 1(a)
PRONUNCIATION Some people would say, ‘He never GITS it right.” The RIDDLER wrote, “He never GETS it right.” Practise saying these by reading them to your friend, “GET off my foot.” “My towel is GETTING wet.”
SOUNDS Sometimes ‘ch’. is used as a.’k’ sound. Find three words from the story containing ‘ch’.
a place. of learning.
MUM: SON:
JOKETIME...
Did you do well in your language test dear?
Yes, I made only one mistake, and I seen it as soon as I done it.
a pain in the head.
an Irish fairy.
Now use your DICTIONARY to find the meaning of:
WORDS
The RIDDLER used a lot of words with the words containing these doubles?
double
CONSONANTS pp in the story. Can mm you find
Now put your Fill the shape hand on the back of this page and trace around it with a coloured with words containing double CONSONANTS. (Use a Dictionary).
SENTENCES
There are two sentences which contain ‘but’ in the RIDDLER’S story. Make them into four sentences by leaving out ‘but’.
Remember your Capitals and Full Stops!
iv) What did the necktie say to the hat?
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HANDWRITING Copy these lines in your best handwriting style.
1. The shoemaker experiments a lot. (Watch the ‘exp’ join.)
UNIT 1(c)
. Perhaps he will call in the elves. (Watch the ‘erh’ join.) - Canvas, nylon, rubber and pig skins. (Neat Commas. ). Little nails. (Slope)
JOKETIME
Son: I don't like cheese with holes in it!
Dad: Just eat the cheese and leave the holes on the side of your plate.
FIND-A-RIDDLE
Find all the words first. Unjumble the letters that are left over. They give you the answer to the riddle.
RIDDLE: What did the chicken get when he crossed the road?
EIN WRITING
Find these words
COBBLERS
MATERIALS
SHOES
CANVAS
NYLON
RUBBER
SKINS
SLIPPERS
HAMMERS
STITCHES
WEAR
SOLE
ELVES
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WRITTEN EXPRESSION
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
UNIT I(d)
MY LIFE AS A WORKING BOOT
HELPFUL WORDS LEATHER FACTORY EYELETS SOLE STITCHES NYLON COBBLER WORN OUT THROWN OUT LACES
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UNIT 2
The Riddler’s Story
DOWN ON THE FARM
Being a farmer sure has its headaches. One day it’s flooding and your crops are ruined, the next day begins a long, grim drought. Perhaps that explains the actions of
Bill Freeman with his “get-rich-quick” schemes. Bill lives on Bald Hill, high above his dairy down below, overlooking his vast potato crops in the valley. His dairy cows were not producing good-quality, rich milk though. Each day he fed them bales of hay to improve the quality of the milk. It wasn’t until he added a quantity of crisp, five dollar notes to the feed that things improved. The cows produced just what he wanted - rich milk.
Another scheme started when his potato crop was ruined. Bill ploughed the plants in with a steam roller. That really smashed the potato crop. He said, ‘Now I’m the only one growing mashed potatoes, I’ll make millions.”
Bill now takes pills for his headaches. You know how hard pills are to get down; and you know how hard hills are to get up; well Bill faces both of these problems each day as he walks on Bald Hill.
The Riddler’s Questions
WHY DID THE FARMER FEED DOLLAR NOTES TO HIS COWS?
WHY DID THE FARMER A STEAM ROLLER?
HIS FIELD WITH
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PILL AND A HILL?
The answers are hidden in the story.
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Riddler’s Language
PRONUNCIATION When pronouncing “Bill”, your tongue should touch the top of your mouth. Instead of “MILLIONS” do you say “MIWIONS”? Say this sentence to your teacher. (Whole class or individually): “BILL wanted MILLIONS and MILLIONS of DOLLARS.” Now make up a sentence with 5 “double-I” words in it.
UNIT 2(a)
SOUNDS The ‘or’ sound can be heard in many words without having the letters ‘or’ in them.
Check the RIDDLER’S story to see how these words are really spelt: eg. shor = SURE
Borld Hill
Try these (NOT in the story):
JOKETIME
Bill: I didn’t come here to be insulted.
Jill: No? Where do you usually go?
WORDS PLURALS from the story... SINGULAR
Two crops
One crop
Two headaches
One
Two actions
One
Two schemes
One
Two potatoes
One
SENTENCES The TOPIC SENTENCE sets the scene for a PARAGRAPH. Write down the first sentence in the RIDDLER’S story. Now write a DIFFERENT second sentence to fit the story.
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GRAMMAR
UNIT 2(b)
Notice how the RIDDLER used
1 wo ADJECTIVES before some of the NOUNS in the story.
