Grammar Nouns Page 1 Noun: It is a person, place, thing, animal, or idea. Examples: Person: Charlie - Place: Santa Cruz - Thing: Chair Animal: Cat - Idea: Revolution Exercise: Circle all the nouns. (There is one per letter.) A apron action B boy born C came coat D dry dog E enjoy elephant F fix fan G Gabriel gone H happen hammer I igloo I J juicy jail K keep knee L lime limp M make man N not New York O open octopus P pizza prepare Q quickly quilt R river run S Sarah shopping T tame table U unknown university V valuable vein W wrapped wolf X X-ray xanthic Y yellow yard Z zigzag zebra Circle the nouns in each sentence. 1. Mary and Jacob went to the store. 2. I wanted to eat a pizza. 3. Peter saw elephants, foxes, and rabbits in the zoo. 4. The French revolution as very important. 5. The tables were new, but the chairs were old. 6. I want to go to George Town.
Grammar Nouns Page 2 Noun: It is a person, place, thing, animal, or idea. Singular: It is when you have one of a kind. Examples: one cat - a dog the car. Plural: It is when you have two or more of a kind. Examples: two cats dogs the cars. Most nouns can change from singular to plural by adding an s. Add an s to the following nouns to make them plural. 1. cat 2. dog 3. accident 4. ring 5. place 6. sword 7. pen 8. pencils 9. horse 10. book Some nouns need an es to become plural. These nouns end in h, z, s. 11. lunch 12.sash 13.wish 14.moss 15.crash 16.speech 17.circus 18.quiz 19.glass 20. church If the noun ends in y you have to look at the letter before it. If the word ends in vowel + y you only add s (vowel: a, e, i, o, u). Example: turkey = turkeys. If the word ends in consonant + y you need to change the y to i and ad es. Example: baby = babies. 21.play 22.buggy 23.valley 24.bunny 25.cherry 26.bay 27.butterfly 28.monkey 29.day 30. pony
Grammar Nouns Page 3 Noun: It is a person, place, thing, animal, or idea. Examples: Person: Charlie - Place: Santa Cruz - Thing: Chair Animal: Cat - Idea: Revolution Nouns can show possession (that something belongs to someone) by adding to them ( 's ). Example: The book of Tom = Tom's book 1. The toy of the cat 2. The bed of the dog 3. The car of Peter 4. The ring of Mary 5. The place of the kettle 6. The sword of the king 7. The pen of the teacher 8. The pencils of Richard 9. The stable of the horse 10. The book of John If the word ends with and s you only need to put the apostrophe ( ' ). Example: The colors of the cars = The cars' colors 11. The toy of the cats 12. The bones of the dogs 13. The pens of the students 14. The rings of the girls 15. The place of the cups 16. The swords of the kings 17. The pens of the teachers 18. The pencils of the boys 19. The horse of the girls 20. The books of the students *Names that end s need to use ('s) The pencil of Carlos = Carlos's pencil 21.The cat of Tom 22.The dog of Mr. Jones 23.The life of Jesus 24.The ring of Mary 25.The place of James 26.The sword of Thomas 27.The pen of Mrs. Hopkins 28.The pencils of the student 29.The horse of Joshua 30. The book of Carlos
Grammar Nouns Page 4 Noun: It is a person, place, thing, animal, or idea. You can differentiate a plural noun from a possessive noun, because possessive nouns have apostrophes. Example: Plural: Birds Possessive: Bird s Indicate in each line whether the word is a possessive noun or a plural noun. Write plural or possessive. The first two are done for you 1. Tom's _possessive 2. shoes _plural 3. cat's 4. doctors' 5. pencils 6. books 7. Mr. Thomas's 8. Mark's 9.Carlos's 10. dogs 11. papers 12. students' In each sentence circle all of the possessive nouns and underline the plural nouns. (There might be more than one in some sentences.) 1. Mark's car is out of the garage. 2. The student's books are on the tables. 3. I like apples, watermelons, and strawberries. 4. Carlos's book report got the best grade. 5. Tina went to several stores to find the tomatoes. 6. Mrs. Jackson's book store is nearby. 7. Peter's book and John's jacket were on top of their desks. 8. Easter is my favorite holiday because I can eat several types of candies. 9. Pancakes are Sarah's favorite meal. 10. Mr. James's sport car is red. 11. I need to books for my homework. 12. Perry loves cartoons.
