Workbook Thursday 24, February 2022

Term 2

Thursday, February 24, 2022

Vol. 16 No. 18

Name: Name: School: School: Class: Class:

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Read the following passage carefully: Maggie and I slowly waded into the cool, clear water. The sea was quite calm and we could see hundreds of tiny fish in the water.

They were swimming very close to the surface, wriggling their silvery bodies as they moved forward in the water. They travelled in schools and seemed to be all about us.

I looked at Maggie and suddenly had an idea.

“Maybe we can catch a few of them,” I said.

“Let’s try,” she answered.

We both stood motionless, waiting for some more of the curious fish to come closer. When they got near, we quickly scooped up the water trying to trap a few of them within our cupped hands. Our efforts were in vain for the fish were too swift for us. They moved away at the slightest movement. After a few unsuccessful attempts, we both abandoned our efforts at trying to be fishermen and plunged into the water to swim.

Now answer these questions using complete sentences: 1. Give two reasons why the writer was able to see the fish in the water. _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 2.

What word in the passage tells us that the fish swam in large groups? _______________________________________________________________________________________

3.

Why did the two children stand motionless? _______________________________________________________________________________________

4.

What did the children use to catch the fish? ______________________________________________________________________________________

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6. What word in the passage is similar in meaning to “gave up”? __________________________________________________________________________________ 7. What did the children do after they did not catch a fish? __________________________________________________________________________________ 8.

Write from the passage, a word opposite in meaning to the following: (a)

successful

___________________

(c)

speedily

___________________

A

(b)

B

enormous

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C

We use adjectives to compare one thing OR person with another.

Look at the first tree only. No comparison is made so use the adjective tall.

Tree A is tall. (There is no comparison)

If we compare the height of the second tree B, with Tree A, we use the adjective

taller because two things are being compared. Notice that ‘er’ is added to the adjective when comparing two.

Tree B is taller than Tree A. (Two trees are compared.)

And when we compare the height of Tree C with the heights of the other two trees, we use the word ‘tallest’ since more than two trees are being compared. ‘est’ is added to the adjective when comparing more than two.

Tree C is the tallest of the three trees. (More than two trees are compared.)

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On the cover this week Milton Lynch Primary School Class 4 student Aaron Haynes was thrilled to get back to face-to-face classes as he prepares for this year’s Common Entrance Exam.

Haynes made the most of the online classes but he missed his classmates, teachers and favourite math classes.

So determined was he to be prepared for those classes that he began looking over his maths exercises while waiting on the compound for school to begin.

(Picture by Kenmore Bynoe.)

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Remember:

A. If the adjective ends with e, drop the e before adding -er or -est.

Example:

safe

safer

safest

B. If the adjective ends with a consonant and has one vowel before the consonant, double the consonant before adding

–er or –est.

Example: C.

thin

thinner

thinnest

If the adjective ends in y with a vowel just in front, change the y to i before adding -er or -est.

Example:

noisy

noisier

noisiest

Exercise Add ‘er’ or ‘est’ to the following to compare these adjectives: One

Compare Two

Compare More than Two

1.

sharp

______________

________________

2.

hard

______________

________________

3.

long

______________

________________

4.

large

______________

________________

5.

happy

______________

________________

6.

hot

______________

________________

7.

smart

______________

________________

8.

brave

______________

________________

Use the correct form of the adjective to complete each sentence.

1. She was given the ________________ piece of card in her class. [broad] 2. I think the Chihuahua pup is ________________than the bulldog pup. [cute] 3. Nancy is the ___________________ girl in her class. [young] 4. That was the ___________________ movie I have ever seen. [funny] NATION WORKBOOK

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5. The sky is ________________ today than it was yesterday. [dark] 6. Sarah is wearing a ______________________ dress. [pretty] 7. His shirt is __________________than his pants. [wet] 8. Of the three girls, Meeka is the ___________________. [thin] 9. Which is _________________, your light or my light? [bright] 10. Mathematics is the _______________of all the subjects we do. [simple] VOCABULARY Forming Adjectives:

Adding –ful

Adjectives which end in -ful describe a noun that is full of something or has a lot of something.

For example: care

careful

I am a careful driver

-ful added to the end of a word is called a suffix. A suffix is a little word placed on the end of a word to change the meaning.

When –ful is added to the end of a word it has a single l.

Add -ful to the word in bracket to describe the following nouns.