Complete this table.
ADJECTIVE from the story...
NOUN quality, rich milk
JOKETIME...
DAD: How are your
Now write some ADJECTIVES of your own.
PUNCTUATION
Add some more NAMES.
Make up your own TOWNS.
Bill Freeman from Bald Hill.
drought notes
HEADACHE
DAIRY
ROLLER
Remember your
Capitals and
Language marks at school, son?
SON: Underwater.
DAD: Meaning?
: Below C-level.
Full Stops now!
from from from
VOCABULARY
Explain the DIFFERENCE between:
“mashed potatoes” and “smashed potatoes”...
“good quality milk’ and a “good quantity of milk”...
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HANDWRITING
Copy these lines in your best handwriting style.
1. Being a farmer sure has its headaches. (Watch the ‘fa’ join.)
2. “get-rich-quick’” schemes. (Watch the ‘qu’ join.)
UNIT 2(c)
4. quality not quantity
5. Bill ploughed his plants in. 6... his dairy down below.
7. dairy not diary...
WHAT FRUIT AM I?
I contain lots of vitamin C. Amongst the citrus fruits, only the orange and the lemon have more vitamin C than me. I can be purchased as a drink or as whole segments in a can. Once my tree begins to yield, it produces a remarkable 590 to 680 kg of me-each year.
I am usually about twice the size of an orange, but my skin is yellow.
What fruit am I?
lama
FIND-A-RIDDLE
Find all the words first. Unjumble the letters that are left over. They give you the answer to the riddle. RIDDLE: What is the best day to go to the beach?
Find these farming words:
FARMER
FLOODING HEADACHES RUINED DROUGHT
SCHEMES po I
POTATO MILLIONS ASH
DIAC Ade
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WRITTEN EXPRESSION
Use lots of SPEECH MARKS to tell us what they are saying.
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The Riddler’s Questions
The answers must be in the STORY.
i) HOW DO YOU STAY COOL AT A CRICKET MATCH?
ii) WHY DIDN’T THE CRICKETER MEET CINDERELLA?
iii) WHY DID THE BOY WEAR WET TROUSERS TO THE CRICKET MATCH?
The Riddler’s Story
A FAN FOR THE FANS happy see
Have you ever seen the ONE-DAY CRICKET matches on TV? It is really exciting to watch the spectators in the stands. What a bunch. Between bowls and shouts, you can some busily making sunshades and fans out of newspaper.
One spectator, who was extra hot, quickly moved out of the sun to sit near his mate, a real cricket fan. “Sitting near you should keep me cool,” he said. Some of the revellers were wearing “wash and wear” jeans, soaking wet. One boy had washed them and worn them straight to the match, wet, obeying the instructions on the label.
One of the batsmen completely missed the ball. It skimmed right through to the wicket keeper. ‘’Howzat?”’ they screamed. ‘He didn’t meet Cinderella that time,”
shouted a spectator. We wondered what he meant...
It’s good watching the ONE-DAY CRICKET on TV, but it would be better... to BE THERE.
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Riddler’s Language
PRONUNCIATION Do you say, “I’m makin’ a sunshade’? The RIDDLER said, “You can see sunshades.” Practise saying these sentences out LOUD.
“No talkING, runnING, visitING or shoutING in the classroom.” “No pushING, ‘bombING‘, runniNG or litterING around the pool area.” “No ridING bikes, shootING guns or climbING trees in the park.” “No fishING, swimmING, boatING or camplING in this area.”
SOUNDS
The ‘ch’ and ‘sh’ sounds can Write 5 words with ‘ch’ from come anywhere the story.
in a word.
some
UNIT (3a)
makING
Write 5 words with ‘sh’ from the story.
Now choose two of these words and write them into a sentence.
WORDS The RIDDLER used meanings).
a HOMOGRAPH in the title of this story. (FAN can have two or more
A FAN is a A FAN is also a
To FAN yourself means In the first sentence there are two more HOMOGRAPHS,
Are you a fan of mine?
and m
Show the meanings of these two HOMOGRAPHS by using each word in 2 different SENTENCES.
SENTENCES Short sentences are very effective. The two shortest sentences used by the RIDDLER in the story are:
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Riddler’s Language
UNIT 3(b)
iv) What athlete is the warmest in winter?
GRAMMAR
ADVERBS tell us about VERBS. Many ADVERBS end with ‘ly’. Find the VERBS in the RIDDLER’S story that these ADVERBS describe.
ADVERB
VERB from the story completely ~~ the ball quickly out of the sun
DO YOU PERSPIRE?
