Secondary 1 - Vocabulary - Unit 1

Secondary 1 - Vocabulary - Unit 1

Name ______________________________________

Date ______________

1. Read the paragraph. Fill in the blanks with words from the book.

Sameh likes reading, especially about space. He always reads articles about space he finds in __________ and newspapers. He thinks travelling to space is a very __________ idea. He wants to be an __________ and travel to the moon like Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on its surface.

Another person Sameh really admires is the famous Egyptian Dr Farouk El-Baz. Dr El-Baz is not only a space scientist but also a great __________. Sameh was proud to know that Dr El-Baz is an __________ in remote sensing and that he worked on the American Apollo space project. Dr El-Baz helped the astronauts understand how to collect rocks and __________ on the moon.

Sameh wants to take __________ about how to become a space scientist, too. He knows people like Armstrong and Dr El-Baz were __________. They never stopped working. They also had to be very __________. They were always doing new and dangerous things. Maybe Sameh will __________ a new planet that no one knows about yet! That would be wonderful!

2. Read this group of words. Place each into the right column. Then write one sentence with each. Some words may fit in more than one column.

(advice - rocks and their history - a goal - chess - points - football - a prize - the piano - buildings and tools from the past - a match)

score	give	play	win	study

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3. Complete each analogy with a word from the unit. Follow the example.

An analogy is a way to show different kinds of relationships between words. Below you can see some examples. The sentence in brackets is how we read an analogy aloud.

Example 1: finger : hand :: toe : foot (Finger is to hand as toe is to foot.) A finger is part of a hand and a toe is part of a foot.

Example 2: geologist : geology :: archaeologist : archaeology (Geologist is to geology as archaeologist is to archaeology.) A geologist practices the science of geology and an archaeologist practices the science of archaeology.

Read the analogy and fill in the empty blank with a word from the unit.

diver : sea :: astronaut : _______________
Nabawiya Musa : high school :: Neil Armstrong : _______________
play : played :: _______________ : won
unfriendly : friendly :: unhappy : _______________
new : old :: modern : _______________

4. Write a synonym for each word. Follow the example. Use your book or your Active Study Dictionary if you need help.

A synonym is a word having the same or almost the same meaning as another.

Example: dirt - soil

peaceful: _______________
pretty: _______________
professional: _______________
well-known: _______________
teacher: _______________

5. Give one word that means the following.

1. a person who studies buildings and tools from the past: _______________

2. someone who travels in a spacecraft: _______________

3. a person who studies materials such as rocks, soil, and minerals, and the way they have changed since the earth was formed: _______________

4. a shape, sometimes a person or animal, made of stone, metal, wood, or other material: _______________

5. taking pictures with a camera: _______________

6. Use your Active Study Dictionary to find the following:

an adjective form of these words

a. education: _________________________

b. ceremony: _________________________

c. medicine: _________________________

three words that begin with "hair"

a. _________________________

b. _________________________

c. _________________________

3. Three words that would appear on the pages between the entries "postal order" and "practical"

a. _________________________

b. _________________________

c. _________________________

Secondary 1 - Vocabulary Sheet - Unit 1
ANSWERS

1.

Sameh likes reading, especially about space. He always reads articles about space he finds in magazines and newspapers. He thinks travelling to space is a very exciting idea. He wants to be an astronaut and travel to the moon like Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk there. Another person Sameh really admires is the famous Egyptian Dr Farouk El-Baz. Dr El-Baz is not only a space scientist but also a great geologist. Sameh was proud to know that Dr El-Baz is an expert in remote sensing and that he worked on the American Apollo space project. Dr El-Baz helped the astronauts understand how to collect rocks and soil on the moon. Sameh wants to take advice about how to become a space scientist, too. He knows people like Neil Armstrong and Dr Farouk El-Baz were hard-working. They never stopped working. They also had to be very brave. They were always doing new and dangerous things. Maybe Sameh will discover a new planet that no one knows about yet! That would be wonderful!

2.

score	give	play	win	study
a goal	advice	chess	points	rocks and their history
points	a prize	football	a prize	buildings and tools from the past
		the piano	a match
		a match

1-10. Answers will vary.

3.

diver : sea :: astronaut : space
Nabawiya Musa : high school :: Neil Armstrong : moon
play : played :: win : won
unfriendly : friendly :: unhappy : happy
new : old :: modern : ancient

4.

peaceful : calm
pretty : beautiful
professional : expert
well-known : famous / popular
teacher: professor

5.

1. archaeologist

2. astronaut

3. geologist

4. statue

5. photography

6.

a. educational

b. ceremonial

c. medical / medicinal

Answers will vary. Any of the following is correct: hairbrush, haircut, hairdo, hairdresser, hairdryer, hairgrip, hairline, hairpin, hair-raising, hairstyle, hairy.

3. Answers will vary. Any of the following is correct: postbox, postcard, postcode, poster, posterity, postgraduate, posthumous, posting, postman, postmark, post-mortem, postnatal, post office, postpone, postscript, posture, posy, pot, potato, potato chip, potent, potential, pothole, potholing, potion, pot luck, pot shot, potted, potter, pottery, potty, pouch, poultry, pounce, pound, pour, pout, poverty, poverty-stricken, POW, powder, powdered, powdery, power, powerful, powerless, power-napping, power station, power tool, pp, PR, practicable.

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