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Grammar minutes Book B (Ages 6–7) Grammar minutes Book C (Ages 7–8) Grammar minutes Book D (Ages 8–9) Grammar minutes Book E (Ages 9–10) Grammar minutes Book F (Ages 10–11) Grammar minutes Book G (Ages 11–12)

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GRAMMAR MINUTES – BOOK D Foreword Grammar minutes is a six-book series for students in Australian primary schools that provides a structured daily program of easy-to-follow activities in grammar. The main objective is grammar proficiency, attained by teaching students to apply grammar skills to answer questions effortlessly and rapidly. The questions in this book provide students with practice in the following key areas of grammar instruction:

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nouns pronouns adverbs contractions prepositions.

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Grammar minutes – Book D features 100 ‘minutes’, each with 10 classroom-tested problems. Use this comprehensive resource to improve your students’ overall grammar proficiency, which will promote greater self-confidence in their grammar skills as well as provide the everyday practice necessary to succeed in testing situations. Designed to be implemented in numerical order from 1 to 100, the activities in Grammar minutes are developmental through each book and across the series. Comprehensive teachers notes, record-keeping charts, a scope-and-sequence table (showing when each new concept and skill is introduced) and photocopiable student reference materials are also included.

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Age levels B C D E F G

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6–7 years 7–8 years 8–9 years 9–10 years 10–11 years 11–12 years

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Students will enjoy challenging themselves as they apply their grammar knowledge and understanding to complete a ‘grammar minute’ in the fastest possible time.

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Teachers notes ........................................................................................................................... iv – x How to use this book .............................................................................................................iv – v Minute records – Teacher record table ....................................................................................vi Minute journal – Student record sheet.....................................................................................vii Scope-and-sequence table..................................................................................................... viii Grammar minutes 1–100 ..........................................................................................................1–100 Answers...................................................................................................................................101–105

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Teachers notes How to use this book

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Grammar minutes can be used in a variety of ways, such as: • a speed test. As the teacher starts a stopwatch, students begin the ‘minute’. As each student finishes, he/she raises a hand and the teacher calls out the time. The student records this time on the appropriate place on the sheet. Alternatively, a particular time can be allocated for the whole class to complete the ‘minute’ in. Students record their scores and time on their ‘minute journal’ (see page vii). • a whole-class activity. Work through the ‘minute’ together as a teaching or reviewing activity. • a warm-up activity. Use a ‘minute’ a day as a ‘starter’ or warm-up activity before the main part of the maths lesson begins. • a homework activity. If given as a homework activity, it would be most beneficial for the students if the ‘minute’ is corrected and reviewed at the start of the following lesson. Grammar minutes strategies Encourage students to apply the following strategies to help improve their scores and decrease the time taken to complete the 10 questions. • To use strategies whenever possible. • To move quickly down the page, answering the problems they know first. • To come back to problems they are unsure of, after they have completed all other problems. • To make educated guesses when they encounter problems they are not familiar with.

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Questions There are 10 problems, providing practice in every key area of grammar proficiency.

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Write the correct past-tense verb form to complete each sentence. 1. We

2. She

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a horse on the farm last summer.

6. The poor bird had

7. She accidentally

grew

My score:

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threw

thown

got

grown

10. My parents have

right into the window.

the ball over the fence.

in trouble before.

gotten

lots of vegetables in our old garden.

spoke

spoken

to my teacher about my marks.

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me for lying to her.

to never lie to my mum again.

5. Denise

9. We

up all night worrying about her sick cat.

been

8. Our class has never

Score Students record their score out of 10 in the space provided.

‘Grammar minute’ number Grammar minutes are designed to be completed in numerical order.

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Name and date Students write their name and the date in the spaces provided.

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Time Students record the time taken to complete the ‘minute’ at the bottom of the sheet. (This is optional.)

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Teachers notes Marking Answers are provided for all activities. How these activities are marked will vary according to the teacher’s organisational policy. Methods could include whole-class checking, partner checking, individual student checking or collection by the teacher.

Diagnosis of problem areas

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Grammar minutes provides the teacher with immediate feedback of whole-class and individual student understanding. This information is useful for future programming and planning of further opportunities to practise and review the skills and concepts which need addressing. Make use of the structured nature of the questions to diagnose problem areas; rather than asking who got 10 out of 10, ask the students who got Question 1 correct to raise their hands, Question 2, Question 3 etc. In this way, you will be able to quickly determine which concepts are causing problems for the majority of the students. Once the routine of Grammar minutes is established, the teacher will have time to work with individuals or small groups to assist them with any areas causing problems.

Meeting the needs of individuals

The structure of Grammar minutes allows some latitude in the way the books are used; for example, it may be impractical (as well as demoralising for some) for all students to be using the same book. It can also be difficult for teachers to manage the range of abilities found in any one classroom, so while students may be working at different levels from different books, the familiar structure makes it easier to cope with individual differences. An outline of the suggested age range levels each book is suited to is given on page iii.

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• Minute records Teachers can record student scores and times on the Minute records table located on page vi. • Scope and sequence The Scope-and-sequence table gives the ‘minute’ in which each new skill and concept appears for the first time. • Minute journal Once a ‘minute’ is completed, students record their score and time on their Minute journal, located on page vii. • Answers to all questions are found on pages 101 to 105.