Sweat comes out of your body in the form of microscopic drops through millions of tiny openings. When you use a FAN to move the air that comes near your skin, the rate of evaporation is increased. Your body is losing heat in this way and you feel cooler.
Q. How does a FAN make you feel COOLER? (TEACHER)
Now think of different ADVERBS to describe these VERBS.
ATE my lunch.
}__S COLOURED my book.
COMPLETED my work.
REMOVED his jumper.
SHIFTED the desks.
WORE bright red socks.
PUNCTUATION REWRITE this sentence the way it appears in the RIDDLER’S story. A spectator shouted that the batsman didn’t meet Cinderella.
We call this changing from INDIRECT to DIRECT SPEECH. Now try these.
INDIRECT SPEECH
DIRECT SPEECH
Peter said that he had seen it.
Ali asked him whether he had heard the news.
Peter said, *
Jo said, “This is what I want.”
asked Ali.
VOCABULARY cE ompleltetee thisthis ttaabbllee.
big good biggest re the biggest violin I’ve ever seen!
many
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UNIT 3(c)
Copy these lines in your best handwriting style.
3. Whet « happy bunch! (Care with
4." Howzat?”
5. Sunshades and fans. (Watch the letter
FIND-A-RIDDLE
Find all the words first, Uni jumble the letters that are left over, They give you to the riddle, the answer
RIDDLE: What is the most valuable fish?
Find these cricket words
CRICKET
SCREAMED
SPECTATORS
STANDS
SUNSHADES
BOWLS
SHOUTS
HAPPY
BALL
BAILS,
FANS,
COOL
BUNCH
JEANS
LABEL
WICKET
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HANDWRITING Copy these lines in
1. ONE-DAY CRICKET your best matches.
handwriting style. (Using capitals)
3. What a happy bunch! (Care with ‘ppy')
Sunshades and fans. (Watch the letter ‘’s‘)
UNIT 3(c)
FIND-A-RIDDLE Find aff the words first, Unjumble the letters that are left aver try thes ricklle
RIDDIE Wheat is the mast valuable fish?
They give you the onswor
Find these
CEO TAT ARIS SHIEESHADIS cricket words
HAPPY
Ade
ADE S
AWE A
Pies (efter WTI LAM CUAGR
A iia Rubtlatiaddby Matern ton rthetm Abide Béy Moattad Moy he ce gnde. ed tin debbeoule ber eget cncrgertial ee
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HANDWRITING Copy these lines in your best
1. ONE-DAY CRICKET matches, handwriting style. (Using capitals)
3. What a happy bunch! (Care with ‘ppy’)
5. Sunshades and fans. (Watch the letter ’s’)
UNIT 3(c)
FIND-A-RIDDLE;
Find all the words first. Unjumble the letters that are left over. They give you the answer to the riddle.
RIDDLE: What is the most valuable fish?
Find these cricket words
CRICKET
SCREAMED
MATCHES
HAPPY
SPECTATORS - _BALL
STANDS
SUNSHADES BAILS
BOWLS
FANS
SHOUTS
COOL
IXiK LP
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WRITTEN EXPRESSION
UNIT 3(dd)
Fe‘o fehellpowyaouu BESERIEE these pieces of CRICKET equipment, you can ask yourself i) What is it? What colour is it?
ii) From what is it made?
iii) How is it used?
iv) How could you keep it in good condition?
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The Riddler’s Story
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE
What an amazing substance water is,
No matter what its container, H,O keeps running until it eventually rests at the bottom.
Did you know that sound will travel through water? A ringing bell placed under water, (even though it may protest, saying, “I’m wringing wet!l’”) can be heard tolling through this colourless liquid. Next time you go for a swim, put your head under the water and shout to your friend. Then, when you get out, appreciate the coolness of the water droplets, as your towel gets thoroughly wet drying your body. Truly nothing matches water's versatility.
Did you
The Riddler’s Questions remember Capitals and
Full Stops?
WHAT DID THE BELL SAY WHEN IT FELL INTO THE WATER?
WHAT GETS WETTER THE MORE IT DRIES?
WHEN WILL WATER STOP RUNNING DOWNHILL?
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Riddler’s Language
PRONUNCIATION
Some people add a ’k’ onto their The RIDDLER’S last sentence in the Read it out loud. Now read these:
‘ing’ words. They story says, “Truly say “somethingk” nothING matches
“You can’t get somethING for nothING”” “I like fishING and swimmING”
“The bell was ringING and clangING””
“The old car was sittING, rustING away.”
