No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources Reproducible Practice Pages PLUS Easy-to-Score Quizzes That Boost Kids’ Word Power and Comprehension by Harold Jarnicki New York • Toronto • London • Auckland • Sydney New Delhi • Mexico City • Hong Kong • Buenos Aires No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources Scholastic Inc grants teachers permission to photocopy the activity sheets from this book for classroom use No other part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc., 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012 Cover by Jaime Lucero Cover illustrations Mike Moran Interior design by NEO Grafika Illustrations by Kelly Kennedy ISBN 0-439-53148-9 Copyright © 2005 by Harold Jarnicki All rights reserved Printed in the U.S.A 10 40 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources Introduction What Is Vocabulary? Thesaurus Power Thesaurus Hunt Presto! The Prefix Negative Prefixes 10 Positively Negative 11 Extraordinary Prefixes 12 Ultra-Cool X-Word 13 Let’s Get Retro! Prefix Review 14 Quickie Quiz: Prefixes 16 Suffix Rocks! 17 Suffix Math 18 X-Word-Ology 20 Be a Suffix Sleuth 21 Let’s Get Retro! Suffix Review 22 Quickie Quiz: Suffixes 24 Eponyms: It’s All in the Name! 25 WOW! Palindromes! 27 What an Oxymoron! 28 Let’s Get Retro! Eponym and Palindrome Review 29 Quickie Quiz: Eponyms, Palindromes, Oxymoron 30 Sound Out Homophones 31 Home in on Homographs 33 Commonly Confused Words 34 Put It in Context 35 Quickie Quiz: Homophones, Homographs, and More 36 The Synonym/Antonym Analogy Adventure 38 The Relationship Analogy Adventure 39 The “Part of” Analogy Adventure 41 Quickie Quiz: Analogies 43 Answer Key 45 I ntroduction I magine a classroom where students not slump in their seats every time you announce it’s time for vocabulary; where vocabulary lessons and practice bring exciting opportunities along with a couple of laughs and a little competition; where students get emotionally involved in the fundamentals of N I I - B Y T E and improvement is proudly displayed by students and M vocabulary, recognized by teachers and parents M I N I - B Y T E2 You might think such a classroom is merely a figment of my imagination I - B Y T E3or a fantasy of some ambitiously naive first-year MIN education grad I can boldly claim that such is not the case I have teaching for about 20 years and, with the help of some games, a I-BY M I Nbeen T E4 few jokes, and other gimmicks, have witnessed students get excited about vocabulary, spelling, grammar, and more M I N I - B Y T E5 The No Boring Practice, Please! series is an extension of my classroom and one humble step toward helping kids what comes naturally — learn If you’re ready to add spice to your vocabulary lessons, then this book is for you © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources Carefully structured as a good basic course of study, the recipe for each lesson is simple No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary dishes up straight vocabulary practice with a dash (or splash) of fun Inside you’ll find a concoction of reproducible pages that cover prefixes, suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, analogies, homophones, and more Flavored with engaging illustrations and an edgy design, each practice page is easy for kids to swallow Best of all, you can serve these pages with only a minimal amount of teacher instruction No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary Each unit opens with a brief, simple explanation of a key concept in easy-to-understand language Students are then challenged to apply what they are learning through practice pages Next comes a review, followed by a quick and easy-to-score quiz Occasionally, you may want to add an extra exercise or practice test depending on students’ progress, but the units are designed to stand on their own You may wonder what inspired me to write this book—and the rest of the No Boring Practice, Please! series Let me start at the beginning As a baby boomer’s hyperactive kid, I wasn’t a huge fan of school Sitting at a desk most of the day was tough enough Add a generous helping of dry vocabulary practice and my eyes would glaze over, roll back in my head, and send me into a near comatose state where hands on clocks ceased to move