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She was
singluar the level or tune of a singing in a
pitch 3 pitch p, i, ch p, i, tch
noun sound different
pitch.
My dad has
to have gotten a hold of; taken my
taken 3 tak/en past verb
grasped game away
from me.
I cannot eat
present to not be able to do
cannot 3 can/not dessert before
verb something
dinner.
We stayed at a
to have been somewhere hotel when we
stayed 3 stayed past verb
for a short time were on
holiday.
irregular a type of material used I like to wear
denim 3 den/im
noun for jeans denim jeans.
I went to the
singlular a person that treats sick
doctor 3 doc/tor doctor when I Latin
noun people
was sick.
I put on
plural hand covers to protect gloves before
gloves 3 gloves
noun hands I wash the
dishes.
The ship
singular a large area of water
ocean 3 o/cean sailed over the Greek
noun covering Earth
ocean.
The cadet was
singular a person training in the in training to
cadet 3 ca/det French
noun armed forces or police be a police
officer.
A herd of
plural of ox, a large
plural oxen were
oxen 3 ox/en domestic animal kept for
noun grazing on the
milk
grass.
irregular A quail was in
quail 3 quail kw,ai,l qu,ai,l a small brown bird French
noun the nest.
You enter the
singlular a curved top that is held
arch 3 arch ar, ch ar, ch hall through a Latin
noun by two supports
huge arch.
I like to eat
singlular a food made from milk Germani
cheese 3 cheese ch,ee,z ch,ee,se cheese and
noun curd c
crackers.
He will teach
present to help someone learn Germani
teach 3 teach t, ee, ch t, ea, ch me how to
verb how to do something c
play the game.
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The liver is an
singlular an organ in the body that
liver 3 liv/er organ that
noun cleans and filters blood
filters blood.
The canoe
singlular a natural, large stream of
river 3 riv/er drifted up the Latin
noun water
river.
My teacher
singlular a fictional tale shorter reads us a
story 3 sto/ry Latin
noun than a novel story every
day.
to show you are pleased Please thank
th, a, n, Germani
thank 3 thank th, a, n, k verb by something or her for all her
k c
someone help.
A mammal
an animal that feeds its
singlular feeds its
mammal 3 mam/mal young with milk from Latin
noun young with
the mother
milk.
The mammoth
an extinct elephant
singlular lived long ago
mammoth3 mam/moth covered in long hair and
noun and had long
curved tusks
hair and tusks.
things that are planned; There will be
plural
events 3 e/vents social occasions or three events to
noun
activities raise money.
The facts have
plural things that are proven or
facts 3 facts f,a,c,t,s f,a,c,t,s been proven
noun known to be true
and are true.
Ten people
plural
people 3 peo/ple more than one person came to the Latin
noun
party.
I have only
once 3 once adverb one time been to
hospital once.
We will have
about to happen or just a lot of fun in
coming 3 com/ing adjective
beginning the coming
year.
I want to see
prepositi within a container or
inside 3 in/side what is inside
on room
the box.
My parents
plural plural of parent, a
parents 3 par/ents will not let me
noun mother or father
stay up late.
The dog was
present Germani
guard 4 guard g, ar, d gu, ar, d to watch or protect set to guard
verb c
the gate.
lamb 4 lamb l,a,m l,a,mb singluar a young sheep A baby sheep
is called a
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lamb.
We will wrap
to cover by winding or the present
wrap 4 wrap r,a,p wr,a,p present
folding with green
paper.
The coarse
having a harsh or rough
coarse 4 coarse k,or,s c,oar,se sand was hard
quality
to walk on.
The goose
flew over to
geese 4 geese g,ee,s g,ee,se plural more than one goose the other
geese in the
flock.
As the
mixture
a thick jellylike
gel 4 gel j,e,l g,e,l singluar cooled it
substance
turned into a
gel.
The precious
gem 4 gem j,e,m g,e,m singluar a cut and polished stone gem sparkled
in the light.
Bread made
a type of grain used in with rye tastes
rye 4 rye r,igh r,ye irregular German
baking different to
wheat.
to put your hand or
Do not touch
touch 4 touch t, u, ch t, ou, ch present fingers on someone or
the wet paint.
something
The divers
the remains of a ship or enjoyed
wreck 4 wreck r, e, k wr, e, ck singluar
other vehicle diving on the
wreck.