“At school we learn readING, writING and spellING”’
UNIT 4(a)
and “nothingk” its versatility”
SOUNDS
The word “towel” is usually pronounced final ‘el’ sound on these words:
Fill in the missing letters: TR__V__L
Now write each word in a sentence and as only one syllable - ‘TOWL,, but read them to your friend.
listen to the
NOVEL SC__LP__L
WORDS
The RIDDLER used three ‘ough’ words in the story. They are and
There are many other ‘ough’ words. Fill the spaces in these sentences with containing ‘ough’.
words iv) Why is the baker always the richest man in town?
1. The pigs were eating their food out of a
2: The baker was making a huge batch of
3. “When the breaks, the cradle will fall...
4. “Mum ______ sme a brand new bicycle,” said Sheilah.
5. The farmers all agreed that they’d had rain.
SENTENCES The QUESTION.
Rewrite this sentence the way if appears in the story.
“1 knew that sound will travel through water.’
Now change the first sentence from the RIDDLER’S story into a question.
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GRAMMAR
UNIT 4(b)
Remember, VERBS are ACTION words.
Many VERBS are called COMPOUND VERBS - they have two parts.
eg. The teacher IS COMING. (“IS COMING” is a COMPOUND verb.) Julian HAS not TOLD his joke. (‘7HAS TOLD” is a COMPOUND verb.)
Use the correct form of the COMPOUND VERB in the sentences below. The part of the verb that YOU write in these sentences is called the PAST because the event has ALREADY HAPPENED.
1. The H,O HAS (freeze)
in the taps.
2. The runner HAS (drink)
her H,O.
3. HAS the bell (fell)
4. The H,O WAS (boil) - in the pipes.
PUNCTUATION The COMMA is often used as a PAUSE in a sentence. Read the second last sentence in the RIDDLER’S story. When you come to a comma, click your fingers. Now write a sentence of your own containing three or more COMMAS.
VOCABULARY
The RIDDLER said:
Water is an amazing s
Water is a colourless I
Water forms into
Water is very v) Why are teachers so special?
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HANDWRITING Copy these lines in your best handwriting style. 1, Water is H,O.
2. “I'm wringing wet.’ (Care with apostrophe)
3. Nothing matches water's versatility.
5. It’s zero, it’s freezing. (Care with ’z’
UNIT 4(c),
FIND-A-RIDDLE Find all the words first. Unjumble the letters that are left over. They give you the answer to the riddle.
RIDDLE: What is the dirtiest word in the world?
Find these words
DIVE SUBSTANCE CONTAINER RESTS BOTTOM TRAVEL
PROTEST
WRINGING
LIQUID
COOL
DROPLETS
BODY waves
SWIMMING
POOL olclulfolel vir iw Str
LULL TRIF NI TIlolVIA on
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WRITTEN EXPRESSION
DESCRIBING FEELINGS
I WOULD FEEL BECAUSE
UNIT 4(d)
face to face...
BECAUSE I I
If I became lost in the desert...
I WOULD FEEL BECAUSE
AND
If my friend sank while we were swimming in the creek
I WOULD FEEL BECAUSE
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UNIT 5
The Riddler’s Story
DOWN IN THE DUNGEON is a maze of dark dungeons. Although the castle the dungeons. Witches busily vacuum around is uninhabited, we cant say the same for clearing away excess herbs and lizards’ tails.
their couldrons each day, room sweeping and making the beds. They
A number of ghosts move from room to pass through the firmly fastened doors. Speaking need only one key, o skeleton key, to their fingers to the bones. There's one skeletons, they pull their weight 00, working though. His name is Aaron. They sing tired skeleton tired to work.
they should CALL him. He's always too
Really, that is what cleaners. Although the witches put away their heavy vacuum
When the work is done, broomsticks.
choose to fly about on lighter, smaller
It sure is a hive of activity down in
Nacuum cleaners are much too heavy!)
the dungeons.
The Riddler’s Questions
PASS THROUGH A LOCKED DOOR?
HOW DO GHOSTS
YOU CALL A TIRED SKELETON?
WHAT DO
FLY ABOUT ON BROOMSTICKS?
WHY DO WITCHES
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The Riddler’s Story
DOWN IN THE DUNGEON
Below the castle on Ifnii Island, there is a maze of dark dungeons. Although tne castle is uninhabited, we can’t say the same for the dungeons. Witches busily vacuum around their cauldrons each day, clearing away excess herbs and lizards’ tails.
A number of ghosts move from room to room sweeping and making the beds. They need only one key, a skeleton key, to pass through the firmly fastened doors. Speaking of skeletons, they pull their weight too, working their fingers to the bones. There’s one tired skeleton though. His name is Aaron. They sing the song
“Lazybones” about him.
Really, that is what they should CALL him. He’s always too tired to work.