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Complete sentences Minute .................. ........1 Sentence word order Irregular verbs . . . . . .................. .................. . . . . . . . . 54 .......2 Subjects . . . . . . . . . . More irregular verbs .................. .................. .........3 . . . . . . . . 55 Predicates . . . . . . . . Verbs – review . . . . .................. .................. .........4 . . . . . . . . 56 Subjects and predicates Verb tense – review .................. .................. . . . . . . . . 57 .....5 Declarative sentences Linking verbs – review .................. .................. . . . . . . 58 ......6 Interrogative sentences Helping verbs – review .................. .................. . . . . . 59 .....7 Exclamatory sentences Irregular verbs – review .................. .................. ......8 . . . . . 60 Imperative sentences Adjectives . . . . . . . . .................. .................. . . . . . . . . 61 .......9 End punctuation . . Adjectives that compare .................. .................. . . . . . . . . 10 . . . 62 Complete sentences Adverbs . . . . . . . . . . .................. – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 . . . . . . . 11 Sentence word order More adverbs . . . . . .................. – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 . . . . . . . 12 Subjects and predicates Compound words . .................. – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 . . . . 13 Types of sentences – More compound words review . . . . . . . . . . . .................. . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . 66 End punctuation – review Commas . . . . . . . . . .................. .................. . . . . . . . . 67 . . . 15 Nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . More commas . . . . .................. .................. . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . 68 More nouns . . . . . . . Contractions . . . . . . .................. .................. . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . 69 Common nouns . . . More contractions . .................. .................. . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . 70 Proper nouns . . . . . Adjectives – review .................. .................. . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . 71 More proper nouns Adverbs – review . . .................. .................. . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . 72 Common and proper Compound words – review . . . . . . . . . . . nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 . . . . . . . 21 More common and Commas – review . proper nouns . . . . . . .................. . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . 74 Subject pronouns . . Contractions – review .................. .................. . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . 75 Object pronouns . . Prefixes . . . . . . . . . . . .................. .................. . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . 76 Possessive pronouns Suffixes . . . . . . . . . . . .................. .................. . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . 77 More possessive pronouns Synonyms . . . . . . . . .................. .................. . . . . . . . . 78 . . . 26 Nouns review . . . . . . Antonyms . . . . . . . . .................. .................. . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . 79 Common and proper Homophones . . . . . . nouns – review . . . . .................. . . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . . 80 Subject and object. Homographs . . . . . . .................. .................. . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . 81 Pronouns – review . . Articles . . . . . . . . . . . .................. .................. . . . . . . . . 30 . . . . . . . . 82 Possessive pronouns Prepositions . . . . . . . – review . . . . . . . . . . .................. . . . . . . . . 31 . . . . . . . . 83 Plural nouns . . . . . . . Prefixes and suffixes .................. – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 . . . . . . . . 31 More plural nouns . Synonyms and antonyms .................. – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . 85 Singular and plural nouns Homophones and homograp .................. hs – review . . . . . . . . . . . 33 86 More singular and plural Articles – review . . . .................. nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 . . . . 34 Irregular plural nouns Prepositions – review .................. .................. . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . 88 More irregular plural Apply your grammar nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . . 89–100 Singular possessive nouns .................. . . . 37 Plural possessive nouns .................. . . . . . 38 Collective nouns . . .................. . . . . . . . . 39 More collective nouns .................. . . . . . . 40 Plural nouns – review .................. . . . . . . . 41 Singular and plural nouns – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Irregular plural nouns – review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Possessive nouns – review .................. . . . 44 Collective nouns – review .................. . . . 45 Verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . .................. . . . . . . . . 46 More verbs . . . . . . . .................. . . . . . . . . 47 Verb tense . . . . . . . . .................. . . . . . . . . 48 More verb tense . . . .................. . . . . . . . . 49 Linking verbs . . . . . . .................. . . . . . . . . 50 More linking verbs . .................. . . . . . . . . 51 Helping verbs . . . . . .................. . . . . . . . . 52 More helping verbs .................. . . . . . . . . 53

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Verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 More verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Verb tense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 More verb tense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Linking verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 More linking verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Helping verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 More helping verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Irregular verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 More irregular verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Verbs – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Verb tense – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Linking verbs – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Helping verbs – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Irregular verbs – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Adjectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Adjectives that compare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Adverbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 More adverbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Compound words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 More compound words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Commas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 More commas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Contractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 More contractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Adjectives – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Adverbs – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Compound words – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Commas – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Contractions – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Prefixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Suffixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Synonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Antonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Homophones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Homographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Prepositions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Prefixes and suffixes – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Synonyms and antonyms – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Homophones and homographs – review . . . . . . . . 86 Articles – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Prepositions – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Apply your grammar knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . 89–100

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Complete sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sentence word order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Subjects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Predicates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Subjects and predicates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Declarative sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Interrogative sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Exclamatory sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Imperative sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 End punctuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Complete sentences – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Sentence word order – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Subjects and predicates – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Types of sentences – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 End punctuation – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 More nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Common nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Proper nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 More proper nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Common and proper nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 More common and proper nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Subject pronouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Object pronouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Possessive pronouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 More possessive pronouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Nouns – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Common and proper nouns – review . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Subject and object pronouns – review . . . . . . . . . . 29 Possessive pronouns – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Plural nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 More plural nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Singular and plural nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 More singular and plural nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Irregular plural nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 More irregular plural nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Singular possessive nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Plural possessive nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Collective nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 More collective nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Plural nouns – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Singular and plural nouns – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Irregular plural nouns – review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Possessive nouns – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Collective nouns – review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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Write C if the sentence is complete or I if it is incomplete. (Hint: Remember that a complete sentence is a group of words that tells a complete thought.)

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2. You should stretch before you

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3. The train ride from Mount Gambia.

4. The lazy dog.

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8. Jenny bought purple gloves for winter.

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Sentence word order

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For Questions 1–7, write Yes if the sentence is in the correct word order or No if it is not.

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1. My dad is building a tree house for me.

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2. The puppy around ran the house.

3. I watching television am.

4. Maggie taught her dog a new trick.

5. The woman waited on the bench.

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10. Christopher Columbus about I reading am.

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Subjects

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Circle the subject of each sentence. (Hint: The subject of a sentence tells who or what the sentence is about. It is usually at the beginning of a sentence.)

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1. Dinner is my favourite meal of the day.

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2. My family eats dinner together.

3. My brother puts the dishes on the table.

4. Roasted pork belly is our favourite dish.

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8. Mum and Dad help us clear the table.

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Predicates

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Circle the predicate of each sentence. (Hint: The predicate of a sentence tells what someone or something is or does. It is usually the last part of a sentence.)

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1. Tracy bought a gift for the party.

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2. The strong wind blew my scarf away.

3. The sleeping tiger did not see the deer.

4. Mrs Smith runs six kilometres every morning.

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7. The squirrel put the nuts in its mouth.

8. My big sister is excited about getting a car.

10.

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For Questions 1–5, circle the subject of each sentence.

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1. Rachel made enough cupcakes for everyone.

3. Mrs Lee’s party lasted for three hours.

4. My mother was angry that I did not clean my room.

5. My friend, Ashley, helped her dad wash their cars.

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2. Melinda and Claudia are my best friends.

For Questions 6–10, circle the predicate of each sentence.

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7. Ralph had a piñata at his birthday party.

. te o c Lao was excited to go skateboarding with his friends. . che e r o r st suhamburgers. er David felt sick after eating threep

8. The loud cricket was chirping outside my window.

10.

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6. I am taking guitar lessons from Mr Verlaine.

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Declarative sentences

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For Questions 1–7, write Yes if the sentence is a declarative sentence or No if it is not.

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(Hint: A declarative sentence is a statement that tells something.)

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1. Toby feeds the turtles in the lake.

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2. Fran picks the apples off the trees.

3. Why are we not going to the movies today?

4. It snows in April in some parts of the world.

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7. We have lots of books about dinosaurs.

