Adjectives. Circle the adjective that best describes the underlined noun.

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1 Adjectives Adjectives - Worksheet 1 Circle the adjective that best describes the underlined noun. 1. A (big, tasty) dog was chewing a bone. 2. Jeff rode to school in a (yellow, jelly) school bus. 3. It is a very (cold, dented) day. 4. Annie asked her (blue, Strong) brother to open her water bottle. 5. Betty left her (warm, pink) skipping rope at school. 6. Jayden burnt his mouth on a (hot, sticky) piece of pizza. 7. David had to fix his (slippery, broken) glasses. 8. Angela was excited to see the (hot, huge) elephant. 9. Nick was shy around the (pretty, left) girl. 10. The tower was a very (flat, tall) building.

2 Adjectives Adjectives - Worksheet 2 Adjectives describe a person, place or thing. e.g. The pink jellyfish swam in the ocean. The word pink is an adjective, it describes the noun jellyfish. Read each of these sentences an underline the adjective that describes the noun. 1. The enormous elephant loves peanuts. 2. The warm sun melted the snow. 3. Those purple flowers smell sweet. 4. My blue van is parked in the driveway. 5. The old school house is falling down. 6. The green gecko ran across the wall. 7. I love to pet soft kittens. 8. They finally completed the new school. 9. Our neighbour has a cute puppy. 10. Does loud music hurt your ears? 11. The little boy was lost. 12. The strong wind blew from the west. Rewrite the following sentence using an adjective to describe the underlined nouns. 13. The man slept in the chair. 14. The squirrel has a tail.

3 Pronouns Pronouns - Worksheet 1 Pronouns take the place of nouns in a sentence. A possessive pronoun shows ownership. Circle the possessive pronouns. my your you its our her him his your their who you I saw the dog that belongs to you. I saw your dog. 2. The coat that belongs to me is warm. This is the house that belongs to 3. Susan. 4. Vincent s brother is five years old. 5. The horse s leg is sore. Dad is driving the car that belongs to 6. us Some possessive pronouns can stand alone. These pronouns include: yours, mine, ours, hers, his and theirs. Complete each sentence with a personal pronoun the stands alone. 1. This room belongs to my sisters. This room is theirs. 2. Those glasses belong to you. Those glasses are. 3. These books belong to Jada. These books are. 4. Two of these dollars belong to me. Two of these dollars are.

4 Pronouns Pronouns - Worksheet 2 Circle each of the possessive pronouns that could be used to complete the sentence This is. Is this lunch? Help me find lost cat. Twill you come to school play? That is favourite colour? Could it be? I like best. is the best of all. What is address? How long is hair? That card is. Is that present?

5 Collective Nouns Collective Nouns - Worksheet 1 A collective noun is a noun that describes a group of people, number of things. e.g. a herd of cows. Complete each sentence with a collective noun from the box. bouquet orchestra gang herd rookery family fleet orchard pride panel colony gaggle 1. I gave my mum a of flowers on her birthday. 2. We watched an of musicians rehearse in the theatre. 3. A of ships arrived at the docks right on time. 4. I wrote a story about a man getting robbed by a of thieves. 5. An of apple trees is a great place to climb and eat. 6. A of lions is something that I do not want to disturb. 7. My friend and I walked to the river to feed a of geese. 8. My sister received a of ants for her ant farm today. 9. Ewen said his is a kind and generous one. 10. The of wild horses nearly ran over us! 11. We saw a of penguins at the zoo today. 12. The of judges did not give any perfect scores.

6 Collective Nouns Collective Nouns - Worksheet 2 A collective noun is a word that refers to a group. Select a collective noun from the list below to correctly describe these groups of animals pack flock warren pride colony herd barrel school swarm cackle 1. A of sheep 2. A of bees 3. A of fish 4. A of wolves 5. A of elephants 6. A of rabbits 7. A of lions 8. A of monkeys 9. A of ants 10. A of hyenas Use your imagination and create collective nouns for the following. 1. Apes 2. Bats 3. Giraffes 4. Hippopotamuses 5. Kangaroos 6. Tigers 7. Owls 8. Peacocks 9. Crocodiles 10. Sharks 11. Jellyfish

7 Singular to Plural Nouns Singular to Plural Nouns - Worksheet 1 A singular noun names one person, place or thing. e.g. One dog barked last night. A plural noun names more than one person, place or thing. e.g. Three dogs barked last night. Add an s or and es to the following nouns to make them change from singular to plural. 1. table 2. lunch 3. branch 4. hat 5. friend 6. peach 7. car 8. bunch 9. teacher 10. plum 11. plan 12. beach 13. plant 14. zebra

8 Singular to Plural Nouns Singular to Plural Nouns - Worksheet 2 A singular noun names one person, place, thing or idea. A plural noun names more than one person, place, thing or idea. Circle the plural form of each noun that correctly fits the sentences below. 1. There are four (oceanes, oceans) on Earth. 2. The (restaurants, restaurantes) on the street were full of people. 3. There are a pair of (socks, sockes) laying on the kitchen floor. 4. The teacher out of (eraserers, erasers) last week at school. 5. The students visited many (websites, websiteses) to do research for their assignment. 6. There are around one hundred and ninety (countrys, countries) in the world. 7. The children clean for foreshore of five (beaches, beachs) on clean up Australia day.