We made the
qu, i,
quiche 4 quiche k, ee, sh singluar a pie made with eggs quiche with French
che
lots of eggs.
There was a
foul smell
foul 4 foul f, ou, l f, ou, l extremely unpleasant
coming from
the bathroom.
to persuade someone to I tried to lure
do something by the dog
lure 4 lure l, ure l, ure present
offering something outside with a
exciting bone.
A new chief
a person who is in of police has
chief 4 chief ch, ee, f ch, ie, f singluar
charge just been
appointed.
gnat 5 gnat n, a, t gn, a, t singluar a small, flying, biting A gnat is a German
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small flying
insect insect which
bites.
My dog loves
to bite or chew
gnaw 5 gnaw n, aw gn, aw present to gnaw on German
something repeatedly
bones.
He made a
a funny and clever quip and
quip 5 quip kw, i, p qu, i, p singluar
comment clever
comment.
I raise my arm
raise 5 raise r,ai,z r,ai,se present to lift up to answer the
question.
I love to have
a thick liquid eaten with
sauce 5 sauce s, aw, s s, au, ce singluar sauce on my
food
pie.
A curve in a
bight 5 bight b, igh, t b, igh, t singluar a curve in a coastline coastline is
called a bight.
The thigh
the part of the leg above muscle is
thigh 5 thigh th, igh th, igh singluar
the knee above the
knee.
Dad uses a
a fragrant cream or
skin balm
balm 5 balm b, ar, m b, al, m singluar liquid used to heal the
after he
skin
shaves.
We have to
not angry, upset or stay calm if
calm 5 calm c, ar, m c, al, m
excited we hear the
fire alarm.
I use the
to find out how heavy scales to
weigh 5 weigh w, ai w, eigh present someone or something weigh the
is. ingredients
carefully.
Zeus is the
z,oo(long the ruler of the gods in ruler of the
Zeus 5 Zeus z,eu,s noun
),s Greek mythology gods in Greek
mythology.
one of two or more Please read
column 5 col/umn noun vertical sections of a down the left
printed page column.
She wants to
zoology 5 zo/ol/o/gy noun the study of animals study zoology
and animals.
corpses 5 cor/pses noun plural of corpse, a dead The ancient
body corpses were
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buried
thousands of
years ago.
London and
plural of city, a large
cities 5 cit/ies noun Paris are two
town
large cities.
We took a
shortcut down
passage 5 pas/sage noun an alley or pathway
the side
passage.
Three people,
including
prepositi part of a particular group
including 5 in/clud/ing myself, are
on or amount
getting an
award.
I keep snacks
compartm com/part/ a section of something in the bottom
5 noun
ent ment larger compartment
of my bag.
The
a person who searches
prospecto prospector
6 pros/pec/tor noun for valuable substances
r found a gold
such as gold or oil
nugget.
The builder
to make a hole through
present was gouging a
gouging 6 goug/ing something in a rough
verb hole through
way
the wall.
We used the
a fruit with a hard rind
skin of a dried
gourd 6 gourd g,or,d g,our,d noun often used for decoration
gourd to make
or for making objects
a bowl.
My teacher
present to give assistance or
support 6 sup/port will support
verb comfort
my learning.
I want to
to move forward in a advance to the
advance 6 ad/vance noun
purposeful way next level of
the game.
The toddler
lost his
present an even distribution of
balance 6 bal/ance balance as he
verb weight
was trying to
walk.
The school
sports day
for a planned event to
cancelled 6 can/celled past verb was cancelled
not take place
because of the
storm.
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The school
sports day
for a planned event to
canceled 6 can/celed past verb was canceled
not take place
because of the
storm.
There was a
large boot sale
the process of removing
clearance 6 clear/ance noun after the
things
house
clearance.
My parents
made a
an amount of money you
budget 6 budg/et noun weekly budget
have available to spend
for our
groceries.
The mussels
edible sea creatures with
are edible and
mussels 6 mus/sels noun two black shells that
have black
close
shells.