1. a ________________ girl (truth)

2.

a _______________ book (use)

3. a _______________ puppy (play)

4.

a _______________ beggar (thank)

5. a ______________ dancer (grace)

6.

a _______________ car (power)

7. a _______________ girl (thought)

8.

a _______________ student (forget)

9. a ________________ tree (fruit)

10.

a _______________ insect (harm)

12.

a _______________ neighbourhood (peace)

11. a ________________ dog (faith)

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Fractions Mother cut a pizza into pieces like this:

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Read the following passage carefully then answer the questions which follow:

Every living thing goes through changes. Living things grow through different stages.

Then they reach the end of their life cycle and die. There are many kinds of plants. Each kind has its own life cycle.

Many plants start their life cycle as a seed. The seed needs certain things or it will

not grow into a plant. Sometimes seeds wait in the ground until they can get the things they need. They wait for warmth from the sun. They wait for water. When they have what they need, they start to grow. A tiny little sprout will push out of each seed. The sprouts stretch up until they poke through the dirt and into the air. The plants continue to grow when they get sunshine and water.

The stems grow longer and the leaves unfold. More leaves and stems grow on the main stems. When the plant becomes an adult it grows flowers. The flowers of many plants produce fruit. The fruit has seeds inside so that new plants can grow.

New plants look like the parent plants. Seeds from a parent plant will grow into the same kind of plant as the parent. When a seed begins to grow, it is the beginning of a new cycle.

1.

In what form do many plants start life?

______________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What two things does a seed need in order to grow? ______________________________________________________________________________________ 3.

Where can you usually find seeds in a plant?

______________________________________________________________________________________ 4. According to the passage, what is a sprout? _______________________________________________________________________________________ 5. According to the passage, when does a new cycle start? _______________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What is the process of living, growing, changing and dying called? _______________________________________________________________________________________ 7.

Underline the word from the passage which may be replaced by the word make.

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parent

continue

produce

sprout

8. Rearrange the following words (according to the passage) to show the life cycle of a plant. flowers

-----

seed

-----

adult plant

-----

sprout

-----

young plant

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Examples: I saw a lovely rainbow yesterday. (Yesterday answers to when the rainbow was seen.)

Kevin ran quickly to the front of the line. (Quickly tells how Kevin ran.)

Mother put the wet mats outside. (Outside tells where Mother put the wet mats.)

I brushed my teeth twice today. (Twice tells how often my teeth were brushed.)

Draw a line under the adverb in each of the following sentences.

1.

I will go to town tomorrow.

2. The old man climbed the hill slowly.

3.

The pretty bird chirped sweetly in the hedge.

4. We went to school daily.

5. “Come here now!” shouted Mother.

6. She visited her grandfather often.

7.

The lightning shone brightly through the glass window.

8. Jason went under the bench but I went over.

Complete each sentence with a suitable adverb.

1.

The tired boy slept ______________ through the storm.

2. We did our homework _______________ so that we could play.

3.

We spoke _______________ so that we wouldn’t awaken the baby.

4. The hungry dog ate the food ______________.

5. The little girl answered the principal ________________.

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6. Mother told daddy to travel _______________.

7.

I will visit you ______________.

8. She horse jumped ____________________ over the fence.

9.

Someone knocked ___________________ on the door.

10.

Daddy reads the newspaper ______________.

Underline the correct homophone in the brackets.

1.

His face was (pail, pale) because he was sick for several days.

2. The dog was scratching because a (flea, flee) was biting him.

3.

The government has a right to (sees, seas, seize) stolen property.

4. He sat on the bottom (stare, stair) and ate his lunch.

5. Mother (kneaded, needed) the (doe, dough) on the table to make the bread.

6. Walking down the (isle, aisle) as a flower girl can be scary.

7.

The (scene, seen) with the monkey chasing the man was exciting.

8.

I cannot (weight, wait) to receive your letter in the (male, mail).

9.

We (ate, eight) lots of (meet, meat) for dinner.

10.

Make sure the (break, brake) works on the bicycle.

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Subtracting Metres And Centimetres

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Jade jumped 3m 75cm. How much short of 5m did she jump?

_________

Perimeter (cont’d)

Calculate the perimeter of the following:

5) Look at the following figure carefully. What is its perimeter?

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4)

The perimeter of an equilateral triangle (all sides equal) is 39cm.

What is the length of each side?