When the work is done, the witches put away their heavy vacuum cleaners, Although we live in an electrical age, they choose to fly about on lighter, smaller broomsticks.
(Vacuum cleaners are much too heavy!) It sure is a hive of activity down in the dungeons.
The Riddler’s Questions
HOW DO GHOSTS PASS THROUGH A LOCKED DOOR?
WHAT DO YOU CALL A TIRED SKELETON?
WHY DO WITCHES FLY ABOUT ON BROOMSTICKS?
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Riddler’s Lanquage
PRONUNCIATION
UNIT 5(a)
In the story, the RIDDLER says, “Really that is what they should call HIM.” If
100 quickly, we might we speak say, “Really that is what they should call ‘IM.” Be careful not to
Practise saying these to your
Teacher.
“Do you know HIM?”
“Do you know HER?”
iv) What is the best thing to do if a monster breaks held the hand down your front door?
His Honour, Sir
SOUNDS
Sometimes ‘g’ sounds like ‘i.
WHO AM I?
Use your DICTIONARY to add five
I am a mammal, but I can fly.
more words to each list.
I was born alive, not from an egg.
Soft ‘g’
Hard ‘g'
I feed on my mother's milk.
age
Mother carries me with her when she goes hunting. I am
My legs and feet are weak, so I dungeon ghosts hang upside down at night and go to sleep. I use echo sounds to locate things when I am flying.
lama
WORDS
There are 5 vowels: a, e, i, 0, u. The RIDDLER has included lots of words in the story with
DOUBLE VOWELS. Can you find them?
There are four ‘oo’ words.
Can you think of more DOUBLE VOWEL words?
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SENTENCES When writing a sentence, you can often “reverse’ i) Write the first sentence from the RIDDLER’S story.
UNIT 5(b)
the words to make tt more interesting.
YOU CAN TRY ONE OF MY SENTENCES.
ii) Now write it again, but begin with “There is wpe iii) This time rewrile it beginning with “The castle...
YOU MAY CHANGE SOME WORDS ALTOGETHER!
GRAMMAR PROPER NOUNS always have capital letters. Complete this exercise using words from the
RIDDLER’S story.
PROPER NOUN an island the ghost’s name song title
Now make up your own PROPER NOUNS.
a city a month your friend
PUNCTUATION Be careful with the APOSTROPHE OF POSSESSION on PLURAL words. Copy this: one lizard’s tail... the three lizards’ tails.
Did you notice the position of the APOSTROPHE on the PLURAL “‘lizards’’? Now you can add the APOSTROPHE on these.
one lady $ hat... the five ladies hats.
one bird $ NESt... the two birds nests.
one boy § bike... the four boys bikes.
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VOCABULARY The RIDDLER used some COMMON EXPRESSIONS
Can you explain what these expressions mean?
in the story.
“pull their weight”
“fingers to the bones”
“hive of activity”
UNIT 5(c)
THEY ARE ALL IN THE STORY YOU KNOW!
If you want to know where the sun goes after it has set, just stay up all night and it will
HANDWRITING finally DAWN ON YOU.
Copy these double VOWEL words in your best handwriting style. Write each word 3 or more times.
1. Ifnii
2. vacuum
3. broomsticks
4. sweeping
5. Aaron
CRACK THE CODE
Use this find the word.
CODE to missing
3 1 21:12 4 18 15 14 a BIG BOWL FOR BOILING BREWS.
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WRITTEN EXPRESSION
KY ALL STARTED WHEN FOUR OF US WERE INVITED TO STAY AT
'S PLACE FOR THE WEEKEND. WHY?
UNIT 5(d)
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WRITTEN EXPRESSION This is my best HAUNTED HOUSE STORY ever...
IT ALL STARTED WHEN FOUR OF US WERE INVITED TO STAY AT - - - - ______’S PLACE FOR THE WEEKEND. WHY?
UNIT 5(d)
be W
Len y
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The Riddler’s Questions
WHAT DO GIRAFFES HAVE THAT NO OTHER
ANIMAL HAS?
WHAT KIND OF DOG HAS NO TAIL?
UNIT 6
WHAT TIME IS IT WHEN AN ELEPHANT
SITS ON YOUR “E
The Riddler’s Story
WHO'S WHO AT THE ZOO?
5U) KY)
We had a great day at the zoo last week. Dad bought each of us
* * I ag hotdog. Dad said that it was the only little dog in the zoo without a tail. We walked and walked, dripping tomato sauce down our shirts. There were quite a few baby giraffes there too. Their long-necked mothers were protecting them from the nosey onlookers. Of course, no other mother in the zoo would have a baby giraffe in her enclosure.