Years passed After a less-than-stellar career in rock ’n’ roll, I decided the teaching profession was a more lucrative gig I had two specific goals: (1) to become the teacher I never had; and (2) to add a little rock ’n’ roll to the school system Like it or not, we are teaching a new breed of children—one that watches more than four hours of values-distorting TV each day, plays mindless video games on a regular basis, and gobbles up entertainment far more than nutriment We welcome these mediasavvy kids into our classrooms and expect them to get excited about root words, homophones, and analogies Let’s get real! © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources This is what drives the No Boring Practice, Please! series The series is academically sound and rich in language-skill development, but all this learning is disguised by a hip design and comical illustrations that have lots of kid appeal Think of the series as whole-grain oats packaged in a box of tutti-frutti breakfast cereal I know that students can get excited about doing well in vocabulary, and I feel gratified to be part of the process I hope the No Boring Practice, Please! series helps teach and inspire May the force be with you Sincerely, Harold Jarnicki No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary Name _ M I N I- B Y T E W hat Is Vocabulary? hands Words are powerful! All the words you know make up your vocabulary The bigger your vocabulary, the more words you know and the more fun you can have speaking, reading, and writing! an d ! les b syl -la Check out this bodacious activity Wow your friends with your titanic vocabulary! They’ll think your brain is absolutely colossal We guarantee they will be astonished by your extreme intelligence ! bodacious—remarkable astonish—to amaze titanic—having extraordinary power or size colossal K S u p e r ei d —massively large extreme—great C h a ll e n g List four of your favorite words and write each word’s meaning Then use the word in a sentence that helps express the word’s meaning Favorite Word 1: Meaning: Sentence: _ Favorite Word 2: Meaning: © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources Sentence: _ Favorite Word 3: Meaning: Sentence: _ Favorite Word 4: Meaning: Sentence: _ No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary Name _ ur han ds yo p a Cl an d Thesaurus Power Thesaurus? Is that some kind of extinct reptile? NI-BYTE ! ce A thesaurus is a book of synonyms and antonyms Synonyms ! mean the same thing -le are words that s e -brare words-bwith l Antonyms opposite meanings at l -la e sy nd s! Synonym sample: colossal, massive, huge Antonym sample: hot and cold d i K r e p u ! S llenge A thesaurus can help make your writing more interesting, attention-grabbing, and powerful With a thesaurus you can take an ordinary word and PRESTO! CHANGE-O! make it more exciting Cha Take this simple sentence: Guido ran down the street after his dog Open a thesaurus and the sentence can change to: Guido darted down the street after his dog Guido dashed down the street after his dog Guido zoomed down the street after his dog • • • S u p e r Kgei d Challen Replace the underlined word with a powerful, attention-grabbing word from the thesaurus Make sure the word fits the sentence bellowed Example: “Let’s go!” shouted Coach Beefy ❶ It is a nice day ❷ We had a delicious meal ❸ That is a big building © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources ❹ Mrs Jovial is always so happy Ha! Ha! FUNNY Word Search Find six synonyms for the word funny and list them below L K L L N Q C Q Z X G F T C O T R A L H C F M R Z P N J G N I S U M A Y V R C Y D K Q V R M A L K V M M K Z L S U O R O M U H S U O I R A L I H W A C K Y K L D R ❺ The stage lights are bright ❻ Bozo was angry when he fell in the mud A ❼ Eating breakfast makes me feel strong C ❽ Wow, that was a nice try! H ❾ What is your plan, Secret Agent Map? H ❿ Professor Obtuse is very smart W Z No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary Name _ Thesaurus Me ready to hunt thesaurus! Use a thesaurus to find a synonym for each clue below T C S T G A M P A E 10 I 11 M 12 13 T F W X 14 B 16 15 17 W S S X 19 18 21 20 A B Q 22 23 V 24 B T P U 25 D © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources 26 R Across Run Grab Accident Love 12 Melt 13 So 14 Jump 16 Skinny 17 Roomy Down So, when 19 Cute does the 21 Calm fun start? 