5)

_______________

The perimeter of an isosceles triangle (2 sides equal) is 25cm. If the short side is 7cm, what is the length of each of the other two sides? _______________

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Read the following conversation carefully.

(Mother and son are in Bridgetown one afternoon).

Mummy:

Imani, we have been entering so many stores and you still have not made up your mind!

Imani:

Mum, when I see the right shoes I will know. Promise mummy, I believe that we will soon find the special

pair that I am looking for.

Mummy: Imani: Mummy:

I hear you! But let me hasten this process. If we enter that next shoe store and those special shoes are not there, our journey in town in over for the day.

Oh please, Mummy! Don’t say that yet. It’s only… (he looks at his watch ) 2.30.

Please, Mum! I allowed you this one time to do things your way. You said that you can make decisions. Now look, two hours later and we are still looking for that one pair of

Imani:

special shoes.

I know, Mummy. I know…but just give me a chance. I promise you, you will love these shoes as much as I.

Imani:

Mummy: Imani:

Mummy: Imani:

Mummy: Imani:

Mummy:

(They enter another store and look around) Look Mum, I found them! These are the school shoes that I’ve been looking for and they are on sale. (smiling) I am so happy for you, Imani, because beg all you wanted, this would have been our last store. What’s the price of the shoes?

Just 200 dollars. $200! Look, put that shoe down and let us go.

But, Mummy!

Now, Imani!

But Mummy!

Now!

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word or phrase which gives the best answer to each.

1.

At what time of day did the exchange take place?

A. Afternoon

B. morning

C. late evening

D. night

2. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Imani and his mother loved the shoes.

B. They went to many shoe stores.

C. Mummy enjoyed her walk with Imani.

D. Imani did not like the shoes.

3.

The phrase “ I allowed you this one time” suggests that

A. Mummy usually made the decisions.

B. Imani always did as he pleased.

C. Mummy was getting too permissive.

D. There was no order in that family

4. What part of speech is the word “process” in line 4?

A.

Noun

5.

According to the information in the dialogue, at what time did the ‘shoe-shopping’start?

A. 10:30 am

B. verb

B. 12:30pm

C. adjective

C. 11:00am

D. preposition

D. 2:30 pm

6. When Mummy said ‘special shoes’ in line 5, she said it A. happily 7.

B. sadly

C. jokingly

D. sarcastically

Why do you think that Mummy did not buy the shoes for Imani?

A. She did not like them.

B.

They were too expensive.

C.

D.

Imani did not like the shoes.

She was angry with Imani.

8. Imani most likely wanted the shoes to wear to A. 9.

church

B. his friend’s party

C. school

D. track practice

A suitable title for the passage is

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A Walk Together

B. Buying Shoes

C.

Mummy’s Permission

D. Debating Time

CONJUNCTIONS( cont’d) Become familiar with these two terms as we take another look at the subordinating conjunction.

An independent clause is a clause that can exist by itself in a given sentence. This means that it does not need any additional information to exist.

On the other hand, a subordinate or dependent clause is one which cannot exist by itself as a sentence. It only provides additional information to the main clause. It has a subject and a verb but does not make sense on its own.

A subordinate conjunction is used to introduce the part of the sentence called the subordinate clause.

For example: We went out to play although it was raining. “although it was raining’ is the subordinate clause introduced by the conjunction although.

Subordinating conjunctions join two clauses together. When this is done, one clause becomes dependent (or subordinate) on the other. That is why it is called the subordinate clause.

I was hungry. (independent clause). I ate my dinner. (independent clause) I was hungry so I ate my dinner.

The conjunction so changes the sentences. The second sentence is no longer an independent clause.

These are some common subordinating conjunctions. once

after

until

whenever

when

as

how

where

as soon as unless

although no matter

Subordinate clauses indicate relationships such as time, place, result, on what condition, reason, manner, etc.

For example: He struts around the premises as if he is the owner. (how) The pots and pans have been stored where the baby cannot reach them. (place) If you continue to disobey, you will be punished. (condition) A subordinating conjunction may appear at the beginning of a sentence or between two clauses in a sentence.

Underline the conjunctions in these sentences.

1. Since we are early we can sit and chat about our long holiday.

2. We can finish our meeting later now than we did in the past.

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3. Before you leave, please tidy your room.

