The BASIC NotB oring SERIES IP 400-1 LANGUAGE SKILLS MIDDLE GRADES ORDS &VOCABULARY Inventive Exercises to Sharpen Skills and Raise Achievement Series Concept & Development by Imogene Forte & Marjorie Frank Exercises by Marjorie Frank INCENTIVE PUBLICATIONS
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION... Celebrate Basic Language Skills... 7 Skills Checklist for Words & Vocabulary... 8 SKILLS EXERCISES... 9 Would You?... Could You?... (Learning New Words)... 10 Don t Try This at Home!... (Learning New Words)... 11 What Would You Do with It?... (Learning New Words)... 12 Name Two... (Learning New Words)... 13 Where Would You Find It?... (Learning New Words)... 14 A Frappe on a Ferris Wheel?... (Learning New Words)... 15 Clue in to Context... (Context)... 16 Ride the Raging River... (Context)... 17 More Than Meets the Eye... (Denotation and Connotation)... 18 Connotations to Contemplate... (Connotation)... 19 The Impostors... (Synonyms)... 20 Double Trouble... (Synonyms)... 21 Scrambled Synonyms... (Synonyms)... 22 Twisted Words... (Antonyms)... 23 Opposites Attract... (Antonyms)... 24 A Knight in the Night... (Homophones)... 25 Have You Ever Seen?... (Homophones)... 26 Excuse Me!... (Homographs)... 27 What s Up?... (Multiple Meanings)... 28 More Than One... (Multiple Meanings)... 29
Something s Changed... (Prefixes)... 30 Winning Prefixes... (Prefixes)... 31 Juicy Endings... (Suffixes)... 32 Suffix Search... (Suffixes)... 33 Unbelievable!... (Root Words)... 34 Dunk the Dude!... (Root Words)... 35 Missing Links... (Compound Words)... 36 Compound Line-up... (Compound Words)... 37 Look-Alike Words... (Similar Words)... 38 Words That Confuse... (Confusing Words)... 39 Stick out Your Neck... (Figurative Language)... 40 Over the Edge... (Figurative Language)... 41 Words with a Past... (Word Histories)... 42 Etymologies You Can Eat... (Word Histories)... 43 Which One Fits?... (Analogies)... 44 Analogies Aren t Scary... (Analogies)... 45 On the Same Team... (Word Classification)... 46 APPENDIX... 47 Glossary... 48 Words That Confuse... 52 Meanings of Roots... 54 Meanings of Prefixes and Suffixes... 55 Homophones... 56 Words and Vocabulary Skills Test... 58 Skills Test Answer Key... 62 Answers... 63
Learning New Words WOULD YOU? COULD YOU? Use your dictionary to find the meaning of each word in bold type so that you can answer the questions. Then, on the back of this page, explain why you answered each one the way you did. 1. Would you take a nonagenarian on a rollercoaster called The Heart Stopper? 2. Would you flaunt your peccadillos in front of your friends? 3. Could you leave your uvula at home when you go to the amusement park? 4. Would you invite a misanthrope to go with you to a surprise party? 5. Could you give a piggyback ride to a corpulent connoisseur? 6. Would you be honored to receive an encomium from the president? 7. Could you take fauna along on a raft trip down a river? 8. Would you want to share your favorite pizza with a gourmand? 9. Could you ride a skateboard on a provost? 10. Would you try to escape from a maelstrom? 11. Could you get a good rest next to a restive dog? 12. Would you like to snack on a plateful of bibelot? 13. Could you sing a lullaby to a matriarch in a lyceum? 14. Would you ask a gammon to dance? 15. Could you eat a holograph for lunch? 16. Would you take a savant to Africa on a safari? 17. Could you put ketchup on a cliché? 18. Would you swim in a morass? 19. Could you feed a melon to a felon? 20. Would you laugh at a quip? 21. Could you mesmerize a panther? 22. Would you pet a carnivore? 23. Could you paint a pirouette? 24. Would you boycott a brawl? 25. Could you confer with an ape? 26. Would you butter a jetty? 27. Could you barbecue a query? Name Basic Skills Words & Vocabulary 6-8 + 10 Copyright 1997 by Incentive Publications, Inc., Nashville, TN.
Learning New Words DON T TRY THIS AT HOME! 1. Don t bungee jump into an abutment. Why not? Each of these warnings is good advice. First, use your dictionary to find out what the words in bold type mean. Then tell why it would NOT be a good idea to do each of these things. 2. Don t drink brackish water. Why not? 3. Don t try to sleep in bedlam. Why not? 4. Don t jostle a hippopotamus. Why not? 5. Don t go swimming in a quagmire. Why not? 6. Don t try to hoodwink a pugilist. Why not? 7. Don t be vociferous in a library. Why not? 8. Don t paddle a boat into a maelstrom. Why not? 9. Don t become a sycophant to a hoodlum. Why not? 10. Don t procure the services of a pilferer. Why not? 11. Don t run a marathon if you re enervated. Why not? 12. Don t thwart a lion s attempt to eat lunch. Why not? 13. Don t jeer at your older brother s haircut. Why not? 14. Don t shake hands with an octopod. Why not? Name Basic Skills Words & Vocabulary 6-8 + 11 Copyright 1997 by Incentive Publications, Inc., Nashville, TN.