Grammar Pronouns Page 5 Pronouns: They are words that replace a noun. Subject Pronouns: (I, you, he, she, it, we, they) Are used when they replace a noun that does the action in the sentence. This noun is the subject of the sentence. Example: Tom is a student. (You can replace the subject of the sentence Tom ) He is a student. Exercise: Replace the subject of the sentence with the correct pronoun. Write the new sentence on the blank. 1. Peter and Sarah are good friends. 2. Mary is going to buy the cake. 3. The car is not working well. 4. Mathew is going to travel next week. 5. Patrick is studying for his test. 6. Mark is working a lot. Subject pronoun: (me, you, him, her, it, us, them) These pronouns replace the object of a sentence. The object of the sentence receives the action. Example: Tom took Mary to school. (Who is being taken to school? Mary receives the action) Tom took her to school. Exercise: Replace the object of the sentence with the correct pronoun. Write the new sentence on the blank. 7. Josh paid Timmy for the books. 8. Jenny ran over the fence with the car. 9. Mark read the book. 10. Wendy talks to Tania. 11. Peter took John home. 12. Janet is reading to Maggie.
Grammar Adjectives and Adverbs Page 6 Adjective: It is a word that describes a noun or pronoun. It answers the questions of Which? What kind? Or How many? Example: Jerry has black shoes. (Black indicates which shoes, therefore black is an adjective.) Exercise: Circle the adjectives in each sentence. (There might be more than one in each sentence.) 1. Mary has a green car. 2. Peter lives in a big house. 3. The old, mean man laughed at her. 4. We have a new pet. 5. Miriam bought five scissors. 6. Wendy has a brown dog and a gray cat. 7. July is an extremely cold month. 8. The first day of September is nice. Adverb: It is a word that describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb. It answers the questions of How? When? Or Where? Example: Peter works slowly. (Slowly describes how Peter works. Remember that most adverbs end in ly.) Exercise: Circle the adverbs in each sentence. (There might be more than one in each sentence.) 9. Tod ran swiftly. 10. Jacob studies carefully. 11. Jenny was here yesterday. 12.The happy puppy is here. 13.The dog bit him quickly and deeply. 14. Joshua eats slowly. 15.Jackie writes first her name in every paper. 16. The mother loves her child very much.
Spelling List 15 Page 1 Write a sentence with each spelling word. 1. Early: 2. Earth: 3. Search: 4. Service: 5. Wonder: 6. Surface: 7. Curly: 8. Shirt: 9. Thirty: 10. Doctor: 11. Sailor: 12. Shower: 13. Bakery: 14. Another: 15. Barber: 16. Collar: 17. Worse: 18. World: Verbs: Write a sentence using each verb. 1. Succeeded: 2. Swam: 3. Taught: 4. Took: 5. Talked:
Spelling List 14 Page 2 Write a sentence with each spelling word. 1. Cleaner: 2. Cleanest: 3. Bigger: 4. Biggest: 5. Earlier: 6. Earliest: 7. Quicker: 8. Quickest: 9. Busier: 10. Busiest: 11. Rougher: 12. Roughest: 13. Heavier: 14. Heaviest: 15. Happier: 16. Happiest: 17. Lazier: 18. Laziest: Verbs: Write a sentence using each verb. 1. Spelled: 2. Spent: 3. Stood: 4. Started: 5. Studied:
Page 1 Name: Creative Writing Imagine a strange, new planet. You decide what the people and the planet looks. Choose some characters of your new planet and write a story about them. The story must be at least 200 words.
Page 2 Name: Creative Writing Read the story of the Self Giant. The story is told by the point of view of a narrator. Choose the Giant or a Child's point of view to rewrite the story. (Just like we did with Little Red Riding Hood). The story must be at least 200 words.