22 Food 24 Deceive 25 Dedicated 26 Shake No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary Win Fly Eat Storm Beautiful Amazing Then Delight (in) 10 Smart 11 Most 15 Leave 18 Mistake 19 Get 20 Swallow 23 Annoy Name _ Presto! The Pref ix To help pronounce a word, we sometimes divide the word into syl-la-bles To understand what a word means, we can divide the word into its parts Many words are made up of different parts For instance • Root: the main part of a word • Prefix: a part added to the beginning of a root word to change its meaning Add a prefix and PRESTO! You have a new word!! Example: recount The root word is count The prefix re- means “again.” So, recount means “to count again.” al al l each prefix with a root word Then match the new word M at ch Match with its meaning and write it on the chart Follow the example U p! Prefix Sm ar sub-t Su ff ix re- es mini- s i t i v l ymicromaxi! gatives anti- © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources Tr y comth is ! ’ em UP pre- Root Prefix + Root = Meaning New Word view underwater submarine scope see before pact the most used to see very small objects mum see again view substance that prevents freezing freeze packed tightly mum least amount marine Use The Words! Useo some n eof the new words from the chart to complete these sentences ne ph o ne Z ❶ The speed on that road is 30 miles per hour bl e ❷ Dr Frankenstone looked into her to see the tiny cell ce s ngI’lle my notes so I can ace the test! I think Ch al ❸le ❹ We got to the movie before everyone else Putting ❺og y in your radiator will help save your car in winter re me An al The re ro ov at ho n! No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary Name _ Negative Prefixes x changes A negative prefi g to the a word’s meanin t it was opposite of wha Is it really so unbelievable that I’m so undecided? Here are the basic meanings of some negative prefixes un- : not; opposite of in- : not de- : remove; the opposite of dis- : the opposite of; not non- : not; without Learning to use negative prefixes can have a positive effect on your grammar! E2 T Y B I MIN TE Y B I N I M An Un-Positive Chart Choose a negative prefix from the list above Add it to each word to make a new word Write the new word next to its matching definition © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources PREFIX 10 T Y B I N I M NEW NEGATIVE WORD WORD TO CHANGE NEW WORD’S MEANING decided not decided acceptable not acceptable believable not believable visible not visible complete not complete sensitive not sensitive active not active activated not activated caffeinated not caffeinated advantage not an advantage 10 able not able 11 agree not agree 12 alcoholic not alcoholic 13 perishable not perishable 14 smoker not a smoker 15 No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary TE Y B I N I M undecided T Y B I N I M Name _ Home in on Homographs Look at my bass Look at my bass spelled Homographs are words that are anings the same but have different me and pronunciations M I N I - B Y1T E Homographs 2T E3 MINI-BY M I N I - B Y T E4 U Homographs M I N I - B Y5T BE5 MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE Each clue2contains two definitions Read each clue MINI-BYTE and decide what homograph fits both meanings MINI-BYTE C LUES MINI-BYTE Across C To bend forward from the waist; front of a ship; weapon that shoots arrows A numeral or11quantity; more numb Prisoner; to find guilty 10 To pardon or forgive someone; an “explaining why” reason 11 Hot, sandy region that gets little rain; to abandon 12 White bird (symbol of peace); jumped off (usually into water) 14 To rip; a drop of clear liquid emitted by the eye 16 To shut; near MINI-BYTE C 10 C C B 10 12 X C 13 C X C 14 A 15 C 12 11 13 14 A 15 S C © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources U 16 S CC 16 CC C E E Down To injure; coiled up Without a mistake; to make without a mistake To coil up; moving air Sixty seconds; very, very tiny The way you behave; to direct as with a symphony orchestra An agreement (that is usually signed); to shrink, opposite of expand To show the way; a metallic element 13 A thing; to disagree (as in court) 15 To start