For Questions 8–10, answer each question with a declarative sentence.

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What is your name?

9. Where do you live?

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10. How old are you?

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Interrogative sentences

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For Questions 1–6, write Yes if the sentence is an interrogative sentence or No if it is not.

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(Hint: An interrogative sentence is a question.)

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1. Are we going to Bali this summer?

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2. Our new neighbours are very nice people.

3. How did you do on your science test?

4. Why isn’t Janet going with us to the museum?

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(a) How are you? (b) I am fine?

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For Questions 7–10, circle the correct interrogative sentence in each pair. (a) I like to play netball? (b) What do you like to do?

. te o (a) I am going to the store? (a) Who is your teacher? c . ch e is Ms Martins? (b) Where are you going? (b) Myr teacher er o st super 10.

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Exclamatory sentences

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Write Yes if the sentence is an exclamatory sentence or No if it is not. (Hint: An exclamatory sentence shows strong feelings.)

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1. Wow, he can really run fast!

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2. That was the best movie I ever saw!

3. Susan washes her hair with baby shampoo.

4. I got all the answers right on the test!

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7. The boys are at a rugby game.

8. Watch out for that snake in the grass!

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o c . che e r o t You really saved my life! r s super

9. Joel lives on Hermit Street in Roxby Downs.

10.

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Imperative sentences

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For Questions 1–6, write Yes if the sentence is an imperative sentence or No if it is not. (Hint: An imperative sentence is a command. It ends with a full stop.)

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1. Don’t run into the street.

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2. I can speak English and Japanese.

3. Get off the bed before you fall.

4. Michael is going to erase the board for me.

For Questions 7–10, write S if the sentence is a statement or C if it is a command.

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(Hint: If the sentence is a command, it is telling you to do something.)

7. Feed the cat before you go play.

. teinto the paints. o Mix water c . che e r o t r The ice-cream melted in the hot sun. s super

10. Our house is across the street from the school.

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End punctuation

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Write the correct end punctuation mark for each sentence. (Hint: Use a fullstop (.) at the end of a statement or a command; a question mark (?) at the end of a question; and an exclamation point (!) at the end of an exclamation.)

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S

2. Shopping with my mum is fun

3. Tell Justin to come inside the house

4. Donna bought a pair of shoes for her new dress

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1. What kind of cereal do you like

5. I just won a brand-new bike

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6. Can Pam go to the movies with us

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7. Put on your coat before you go outside

. te o c Why did the little puppy run away . che e r o t r s super I like to watch scary movies

8. Wow, I just swam 12 laps in a row

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Complete sentences – review

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For Questions 1–6, write C if the sentence is complete or I if it is incomplete.

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1. Got dressed quickly.

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2. Gary climbed to the top of the tree.

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3. Barry rakes the leaves in the garden.

4. Nicole turned off all of the lights.

5. Makes a delicious cheesecake.

(a) The dog chases his tail in a circle. (b) The big dog on the grass.

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(a) Louise and her sister, Nancy. (b) The sisters do everything together.

. t e o (a) Always helping my mother. c . ch (b) I am helping my mother today. e r er o t s s r u e p (a) The man walks on the beach. (b) Walks along the beach.

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Sentence word order – review

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For Questions 1–7, circle the sentence in each pair that is in the correct word order.

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(a) My grandfather has pigs, cows and horses on his farm. (b) Pigs, cows and horses on his farm my has grandfather.

(a) My write favourite thing to do is poetry. (b) My favourite thing to do is write poetry.

(a) I ate cheese and crackers when I got home. (b) Cheese and crackers home when I got I ate.

(a) Molly made bran muffins for breakfast. (b) Breakfast for made Molly bran muffins.

(a) Plays the drums oldest brother my. (b) My oldest brother plays the drums.

(a) Moved to my grandparents the country. (b) My grandparents moved to the country.

(a) We are eating at a restaurant tonight. (b) At restaurant eating a we are tonight.

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m . u

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For Questions 8–10, write each sentence in the correct word order. 8. Thomas team leader is a good.

. te o The market at milk I got. c . che e r o t r s super

10. His arm playing football Jim broke.

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Subjects and predicates – review

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Date:

Read each sentence and write S if the subject is underlined or P if the predicate is underlined.

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1. The little girl wants a pony for her birthday.

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2. His family moved here from Ipswich.

3. The roof on the house is too old.

4. All of our balloons blew away.

5. My mum likes drinking orange juice.

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7. The painters got covered with paint.

8. Marcia and Charles are cousins.

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o c . The lost baby cried chforehis mummy. e r o t r s super

9. They watch television every night.

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Types of sentences – review

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Date:

Read each sentence and write the type of sentence it is on the line. Put S for statement, Q for question, E for exclamation or C for command.

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1. Cut the paper in half.

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2. Will you help me with my homework?

3. That quokka almost bit me!

4. Please make up your bed.

5. I am going shopping for shoes.

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7. I swam all day in the pool.

8. Mix together the eggs and sugar.

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o c . I had so much fun at cRaintree! e her r o t s super

9. The biscuits in the oven are done.

10.

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End punctuation – review

Name:

Date:

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S

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Teac he r

1. The butterflies all flew out at once

2. Did you break my pen

3. Wow, the dolphins jumped out of the water

4. Why are Darryl and Sal going to Bonnie Doon

5. Take out your scissors, crayons and glue

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6. That was a terrific magic show

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7. The doctor gave me medicine to take

. te o c I just won a brand-new computer . che e r o t r s sbirthday per What should I get her for heru

8. The baby cried when the milk was all gone

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Nouns

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Date:

Circle the 10 nouns in the box. Write each noun in the chart where it belongs.

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firefighter

computer

playground

yawned

basketball

walked

kind

beautiful

teacher

Matt

quickly

notebook

Sydney Opera House

pillow

sleepy

Person

Place

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school

Thing

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o c . che e r o t r s super 6.

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More nouns

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Date:

Circle the two nouns in each sentence.

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1. Mary went into the city all alone.

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2. Ms Chow baked fresh bread.

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3. Go buy a big blanket for our picnic.

4. Her skin got burned in the sun.

5. Dr Seuss is a famous author.

6. Nicole is learning about the First Fleet.

7. The boys washed our cars for free.

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8. Doris can’t find her glasses.

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9. The bookstore has interesting magazines.

10.

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Common nouns

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For Questions 1–6, write Yes if the underlined word is a common noun or No if it is not.

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(Hint: A common noun names any person, place or thing.)

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1. Betsy ate pizza for lunch.

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2. Carol is my little sister.

3. Jody likes to shop at Balmain Central.

4. I can’t wait to learn how to drive a car!

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5. We baked a ham and a turkey.

