Wordwise: Vocabulary, Spelling & Word Building Activities

Wordwise: Vocabulary, Spelling & Word Building Activities aims to enhance students' use of a wide range of vocabulary and to increase their understanding of the derivation and origin of words. The words in the book have been chosen to consolidate student knowledge of commonly used, mature vocabulary and to introduce more specialised vocabulary to extend students' repertoire of language.

The book is divided into forty units with each unit focusing on one aspect of vocabulary development. The focus may be technical e.g. prefixes, homophones, possessives etc; or related to context e.g. investigation words, number words, Australian words, legal words etc. Wordwise is activity based to encourage students to use the words so that they can remember them more easily.

Each unit consists of a list of keywords followed by activities using the keywords and related vocabulary focusing on:

• Meaning
• Use in context
• Word derivation and origin
• Spelling hints

Answers for these activities are provided in the back of the book.

Contents 

1. Opposites
2. Prefixes: in or out
3. Word ending: ough
4. Small / young: diminutives
5. Investigation words
6. Neologisms
7. Brand names: proprietary eponyms
8. 2 words
9. Families
10. Homophones and homonyms
11. Before or against: prefixes anti and ante
12. Science and technology
13. Measurement
14. Prefixes: more ins and outs
15. Prefixes: backwards and forwards
16. Occupations
17. Abstract nouns
18. Number words
19. Legal words
20. Australian spelling
21. Unusual adjectives
22. Absolute adjectives
23. Plurals
24. Shortened words
25. Entertainment and humour
26. Living things
27. Foreign words
28. Buildings
29. Toponyms
30. Possessives
31. Types of people
32. Health
33. Abbreviations / contractions
34. Sports and games
35. Containers
36. Literature
37. Transport
38. War and Peace
39. Languages
40. Words easily confused
41. Answers