Homework review:
Verbal classi cations
Best t:
1. Ears √
2. Hamster √
3. Beat √
4. Sole √
5. Flustered √
Odd one out:
1. Teacher & pharmacist √
2. Feet & toes √
3. Picture & fridge √
4. Young & youthful √
5. Trainers & jeans √
Analogies:
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7. √
8. √
9. √
10. √
Vocabulary
Score —> your score (noun)
Score —> to take a score (verb)
Score —> a scratch
Score —> music score
NEW WORDS
Ally —> a friend (follow them / work together)
Foe —> enemy
Feeble —> small and weak
Meagre —> small and weak
Determine —> to decide
Rowdy —> noisy
Scanty —> few/ small amount
Stern —> strict
Resolve —> solve
Diluted —> watered down
Filthy —> dirty
Taut —> tight
Slack —> not work hard, loose
Loathe —> to hate
Sly & cunning —> sneaky
Ami = friend in French —> amicus —> friend in latin —> AMI root in English = related to friend
Amiable = can be friend = friendly
RAIN —> drizzle, spitting, pouring, monsoon, torrential
Whisper & murmur —> talk quietly
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Warm up - Introduce the idea of alphabetical order. —> put in the same order as the alphabet.
1. ower (5) ipper (1) irt (2) ock (3) oor (4) √
2. daze (4) data (1) date (2) dawn (3) dead (5) √
3. lantern (5) lane (3) lamp (1) land (2) lanky (4) √
4. rear (5) ream (3) really (2) read (1) reap (4) √
5. reunion (2) reveal (4) revere (5) reuse (3) return (1) √
Missing letter
Show the student the following four words: [colt, tram, belt, toll], challenge them to try and
identify what the words have in common the letter ’t’. Explain that in these questions the same
letter must t into both sets of brackets, to complete the word in front of the brackets and begin
the word after the brackets.
Example: col (?) ram bel (?) oll
Answer: t [colt, tram, belt, toll]
The best way to work these questions out is to choose one of the options that seems most
familiar to the student and get the student to work through di erent letters they think may be
possible and test that they are real words.
For example the student may try ‘op’ and give options to add p/b/h/t:
Whilst these letters work with ‘op’ they are not suitable with other options given so the student
must use trial and error with the other options each time.
P = hop (yes) pop (yes) pap (no) pame (no) = P not possible
And repeat for the other options until nding the suitable letter:
T = hot, top, pat, tame (Correct!)
Reminder: Remind the student that all words require a vowel or letter ‘y’ to be a real word,
encourage them not to worry if the rst word they don’t recognise and to move on to the others to
see if they are easier.
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Homework:
- Review today’s vocabulary
- Highlight second page - 1st column vocabulary green/yellow
- Complete alphabetical order questions
- Complete missing common letter questions
Put these words in alphabetical order:
1. shave ( ) sharp ( ) shawl ( ) share ( ) shark ( )
2. clutch ( ) cloth ( ) clunk ( ) cloud ( ) club ( )
3. freeway ( ) free ( ) freshen ( ) friction ( ) friend ( )
4. lieutenant ( ) life ( ) lightning ( )lied ( ) lightweight ( )
5. missile ( ) mis t ( ) mistake ( ) miserly ( ) mislead ( )
Re-arrange the following words in alphabetical order and nd the last word.
6. fame famous familiar false famine
Which of the following words is nearest to the start of the alphabet?
7. light, limb, lift, ligament & lime
Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary.
8. Viper Vapour Victory Vacuum Visit
Among the following words, which one will come fth if they are arranged as per their order
in a dictionary?
9. Wink whip weary wing weigh weather
Which of the following will appear third, if they are arranged according to a dictionary?
10. Autumn Austere Assert Auspicious
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REPORT
Joyce did a good job today! She was attentive and engaged throughout class as always and
despite facing some challenging content was able to apply the techniques we learned to each
given question type. The ISEB test has 21 verbal reasoning question types, she has currently
studied 5, so still has some work to do in order to be fully prepared for this section of the test.
Overall her grasp of vocabulary is solid and as she is dedicated to the session she is able to make
progress quickly.