4. He must have arrived while we were upstairs.

5. Schools will reopen as soon as The Ministry of Education gives permission.

6. If you listen to sound advice you would do better.

7. Although he is struggling he has refused all help.

8. After baking the cake she made a pecan pie.

9. I will certainly pay you whenever you complete the job.

10. Now that you have completed the course you can apply for the job.

Join each pair of sentences using a suitable conjunction.

1. She did not hurt herself. She fell down the stairs. ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Daddy cooked lunch. Mummy cleaned the car. ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. Sour bombs are sold here. Other snacks are sold here. ___________________________________________________________________________ 4. My sisters are not at home. My father is not at home. ___________________________________________________________________________ 5. I arrived at school late. I left home early. ___________________________________________________________________________ 6. I did my homework early. I could go outside to play. ___________________________________________________________________________ 7. Kiara did not know the answer. Shani did not know the answer. ___________________________________________________________________________ 8. Tremaine waters the plants. You ask him. ___________________________________________________________________________ 9. We ate lunch. The bell rang. ___________________________________________________________________________ 10. A good harvest is expected. Much rain has fallen. ___________________________________________________________________________ NATION WORKBOOK

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Complete this exercise using conjunctions from the list given.

1.

and

where

but

whenever

as as long as

since

like

although

or

while

unless

Tristan is dedicated to his studies ______________ his brother is not.

2. I will go with him _________________ he promises to act responsibly.

3.

__________________ we visit our grandparents we have a wonderful time.

4. Always use your bright beams ________________ you are driving on dark roads.

5. ____________________ it was a rainy day, we still went out to play.

6. Raymond ___________ Darwin have been friends since childhood.

7.

Complete your work quickly ____________ you will be penalised.

8.

________________ you have refused to clean your room, you will be grounded.

PRONOUNS (cont’d)

RULE 1: After the conjunction than, use the subject pronoun.

Example: They are stronger than (we, us).

TIP: The verb are, although omitted, is implied. Adding this verb after the pronoun helps in making the correct choice.

They are stronger than (we, us) are.

Note this Well

That hat suits you better than (I, me) In context, this sentence means

That hat suits you better than it suits me.

RULE 2: After the conjunction as, use the subject pronoun.

Example: They are as happy as (he , him).

Notice again, the verb is, although omitted, is understood. If the verb is added after the pronoun, it helps in choosing.

They are as happy as (he, him) is.

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RULE 3:

In some sentences, the pronoun and the noun to which it refers come together. To decide which pronoun must be

used, isolate the noun and complete the sentence. Example: (We, Us) frontline workers are on duty for many hours.

Read the sentence without the words frontline workers

(We, Us) frontline workers are on duty for many hours.

Choose the pronoun we.

We are on duty for many hours.

Underline the pronoun which makes each sentence grammatically correct.

1. Few children get better grades than (I, me).

2. Was it (they, them) who picked the mangoes?

3. Barry is not as clever as (I, me).

4. I know that it was (she, her) who took those pens.

5. This rental suite is just right for Shane and (he, him) 6. (We, Us) nurses have decided to stand up for our rights.

7. Everyone, except (we, us) has seen that play.

8. I have completed more tasks than (they, them) 9. I am sure that (she, her) can type just as quickly as (I, me) 10. I would rather ask you than (he, him).

11. (They, Them) and (we, us) heartily congratulated the winning candidates.

12. You must decide between (him, he) and (I, me) who should go to the seminar.

13. The decision hurts him more than (I, me).

14. (They, Them), the returning pupils must continue to follow the protocols.

15. He is taller than (she, her) but not as tall as (I, me).

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Practice - Comparisons Underline the words in the brackets to make the sentences grammatically correct.

1. The student responded very (quick, quickly) to the question.

2. The grass seems (more green, greener, greenest) on the other side of the fence.

3. It rained (heavy, heavily, most heavy) yesterday, so we were dismissed (early, more early, earlier) than usual.

4. Gutenberg Bibles are considered among the world’s (priceless, more priceless, most priceless) books.

5. The death toll from the Delta Virus was (bad, worse, worst) than the initial Covid virus.

6. This is a continuation of a movie (previous, more previous, previously) shown.

7. Today is a (good, well, best) day for kite flying.

8. We bought many things because the items were sold (cheap, cheaper, cheaply) at the sale.

9. The choir sang (sweeter, sweetly, more sweetly) this weekend at church than ever before.

10. The parent was overjoyed because the child performed (good, well, best) in the examination.

WORD FORMATION Complete the following sentences using words formed from the ones given in capital letters.

