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Year 5 Term 3 Vocabulary Quiz

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    Revisiting our vocabulary over term 3
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  • What is the meaning of the suffix -ed?
    Something happened in the past.
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  • What does the prefix be- mean?
    Thoroughly, about, around, completely, to make…
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  • Think back to reading My Place. What is the meaning of 'gaol'?
    Gaol (jail) - noun - a place of confinement of people convicted of a crime - Jail is preferred spelling - Gaol is outdated
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  • Name five words that have the suffix -ed.
    Belonged, crashed, opened, closed, gathered, pushed, pulled, dressed, relaxed.
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  • Can your team name five of our vocabulary words we have learnt this term?
    This could be: grazing, belonged, ticket-of-leave, accomplished, magistrate, mischief, sewerage.
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  • What does the prefix un- mean?
    Not.
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  • Can you name three words that have the root word of 'employ'?
    Such as unemployed, employment, employed, employable, employing.
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  • What is the root word in the word 'compensated'?
    Compensate.
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  • What is the meaning of the word 'accompanied'?
    Go somewhere with (someone) as a companion or escort.
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  • What is the phonology (speech sounds of a language) of the word 'European'?
    Eu/r/o/p/e/a/n
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  • What is the etymology (where words come from) of the word 'theoretical'?
    1610s Late Latin ‘theoreticus’
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  • How many syllables does the word 'diagnosis' have?
    Four. di-ag-no-sis
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  • Was butter-churn a word in our vocabulary this term? True or False.
    True! In week one.
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  • Where were the weekly vocabulary be selected from?
    Our mentor texts of My Place, Stephen Hawking biography, Hamilton Hume biography, and Little People Big Dreams books.
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  • What does 'etymology' mean?
    Where words come from.
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  • Extra Question: What special guest did we have a workshop with in term 3?
    Leigh Hobbs.
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