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Words of the week

Explore the world of compound words, word origins, and vocabulary with this engaging presentation. Learn about stamps, swimming, wonder, answers, capitals, and more! Dive into a fun and educational journey.

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Words of the week

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  1. Words of the week stamp answer capital wonderful swim postcard question • Teaching notes • Use only one slide per session • Refer to notes area under each slide for ideas • or select file - print and choose notes pages to print a copy of each slide with teaching notes. • A related 10 page PDF document can be found at www.skillsworkshop.org. This lists a further 30 words along with a speaking task, related words, teaching ideas, extension activities and suggested resources.

  2. Word of the week 1 • COMPOUND WORDS • postman • postcode • postgraduate • lamppost • signpost • goalpost • cardboard • wildcard Noun Compound word

  3. Word of the week 2 Noun and verb Add suffixes to make stamps stamped stamping Related word stampede

  4. Word of the week 3 Verb He swims every morning. They swam in the river yesterday. I have swum 20 lengths today. Noun I am going for a swim. Spelling tip Double the consonant when you add a vowelsuffix. swimmer swimming swimmingly but swimsuit

  5. Adjective – gives you more information about a noun What a wonderful morning! I had a wonderful time last night. He painted wonderful pictures. Word of the week 4 • wonderfully • wonderland • wonderment Spelling tip fulis a consonant suffix It only has oneL hopeful,spoonful,tearful,successful, stressful. beautiful,plentiful.

  6. Word of the week 5 Word origin quest:to seek, to find out. • WORD STORM • inquest • conquest • request • unquestioned • questionnaire • questioner • questionably Verb The detective will questionyou tomorrow. My son questions everything I say. Noun The first exam question was easy. I’d like to ask a question please.

  7. Word of the week 6 Word origin andswaru:Old English (swear against). Verb The council answers all letters within three days. I answeredall the questions. Noun Politicians never give straight answers. • Silent W after an S in • answer • sword • Chiswick • boatswain

  8. Word of the week 7 Word origin caput:Latin (head) Noun London is the capital of England Small leaves are carved on the marble capital. Adjective That’s a capital book! Start your sentence with a capital letter. • WORD STORM • decapitate • capitalism • capitalise • capitulate • capital punishment • capital letter

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