9 Verbs of Tense Verbs of Tense - Worksheet 1 Verbs of tense Past and Present Fill in the blanks with the correct word to make the sentences present tense Carol a piece of gum. chewed chews chewing Rae on a swing set. playing played plays Mary over the big pile of leaves. jumps jumping jumped Justin to his friend on the phone. talking talks talked Joe to the store to buy some chocolate. walking walked walks In each group of words, circle the word that is the past tense. Eat Ate Eatted Climbed Climbs Clumb Runned Run Ran Brought Brung Bring Sang Singed Sing Catched Caught Catchered Drove Drived Drive Throwed Threw Throw Drink Drank Drunk

10 Verbs of Tense Verbs of Tense - Worksheet 2 Verbs of tense word sort. The words below are all verbs. Some are past tense verbs; they show actions that have already happened. Others are present tense verbs; they show us actions that are currently happening. Read the following verbs. Decide whether it is a past tense verb or a present tense verb. Write it correctly under the correct heading. jumped writes sang cook slept calls drive talked pants bought fixes sold taught watch rode sees Past Tense Present Tense

11 Homophones Homophones - Worksheet 1 Circle the correct word to complete the sentence. The write he word on the line Last week I a horse along the bush trail. (rode road) My dog hurt his front from digging in the dirt. (paws pause) I all of my exams today. (past passed) My father cut the in half with the saw. (bored board) We all our soccer games this season. (won one) My mother needs to my buttons back on my coat. (sew so) Can you help me brush and comb my sister s? (hare hair) Grandma s favourite is a rose. (flour flower) Tom can t his homework. (fined find) We are going to chop more. (would wood)

12 Homophones Homophones - Worksheet 2 Use the word bank below to fill in correct homophone. for sea flew hear son find knot eye wood cell knows bee bear aloud 1. Allowed 8. Sun 2. Flu 9. Not 3. Fined 10. Bare 4. Be 11. Here 5. I 12. Four 6. See 13. Sell 7. Would 14. Nose Complete each sentence with the correct homophone. heard herd steak stake sealing ceiling creek creak Cows travel together in a I my neighbour singing loudly. Nate put a in the ground. I ate a large for dinner. We finished all the envelopes. There is a giant spider on my. We went for a swim in the. The stairs are starting to loudly.

13 Compound Sentences Compound Sentences - Worksheet 1 A compound sentence is made up of two or more simple sentences connected by a joining word such as and, or, but. e.g. Tom walked through the haunted house but he was not scared. Create your own compound sentences on the lines below by joining a sentence from box A with one from box B and using a joining word to connect them. You can use a sentence more than once. A Jade went to the carnival. Jade wanted to ride the roller coaster. Jade played on the clowns. Jade tried to win a stuffed monkey. Jade started to get hungry. She had a great time. She rode on all the rides. She did not have enough money. She didn t stay for very long. She stood in a long line. It started to rain. She won a doll. She bought some fairy floss. B Example: Jade went to the carnival, and she bought some fairy floss

14 Compound Sentences Compound Sentences - Worksheet 2 Circle the best way to combine the two sentences. 1. The dog is hungry. The cat is hungry. a. The dog is hungry and the cat is hungry. b. The dog and cat is hungry. c. The dog and cat are hungry. d. The dog is hungry and the cat is hungry. 2. Helen likes to eat pizza. I like to eat pizza. a. Helen and I like to eat pizza. b. Helen likes to eat pizza and I like to eat pizza. c. Helen likes to eat pizza and I like. d. Helen and I eat pizza. 3. Calvin is going to the store. Paul is going to the store. a. Calvin is going to the store and Paul is going. b. Calvin and Paul are going to the store. c. Calvin and Paul is going to that store. d. Calvin is going to the store and Paul. Rewrite these two simple sentences into one compound sentence. 1. The moon is bright. The stars are bright. 2. Marcus loves to play soccer. Curtis loves to play soccer. 3. Lucy works at the bakery. Michelle works at the bakery.

15 Incomplete Sentences Incomplete Sentences - Worksheet 1 A sentence is incomplete if it does not answer two questions: Who and What is happening? Complete v s Incomplete. The big red dog. We went to the park. Edward is my friend. The sport teacher. The small green car. He is seven. My dad is mad. Make a cake. I have a cat. In the bathroom. Complete Incomplete

16 Incomplete Sentences Incomplete Sentences - Worksheet 2 Complete v s Incomplete Sort out these sentences and correctly write them in the table. The furry kitten. Planted a tree. We dug. She planted a flower. He found a dinosaur. In my front yard. The cat washed her face. The pig snorted. On Earth day. On a dinosaur. Complete Incomplete