1.

SHORT

2. LEADER 3.

A ________________ of food worldwide seems to be imminent.

Terri’s command of his team showed good ______________ skills.

CHOICE

Imani wanted to _______________ his own shoes for school.

4. RESPECT

The student ________________ asked to be excused from the room.

5. SPEECH

I cannot ________________ to you at this time.

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6. CHOIR 7.

CURIOUS

The _____________ piece was beautifully executed by the Junior Choir.

My _________________ led me to explore the prohibited territory.

8. LIQUID 9.

CUSTOM

I had to ___________________the solid food in order to drink it.

We are ___________________to travelling to school by bus.

10. LAZY

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My __________________ caused me to drag myself out of bed.

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Writing A Percentage As A Fraction

When a percentage is written as a fraction, it can be reduce to its lowest terms.

Change the following percentages to fractions in their lowest terms.

1)

32%

_________________________ 2) 44 % _________________________

3)

75 % _________________________

4)

5 % __________________________

5)

65% __________________________

6)

80% __________________________

CHANGING A DECIMAL TO A PERCENTAGE

To convert decimals to percent simply multiply by 100 (Remember to put the symbol %) For example: Write 3.5 as a percentage

3. 5 x 100 = 35%

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H

T

O.t

h

0.3 5 0

3

5

Similarly, 0.2 becomes 0 .2 x 100 = 20% and 0.375 becomes 0.375 x 100 =37.5% Write each decimal as a percent.

1)

9. 3

_____________

4)

.27

_____________

7)

.04126 ____________

2)

.005

5) 8)

_____________

16. 3 ______________ 1.00 ______________

3)

.08

__________

6)

.786

__________

9) 0 .090 ___________

FINDING PERCENTAGES OF QUANTITIES In the box to the right there are 100 pencils.

If 100 percent of the pencils were given away, how many pencils would that be?

Yes. That would be all of the pencils - that is, 100 pencils.

100 % of something is ALL of that thing.

Sometimes a quantity is not exactly 100 percent.

What do you think would be 25 % of the 100 pencils?

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Work out the following: 1.

15% of 340kg

2. 30% of 245m 3.

_______________ _______________

2. 40% of 75 seconds _____________ 4. 1% of 80kg

______________

There are 220 students in the Upper Junior School.

15% cycle to school and 60% are driven to school.

The rest walk to school. (a) How many students cycle to school?

_____________

(b) How many students are driven to school?

_____________

(c) How many students walk to school?

______________

4. What is 2 1/2 % of 2 metres?

______________

5. Which is greater and by how much 40% of $10 or 10% of $40?

6.

______________

Martin gives 40% of $75 to his sister.

How much money does Martin give to his sister?

_____________

7. Fran and her family go for a meal at a restaurant.

They are told it is normal to tip 15%.

The meal costs $120 and Fran tips $16. Is this enough?

_______________

8. An adult ticket for a museum is $15.

A child ticket costs 60% of the price of an adult ticket.

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Mrs James and her three children go to the museum.

She pays with three $20 notes.

How much change will she receive?

9.

________________

35 % of the pupils in my class play tennis, 18 % play cricket, 22 % play volley ball and the rest play no sport at all. a. What percentage of the class plays no sport at all?

__________

b. How many children in all played a sport in my class of 40 pupils?

__________

EXPRESSING ONE QUANTITY AS A PERCENTAGE OF ANOTHER The “is” number is the top number. The “of” number is the bottom number.

To express one quantity as a percentage of another, write the given quantity as a fraction of the total and multiply it by 100.

Then simplify (work out the sum).

Always make sure that both quantities are expressed in the same units.

Exercise

1. Express 6 as a % of 20.

________________

2. What percentage of 36 is 9?

________________

3. 16 is what percentage of 64?

________________

4. From a crate of 2 1/2 dozen eggs, 8 were used.

What % is left?

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5.

Express 60 as a % of 80

6.

I scored 40 marks out of 60 in a test.

________________

Convert this test mark to a percentage.

Round your answer to the nearest percent.

7.

_________________

Of 125 persons in a club, 75 were vaccinated.

What % was this?

8.

_________________

I spent $70 of my weekly earnings of $350.

What % was left?

9.

__________________

It rained for 18 days in the month of September.

What percentage of the month was it dry?

10.

_________________

I poured 400ml out of a bottle holding 1 1/5 l.

