Add –ous or –ious to these root words.

1. Vapour
2. Humour
3. Labour
4. Glamour

Add –ous or –ious to these nouns to make adjectives.

1. Nerve
2. Mystery
3. Glory
4. Grace
5. Ceremony
6. Acrimony

Add –ous or –ious to these verbs to make adjectives.

1. To continue
2. To suspect
3. To ridicule
4. To prosper
5. To envy
6. To mutiny

Add the suffix –ful to each of these words. The first one is done for you.

1. Force = forceful
2. Care
3. Hope
4. Sorrow
5. Dread
6. Thought

Fill in the blanks with –ful adjectives derived from the words in brackets.

1. He was a ______ son and did as he was told. (duty)
2. It was the most ______ garden she had ever seen. (beauty)
3. The ______ story made him weep. (sorrow)
4. They were ______ they would win the race. (hope)
5. The celebrations were ______ . (joy)

Write a diary entry about a dream you have had. It might be a nightmare or it could be something pleasant. Remember to:

• Write in the first person but don’t begin every sentence with ‘I’
• Organize what happened in the correct order
• Write in the past tense
• Choose your words carefully so your reader will know how you feel about what has happened.

It seemed to me I stood by the iron gate leading to the drive, and for a while I could not enter for the way was barred to me.

1. Where is the narrator as she speaks these lines?
2. Why was the way barred to her?
3. What do you think the connection between the narrator and the place is?

Moonlight can play odd tricks upon the fancy, even upon a dreamer’s fancy.

1. What does dreamer’s fancy refer to?
2. What was the odd trick played by the moonlight?
3. How was this fancy different from reality?

How do you know that the dreamer had been to Manderley before?

How does the dreamer feel when she sees the house? Why do you think she feels this way?

How do the last two paragraphs differ from what had been described earlier?

Based on your reading of the story, analyse the narrator’s feelings towards Manderley.

Use a dictionary and the context of the passage to explain the following words. They are underlined in the passage.

1. Barred
2. Uninhabited
3. Supernatural
4. Labyrinth
5. Mullioned
6. Placid

Now, use these words to make sentences of your own.

Find adjectives from the passage that describe the following.

1. The spokes of the gate
2. The windows
3. Manderley
4. The ditch
5. The roses
6. The sea

Circle the correct meanings for these –ful words. Use a dictionary to help you.

1. masterful - a. strong and decisive, b. weak and feeble
2. disgraceful - a. excellent, b. shameful
3. fearful - a. not afraid, b. very afraid