ETT LL Lack. When we arrived at the elephant enclosure, the keepers were mending the broken fence. Apparently it was time for a new fence to be constructed. When elephants play their elephant games, like “sit on ihe fence”, the keepers are kept busy playing ‘mend the fence”.
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PRONUNCIATION
“only” NOT “uny’”
Riddler’s Language
UNIT 6(a)
Some people say, “I saw UNY one giraffe.”
How would you say it? Read this sentence to your friend... “I saw ONLY one giraffe.” Now have turns with your friend asking and answering these questions:
“Do you have two heads?” “No, I ONLY have one head.” “Do you have a big mouth?”
“No, I ONLY have a small mouth.” Did you or your friend say ““UNY”’? Remember to say “only” NOT “uny”, (you won't sound so funny!)
WHO ARE WE?
We are herd animals. Our leader is a wise old cow. Most of our herd is female, because the older males like to travel alone. In the early mornings we drink and bathe, snorting and squirting water over
SOUNDS There are two words in the RIDDLER’S story that have an ‘s’ that sounds like a ’z’. They are NO__EY and BU__Y. Notice how the ‘s’ in these words also sounds like ‘z’.
ROSES, DOGS, GUNS, WAVES, - JAMES.
ourselves. We have poor eyesight but a keen sense of smell. We grow very big and have long trunks.
We are
Can you put 4 of these words into one sentence?
WORDS
Find the course,”, together sentence in the RIDDLER’S story that begins with “Of
Now, can you find two RHYMING WORDS that are in that sentence?
iv) What animal has the highest intelligence?
The words are and
Write an ANIMAL on the line. It must rhyme with the first word of the sentence.
1. Debra, the
, is losing her stripes.
2. Brian, the Can you add some more?
, is losing his voice.
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Little dog without q
PUNCTUATION tail, Hal
The sentence below contains call this DIRECT
SPEECH.
SPEECH
MARKS, and so we
SENTENCE:
Dad said, without a
“It was the tail”
Only little dog in the
Now copy the third sentence from onto these lines.
the RIDDLER’S story
Did you notice that it was the same without sentence, but
SPEECH MARKS? (The word
“that” has been added. )
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SENTENCES Rewrite this sentence the way it appears
“Dad bought us a hotdog EACH.” (Check in the RIDDLER’S story. it carefully now.)
Did you notice where the word “each” appears in that sentence?
Now rewrite these sentences, changing the position of the word “each”.
“Mum gave us a milkshake EACH,” shouted Christopher.
The teacher told us that we could have an early mark EACH.
Which two sentences sound best to you? (Discuss with your teacher. )
UNIT 6(b)
GRAMMAR ADJECTIVES are words that tell us about NOUNS. (Things)
Can you find the NOUNS in the RIDDLER’S story that these
ADJECTIVES describe?
ADJECTIVE
NOUN from the story.
nosey broken long-necked - siw x... a What ADJECTIVES are used in the RIDDLER’S story to describe these NOUNS?
WEEK
Lee GIRAFFE little dog
Lee
DOG FENCE without a tail, Ha!
PUNCTUATION The sentence below contains call this DIRECT SPEECH.
SENTENCE: Dad said, “It was zoo without a tail.” Now copy the third sentence onto these lines.
SPEECH MARKS, and so we the only little dog in the from the RIDDLER’S story
Did you notice that it was the same sentence, but without SPEECH MARKS? (The word “that” has been added.)
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VOCABULARY Which (there/their/they’re) goes where?
The baby giraffes and ___________ mothers were all happy now that eer elephants - ___ - _ - __ - - too with going to have - ____ - - - baths in that pool waiting for you to turn on the hose.
HANDWRITING
Copy these lines in your best handwriting style. 1. The Zookeepers were buzzing around.
UNIT 6(c)
at the zoo.
together again.
over
3. “The zebra is amazing,” said Zeb.
Where does a two-tonne gorilla sit when he goes to the
CRACK THE CODE
Use this CODE to find the missing word.
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WRITTEN EXPRESSION
USING IMAGINATION
UNIT 6(d)
Little Davey has brought home a rhinoceros... What will he do with his new pet?
Please, Mum may I keep him? Please...
vi) What is it that even the most careful person overlooks?
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UNIT 7
Name
The Riddler’s Story
ALONE IN MY MIND
I sit and stare out the window.
is not much to do at home.
On rainy, winter days, there their umbrellas like that?
