Jack and The Beanstalk Tall and Short Stories

  

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Jewish

Freida loved fried eggs on Friday. She saved them up all week. In fact, soon, Frieda had so many eggs, that she was known as a fried egg freak. There were fried eggs galore, rolling towards the door across the floor. Fried eggs bounced down the stairs and danced around the table in pairs.When Freida didn’t have any fried eggs at all, she went to find a chicken, that she could keep inside the hall. Whenever the weather started to get somewhat hot, Freida checked to see if the eggs were fried or not. Freida thought that fried eggs were great, though one or two actually rolled off the plate.

Add either “fry” or “fri” to complete the words.

© Jacqueline Richards 2007Answers : belfry ; chip fryer ; frizzle ; frothy ; frightened ; fright ; frilly ; fritter ; frisk ; frenzy ; refridgerator ; frizz ; frizzy ; fringe ; friable ; frizby ; frizzy ; frontier ; frankly ; fruitless ; frivolity ; frilly ; frigid ; freshly ; friend ; friendly ; frightful ; frosty ; frequently ; flyer ; forestry ; fortunately ; formality ; fraternity ; freely ; freaky ; freshly ; frequently ; frugally ; frivolity ; frivolously ; fruity ; formality ; fragmentary ; fraudulently ; fraughtly

Add the letters P - U - T to complete the following words and phrases :

7.065 sq cm

12.56 sq cm

4.906 sq cm

19.625 sq cm

50.24 sq cm

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Answers :

outputinput

put through

putrefy

putamen

putativer

putchock

putlog

pursuit

dispute

Rasputin

pursuitputting

The pumpernickel goblin was a really grumpy chap. In fact, he was so cantankerous that all he did was snap. Of course, when the Pumpernickel began to snap, everything around him broke into two. Very soon, including his pumpkin, was divided into fractions of two, too, as pumpkins do. Pumpernickel had a bike, that he used to cycle where he’d like rather than hike. He found that it got him where he wanted to be much quicker. But sometimes, when he splashed in a puddle, he found his headlamps began to flicker ! Pumpernickel pumped up the tyres, he changed the oil and fixed the wires. He put a new bulb into the lamp, stitched the seat and polished the metal where it had gone rusty in the damp. The Pumpernickel goblin went for a picnic - with lots of pumpkin stew - two dishes he thought would do the trick !

Pump It Up !

How many words can you think of that contain the letters P - U - M ? Example - plum.

Snapping Cantankerously !

Snap the two big words above into as many smaller words as you make.

Work out the sizes of the halves, if each of the following items is snapped into two :

1. One ruler 30 cm long.

2. One pumpkin weighing 50 kg.

3. A book with 200 pages.   

4. A television programme lasting one hour and 45 minutes. 

5. A sack of potatoes containing 120 potatoes.

6. A flower 20 cm tall.

7. A necklace 70 cm long.

8. A broomstick 2 metres long.

9. A piece of paper 50 cm long.

10. A pencil measuring 10 cm long.

Pumpkin Spellings On A Plate

How many words can you think of that include the word “plate” ? Example - template.

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The parking attendant at the supermarket sat down for lunch - he was feeling peckish so bought a piece of parkin to munch. The parking attendant liked parkin a lot - and ate it whenever he could find a parkin slot in between the parking spots. Mmm, today’s parkin made in the bakery tasted lovely (so he took another piece home for his tea). But some of the goods he brought and put in his trolley, fell out (including a can of beans and a new toy dolly). As he crunched a little bit more, parkin crumbs fell onto the floor. A sparrow was flying from Jack’s beanstalk overhead and decided to stop for a while, almost landing on the parking attendant’s head ! As he landed with a crash, another piece of the parking attendant’s parkin fell onto the floor with a BASH ! When he went to pick it up, he knocked over all the hot tea in his cup. Now he had only a bit left to sup !

1. If a piece of parkin weighing 50 grams is divided into 4 chunks, what does each piece weigh ?

2. Work out the volume of a piece of parkin that measured 5 cm wide x 5 cm high x 5 cm deep.

3. Parkin usually cost £2 but was being sold in the sale at 10% off, how much did it cost ?

4. There were 500 parking spots, but cars were only parked 4 / 5 ths - how many empty spaces were there ?

5. There was 250 mls in a cup of tea, but 150 mls was spilt - how much was left ?

6. The seagull ate 1 : 4 of the parkin - how many is that of the 150 parkin in the bakery ?

7. 0.4 of the 150 parkin from the bakery was sold - how much and what fraction and percentage is that ?

8. 25 pieces of parkin fit inside one supermarket basket - a trolley could hold five times this amount - how much is that ?

9. There were 125 supermarket trolleys - 0.2 of them didn’t work because their wheels were broke. How many supermarket trolleys didn’t and did work ?

