Term 1 Week 6 Homework

Word list
stout trout spout scout shout sprout
cloud proud shroud flour blouse aloud
thousand trousers crouch drought ploug throughout bough pouch


1. Mach list or challenge word with these meanings:
To call loudly shout A wicked person scoundrel
Ten hundreds thousand A tree limb bough
To make the sound of pronounce Amaze astound


2. Write flour and flower in the correct places in this sentence.
The butler placed the fragrant flower into the vase, then went to the kitchen and carefully spooned the flour into the mixing bowl.


3. Write out all the list words containing the smaller word out.
stout, trout, spout, throughout, scout, shout, sprout


4. Write in alphabetical order:trout, trousers, thousand and throughoutThousand, throughout, trout then trousers.


5.Write the list words containing:
two vowles and three consonants(10) stout, cloud, trout, proud, spout, scout, bough, shout, flour, pouch.

Word building
1. A city could be shrouded in fog.
2. How many words can you list that contain the word out.
outback outside outlaw outlast


Challenge words
pronoun scoundrel flounder pronounce astound

6. Replace the underlined words in these sentances with one word from either the list or the challenge words.
A cover ( shroud ) of mist decended on the valley in the early morning.
The howling wind prevented the children from hearing Tom's loud call ( shout ) for help.
Little John carried a strong and heavy ( stout ) stick.
The grey masses of water vapour ( spout ) on the horizon signalled to the farmers the end of the long dry spell ( drout).

2. Fill in the missing letters:

trousers flour plough stout flounder proud

3. A dictionary may help you to match up these meanings with the challenge words.
A word that stands for a noun, for example we, her, they, it pronoun.
To struggle helplessly, or a kind of fish flounder.
to shock or amaze astound.
A wicked or dishonourable person scoundrel.

4. Which list words could be oppisites ( antonyms ) of...?
flood drought whisper shout humble proud

Word knowledge
Which of the list or challenge words best fit into these groups?
bud, shoot, germinate, grow spout
yell, call, roar, exclaim shout
villan, criminal, theif, rascal scoundrel
salmon, redfin, tuna, carp trout
pocket, handbag, satchel, swag pouch

General knowledge
1 What is Lord Baden-Powell's claim to fame? He began the scout movement.
2 Would a person eat, drink, climb, throw or sail a flounder? eat.
3 Which of the following is not a pronoun? we, her, over,it over.