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For Questions 7–10, circle the two common nouns in each set of words. 7. Tasmania

8. Laura

9. bunny

city

Launceston

First Street

Main Lane

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10. street

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Proper nouns

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Date:

Circle the 10 proper nouns in the box. (Hint: A proper noun names a specific person, place or thing.)

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Dr Thomas rainbow

Brisbane

India

kitchen

wallet

book

Saturday

doctor

Mother’s Day

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apron

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mountain

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library

water

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Prince Harry

o c . che e r o t r s super

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More proper nouns

Date:

Circle the proper nouns in the sentences, then write them correctly on the lines.

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1. jerry made a plum pudding for christmas dinner.

3. marcia always wakes up late on monday mornings.

4. We took our dog peaches to see dr sam.

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2. Watching the sun set over stone mountain was exciting.

7. We are reading stuart little by eb white in class.

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8. janice and her family took a trip to kakadu national park.

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10. They went on a trip to the barossa valley.

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Common and proper nouns

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Date:

Write each noun from the box in its correct category below.

lemonade dollar

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S Mildura

Western Australia

microwave

pineapple

guitar

Boggs Primary

Person

Place

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Aunt Becky

Saturn

Thing

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m . u

o c . che e r o t r s super 6.

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More common and proper nouns

Name:

Date:

Read the letter. Circle the common nouns and proper nouns. Write them in their correct category below.

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Dear Aunt Gloria

I want to tell you thank you for the doll you sent me for my birthday in May. Now I have one from every country in Asia. She is so beautiful. I have decided to name her Ming. I am going to put her in my room. Thank you again for the beautiful present.

Elaine

Common

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Subject pronouns

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For Questions 1–5, circle the correct subject pronoun to replace the underlined word or words in each sentence.

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(Hint: A subject pronoun takes the place of one or more nouns in the subject of a sentence.) 1. Ryan and Bryan are twins. Them

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They

Him

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2. The dog ate his food quickly. He

3. Bobby and I love to go surfing at the beach. We

4. Karen rakes leaves with her big brother. Her

She

5. The microphone was turned off. It

m . u

For Questions 6–10, write a pronoun to replace the underlined word or words in each sentence.

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6. Jonathan writes a letter to his teacher.

. te o The bears catch the fish from the river. c . che e r o t r s u er p Brenda and I ate lunch ats The Ivy Café.

7. My mother makes the best peach crumble.

10. The bike was a great present for Tim.

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Object pronouns

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Date:

For Questions 1–7, write the correct object pronoun that completes each sentence.

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(Hint: An object pronoun takes the place of one or more nouns in the action part of a sentence.) we

2. The teacher gave

to the Lions game.

a sticker for being good.

3. The costumes are for

to wear on Halloween. them

4. Jack’s mum told

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1. Brian’s dad took

him

they

to go to his room.

her

they

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five dollars for cleaning his garden.

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7. Mr Lee gives

them

For Questions 8–10, write a pronoun to replace the underlined word or words in each sentence.

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o c . che e r o The car needs to be washedr very soon. t s super

8. The house at the lake was built by Kurt.

10. My parents took my sister and me to the fair.

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Possessive pronouns

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Date:

Write the correct possessive pronoun to complete each sentence. (Hint: A possessive pronoun is a pronoun that shows ownership. It takes the place of one or more nouns. Possessive pronouns include my, your, his, her, our, its and their.)

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2. Carrie spilled juice all over

its

3. Mum got that book for John. It is

4. That old plane is missing

her

his

their

bike.

new dress.

our

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1. That bike belongs to me. It is

book.

left wing.

its

face was all wet. © R. I . C.Publ i cat i o ns •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y• 6. You are a mess! shirt is covered in mud. 5. Our dog licked Frank’s face.

His

7. Mike and Maria are visiting

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8. The sick dog hurt

10.

. t Dad saide

Your

its

our

its

friends today.

their

back leg.

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Your

His

o c . che e r o Grandma sent birthday gift to t r s me in the mail. super his

family’s new car is black.

our

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More possessive pronouns

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Date:

Circle the possessive pronoun in each sentence.

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1. Jeff is excited about his birthday party.

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2. Did your invitation come in the mail yet?

3. I got my new dress yesterday.

4. Alexis is driving in her new car.

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m . u

7. Have you seen my science book?

8. The lion dropped its prey and ran away.

10.

. t e o Why can’t we bring our puppy into bed? c . che e r o t r s super Julio saw his teacher at the supermarket.

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Nouns – review

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Write each noun from the box in its correct category below.

hospital

nurse

book

librarian

blanket

library

table

office

Person

Place

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m . u

Thing

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Teac he r

medicine

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S Dr Watson

o c . che e r o t r s super 10.

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Minute 28

Common and proper nouns – review

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Date:

Circle the common noun and underline the proper noun in each sentence.

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1. Frank wants to learn how to fly planes.

3. The bunny chased Cindy around and around.

4. Judy exercises at the park.

5. My older sister is going to Charles Darwin University.

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2. Barbara knows how to knit sweaters.

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7. Our class is studying Neville Bonner.

8. That man is from Fremantle.

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o c . Eve finally moved back chhome. e r er o t s super

9. My birthday is not until November.

10.

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Subject and object pronouns – review

Name:

Date:

For Questions 1–5, circle the correct pronoun to replace the underlined word or words in each sentence.

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1. Amy and Nick are going to the concert. They

Them

2. I made breakfast for my parents this morning.

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them

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3. Jacob wants a new bike for his birthday. Him

4. My sister and I take tennis lessons. Us

5. My mum said to call Sheila on the phone. she

her

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7. Sharon bought a bracelet for her mother.

. te

8. Allison is taking Stephanie and me to the game.

10.

m . u

6. Claudia and I were surprised to see Lou.

o c . Please give thec salt to Henry. e her r o t s super Anthony and his brother have bunk beds.

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Possessive pronouns – review

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Date:

For Questions 1–6, circle the possessive pronoun in each sentence.

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1. Dorothy cut her own hair at home.

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2. Has anyone seen my pink slippers?

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3. The rugs in our house are being cleaned.

4. Doug said that his computer is broken.

5. Eileen’s parents had their wedding in Fiji.

pronoun on the line to complete the second sentence.

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7. Is this Adam’s phone? Yes, it is

phone.

. te

o c . c e h Does this house belong toe Matt and Joey? Yes, this is r house. o t r s super

8. Do you have Vicky’s bag? No, I don’t have

m . u

(Hint: The possessive pronoun replaces a noun in the first sentence.)

bag.