again; a record of work experience and education No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary 33 Name _ Commonly Confused Words Read the definitions Place the correct commonly confused word in each blank among: used with more than two items between: used with two items I will dance _ the many tulips in my garden If you’re playing goalie, stand _ the posts of the net fewer: used when counting individual parts; smaller number; often used before a plural noun less: smaller amount; not as much; often used before a singular noun Gronk has _ hair than Blerk Blerk has _ rocks than Gronk affect: a verb that means to change or influence effect: a noun that means the result of an action If you are kind, it will _ everyone around you That song has such an _ on me every time I hear it assure: guarantee ensure: make certain insure: guard against loss or damage You can’t drive your car until you _ it I _ you that the doors are locked Please _ that your lips remain closed © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources formal ly: correctly, ceremoniously formerly: before 10 Soula _ signed the contract in front of her lawyer 11 _ a famous musician, he now sells insurance We won’t need your assistants, but we might need your assistance precede: come before proceed: go to 12 Please _ to the visitation center immediately 13 The queen will _ the king in this procession good: an adjective that describes a noun as being positive wel l: an adverb that means to an action positively 14 You are doing very _! 15 Morty is a _ boy metal: a chemical element such as copper or iron medal: award 16 That ring is made from a precious 17 You deserve a _ for all your hard work access: a way to get to excess: too much, more than enough 18 Yikes! The _ milk spilled all over the place 19 You’ll find _ to the laboratory through that trap door assistance: help assistants: helpers 20 Dr Gub, I will need your _ to complete the operation 21 All of the _ are having a meeting 34 No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary Name _ Put It in Context Yo, it’s in the house, dudes! I love to read for Many times you can figure out what a word meaning means by the way it is used in a sentence This skill is called Using Context Clues • Loquacious Mrs Lipflapper spoke for three hours nonstop Loquacious? Is that a flower in your mother’s garden? Guess again From the sentence and the way loquacious is used, we can guess that it might mean tends to talk a lot U s i n g C o n t ex t C l u e s IN M I N I - B Y T E2 ❷ M I N I - B Y T E3 ❸ I M N I - B Y T E4 N I - B Y T E5 M I❹ M I NI - B Y T E Read each sentence below Select the meaning that best suits the sentence ❶ The gargantuan dragon towered above brave knight Sir Run-a-lot a mean b scary c huge e hairy d fire-breathing My mother uses the maxim, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” So I won’t give up a sentence b saying c word d question e poem In antiquity, people had to hunt and gather for all of their food a caves b ancient times c antique cars d arctic weather e war time Magnanimous Uncle Shlitzy always gave his money to people who needed help a happy b peaceful c patient d dumb e generous © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources ❺ Sorry to be so incredulous, but you haven’t proven anything to me yet a sleepy b angry c disbelieving d unfriendly e alert Choose three words from above Using the words, write three new sentences to demonstrate their meanings No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary 35 Name: _ Homophones, Homographs, and More Naughty A Knotty Homophone Zone: A Score: Circle the 10 incorrect homophones Write the correct words below _ /20 All write! Tell me now Which which is which? I no you no I’m knot moving until you tell me I can stand hear for an our It’s not fare four you two trick me like this! I’m feeling rather auspicious today! 2. 3. 4. 5. 