The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant's garden. It was a large lovely garden, with soft green grass. Here and there over the grass stood beautiful flowers like stars, and there were twelve peach-trees that in the spring-time broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl, and in the autumn bore rich fruit. The birds sat on the trees and sang so sweetly that the children used to stop their games in order to listen to them. 'How happy we are here!' they cried to each other. One day the Giant came back. He had been to visit his friend the Cornish ogre, and had stayed with him for seven years. After the seven years were over he had said all that he had to say, for his conversation was limited, and he determined to return to his own castle. When he arrived he saw the children playing in the garden. 'What are you doing here?' he cried in a very gruff voice, and the children ran away. 'My own garden is my own garden,' said the Giant; 'any one can understand that, and I will allow nobody to play in it but myself.' So he built a high wall all round it, and put up a noticeboard. TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED He was a very selfish Giant. < 2 > The poor children had now nowhere to play. They tried to play on the road, but the road was very dusty and full of hard stones, and they did not like it. They used to wander round the high wall when their lessons were over, and talk about the beautiful garden inside. 'How happy we were there,' they said to each other. Then the Spring came, and all over the country there were little blossoms and little birds. Only in the garden of the Selfish Giant it was still Winter. The birds did not care to sing in it as there were no children, and the trees forgot to blossom. Once a beautiful flower put its head out from the grass, but when it saw the notice-board it was so sorry for the children that it slipped back into the ground again, and went off to sleep. The only people who were pleased were the Snow and the Frost. 'Spring has forgotten this garden,' they cried, 'so we will live here all the year round.' The Snow covered up the grass with her great white cloak, and the Frost painted all the trees silver. Then they invited the North Wind to stay with them, and he came. He was wrapped in furs, and he roared all day about the garden, and blew the chimney-pots down. 'This is a delightful spot,' he said, 'we must ask the Hail on a visit.' So the Hail came. Every day for three hours he rattled on the roof of the castle till he broke most of the slates, and then he ran round and round the garden as fast as he could go. He was dressed in grey, and his breath was like ice. 'I cannot understand why the Spring is so late in coming,' said the Selfish Giant, as he sat at the window and looked out at his cold white garden; 'I hope there will be a change in the weather.' But the Spring never came, nor the Summer. The Autumn gave golden fruit to every garden, but to the Giant's garden she gave none. 'He is too selfish,' she said. So it was always Winter there, and the North Wind, and the Hail, and the Frost, and the Snow danced about through the trees. < 3 > One morning the Giant was lying awake in bed when he heard some lovely music. It sounded so sweet to his ears that he thought it must be the King's musicians passing by. It was really only a little linnet singing outside his window, but it was so long since he had heard a bird sing in his garden that it seemed to him to be the most beautiful music in the world. Then the Hail stopped dancing over his head, and the North Wind ceased roaring, and a delicious perfume came to him
through the open casement. 'I believe the Spring has come at last,' said the Giant; and he jumped out of bed and looked out. What did he see? He saw a most wonderful sight. Through a little hole in the wall the children had crept in, and they were sitting in the branches of the trees. In every tree that he could see there was a little child. And the trees were so glad to have the children back again that they had covered themselves with blossoms, and were waving their arms gently above the children's heads. The birds were flying about and twittering with delight, and the flowers were looking up through the green grass and laughing. It was a lovely scene, only in one corner it was still Winter. It was the farthest corner of the garden, and in it was standing a little boy. He was so small that he could not reach up to the branches of the tree, and he was wandering all round it, crying bitterly. The poor tree was still quite covered with frost and snow, and the North Wind was blowing and roaring above it. 'Climb up! little boy,' said the Tree, and it bent its branches down as low as it could; but the little boy was too tiny. And the Giant's heart melted as he looked out. 'How selfish I have been!' he said; 'now I know why the Spring would not come here. I will put that poor little boy on the top of the tree, and then I will knock down the wall, and my garden shall be the children's playground for ever and ever.' He was really very sorry for what he had done. < 4 > So he crept downstairs and opened the front door quite softly, and went out into the garden. But when the children saw him they were so frightened that they all ran away, and the garden became Winter again. Only the little boy did not run, for his eyes were so full of tears that he died not see the Giant coming. And the Giant stole up behind him and took him gently in his hand, and put him up into the tree. And the tree broke at once into blossom, and the birds came and sang on it, and the little boy stretched out his two arms and flung them round the Giant's neck, and kissed him. And the other children, when they saw that the Giant was not wicked any longer, came running back, and with them came the Spring. 'It is your garden now, little children,' said the Giant, and he took a great axe and knocked down the wall. And when the people were gong to market at twelve o'clock they found the Giant playing with the children in the most beautiful garden they had ever seen. All day long they played, and in the evening they came to the Giant to bid him good-bye. 'But where is your little companion?' he said: 'the boy I put into the tree.' The Giant loved him the best because he had kissed him. 'We don't know,' answered the children; 'he has gone away.' 'You must tell him to be sure and come here to-morrow,' said the Giant. But the children said that they did not know where he lived, and had never seen him before; and the Giant felt very sad. Every afternoon, when school was over, the children came and played with the Giant. But the little boy whom the Giant loved was never seen again. The Giant was very kind to all the children, yet he longed for his first little friend, and often spoke of him. 'How I would like to see him!' he used to say. Years went over, and the Giant grew very old and feeble. He could not play about any more, so he sat in a huge armchair, and watched the children at their games, and admired his garden. 'I have many beautiful flowers,' he said; 'but the children are the most beautiful flowers of all.' < 5 > One winter morning he looked out of his window as he was dressing. He did not hate the Winter now, for he knew that it was merely the Spring asleep, and that the flowers were resting. Suddenly he rubbed his eyes in wonder, and looked and looked. It certainly was a marvellous sight. In the farthest corner of the garden was a tree quite covered with lovely white blossoms. Its branches were all golden, and silver fruit hung down from them, and underneath it stood the little boy he had loved.