10. Have you seen the hamster’s cage? No, I haven’t seen

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Plural nouns

Date:

Write the plural form for each noun. (Hint: These plural nouns end in -s, -es or -ies.)

1. buddy

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2. class

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3. rope

4. computer

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7. box

8. guppy

9. kitten

. te

10. city

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More plural nouns

Name:

Date:

Write the correct plural noun to complete each sentence.

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1. The firefighter told us to never play with

matches

3. Please sharpen these

4. The two

foxs

5. We bought five

peaches

peachies

owls

owlies

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studentes

butterflys

My score:

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cherrys

students

cherries

animales

, such as bilbies.

on their vanilla cupcakes.

are entering the writing contest.

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butterflies

were all different colours.

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at the fruit stall.

8. Simon and Walter put

10. The

for the class.

have long, bushy tails.

foxes

7. We learned about nocturnal

9. Many

penciles

to us.

stories

m . u

6. Four

pencils

storys

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2. Our librarian always reads the best

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Singular and plural nouns

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Date:

Circle the singular noun and underline the plural noun in each sentence.

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1. The dog waited for his owners to return.

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2. These candles on the table smell good.

3. The bird caught two worms to eat.

4. Our umbrellas are in that bucket.

5. The two poodles belong to my neighbour.

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m . u

7. Our new glasses broke in the box.

8. The strings on my guitar are brand new.

. te

o c . The girl collected many seashells. ch e r er o t s super

9. My friends drove by in a red car.

10.

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More singular and plural nouns

Name:

Date:

Write the correct noun to complete each sentence.

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S

1. Sarah saved five

dollar

3. The

farmer

farmers

belt

through the loops.

belts

takes good care of his animals.

4. The men wore black and white football

scarf

game.

scarves

5. I only have enough money to buy one new video

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2. Please help me put my

for a new doll.

dollars

to the

orange

oranges

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8. My mum bought three pairs of

. te in the pond. duck

ducks

from our tree.

socks

for a dollar.

swam behind all the other ducks

pizza

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windows

o c . che e r o t r sfor dinner. super Matt ordered one large

9. One

10.

sock

games

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7. I picked a bunch of

game

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Irregular plural nouns

Date:

Write the plural form for each noun. 1. wolf

3. tooth

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2. foot

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4. child

5. life

6. man

7. mouse

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8. shelf

9. goose

10.

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More irregular plural nouns

Name:

Date:

Circle the incorrect noun in each sentence, then write it correctly on the line.

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(Hint: Each sentence has one singular noun that must be changed to a plural noun.) 1. The leaf change from green to yellow in

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the autumn.

2. They are all playing elf in the school play.

3. There are six person shopping in the store.

4. The three woman wore pretty dresses today.

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6. I saw two mouse run by with cheese.

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7. My new pair of shoes hurt my foot all day.

. te o c All of the child went on the class excursion. . che e r o t r s super Take out five knife for the dinner table.

8. The mother cow is feeding her three calf.

10.

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Singular possessive nouns

Name:

Date:

Circle the noun in each sentence that needs to show ownership. Write its possessive form (’s) on the line.

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S

(Hint: Adding ’s to a noun makes it possessive, or shows ownership; for example: Maria’s bag.)

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1. Jason book report was the best in the class.

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2. The horse saddle was strapped to its back.

3. Mona parents threw her a birthday party.

4. An elephant trunk is very strong.

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7. Wendy dinner party was a lot of fun.

8. The basketball team bus broke down

. te o c Have you seen your sister homework? . che e r o t r s super Yesterday trip to the museum took all day. after the game.

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Plural possessive nouns

Date:

Rewrite each plural noun in brackets as a plural possessive noun. (Hint: A plural possessive noun shows ownership by more than one person or thing. When a plural noun ends in -s, adding an apostrophe (’) to the end makes it possessive; for example: the sisters’ room.)

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S

2. Our (grandparents) farm has lots of horses to ride.

3. The (students) coats were neatly hung in the closet.

4. My three (brothers) beds are in the same room.

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1. The five (girls) baskets were full of sweets.

7. The (kids) dad got back from his trip yesterday.

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8. My (dogs) tails wag fast when they see their food.

10.

. tepictures were taken today. All the (classes) o c . che e r o The (birds) wings flapped quickly in the air. t r s super

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Collective nouns

Name:

Date:

Circle the collective noun in each sentence. (Hint: A collective noun names a group of people, animals or things. For example, a flock of birds means a group of birds that stay together.)

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S

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1. The army of ants marched through the kitchen.

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2. My pair of socks has lots of holes.

3. A herd of cattle relaxed in the tall green grass.

4. A pack of dogs ran through our front yard.

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7. I do not like being in a crowd of people.

8. I ate a stack of pancakes for breakfast.

10.

. tpile of homework tonight. I have a e o c . che e r o A swarm of bees chased my dog. t r s super

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More collective nouns

Name:

Date:

Use a collective noun from the box to complete each sentence. fleet stack

flock

cast

litter

team

family

crew

bundle

deck

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S

2. Stephen's

3. The

4. I bought a

of cards to play Snap with my friends.

members came to my sister’s graduation.

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7. The

. te

9. My cat had a

10. My dad took a

My score:

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o c . che of kittens last week.r e o r st super of ships lined the shore in our city.

of clothes to the donation centre.

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on the ship was very nice to us when we arrived.

6. A lot of

8. A

won the football game.

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5. The

of three pancakes.

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1. My mum gave me a

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Plural nouns – review

Name:

Date:

Circle the correct plural noun in each set of words. 1. buddies

buddy

buddyes

faces

facies

classs

classes

4. toys

toies

toyes

5. pianos

pianoes

pianies

7. prizees

prizies

prizes

bunnies

bunnyes

3. classies

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S

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Teac he r

2. faceies

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9. foxes

. te

10. computeres

m . u

o c . che e r o computeries computers t r s super foxs

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Minute 42

Singular and plural nouns – review

Name:

Date:

Write the correct noun to complete each sentence.

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S

1. My dog has lots of

dollar

whiskers

dollars

3. The caterpillar was about five

4. Linh gave her best

friend

friends

long.

waves

at the beach.

computers

coin

coins

in my piggy bank.

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computer

. t e o Our large family needed two for Christmas. c . che e r o t r s s er I don’t like inu myp salad. dress

turkey

tomato

My score:

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turkeys

tomatoes

My time:

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, Chloe, a gift.

wave

8. Mary went shopping for a party

10.

centimetres

7. I saved one thousand

on a pack of gum.

centimetre

5. The surfer rode the many high

6. My

on his face.