10. B Conquer the Homographs! A We shall be victorious! The words in italics are pronunciations of homographs Sound out each word and spell it correctly in the Homograph Detention Center Have your REH-zoo-may with you when you apply for that job I will practice until I purr-FECT that skill © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources That vault is made of solid LED Look carefully for all MI-noot details We must never dih-SIRT people who need help 36 S core: _ /10 Homographs Detention Center She’s standing at the ship’s BAU I can’t feel anything; my hand is NUM-mer I WOWND the yarn into a ball Hank just DOHV into a pool 10 Please ik-SKYUZ my brother 10 No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary S core: C Commonly Confused Words: Fill in the blanks with the correct words _ /35 (medal, metal) That _ case will protect your _ (assure, ensure, insure) I _ you, it is safe! (affect, effect) Did that medicine _ you like it did me? (less, fewer) There are _ oceans than there are lakes (good, well) Hooray, your performance went _! (assistants, assistance) My will hold you down (access, excess) The is spilling out S core: D Use Context Clues: _ /35 Read the sentences below Choose the best meaning for each underlined word ❶ Since the accident, he never laughs anymore He seems so lugubrious a stubborn b courageous c weird d gloomy e cheerful ❷ He was so obsequious, he would dust off the seat before his boss sat down a serious b friendly c happy d smart e too eager to please ❸ You’re insatiable! When will you stop eating? a stubborn b friendly c funny d serious e always wanting more ❹ It is very quotidian for people to eat lunch around noon a common b special c unusual d surprising e different ❺ I know you’re trying to usurp all my pieces when I’m not looking © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources a hide b seize c paint d break Cool! e repair ❻ He’s so incredulous, it doesn’t matter how much proof you show him a disbelieving b angry c sleepy d serious e alert ❼ That connoisseur knows everything there is to know about art a idiot b expert c artist d student e part-timer No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary 37 I B I- B I- MI Y TE M I N B I- N Y TE B I- MI Y T Match IU feel ! pthe connection! MI N Name _ The Synonym/Antonym N MI N Y TE Smart Suffixes Analogy Adventure Word analogies express the relationship between words They connect ideas is to winter Rain is to summer as snow t i v l y A synonym is a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word skinny = thin jump = hop purchase = buy tives! So this is what a Synonym Analogy could look like: Admirable is to fantastic as awful is to horrible Try ! hAni s t P U antonym has the opposite or nearly the opposite meaning as another word m e fast ≠ slow T h en g e e Chall e give ≠ take So this is what an Antonym Analogy could look like: e hone Zon e es up ≠ down Funny is to sad as sweet is to sour Choose words from the Word Vault to complete each analogy Circle synonym or antonym to indicate the type of analogy Use a dictionary! © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources ❶ Big is to huge as tiny is to _ l o gisyto meek as fearful is to _ e m e A n❷a Brave n! ho o o v a t❸ Nice is to pleasant as fast is to _ ❹ Happy is to joyful as skillful is to _ ❺ Finished is to incomplete as intact is to _ ❻ Pretty is to attractive as strong is to _ ❼ Fall is to tumble as jump is to _ ❽ Negative is to affirmative as ordinary is to _ Wor d Va ult 38 Wow, I think I get this! synonym antonym synonym antonym synonym antonym synonym antonym synonym antonym synonym antonym synonym antonym synonym antonym adept remarkable minuscule daring broken speedy hurdle powerful No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary Name _ I thought I was connected The Relationship Match Up! Analogy Adventure co r re sp on de nc e co m pa ris on co r re lat ion lat ion re se m bla nc e re l lle pa s es en lik e eq uiv ale nc Check this out! analogy could look like this: goal : hockey :: run : baseball S m a r t sSo the Read aloud, we say goal is to hockey as run is to baseball e x i Suff Beethoven was a classical composer about 200 years ago You score a goal in hockey You score a run in baseball Eminem is a rapper now So the analogy could look like this: Beethoven : classical :: Eminem : rap y l v iti ! s e v ati T r y Choose the best answer and write it in the blank is! h t P banana : peel :: nut : ’em U a coat b shell c hat d wings oil : fry :: water : e n o Z e n a boil b roast c swim d fish o oph car : vehicle :: stove : h e g ea kitchen b cook c hot d appliance T able n e n c e s C h a l l e 44 