What % did I pour out?

___________________

INCREASING AND DECREASING QUANTITIES BY A GIVEN PERCENT When there is an INCREASE, the value goes up. When there is a DECREASE, the value goes down. The Cost Price of an item is always 100%.

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EXERCISE 1.

Increase 60 by 10%. What is the new number?

____________

____________

2. The contents of a bag is reduced by 25%.

If it previously held 2kg, what does it now hold?

3.

Last week the price of gas was increased by 20%.

The price is now $2.76 per litre.

What was the original price?

____________

4. A balloon had a circumference of 10cm.

When it is inflated the diameter increases by 12 %.

What is the new diameter?

___________

5. Original number =

480

Decrease

=

20%

New number

=

___________

6. New number

150

Increase

=

25%

Old number

=

___________

=

PERCENTAGE INCREASE AND DECREASE Sometimes the original number or the cost price or selling price of the article is to be calculated given the percentage

increase or decrease. For example: When a number is increased by 20% it becomes 90. What is the original number?

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EXERCISE 1.

By selling an article for $500, a gain of 25% is made. What was the original price?

2. A number is increased by 40% and becomes 364. What was the original number?

3.

_______________ _______________

A farmer increased his number of animals by 25%.

He now has 240 animals.

How many animals had he at first?

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4. The roll of a school was reduced by 20% to a total of 600. What was the roll at first? _______________ 5. A pharmacist whose salary became $640 a week had received a 28% pay hike. What was the salary before the increase?

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Class One Language Arts – Comprehension 1. Matthew took three things from his bag.

They were his text book, his exercise book and a pencil case.

2. A proper noun used in the passage is Matthew.

3. Matthew’s mother went into the room because she heard Matthew call for her.

4. I think she meant to look in the mirror.

5. Matthew looked in the pencil case, in his bag and on the floor for his pencil.

6. C. He will get a very good mark.

7. A. Matthew saw the pencil behind his ear.

8. The word “yelled” may be replaced by the word “shouted”.

Adjectives Write two adjectives to describe 1. Black short 2. Talkative tall 3. Golden ripe 4. Cold ice 5. Chilly warm Other suitable adjectives are acceptable.

3. Mother carried him to the doctor because the itch has become unbearable.

4. It reduced the itch and made the writer more comfortable.

5. A prescription is a written order by a doctor stating the type of medicine and how that medicine is to be taken.

6. The word “diagnosed” used in the passage means “found out”.

7. i. False ii. True iii. False iv. False v. False vi.

True Adjectives – Comparing Adjectives (cont’d) Complete the following table with the correct form of adjective.

Comparative Superlative 1. richer richest 2. brighter brightest 3. thinner thinnest 4. uglier ugliest 5. lazier laziest 6. fatter fattest 7. happier happiest 8. angrier angriest 9. wetter wettest 10. sweeter sweetest

Look carefully at each sentence and underline all the adjectives.

1. hungry 2. ripe 3. fifteen 4. big, blue 5.biggest, Christmas 6. Barbadian 7. coconut 8. tired, fast

Comparing using more and most Underline the correct word to complete each sentence.

1. taller 2. better 3. dirtiest 4. faster 5. largest 6. more pleasant

Complete the following sentences by using the most suitable adjective chosen from the list given.

1. happy 2. cold 3. difficult 4. playful 5. third 6. healthy 7. quiet

Complete each sentence by using the correct form of the adjective.

1. most exciting 2. more fluent 3. most beautiful 4. cheaper 5. most difficult 6. most interesting 7. heaviest 8. most expensive 9. earlier 10. worst 11. fewest 12. less

Mathematics Diving Tens and Ones (continues) Exercise 1. 19 27 46 2. 15 26 28 3. 12 15 16 4. 39 cents 5. 18 times Now practise these a)25 R 1 b) 16 R 1 c) 47 R 1 d) 16 R 1 e) 14 R 4 f) 25 R 2 Telling Time Write the time shown on these clocks a)9 o ‘clock 1 o’clock 8 o’clock 9: 00 1:00 8:00 4 o’clock 4:00

12 o’clock 12:00

2 o’clock 2:00

Put hands on these clocks to show the times given (DRAW LINES)

Vocabulary 1. d 3. h 5. b 7. i

2.

4.

6.

8.

f g c a

Complete each sentence with a suitable word chosen from the table above.