Downstairs ran the Giant in great joy, and out into the garden. He hastened across the grass, and came near to the child. And when he came quite close his face grew red with anger, and he said, 'Who hath dared to wound thee?' For on the palms of the child's hands were the prints of two nails, and the prints of two nails were on the little feet. 'Who hath dared to wound thee?' cried the Giant; 'tell me, that I may take my big sword and slay him.' 'Nay!' answered the child; 'but these are the wounds of Love.' 'Who art thou?' said the Giant, and a strange awe fell on him, and he knelt before the little child. And the child smiled on the Giant, and said to him, 'You let me play once in your garden, to-day you shall come with me to my garden, which is Paradise.' And when the children ran in that afternoon, they found the Giant lying dead under the tree, all covered with white blossoms.
Reading Page 1 The Lion and the Mouse by: Aesop One day a mouse by accident ran across the paws of a sleeping lion and woke him up. The lion was very angry at being awakened. He grabbed the mouse and was going to swallow him. But just then the mouse cried out, Please, kind sir, I didn t mean to wake you up. If you let me go I can help you some day. free. The lion thought that the idea of a mouse helping a lion was so funny that he let the mouse go But only a week later the mouse heard a lion roaring loudly. He went closer to see what the trouble was, and there was the lion caught in a hunter s net. The mouse remembered his promise, and he began to gnaw the rope. He kept gnawing and gnawing until soon the lion was free. Then the lion understood that little friends can be great friends. Exercises: A. Look for the meanings of the following words: Lion Swallow Mouse Kind Paw Funny Wake up Free Angry Week Grab Later Hear Roar Close Hunter Net Remember Promise Gnaw Rope B. Answer the following questions: 1. Why was the lion angry? 2. Who woke the lion? 3. Why didn t the lion eat the mouse? 4. What did the lion learn? C. Circle the subject and underline the verb in each sentence. 5. The lion was angry. 6. He grabbed the mouse. 7. The mouse heard the lion roaring.
Reading Page 2 The Lion and the Mouse by: Aesop One day a mouse by accident ran across the paws of a sleeping lion and woke him up. The lion was very angry at being awakened. He grabbed the mouse and was going to swallow him. But just then the mouse cried out, Please, kind sir, I didn t mean to wake you up. If you let me go I can help you some day. free. The lion thought that the idea of a mouse helping a lion was so funny that he let the mouse go But only a week later the mouse heard a lion roaring loudly. He went closer to see what the trouble was, and there was the lion caught in a hunter s net. The mouse remembered his promise, and he began to gnaw the rope. He kept gnawing and gnawing until soon the lion was free. Then the lion understood that little friends can be great friends. Exercises: D. Look for the meanings of the following words: Lion Mouse Paw Wake up Angry Grab Swallow Kind Funny Free Week Later Hear Roar Close Hunter Net Remember Promise Gnaw Rope E. Answer the following questions: 8. Why was the lion angry? 9. Who woke the lion? 10.Why didn t the lion eat the mouse? 11. What did the lion learn? F. Circle the subject and underline the verb in each sentence. 12.The lion was angry. 13. He grabbed the mouse. 14. The mouse heard the lion roaring.