I don't know
conjunct showing a choice whether to go
whether 6 wheth/er
ion between alternatives to the party or
not.
The pizza was
pieces 6 piec/es noun a part of something cut into eight
equal pieces.
a strong, regular and The dancers
rhythm 6 rhy/thm noun repeated movement or all had great
sound rhythm.
Our efforts to
exterminate
extermina ex/ter/min/ present to destroy or kill
6 the Latin
te ate verb completely
cockroaches
have failed.
The
quarrelling
quarrellin present
6 quar/rel/ling arguing angrily students were Latin
g verb
sent to
detention.
There is a
a chance that something possibility
possibilit pos/si/bil/i/
6 noun may or may not happen that it will
y ty
or exist snow on the
weekend.
Computer
complete confusion and failure caused
chaos 6 cha/os noun Greek
disorder chaos at the
airport.
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a large group of
She played
musicians who play
the violin in
orchestra 6 or/ches/tra noun many different Greek
the school
instruments together and
orchestra.
are led by a conductor
He competed
a group of people or Latin
in the race in
category 6 cat/e/go/ry noun things that are similar in and
his age
some way Greek
category.
The waltz
originated6 o/rig/i/nat/ed past verbbegan to exist originated in
Vienna.
In class we
have been
geograph the natural features of an
6 ge/og/ra/phy noun studying the Greek
y area
geography of
the local area.
She received a
sapphire ring
a clear bright blue
sapphire 6 sap/phire noun on her Greek
gemstone
sixteenth
birthday.
The squadron
a military unit consisting
squa of bombers
6 squad/ron noun of soldiers, ships or Italian
dron returned to
aircraft
their base.
She was
suffering from
fatigue 6 fa/tigue noun extreme tiredness the fatigue French
after the long
hike.
We had to
to find new people to
present recruit more
recruit 6 re/cruit take part in an event or French
verb players for
join a group or team
our team.
A spinning
a child's toy that spins top is an Middle
whirligig 6 whirl/i/gig noun
rapidly example of a English
whirligig.
My father
volunteered to
a person who goes with
be a
chaperone7 chap/er/one noun and is responsible for a French
chaperone at
group of young people
the next
school dance.
charade 7 cha/rade noun something that is done in They continue French
order to pretend the charade
something is true when it until it wasn't
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is not really true fun anymore.
The chassis of
the base frame that a car
the car was
chassis 7 chas/sis noun or other vehicle is built French
damaged in
on
the accident.
I love
listening to
very polite, honest and
chivalry 7 chiv/al/ry noun stories of Latin
kind behaviour
knights and
their chivalry.
Time flies
a phrase that has been when you are
cliché 7 cliche noun used so often that it is no having fun is French
longer original an example of
a cliché.
The farm
machines of a particular
machiner machinery is
7 ma/chin/er/y noun kind or machines in
y kept in the
general
barn.
The land was
in history a person of a
farmed by
low social class of farm
peasants 7 peas/ants noun peasants for Latin
workers and owners of
hundreds of
small farms
years.
Soldiers
the outside edge of an
guarded the
perimeter 7 per/rim/e/ter noun area, surface or flat Greek
perimeter of
shape
the camp.
I am trying to
to cause someone to do
persuade my
something or believe
present parents to
persuade 7 per/suade something by asking, Latin
verb increase my
arguing or giving
pocket
reasons
money.
Mum used a
a device used to measure
thermome ther/mo/me/ thermometer
7 noun temperature of a person's French
ter ter to see if I had
body or the air
a fever.
The actor was
a small wig that is worn
wearing a
toupee 7 tou/pee noun by a man to cover a bald French
black toupee
spot on his head
on his head.
the way some animals A stick insects
are coloured or shaped colour and
camoufla cam/ou/
7 noun so they can not be seen shape helps it French
ge flage
in their natural to hide in a
surroundings tree.
limousine 7 lim/ou/sine noun a large, expensive car The bride and French
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groom hired a
often driven by a paid limousine for
driver their wedding
day.
a stone object in the A row of
shape of the head of an gargoyles
Old
gargoyle 7 gar/goyle noun ugly creature, usually perch on the
French
seen on the roofs of old roof in front
buildings of the church.