17 Clauses Clauses - Worksheet 1 A dependent clause is a group of words that does not express a complete thought and cannot stand by itself as a complete sentence. e.g. After I stopped screaming, I started laughing. An independent clause expresses a complete thought and can stnd alone as a sentence. e.g. Mark is in trouble because he is late. Underline the dependent clauses in the following sentences. 1. I would love to go deep sea diving because I would love to see all the sea creatures. 2. Even though some may look scary, many of them are very beautiful. 3. Since I have never been before, I am not sure if I will be scared. 4. I don t think I would be scared because I would be fascinated by all the creatures. 5. It would be interesting to see the jelly fish because there are so many different kinds. Circle the independent clauses in the following sentences. 1. Lisa wants to write a novel, but she is afraid to try. 2. I don t know how to do my Math homework; I need to call the help line. 3. I am saving my money because I want to buy a new computer. 4. When I arrived, John was surprised to see me. 5. Nobody knows the answer to that question.

18 Phrases Phrases - Worksheet 2 Underline the group of words in each sentence that is a phrase. 1. The boy with brown hair played the flute. 2. The pony with grey hair won the race. 3. The cat with ginger fur scratched the lounge. 4. Jack climbed over the wall. 5. The dog with the black spot on its eye dug a hole in the yard. Choose the phrase that best fits the sentence. 1. The insect is very lazy. a. through the hole b. on Saturn c. with six legs d. near the sun 2. The donkey is very quiet a. under my desk b. in the tree c. under the sea d. in the barn 3. The table is my brother s favourite. a. through the tunnel b. with square legs c. on the road d. under my desk

19 Apostrophes That Show Possession Apostrophes that Show Possession - Worksheet 2 An apostrophe is used to show possession (something belongs to someone). The most common way it is used is in the apostrophe + s combination at the end of someone s name. Example: The cat belongs to Sarah. It is Sarah s cat. The donkey belongs to David. It is David s donkey Read the first sentence and write the second sentence using the apostrophe + s. 1. The lunch belongs to Bill. 2. The pencil belongs to Jack. 3. The game belongs to Kim. 4. The paper belongs to grandad. 5. The glasses belong to mum. 6. The bone belongs to Fido. Apostrophes for possession are not just for proper nouns, but they are also used for other nouns. Read the first sentence using the possessive apostrophe + s. 1. The milk belongs to the cow. It is 2. The letter belongs to the judge. It is 3. The car belongs to my brother. It is 4. The book belongs to the library. It is 5. The desk belongs to the museum. It is 6. The saddle belongs to the horse. It is

20 Apostrophes in Contractions Apostrophes in Contractions - Worksheet 1 An apostrophe is used to show that letters have been left out of words that have been combined to make a shorter contraction. The apostrophe is usually placed right above the place where the letters have been left out. Example: cannot = can t (the apostrophe goes where the second n and the o are missing. Write the contraction for each of these phrases. Use an apostrophe to show where the letters are missing. 1. I am = 2. you are = 3. we are = 4. they are = 5. he is = 6. she is = 7. you will = 8. are not = 9. will not = 10. is not = Write the phrase that each contraction represents. 1. don t = 2. I ve = 3. we ll = 4. they ve = 5. could ve = 6. where s = 7. won t = 8. what s = 9. here s = 10. shouldn t = Write a sentence that used at least two contractions.

21 Commas Commas - Worksheet 1 Commas are used to separate items in a list. Add commas to the sentences below. 1. Izzy brought the flour sugar salt and eggs to Joe s house to make cupcakes frosting and lamingtons. 2. Charlie Lisa Kylie and Fay joined other friends to play a game of basketball. 3. When we go camping we pack lanterns sleeping bags bug spray snacks and torches. 4. My favourite subjects are math science art and music 5. In the fruit salad I had for lunch there were apples bananas strawberries oranges and pears. 6. Last week it snowed hailed and rained at my place. 7. My favourite animals are dolphins cats hippopotamus and giraffes. 8. On the Christmas tree are baubles tinsel lights and candy canes. 9. Dad s favourite sports are rugby baseball and motor racing. 10. For school we brought pencils rulers highlighters pens and a pencil case.

22 Commas Commas - Worksheet 2 Add a comma to separate the clauses properly. Example: We planted a flower but it has not grown at all. We planted a flower, but it has not grown at all. The comma is usually placed before the joining word. Your turn! 1. I studied all night and got a B+. 2. Mark finished the race but did not come in first place. 3. Carrots which are my favourite food are grown in my garden. 4. The fish which I caught tasted great. 5. Nathan does not enjoy loud places nor does he enjoy taking the bus. 6. The party was over but the crowd did not want to leave. 7. It was my sister s birthday so we all went out to dinner. 8. The day was cloudy but that did not stop us from going to the beach. 9. I was thinking of going fishing today or maybe I will go to the beach. 10. I have many rare rocks in my collection but I don t have a fossil. 11. I finished my broccoli but I still had to eat my peas. 12. The flower smells great and this rose looks beautiful. 13. The dog looked very cute but he was very naughty. 14. The bird tried to fly but it had hurt its wing.