10. If the sparrow flew from Jack’s beanstalk at a speed of 7.5 km / hour, how long did it take to get to the supermarket, 50 km away ?

Car Park

The letters P - A - R have all driven away from inside these words - drive them back. Then see if you can make a par - agraph containing all these words.

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__ __ __ king

__ __ __ ty

__ __ __ chment

s__ __ __ se

s__ __ __ e

__ __ __ otid

__ __ __ oxysm

__ __ __ quet

__ __ __ chment

__ __ __ sley

__ __ __ ry

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__ __ __ ticipate

__ __ __ ticle

__ __ __ ochial

__ __ __ tial

__ __ __ son

__ __ __ lour

__ __ __ liament

__ __ __ ity

__ __ __ ish

__ __ __ ent

__ __ __ enthesis

__ __ __ esis

__ __ __ isyllabic

__ __ __ occipital

__ __ __ don

__ __ __ asynthesis

__ __ __ ataxis

__ __ __ aphrase

__ __ __ cel

__ __ __ anoia

__ __ __ ameter

__ __ __ amilitary

__ __ __ allel

__ __ __ agraph

__ __ __ afin

__ __ __ agon

__ __ __ adigm

__ __ __ adise

__ __ __ able

__ __ __ achute

Parked On Double Yellow Lines

How many more words can you think of that have park - ed ?   

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 Answers :

1. 50 / 4 = 22.5 g

2. 5 x 5 x 5 = 125 cubic cm

3. 200 - (200 / 100 x 10 = 40)= £1.60

4. 500 - (500 / 5 x 4 = 400) = 100

5. 250 - 150 = 100 mls

6. 150 / 5 = 30

7. a) 150 / 10 x 4 = 60 ; b) 4 / 10 = 2 / 5 ths ; c) 40 %

. 5 x 125 = 625

9. a) 125 / 10 x 2 = 25 b) 125 - 25 = 100

10. 50 / 7.5 = 6.66 hours

Answers : parsnip parking party parchment sparse spare parotid paroxysm parquet parchment parsley parry apart participate particle parochial partial parson parlour parliament parity parish parent parenthesis paresis parisyllabic paroccipital pardon parasynthesis parataxis paraphrase parcel paranoia parameter paramilitary parallel paragraph parafin paragon paradigm paradise parable parachute

 10. The dancers waltzed in _____ s.

 11. The _____ of earings cost £5.00.

 12. The medieval knight threw a s _____ .

 13. The mint tasted of s _____ mint.

 14. I com _____ d the two pictures.

 15. The squirrel _____ ed through the hole, looking for acorns.

 16. I _____ ed down the telescope, but still didn’t see anything.

 17. The _____ of slippers I got for Christmas didn’t fit.

 18. The window cleaner _____ ed through the window.

 19. The I re _____ ed the tear in my trousers with a needle and thread.

 20. I knocked into stack of _____ s in the supermarket.

How many words can you think of that include the word “pair” (example - repair) and “pear” (example - spear) ?  

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Answers1. I bought a pair of shoes.

2. The shopkeeper only sold ties in pairs.

3. The pear tasted sweet.

4. There were twenty pears growing on the tree in the orchard.

5. The pair of birds built a nest.

6. The repair bill for the car cost £100.

7. The spare tyre burst.

8. He only felt despair.

9. The sailor peered at the map.

10. The dancers waltzed in pairs.

11. The pair of earrings cost £5.00. 12. The medieval knight threw a spear.

Circle the letter “P” inside these words.

Peas Pudding

How many words can you think of that include a “pea” ? Example - ap”pea”l.

Pea - Shooter

Pea - shoot the letters O inside these words.

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b) what the missing letter is.

Stu the stewpot loved eating stew. When there was no stew, he didn’t know what to do. Stu the stewpot ate stew in the morning. He ate it at night - when he was yawning. He stewed if there wasn’t any stew left, alright ! He piled it on a spoon, then took a big bite. Stu the stewpot wanted to see how much stew that he’d got … But when he looked over the edge of the pot, he fell in the lot !  

You and Me

Write five sentences using the word “you”.

Me and Ewe

Say all of these words out loud, then circle which is the correct one to use - “u” or “ew” ?

crude

lewd

rude

new

mew

pew

sew

stew

clue

true

tune

glue

must

 gust

duster

flustered

cuts

ewe

anew

brew

blew

flew

chew

due

drew

few

gnu

hue

hewn

jew

queue

lust

huts

nuts

put

rust

rut

SPLAT ! English On A Plat - e !

How many words can you think of that include the letters P - L - A - T ? Example - platoon.

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 If I ate 0.2 of the 500 allsorts, how many were left ?

Answers : 1. 500 / (2 + 3 + 5 = 10) = 50, therefore 100 : 150 : 250

4. 500 / 4 = 125 5. 500 - (500 / 10 x 2 = 100) = 400© Jacqueline Richards 2007