Secondary 1 - Vocabulary - Unit 2

Secondary 1 - Vocabulary - Unit 2

NName _____________________________________________

DDate __________

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

Maged works for a newspaper. He writes articles. He is a ____________. Today, Maged’s supervisor asked him to write an article about all the crime that has been taking place at the market downtown. When Maged started his research, he discovered that there are two ____________ that are creating lots of trouble. The police ____________ fourteen members of one of the gangs. They are offering a ____________ of 1000 pounds for information about the other gang. This story became big when one of the gangs ____________ a young girl. The young girl turned out to be the mayor’s brother’s daughter. When his __________ disappeared, the mayor swore to ____________ the members of all the gangs he could catch. Maged knew it was his job to get all the facts. He had to know all the details about what ____________, where and how. He would help the police ____________ the criminals and make sure they all go to ____________.

2. For each word in the table, write one or more of these words that go with the word, either before or after it: into, in, on, up, after.

Then, write one sentence with each word group. Some words can take more than one answer.

debt	grow	look	board	trouble	born … 1990	break

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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: mouse : computer :: remote control : television (Mouse is to computer as remote control is to television) A mouse helps to control a computer and a remote control helps to control a television.

Example 2: interviewer : interview :: teacher : teach (Interviewer is to interview as teacher is to teach.) An interviewer is someone who interviews someone and a teacher is someone who teaches someone.

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

lose : lost :: drink : _______________
Shakespeare : dramatist :: _______________ : novelist
discovery : discover :: invitation : _______________
brother: sister :: nephew : _______________
criminal : kidnap :: police : _______________

4. Write an antonym for each word. Follow the example.

An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word.

Example: war - peace

to reward - ____________________

release - ____________________

to make dirty - ____________________

to leave - ____________________

end - ____________________

5. Replace the underlined word with a word from the unit.

Parents should always take care of their children.
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What's the lesson you have learnt from this story?
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Salma is my brother's daughter.
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They don't have children, so they decided to take Shady as their child.
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Do you know that writer for Al-Ahram?
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6. Use your Active Study Dictionary to find the following:

the parts of speech of these words

a. nearby: ________________________________________________

b. choice: ________________________________________________

c. edge: _________________________________________________

three words that begin with "table"

a. ______________________________________________________

b. ______________________________________________________

c. ______________________________________________________

three words that appear on the pages between the entries "sneak" and "sob"

a. ________________________________________________________

b. ________________________________________________________

c. ________________________________________________________

Secondary 1 - Vocabulary - Unit 2
ANSWERS

1.

Maged works for a newspaper. He writes articles. He is a journalist. Today, Maged’s supervisor asked him to write an article about all the crime that has been taking place at the market downtown. When Maged started his research, he discovered that there are two gangs that are creating lots of trouble. The police arrested fourteen members of one of the gangs. They are offering a reward of 1000 pounds for information about the other gang. This story became big when one of the gangs kidnapped a young girl. The young girl turned out to be the mayor’s brother’s daughter. When his niece disappeared, the mayor swore to punish / shoot the members of all the gangs he could catch. Maged knew it was his job to get all the facts. He had to know all the details about what happened, where and how. He would help the police catch / arrest the criminals and make sure they all go to prison.

2.

debt	grow	look	board	trouble	born … 1990	break
in debt	grow up	look after look up look in	on board	in trouble	born in 1990	break into break in break up

Answers will vary.

3.

lose : lost :: drink : drank
Shakespeare : dramatist :: Dickens : novelist
discovery : discover :: invitation: invite
brother: sister :: nephew : niece
criminal : kidnap :: police : arrest

4.

to punish

arrest

to clean

to come / arrive

start

5.

look after
moral
niece.
adopt
journalist

6.

a. adjective, adverb

b. noun; choice²: adjective

c. noun; edge²: verb

2.Answers will vary. Any of the following is considered correct: tablecloth, tablespoon, tablespoonful, tablet, table tennis.

3.Answers will vary. Any of the following is considered correct: sneaker, sneaking, sneaky, sneer, sneeze, snicker, snide, sniff, sniffle, snigger, snip, snipe, sniper, snippet, snivel, snob, snobbery, snobbish, snooker, snoop, snooty, snooze, snore, snorkel, snort, snot, snotty, snout, snow, snowball, snowboarding, snowbound, snowdrift, snowdrop, snowfall, snowflake, snowman, snowplough, snowshoe, snowstorm, snowy, snub, snuck, snuff, snuffle, snug, snuggle, so, soak, soaked, soaking, so-and-so, soap, soapbox, soap opera, soapy, soar.

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