1. stay/remain 2. annually 3. scent 4. brief 5. surprised 6. wealthy 7. sad 8. disappeared Mathematics Measurement (cont’d) Fill in the following correctly 1. 600cm 2. 900cm 3. 400c 4. 816cm 5. 250cm 6. 725cm 7. 575cm 8. 936cm Changing centimetres to metres Complete the following correctly 1. 2m 2. 5m 3. 3 1/2m 4. 3m 54cm 5. 7m 01cm 6. 4m 28cm 7. 2m 50cm 8. 5 1/4m 9. 6m 50cm 10. 1m 75cm

Class Two Language Arts – Comprehension 1. The rashes looked like mosquito bites.

2. He tried to stop the itch by scratching.

9. e

Addition Of Metres And Centimetres Add the following M CM 1.

11 60

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

33 59 74 13 32 20 13 04 45 04 a) 41m 25cm 2m 51cm

12.

13.

14.

15. b) 81m 75cm

Perimeter Now find the perimeter of each of the following shapes.

1. 28cm 2. 30cm 3. 44cm 4. 20cm Class Three & Four Language Arts – Comprehension 1. Valentine’s Day is celebrated on February 14th.

2. The patron saint of lovers is a Roman priest named Valentine.

3. He was put to death because he refused to give up Christianity.

4. Store owners encourage customers to purchase chocolates and perfumes. (wines, flowers and teddy-bears) 5. The word “everywhere” is an adverb.

6. The main activity is the exchange of love notes and gifts.

7. The word “apparel” means the same as “clothing”.

8. One reason why people say that love is in the air is because the words “I love you” seem to appear everywhere.

Pronouns: Choosing the correct pronoun (cont’d) Exercise 1. them, they, us 2. her, she 3. her, herself 4. her, us 5. him, me 6. her, him 7. we 8. they 9. her, me 10. we 11. him 12. Her, us 13. They 14. I 15. She Conjunctions (cont’d) Join these pairs of sentences using suitable conjunctions.

1. Pansy swept the floor while Anna-lee put out the washing.

2. Kimani arrived late for school because his father’s car broke down.

3. Unplug the iron after you press this shirt for your sister.

4. I did my chores quickly so that I could play with my friends.

5. Neither Diallo nor Destiny knew the answer.

6. The children were punished because they threw stones in the mango tree.

7. As she walked up the steps she stumbled.

8. We expect good crops since much rain has fallen.

9. She became ill after she had eaten the pecan pie.

10. I am going to the fair although my mother forbids me to do so.

Vocabulary Add a suitable prefix to the word in the brackets, then place the word in the sentence.

1. trans-atlantic 2. reused 3. misplaced 4. unconscious 5. retelevised 6. international 7. equidistant 8. pre-warned 9. mis-conducting 10. encircled 11. misled

dislocated re-arranged dissatisfied under-achieve

Mathematics Divide a decimal by a decimal Divide the following a. 20.1 b. 0.12 c. 0.7 d. 68.3 e. 0.39 f. 0.0075 g. 11.2 h. 0.068 i. 0.5 j. 1.26 k. 103.4 l. 250 m. 552 pieces n. 15 times Decimals (cont’d) – Ordering Decimals Practice 1. 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.9 2. 0.49 0.56 0.63 0.75 3. 0.38 0.4 0.41 0.5 4. 0.005 0.013 0.05 0.25 5. 0.25 2/5 0.49 0.7 Unitary Method Practice 1. $224.95 2. $81.45 3. $10.45 4. $2.55 5.

12 mangoes 6. $19200 7. $15000 8. $136.80 9. $15.75 10. $62.93 Percentages Use the percent sign to write these marks as a percentage.

1.

61% 2.

3% 3.

32% 4.

15% 5.

77% Write what each of these mean?

1.

47 out of 100 2.

61 out of 100 3.

24 out of 100 4.

90 out of 100 5.

65 out of 100 Changing A Common Fraction to a Percentage Change these fractions to percentages 1.

60% 2.

30% 3.

80% 4.

45% 5.

32% 6.

80% 7.

75% 8.

30% 9.

50% 10.

25% 11.

85% 12. a) 84% b) 16% 13.

28% Changing A Percentage To a Decimal Write these percentage as decimals 1.

0.43 2.

0.16 3.

0.75 4.

0.7 5.

0.03 6.

0.9 7.

0.02 8.

0.5 9.

0.25 10.

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