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2. Sam spent one

whisker

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Irregular plural nouns – review

Date:

Circle the correct plural form for each word in bold. 1. calf

calfs

deer

deers

3. child

children

childs

4. wife

wifes

wives

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2. deer

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r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S calves

potatoes

7. torpedo

torpedoes

torpedos

loaves

loafes

8. loaf

. te sheep

10. woman

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potatos

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o c . che e r o t r s supe r women womans sheeps

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Possessive nouns – review

Name:

Date:

Circle the possessive noun in each sentence. Write S if it is a singular possessive noun or P if it is a plural possessive noun.

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S

1. The cat’s yarn was tangled in his paws.

3. The students’ favourite book is The cat in the hat.

4. Elaine’s aeroplane ticket was in the bottom of her purse.

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2. The house’s roof has a leak.

w ww

8. The baby birds’ mother went to get them food.

10.

. te is broken and can’t be used. The cup’s handle o c . che e r o t r Trevor’s car was in the shop fors two days. s u per

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m . u

7. Lindsey’s ring was bright and shiny.

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Collective nouns – review

Date:

Circle the collective noun in each sentence.

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S

1. The audience cheered when I finished my song.

3. A cluster of students gathered to see the experiment.

4. Mrs Cooper has a collection of crystal figures.

5. The colony of ants built many ant hills in my backyard.

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2. A couple of doves are sitting on that tree.

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m . u

7. My portfolio of pictures won second place in the photo contest.

8. The police squad chased the bank robbers.

. te

o c . c e The chess team was excited to win first place. r he o r st super

9. A school of fish swam together in the ocean.

10.

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Verbs

Name:

Date:

Circle the verb in each sentence. (Hint: A verb is a word that shows action.)

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1. The baby waved bye to his mother.

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2. The bird chirped loudly in the tree.

3. Please take your medicine now.

4. Linda wanted the lead role in the play.

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m . u

7. Philippa rested peacefully on the couch.

8. Shuffle the cards before the card game.

10.

. teran four laps around the track. o Finn and James c . che e r o t r s super Veronica sneezed all night long.

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More verbs

Date:

Circle the 10 verbs in the box. Write them on the lines below. sweep invitation broom

read

wink

heart

scare

sprint

piano

prance

raincoat

caterpillar

grow

prince

ribbon

mumble

keyboard

aeroplane

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. te

m . u

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growl

squeak

10.

o c . che e r o t r s super

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Verb tense

Name:

Date:

Write the verb with the correct tense for each sentence. 1. Rachel just

surprises

3. The dog

surprised

howling

her pencil before it broke.

Lisa with a special gift yesterday.

at the moon all night.

howled

a secret in Vivian’s ear.

whispering whispered

5. We will always

6. Gino

Anzac Day each year.

celebrate

talks

7. The girl

celebrated

talked

cries

cried

after the boy pulled her hair.

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8. Dave still

. t e Courtney

watches

10. Penny

yells

rests

My score:

o c . che e r o t r s supe r this afternoon after running in the race. yelled

loudly when she wants something.

rested

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the same show every day. watched

m . u

4. She is

sharpened

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2. Jamie

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sharpens

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More verb tense

Name:

Date:

Write the present and past tense forms of each verb on the lines. Verb shout

honk

She

blink

smile

They

gallop

hope

snore

sniff

10.

loudly.

the horn.

my eyes.

at me.

She

loudly.

the horn.

my eyes.

They

at me.

©ItR. I . C.P ubl i ca t i ons gracefully. gracefully. It •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y•

. te ask bake

The dog

for rain.

a lot.

me.

The dog

for rain.

m . u

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Past tense

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r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S Present tense

a lot.

me.

o c questions. . che e r o t r s s r u e p She biscuits. She biscuits. They

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Linking verbs

Name:

Date:

For Questions 1–5, use the verbs in the box to complete each sentence. am

was

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S

were

the shortest girl in my class right now.

2. All of my friends

3. Lilly

4. Larry

now taller than me.

sad when her puppy ran away. the funniest person I know.

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1. I

are

6. Christopher (are, is) a talented basketball player.

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7. Elliot and Olivia (were, are) famous detectives now.

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. tegirl in the family. I (is, am) the only o c . che e r o t The ceiling fan (was, is) dirty r before I cleaned it. s super

10. The puppies (are, were) much smaller two weeks ago.

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More linking verbs

Name:

Date:

Write the correct verb to complete each sentence.

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1. Sandra’s water

2. I

3. We

two years older than you are.

are

4. Ross

tired when we got back from the beach.

were

cold and refreshing.

are

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Monica’s older brother.

are

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were

6. Last year’s fireworks

are

were

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7. James did not go to school because he

8. That

9. I

10. They

. te is

better than this year’s.

was

m . u

5. The kids

were

sick.

o c . che e the team's captain all next r week. o r st super are

still my favourite movie.

was

were

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Helping verbs

Name:

Date:

Using the information in the box, circle the helping verb in each sentence.

He We She

Main verb

talking

to me.

were

jogging

yesterday.

have

finished

my work.

has

called

two times.

1. I have learned a lot of words in French. 2. Victoria is eating dinner at our house tonight. 3. We are buying her a nice gift for Mother’s Day.

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Teac he r

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S Helping verb

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6. The students were working quietly at their desks.

. te o I am writing a thank-you letter to my grandma. c . che e r o t r s su r The birds have eaten all the seeds inp thee birdhouse.

7. David has dropped the chocolate cake on the floor. 8. 9.

m . u

5. I was reading in bed when the storm started.

10. The girls were jumping rope at recess.

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More helping verbs

Date:

Write Yes if the underlined helping verb is used correctly or No if it is not.

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1. We is travelling to Brisbane to visit my aunt.

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2. Rene and Julie are saving their money.

3. Thao has painted a picture for his parents.

4. Mrs Gomez have stopped teaching already.

5. They are studying for their maths quiz.

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8. Our neighbours have borrowed our lawnmower.

. te

o c . c e My dad has walked on the Great Wall of China. r he o r st super

9. I am climbing the tree to rescue the kitten.

1 0.

m . u

7. My mum has planning a surprise party for my brother.

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Irregular verbs

Name:

Date:

Using the information in the box, circle the verb that best completes each sentence.

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(Hint: Irregular verbs do not end in -ed in the past tense.)

Present eat, eats buy, buys

Past with helping verb

ate

(have, has, had) eaten

gave

(have, has, had) given

bought

(have, has, had) bought

1. Joanna (sweeped, swept) the kitchen floor after dinner.

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give, gives

Past

2. My Uncle Cliff (bit, bited) into an apple and chipped his tooth.

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6. They have (driven, drive) the same car for twenty years!