Italian : language :: Italy : © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources Music is to notes as poetry is to words a food b continent c country d place 55 dance : waltz :: ice cream : ogy l a n A e x t r e mo v a t h o n ! a frozen b cone c flavor d vanilla Gro 6∫ baby : human :: cub : a animal b bear c furry d trainer (continued) No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary 39 Relationship Analogy Adventure 71 fish : salmon :: dog : a poodle c furry b worm d cat c mile d meter captain : team :: chief : a boss 10 b bark second : minute :: inch : a foot 93 Continued b tribe c leader d president soft : feel :: sweet : a taste b touch c tongue d sense 115 spoon : utensil :: golf club : a golf ball b sports equipment c swing d driver ∫ jungle : tiger :: arctic : 12 a polar bear 131 b cold c tropical d lion swim : water :: run : a summer b jump c ice d land 142 book : nonfiction :: movie : a fiction 153 Now you’re getting into the groove! b true d documentary mom : dad :: aunt : a uncle 163 c cartoon b friend c sister d woman bear : fur :: human : a hair b shorts c woman d bald 175 snow : white :: sky : © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources a rain b blue c cloud d weather 18∫ drum : percussion :: flute : a air b instrument 195 plumber : wrench :: a picture c woodwind d music photographer : b photograph c camera d film 20∫ food : solid :: water : a drink 40 No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary b beverage c solid d liquid Name _ I still feel the connection! T he “Part of ” Analogy Adventure M a ke t h e c o n n e c t i o n ! As we have learned, word analogies express relationships between words Analogies associate, bridge, cohere, conjoin, link, marry (you get the picture!) ideas In the “Part of” Analogy Adventure, you will go through these Thinking Steps: Step 1: READ the analogy Step 2: THINK of the RELATIONSHIP; for example, between lung and human Step 3: THINK: A human uses a lung to breathe Step 4: CHECK the list of selections and CHOOSE the analogy that seems to have the same relationship HINT: Eliminate the answers you are sure are wrong Try it! Lung is to human as is to _ Lung : human :: a tail : horse b nose : ear c brother : gas d gill : fish If you picked “d,” you are well on your way to success in the “Part of ” Analogy Adventure! T he “ Pa r t o f ” An a lo g y Ad ve n t u r e B e g in s ! Choose the best answer and write it in the blanks house : closet :: : © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources a car : trunk b light : switch computer : printer :: a seed : melon 33 onion : skin :: d tree : wood : b remote : TV c radio : speaker d finger : hand : a laces : shoes 44 c camp : fire b candy bar : caramel c book : cover d milk : cow cat : fur ball :: : a volcano : lava b sneeze : cold c laugh : joke d rain : cloud No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary 41 “The Par t of ” Analogy Adventure 55 baseball : bat :: : a needle : thread 6∫ b wire : lamp b branch : leaf b candles : cake c clothing : suitcase d food : tray c hammer : nail d wall : paint c cloud : rain d engine : car : b gas : car ∫ dial : blender :: 12 c jar : lid d table : legs : a melon : seed b lamp : light bulb c plug : toaster d switch : light plastic : doll :: : a wood : table 142 vapor : gas :: b keys : car c oar : boat d tree : root : a gas : car b water : liquid c tap : water d picture : frame door : garage :: : a toothbrush : teeth © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources d table : chair camera : film :: : a stars : sky b wire : lamp c mouth : face Experts believe that studying for tests will make you more popular, better looking, stronger, and give you fresher breath 42 d hand : finger pole : flag :: : 115 sand : beach :: 153 c flag : pole b car : parking lot a oven : bread 131 d nail : hammer seed : melon :: : a needle : thread 10 c pizza : crust b wall : paint a tree : wood 93 c comb : hair pizza : cheese :: : a stamp : letter b racquet : tennis flower : petal :: : a melon : seed 71 Continued No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary d light bulb : room Well, if that doesn’t work, at least I’ll better on my test Try Analogies F il l ’ e m U P t h is ! Name: _ Score: /100 Wow, check out this one-time