Topic 4 of 6 · Grade 7
Vocabulary and spelling
"A piece of cake" means very easy. "Every cloud has a silver lining" – something good can come out of bad times.
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Word meanings
- Synonyms: words with similar meanings (big – large).
- Antonyms: words with opposite meanings (happy – sad).
- Homophones: words that sound the same but are spelt differently (their/there; son/sun).
Building words
- Prefixes at the beginning: un-, dis-, re-, mis- (unhappy, disagree, rewrite).
- Suffixes at the end: -ful, -less, -ness, -ly (helpful, careless, kindness, slowly).
Spelling rules
- "i before e except after c" (believe, receive) – with some exceptions.
- Plurals: add -s; -es after s, x, ch, sh (boxes, churches); y after a consonant becomes -ies (baby – babies).
- Doubling the last letter: hop – hopping; but hope – hoping.
Idioms and proverbs
"A piece of cake" means very easy. "Every cloud has a silver lining" – something good can come out of bad times.
Worked example: Give the opposite of "generous".
mean (or selfish)
Exam tip: Keep a personal word book and learn five new words each week.
Check yourself
- Give a synonym for "begin".
- Add a prefix to make the opposite of "honest".
- Write the plural of "city".
Show answers
- start
- dishonest
- cities
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