. tefreezed) outside during the winter months. o The roses (froze, c . che e r o t Claire (weared, wore) a dress last night to the dance. r s su per

7. Janet had (forgets, forgotten) to set the alarm clock. 8. 9.

m . u

5. We (feeded, fed) our dog before we left for the day.

10. Julio (hang, hung) his jacket up in his closet.

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More irregular verbs

Name:

Date:

For each sentence, write the correct past-tense form for the verb under the line. 1. The wind

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blow

me for his kickball team.

choose

3. Marcia

from Perth to Sydney. drive

4. I was so thirsty, I

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2. Phil

five glasses of water. drink

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5. We have

eat

6. The plane

right over our house.

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7. I

my homework twice last week.

forget

. te

8. My aunt has

9. The phone

m . u

fly

us a lot of nice books.

o c . che once before I answered. e r o t r s super give

ring

10. Sylvia has

write

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Verbs – review

Date:

Circle the verb in each sentence.

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1. William grills hamburgers on the barbecue.

3. Walter and Heidi hike mountains together.

4. I play golf with my dad every Saturday.

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2. Lauren clapped loudly during the show.

7. The caterpillar changed into a beautiful butterfly.

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8. Kyle’s family enjoyed their picnic at the beach.

10.

. t e o The cat rips the couch with its sharp nails. c . che e r o t r s super The girls giggled at the clown’s tricks.

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Verb tense – review

Name:

Date:

Write the verb with the correct tense in each sentence. 1. I

reach

2. My mouse

scares

3. My mum

bakes

4. Our dog

barks

up so high, I hurt my arm.

scared

baked

my sister when he escaped.

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r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S reached

us muffins whenever we ask nicely.

when the cat ran by the window.

barked

smiles

7. The ball

bounce

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. t e Justin

10. We

growls

kick

watch

loudly right now because he has a cold.

snored

smiled

bounced

growled

twice in the air before I caught it.

m . u

5. My dad

as the zookeeper enters the cage.

o c . che e r o t r s sup er a scary movie late last night. kicked

the table so hard, he broke his toe.

watched

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Linking verbs – review

Name:

Date:

Circle the linking verb in each sentence.

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1. Brad and Chad are cousins.

3. Mr Smith was not my teacher last year.

4. My Aunt Noeline was sick last week.

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2. I am a better student this year than last year.

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m . u

7. Carol was shorter than Kathy in second grade.

8. The girls were cold out in the rain.

10.

. t e o I am the teacher’s helper this month. c . che e r o t r s super That snake is Graham's newest pet.

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Helping verbs – review

Name:

Date:

Using the information in the box, circle the helping verb and underline the main verb in each sentence.

He We She

Main verb

talking

to me.

were

jogging

yesterday.

have

finished

my work.

has

called

two times.

1. We have sent everyone an invitation. 2. Mary has skateboarded around the block five times.

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Teac he r

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S Helping verb

m . u

5. All the classes have taken pictures for the yearbook.

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6. Jessica has been a cheerleader for two years.

. te o The kids are listening to music. c . che e r o t Alan has lived in Queensland and Tasmania. r s super

7. My uncle is building a tree house for us. 8. 9.

10. My mum is waiting for us outside.

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Irregular verbs – review

Name:

Date:

Write the correct past-tense verb form to complete each sentence.

was

5. Denise

forgave

swore

me for lying to her.

to never lie to my mum again.

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6. The poor bird had

flew

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7. She accidentally

. te

threw

grew

flown

thrown

right into the window.

the ball over the fence.

o c . chlots e of vegetables in our old garden. r er o t s super

8. Our class has never

got

in trouble before.

gotten

grown

10. My parents have

My score:

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spoken

to my teacher about my marks.

My time:

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forgiven

sworn

rode

9. We

up all night worrying about her sick cat.

been

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3. My mum has

4. I have

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S our homework at the kitchen table.

done

Teac he r

2. She

did

m . u

1. We

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Adjectives

Name:

Date:

Circle the adjective in each sentence. (Hint: An adjective is a word that describes a noun.)

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S

1. Marcus won a blue ribbon in the contest.

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2. I like to paint on a smooth surface.

3. The flowers he gave me are pink.

4. There are five apples in the bowl.

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7. The sick puppy slept all day.

. te o It was a gloomy day. c . che e r o t r s su per I am going to adopt the white bunny.

8. Your idea for the project is great!

10.

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Adjectives that compare

Name:

Date:

Write the correct adjective in each sentence. (Hint: Adjectives that end in -er compare two things, and adjectives that end in -est compare more than two things.)

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1. Our new stereo system sounds much

3. That is the

smaller

4. I think Shrek is

smallest

funnier

better

loudest

lemon sorbet.

best

hamster I have ever seen.

than Shrek 2.

funniest

than our old one.

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2. This ice-cream shop has the

louder

6. Floyd is the

noisier

younger

noisiest

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7. Wendy is always the

. te

earlier

latest

earliest

wiser

10. This book is

longer

My score:

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longest

than her today.

wisest

than the last book I read.

My time:

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cat of all.

o c . ce e My grandfather is the h man I know. r o t r s super

8. I got to school

later

youngest

m . u

5. My dad is two years

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Adverbs

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Circle the adverb in each sentence. Write how, when, or where to tell what the adverb describes.

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(Hint: An adverb is a word that describes a verb and tells how, when or where something happens.)

2. Geraldine raised her hand shyly to ask a question.

3. I ran downstairs to answer the front door.

4. Steve is going surfing tomorrow.

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Teac he r

1. Sean happily cleaned his room.

w ww

m . u

7. The lion meanly glared at us through the glass.

8. The artist paints daily in his art studio.

. tproudly told everyone I made o My fathere c . the honour roll.c e her r o t s super

10. I take my younger sister everywhere I go.

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Minute 64

More adverbs

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Date:

For Questions 1–5, use the adverbs in the box to complete each sentence. near

often

proudly

inside

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2. Sydney’s mum

the room.

told her that her hamster died.

3. We

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1. The teacher came running

sadly

go to the same place to eat lunch.

4. The ice-cream shop is

my house.

showed everyone his award.

under

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6. The supermarket is 7. She

. te

loudly

far

away from our house. held her grandmother’s glass vase.

o c . c e hsee r we my teacher at the library. er o t s super

8. The scared cat ran 9. 10. She

the bed to hide.

screamed when the car almost hit us.

