Answers to John Smith spelling book 1, page 31 to 35

Read the clue and choose the word from the list which fits the clue and write it against the proper number.

The word lists are

rage, wage, page, stage, village, passage, age

ten, thirteen, twelve, fourteen, nine, eight, fifteen, eleven

1. Smaller than a town is _______
2. Words printed on this is _______
3. Money paid to you at the end of a week is known as _______
4. To be in a bad temper is to be in a _______
5. A corridor can be called ______
6. Nigel is six years of ______
7. Actors act on this ______
8. 4×2 is equal to _______
9. 2×5 is equal to _______
10. 3×5 is equal to _______
11. 3×3 is equal to _______
12. 7+ 4 is equal to _______
13. A dozen is ______
14. 2×7 is equal to _______
15. 15-2 is equal to _______

PAGE 32

palace, city, policeman, centre, circle, mice, cinema

coal, road, roast, soak, oars, loaf, foal, throat

1. He wears a uniform ________
2. The middle is the _______
3. The queen lives in a ________
4. Small animals ________
5. A very large town ______
6. Where films are shown _______
7. A ring is __________
8. Cars drive along this _______
9. I like _______ potatoes
10. To put in water _________
11. My _______ feels sore today
12. It is burnt on fires _______
13. A baby horse is called ________
14. Used in a rowing boats _____________________
15. He bought a ________-of bread.

PAGE 33

tried, fried, cried, lied, died

giggle, freckle, little, handle, prickles, gentle, bottle, rifles, kettle, rattle

1. Martin __________when his dog was lost
2. Cooked in a frying pan _____________
3. Salma ___________ hard with her reading
4. Did not live ________
5. Did not tell the truth __________
6. We need a __________ of tomato sauce
7. Small means _______
8. A baby’s plaything ___________
9. A funny little laugh ___________
10. A hedgehog has many sharp ________________
11. Open the door with the _________
12. A mark on the face is ________
13. __________is used for boiling
14. He was very ________ with the kitten
15. Guns carried by soldiers __________-

PAGE 34

face, ace, trace, lace, race, place, pace

rubber, rabbits, rubbing, bubbles, cabbage, pebble, wobble, nibbled

1. _________is used to tie your shoe
2. To go fast ____________
3. A step or stride ___________
4. To go over the lines with a pencil ____________
5. Show me the ________ where it hurts
6. The front part of the head is ___________
7. The one in a pack of cards _____________
8. A vegetable is __________
9. If you __________ on a bicycle you may fall off
10. Small children blow these _________
11. A small stone on the beach _____________
12. They make lovely pets __________
13. Jason’s new rabbit __________ at the carrot
14. Used for taking out pencil marks _______
15. The girl was __________ her sore knee

PAGE 35

wept, slept, kept, crept, swept

rink, bank, pink, sank, blink, thank, tank, plank, think, link

1. Went on sleeping ______
2. Henry _________ his computer locked in a computer
3. I ________ quietly upstairs to bed
4. Cried means ______
5. Used a sweeping brush ________
6. Every car has a _________ to hold the petrol
7. I want to _________you very much
8. A long piece of flat wood ________
9. It looks after our money ____________
10. Munir goes to the skating _________
11. I _________ it will be a fine day __________
12. _________ is a colour
13. The ship ___________ to the bottom of the sea
14. A part of a chin _____________
15. To move the eyelids __________