Why do people hold up
My mind keeps
They do it as umbrellas? They any birds walking asking me questions...
soon as the rain starts drifting like to curl up their collars about in the rain? Maybe down. Why are there some and lean against the wind.
they have all taken to
I wonder if any try to walk without
Why aren't there the air. There’s one all that direction, flying north.
going in the opposite way... it’s probably too far.
better answer it. At least the
Sounds like it is alive. I'd
Is that the doorbell ringing?
keep sitting here...
questions yet. I guess I'll just bell hasn’t asked me any
The Riddler’s Questions
ALTHOUGH
WHAT DO YOU KEEP ANSWERING
IT DOESN’T ASK QUESTIONS?
WHY DO BIRDS FLY SOUTH
FOR THE WINTER?
WHAT GOES UP AS THE
RAIN COMES DOWN?
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Riddler’s Language
PRONUNCIATION Some people say UMBERELLA when it should be UMBRELLA.
Can you see the difference? Now read this five times. “Cinderella’s umbrella.” Talk with your teacher about
FILM not FILUM; VERANDAH not VRANDAH.
The added these.
SOUNDS “GUESS” has a silent __. “ANSWER” has a silent __. “ASKED” sounds like it should have the letter __ after the ‘A’, but has it?
letter is __.
WHAT AM I? I was first used as a protection against the sun. The ancient Chinese were first to use me about 1100 B.C. I became a symbol of honour and authority. Now I am often spring-loaded. I am mostly used as a protection against the rain.
lam an
Here is a list of words with silent letters. Put a short, red line under the silent letters.
ANSWER
COULD THUMB DOUBT FOLK CALM SALMON
WORDS The RIDDLER likes to repeat a letter in his This is called ALLITERATION.
eg. “sit and stare” repeats the letter S.
sentences.
“walk all the way” repeats the letter __.
“curl up their collars” repeats the letter __.
Now write out the words of: “SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE”. (Look for ALLITERATION)
GUESS GNOME WRING AUTUMN HYMN PLAGUE
UNIT 7(a)
Show the teacher your good work. Teacher’s comment:
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SENTENCES Rewrite this question the way the RI DDLER wrote it in the story.
“Why do people hold their umbrellas UP like that?”
Did you notice the different position of the word “UP’’? Now rewrite these sentences, changing the position of the word “UP”. 1. The teacher pinned the map UP.
2. We all held our hands UP.
3. “Why do peacocks hold their tail feathers UP like that?’
UNIT 7(b)
GRAMMAR
PHRASES are groups of words. They can t ell us HOW, WHEN, WHERE or WHY. Complete this exercise.
PHRASE from the story
HOW WHEN WHERE or WHY
“out the window”
Tells us
“against the wind”
Tells us
“to the air’
Tells us
“on rainy, winter days”
Tells us
Now use 3 of these PHRASES in sentences of your own.
he was staring.
he was leaning.
PUNCTUATION The RIDDLER used For “are not” he a lot of wrote
CONTRACTIONS “aren't”
For “There is’” he wrote
For “it is”
he wrote
For “I had’ he wrote
Can you find some more?
in the story.
What do monkeys sing during a thunderstorm?
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VOCABULARY What other word could ““.. aS soon as the rain
“u » as soon as the rain the RIDDLER have used?
starts DRIFTING down.”
starts SCM own”
starts $s down.”
“They like to CURL up their collars...
“They like to up their collars...
“They like to up their collars...
“Is that the doorbell RINGING?”
“Is that the doorbell
“Is that the doorbell
HANDWRITING Copy these lines in your best handwriting style. 1. On rainy, winter days. (Care with ‘y’ joins)
2. “curl up their collars’
4. I’m alone in my mind.
UNIT 7(c)
Interesting words now!
PUZZLE Here are 13 matches enclosing 6 pig pens. Take away one match. Redesign the enclosure so that you still have 6 pig pens.
ace ] ace I Sat act I ae
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WRITTEN EXPRESSION
THIS UMBRELLA SAVED MY LIFE. HOW? ‘Did you jump off a building with it? Did you use it as a weapon? Did you hook it on a branch? HOW THEN? PLEASE TELL US.
UNIT 7(d)
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Name
The Riddler’s
A FOWL TALE If you would like chicken for your next meal, there’s certainly a variety from which you can choose. Perhaps “fried chicken’ sounds good, or “roaster rooster”. (Roosters hate the thought of becoming “‘roasters”, by the way). “Boiling chooks” are available too, although some say they come from hardboiled eggs. Maybe it’s because they’re tough and have to be boiled. If we go any further with this fowl tale, we'll get arrested for using foul language. That happened to a chook I once knew. It was enough to make a grown owl howl.
Story
The Riddler’s Questions
WHY DO ROOSTERS HATE THE LETTER ‘A’?