offer! Homophone Zone Fi x -a b le Sentences _ Get the greatest analogy hits ever The Remember that big #1 hit “Synonym/Antonym Analogies” ? How about that chart scorcher “‘Part of’ Analogies”? And who could ever forget “Relationship Analogies” ? You get these fresh funkables and much more in the C h a ll e n g e Ex t r e m e A n a lo g y Groovathon! end : beginning :: : a heart : brain melt : thaw :: b lose : win b walk : trot 33 mechanic : wrench :: a needle : doctor © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources c sad : unhappy d right : left : b hose : saddle c barber : scissors d cat : dog hammer : nail :: : a saw : wood 51 song : singer :: b bit : drill c screwdriver : screw d shovel : dirt : a piano : player 62 d front : side : a fast : faster 44 c high : higher b painting : painter c skip : rope d runner : run lake : water :: : a house : brick 73 water : wet :: a flame : hot b bread : butter c swimmer : lake d fish : swim : b tap : water c dark : light d dog : bark No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary 43 Quickie Quiz Continued hole : drill :: : a throw : ball 93 b skate : slide b cookie : sweet astronomer : stars a chef : cook 115 butler : maid :: a bat : ball b doctor : nurse c cat : lion d horse : pony b winter : summer c afternoon : evening d build : house b student : classroom c music : dancer d club : member sugar : candy :: : b fruit : juice fungus : mushroom 175 hive : bee :: 18∫ allowed : c flour : bread d music : dance :: : b team : Yankees c animal : baby d insect : cricket : a web : spider b hay : horse c dog : house d rock : cave aloud :: : a permission : noise © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources d doctor : dentist army : soldier :: : a tree : bark bat : swing time : rhyme 20 b right : write c thunder : storm d take : give :: : a punch : bow b run : jump c ball : throw d kick : goal :: : a watch : catch 44 d detective : clues Sunday : Monday :: : a sugar : coffee 191 c chef : cook b chick : chicken a game : player 164 c driver : car : a beginning : end 153 d flower : spring : a egg : bird 142 c hot : cold :: : b rooster : hen ∫ cub : bear :: 12 131 d tape : measure fruit : pie :: : a pages : book 10 c cut : saw No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary b hype : byte c done : bone d fun : son K ey Ultra-Cool Crossword (p 13) Ha! Ha! FUNNY Word Search (p 7) amusing comical hilarious humorous wacky zany Thesaurus Hunt (p 8) Let’s Get Retro! Prefix Review (pp 14–15) A What’s Your “Prefix-ability”? c c c b d b c a B Pre-fix It! omni2 un- nano4 in- C What’s It Mean? intergalactic autograph omnivorous nanosecond Presto! The Prefix (p 9) Match Up! submarine maximum preview microscope Use the Words! maximum microscope review preview review antifreeze antifreeze Negative Prefixes (p 10) inactive unacceptable deactivated unbelievable decaffeinated invisible 10 disadvantage incomplete 11 disable insensitive © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources compact minimum Positively Negative (p 11) invisible nonperishable decaffeinated insensitive nonsmoker disagreed incomplete Deactivate 12 disagree 13 nonalcoholic 14 nonperishable 15 nonsmoker inactive 10 unacceptable BONUS: Answers will vary, but should use unbelievable and undecided Extraordinary Prefixes (p 12) b g 10 n f 11 o l 12 j d 13 e c 14 k i 15 a h m D Find It! hyper extra auto6 retro- a 10 b Com8 re- inter10 tele- redesign retrospect 10 unbelievable compressing inactive telecommunications micro ultra semi mega auto de Box of Meanings semi – half or partly hyper – more than usual or way too much auto – self ultra – a tremendous amount, possibly more than enough mega – very large extra – outside; beyond de – remove micro – incredibly small Quickie Quiz: Prefixes (p 16) A Multiple Choice c a d d d c b b c 10 b B Match c d a j g i b e f 10 h C Identify hyper2 pre- ultra4 uni- retro6 dis- in8 tele- mini10 de- Suffix Rocks! (p 17) greatness dancer fearless kindness friendly forgetful talker, runner No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary 45 D Re-Fill in the blanks thunderous friendly forgetful flexibility kingdom childhood E Supersonic Crossword Suffix Math (pp 18–19) biology sisterhood neighborhood sociology Brazilian membership American citizenship Smart Suffixes -ship -ist -logy multiplication institution percussionist specialist -hood -dom -ist orphanage postage -an, -ian - tion -age 10 - hood X-Word-ology (p 20) F Suspicious Suffixes J VI E I C II H III G X I VIII Quickie Quiz: Suffixes (p 24) A Multiple Choice d b a b c c B Apply the Suffix courageous Mexican ovoid poetic concentration fearless F V D VII A IV 10 B IX d a c 10 b biologist beautify elasticity 10 intensify Eponym Crossword (p 26) Quickie Unscramble: vegetarian, geology Be a Suffix Sleuth (p 21) WOW! Palindromes! (p 27) Pop the Palindromes dud bib dad tot wow peep toot noon deed 10 mom 11 bob 12 eve © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources Palindrome Finder Let’s Get Retro! Suffix Review (pp 22–23) A Circle the Suffix -less -oid -hood -ic -ity -logy -ist -ize B Vocabu-Math historic mobility Indian intensify adventurous C Re-Shuffle flexibility friendly kingdom childhood thunderous forgetful 46 No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary -sion -an What an Oxymoron! (p 28) burn again volunteer heavyweight shrimp whisper news odds tights 10 phony Lets Get Retro: Eponym and Palindrome Review (p 29) An eponym is a word that came from a person’s name A palindrome is a word that reads the same forward or backward ID, Please! P P E P Who’s What? derby melba toast pasteurize sandwich E E P E sideburns Tupperware mesmerize guillotine E 10 P graham cracker 10 Caesar salad Quickie Quiz: Eponyms, Palindromes, Oxymoron (p 30) A Definitions Eponym: a word that came from a person’s name Palindrome: a word that reads the same forward or backward Oxymoron: an expression with contradictory words B Multiple Choice palindrome oxymoron oxymoron eponym oxymoron eponym palindrome eponym eponym 10 eponym C Write a Palindrome Answers will vary D Eponym or Oxymoron maverick leotard pasteurize silence © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources Sound Out Homophones (pp 31–32) Level past, passed bear, bare tale, tail ate, eight threw, through pause, paws feeling burn They’re, there warn, worn Level write, right So, sew in, inn Sunday, sundae steal, steel carrot, karat Level Our, hour mist, missed You’re, your Whether, weather cent, sent, scent by, buy, Bye whole, hole rode, road, rowed brake, break serial, cereal Commonly Confused Words (p 34) 13 precede insure among 14 well assure between 15 good ensure less 16 metal 10 formally fewer 17 medal 11 Formerly affect 18 excess 12 proceed effect Put It in Context (p 35) c b b e 19 access 20 assistance 21 assistants c Quickie Quiz: Homophones, Homographs, and More (pp 36–37) A Naughty Homophone Zone right know not hour witch know here fair B Conquer the Homographs! résumé lead desert perfect minute bow for 10 to number wound dove 10 excuse C Commonly Confused Words metal, medal affect assure fewer well assistants excess D Use Context Clues d e e a b a b The Synonym/Antonym Analogy Adventure (p 38) broken / antonym minuscule / synonym powerful / synonym daring / antonym hurdle / synonym speedy / synonym remarkable / antonym adept / synonym The Relationship Analogy Adventure (pp 39–40) 16 a 11 b b b 17 b 12 a a a 18 c 13 d a d 19 c 14 d b c 20 d 15 a 10 a d The “Part of” Analogy Adventure (pp 41–42) 10 a b a a 11 a c d c 12 d b d b Quickie Quiz: Analogies (pp 43–44) 11 b a b 12 b a c 13 c c c 14 d a c 15 c 10 d b 13 a 14 b 15 c 16 d 17 a 18 b 19 c 20 d Level Answers may pare, pear, pair Do, dew, due vary, but could be: toad, towed, two, to, too knew, blue, gnu, tow, toe not, knot, naught blew, new, nose, heard, herd, hear, their, there, knows here they’re Home in on Homographs (p 33) No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary 47 ... caffeinated advantage not an advantage 10 able not able 11 agree not agree 12 alcoholic not alcoholic 13 perishable not perishable 14 smoker not a smoker 15 No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary TE... decided not decided acceptable not acceptable believable not believable visible not visible complete not complete sensitive not sensitive active not active activated not activated caffeinated not... synonym antonym synonym antonym synonym antonym synonym antonym synonym antonym synonym antonym synonym antonym synonym antonym adept remarkable minuscule daring broken speedy hurdle powerful No