RIC-20235 Primary Grammar and Word Study Year 3 – Understanding and choosing words

Understanding and
choosing words
Word groups
Focus
The names of different occupations
Explanation
• Occupations can be categorised in many ways.
Example:
trades – electrician, plasterer, plumber, builder,
gardener
health – doctor, dentist
protection – police, firefighter
personal – hairdresser, fitness instructor
• Occupations can also be categorised by the name of
what they study.
Example:
speleologist (speleology)
palaeontologist (palaeontology)
Worksheet information
• Note that each pair of occupations has a different
word ending.
• Students find the words in the wordsearch. The
words can be found vertically, horizontally and
diagonally and can be written backwards or
forwards.
• Students write a definition for each given occupation
in Question 2.
• Students add an occupation to each word group and
write a definition.
Ideas for further practice
• Make a list of occupations of people who work in a
particular environment, such as the school, a leisure
centre, a restaurant or a shopping centre.
• Conduct a survey to determine the occupations of
the students’ parents and occupations the students
would like to have in the future.
Answers
1.
N R O T A R T S U L L I
A A I G G F R Z N P R M
I A I P E E E A H A E A
R M U R Y O I U U Z B G
A Y A W O C L D V E M I
R D A N I T I O Y V U C
B L Z T S T S S G Y L I
I T E G O M O I H I P A
L I U R B R R N H H S N
D Z O O L O G I S T Z T
2. (a) (i) auditor – checks reliability of information
illustrator – produces art to enhance
writing
(ii) historian – researches past events
librarian – organises information in a
library
(iii) dietician – gives advice on food and
nutrition
magician – performs seemingly impossible
tricks
(iv) zoologist – studies all aspects of animals
geologist – studies the physical structure
of the planet
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(v) plumber – instals and maintains pipe
systems
lawyer – a person with an understanding
of the law
(b) Teacher check.
Answers could include:
(i) censor, editor, inventor, janitor, sailor,
sculptor, tutor, translator, surveyor
(ii) musician, statistician, technician, mortician,
mathematician
(iii) paediatrician, electrician, physician,
veterinarian
(iv) cartoonist, dentist, chemist, scientist,
psychologist, journalist, machinist
(v) boilermaker, diver, cleaner, engineer,
gardener, hairdresser, director, designer
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