UNIT 8
WHY WAS THE CHICKEN ARRESTED?
WHERE DO YOU GET TOUGH CHICKENS FROM?
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UNIT 8(a)
Riddler’s Language
PRONUNCIATION mean?...
FREE BROVERS.” What did he
One boy said, “I have got say it?...
Is that how you would say, “’! have got THREE BROTHERS.”
The RIDDLER would
WITH THIS...
STORY: “If we go any FURTHER this sentence from the RIDDLER’S
Notice
Be careful not to say “FURVER”
for ‘FURTHER’ loud, pronouncing the ‘TH’.
Read it out and “WIP” for “WITH”.
Now read this together.
from LiTHgow.
arrived witH THeir THree brotHers
THree moTHers and THree fatHers
SOUNDS
‘oo’ AND ‘oa’ in the gaps, then
Put the pairs of words you have made.
read room ster ster
Can you think of some more?
Put 3 pairs of words into sentences.
SENTENCES way the RIDDLER wrote
REVERSED. Rewrite this sentence the
Sometimes sentences can be in “A FOWL TALE”.
the thought of becoming roasters. )
(By the way, roosters hate the position of the phrase, “By the way’’?
Did you notice then containing “By the way”. Write it and makeup a new sentence of your own,
Now
REVERSE it.
My sentence:
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GRAMMAR Remember, ADJECTIVES tell us about NOUNS. Complete this table.
ADJECTIVE from the story... NOUN from the story
. tale me Neguege
. owl
Now make up some ADJECTIVES of your own for these NOUNS.
. chicken
UNIT 8(b)
WHO AM I? I can open the pupil of my eye very wide. This enables me to see at night. I have very soft feathers so that I can fly noiselessly and swoop on my prey.
lam an
... rooster
PUNCTUATION The RIDDLER uses APOSTROPHES to shorten his written words.
Shortened words are called CONTRACTIONS.
iv) What did Humpty Dumpty die of?
Instead of IT’S, he could have written IT IS. Instead of THEY’RE, he could have written Instead of WE'LL, he could have written
Now CONTRACT these words.
we would he will lam
I have has not= she has
VOCABULARY Any words in the RIDDLER’S story, that have something to do with POULTRY, can be written here.
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HANDWRITING Copy these lines in your best handwriting style. 1. Roosters hate the thought of becoming roasters.
2. “Boiling chooks” and “fried chicken”. (Care with inverted commas.)
a M9 Y 4. Grown owls don’t howl. (Care with ‘ow’ joins. )
UNIT 8(c)
Help me get out of this maze...
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ANSWERS
UNIT 1 i) He can never get them RIGHT.
iii) NAILS in the sole of a shoe. iv) You go on ahead, I'll hang around for a while.
v) Because they go oround in BUNCHES.
WHAT CAT IS THAT?
CATFISH, CATAPULT, CATERPILLAR, CATCHER
FIND-A-RIDDLE = ACROSS.
UNIT 2 i) He wanted RICH MILK. ii) He wanted to grow MASHED potatoes. iii) Pills are hard to get DOWN; hills are hard to get UP.
WHAT FRUIT AM I? I am a GRAPEFRUIT.
FIND-A-RIDDLE = SUNDAY.
UNIT 3 i) Sit next to a FAN. ii) He missed the BALL. iii) His trousers had “wash and wear” on the label. iv) The LONG JUMPER. FIND-A-RIDDLE = GOLDFISH.
UNIT 4 i) I’m (W)RINGING WET.
ii) A TOWEL. iii) When it rests at the BOTTOM. iv) A baker makes all the DOUGH. v) Well, after all, they’re in a class of their own. FIND-A-RIDDLE = POLLUTION.
UNIT 5 i) They use a SKELETON KEY.
ii) LAZYBONES. iii) Because vacuum cleaners iv) Run out the BACK DOOR. WHO AM 1? 1am a BAT. CRACK THE CODE. A CAULDRON is a BIG BOWL are too HEAVY.
for boiling brews.
UNIT 6 i) BABY GIRAFFES.
iii) Time for a NEW FENCE.
WHO ARE WE? CRACK THE CODE. An ENCLOSURE is
WANTS. We are another
ELEPHANTS. name for a
UNIT 7 i) The DOORBELL.
ii) It’s too far to WALK.
iii) An UMBRELLA. iv) The monkeys sing, “SWINGING IN THE RAIN".
WHAT AM 1? I am an UMBRELLA.
12 matches i) The ‘A’ turns them into ROASTERS ii) For using FOUL LANGUAGE.
iii) From HARD BOILED EGGS. iv) From SHELL SHOCK.
WHO AM 1? lam an OWL.
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