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Sometimes

m . u

5. Calvin

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Compound words

Date:

For Questions 1–5, draw a line to match each beginning of a compound word with its ending. Write the complete compound word on the line. 1. pop

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S shelf light

3. home

corn

4. sun

bird

5. black

work

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2. book

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m . u

6. a book for my notes

7. a lace for my shoe

. te

o c . c e the flakes from which snow is made he r o t r s super

8. a board used to skate with

10. an ache in the head

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Minute 66

More compound words

Name:

Date:

For Questions 1–5, use the words in the box to write five different compound words. star sun

toe

sweet

grape

fruit

fish

set

nail

ew i ev Pr

Teac he r

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S heart

For Questions 6–10, use the words in the box to write five different compound words.

w ww

way

. te

My score:

space

drive

10.

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pan

m . u

cake

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Commas

Date:

Write Yes if the commas are in the correct place or No if they are not.

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1. We need apples oranges, and pears.

3. In 2011, nine teams played basketball nationally.

4. London, England

5. Horsham Victoria,

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Teac he r

2. Broken Hill New, South Wales

6. He, has holidays in December January

w ww

m . u

7. New York, USA

8. You should invite Jude, Kelly and Amber.

. te

o c . c e r In 2012 18, teamsh will play in the AFL. er o t s super

9. 16 Bernstein St, Glebe, NSW

10.

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More commas

Date:

Insert the missing commas in each sentence. 1. Mark Veronica and Debbie are excited about their holiday.

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2. Maths history and art are my favourite subjects in school.

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3. We had to write if the weather was sunny cloudy or rainy.

4. I had mushrooms bacon toast and eggs for breakfast.

5. It rained last week on Sunday Monday and Tuesday.

8. Jackie’s favourite books are Animalia The giving tree and Bear & Chook

w ww

m . u

by the sea.

9. Luoia likes to read books about nature history and science.

10.

. te the characters setting and plot in her book o Dina wrote about report. c . che e r o t r s super

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Contractions

Date:

Write the two words that make up each contraction. 1. can’t

3. I’ve

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2. I’m

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4. aren’t

5. you’ll

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m . u

7. she’s

8. won’t

. te

9. you’re

10. doesn’t

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Minute 70 Name:

More contractions

Date:

Write the contraction for each group of words.

1. they are

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2. he is

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3. do not

4. we have

5. was not

w ww

m . u

7. what is

8. is not

9. should not

. te

10. she will

My score:

My time:

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Adjectives – review

Name:

Date:

Circle the adjective in each sentence.

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S

1. Maxine is the fastest runner on the team.

ew i ev Pr

Teac he r

2. Alisa has lavender flowers in her garden.

3. The yellow butterfly was flying in the sky.

4. That dress is nicer on you than on me.

5. The watermelon was juicy.

w ww

m . u

7. The cold air froze the water.

8. The brisk wind blew over our pool.

. te

o c . c e Her ring is the brightest heone. r o t r s super

9. His jokes were funnier this time.

10.

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Minute 72

Adverbs – review

Name:

Date:

Write the correct adverb to complete each sentence.

1. The boy sang

2. The turtle

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walked across the grass.

very

3. We missed the show because we were 10 minutes

4. Emma

happily

early

accepted her award.

sadly

ew i ev Pr

Teac he r

slowly

the theatre.

loudly

late

inside

to catch the bus.

today

7. Simon ran so

w ww

. te The apple fell

8. The bees

busily

10. I brush my teeth

My score:

slowly

that he beat everyone.

made honey in their hive.

cutely

o c . che e r o t r s su.per

down

daily

from the tree.

weekly

My time:

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quickly

yesterday

m . u

5. We ran

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Compound words – review

Name:

Date:

Circle the word that makes a compound word with the word in bold. Write the complete compound word on the line.

1. foot

path

hay

yard

3. foot

skin

ball

4. butter

fly

moth

Teac he r

2. barn

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water ©boat R. I . C.P ubl i cat i ons •f orr evi ewbow pur posesonl y• 6. sun rise

7. table

cloth

plate

w ww

wind

bow

8. rain

10.

m . u

5. sail

. te book o text page c . che e r o t r s su door knob sung per

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Minute 74

Commas – review

Name:

Date:

Insert the missing commas in the sentences. 1. I took my tent sleeping bag and fishing rod on the camping trip.

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3. Ben Sarah and Nick are all cousins.

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Teac he r

2. By 2010 23 awards had been won.

4. Mimi’s family is going to Christchurch New Zealand, for a week.

5. I like that movie The goonies, much more than the new one.

6. Nancy’s favourite colours are purple pink, blue and red.

7. We rode on the roller-coaster Ferris wheel and the bumper cars

w ww

m . u

at the Easter show.

8. This past summer, my teacher read books wrote poems and travelled.

. te

o c . c e he r Justine moved to Ipswich from Coffin Bay South Australia. o t r s super

9. Lisa ate grilled chicken potatoes and spinach for dinner.

10.

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My time:

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Contractions – review

Name:

Date:

For Questions 1–5, write the contraction for each group of words. 1. I have

3. we will

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Teac he r

2. did not

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4. are not

5. he is

For Questions 6–10, circle the contraction in each sentence. Write the two words that make up each contraction on the lines.

m . u

6. You shouldn’t chew gum at school.

w ww

7. Did the doctor say you’re better?

. te o c We can’t go to the beach after all. . che e r o t r s super Gary hasn’t been to school in two days.

8. I’ll bring you a gift from my trip.

10.

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Minute 76

Prefixes

Name:

Date:

Write each prefix from the box in front of the best word ending below. The definitions of what the complete words should mean are provided to help you. (Hint: A prefix changes the meaning of a word by adding a group of letters to the beginning of the word.)

dis-

bi-

un-

im-

non-

pre-

in-

correct (not correct)

possible (not possible)

wind

(to wind back)

plan before) ©(toR . I . C.Publ i cat i ons • f or(with r ev i ew pur posesonl y• angle three angles) plan

able

w ww

10.

(not able)

m . u

form

(one form)

plane

(a plane with two sets of wings)

. t stop e (not stopping) o c . che e r o t agree (not agree) r s super

My score:

My time:

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uni-

ew i ev Pr

Teac he r

re-

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S tri-

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Suffixes

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Date:

Circle the word in each sentence that ends with a suffix. (Hint: A suffix changes the meaning of a word by adding a group of letters to the end of the word.)

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Teac he r

1. The painter did a good job on our house.

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2. I cut my left foot on the broken glass.

3. We are hopeful that our cat will get better.

4. The little girl happily skips on the grass.

7. What is the quickest way to get there?

w ww

8. Danielle shows a lot of kindness to her baby sister.

10.

m . u

. tselfish when he doesn’t think of others. Robert is e o c . che e r o We were not comfortable on the hot bus. t r s super

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Synonyms

Date:

Write Yes if the sets of words are synonyms or No if they are not. (Hint: A synonym is a word that means the same thing or almost the same thing.)

1. rear

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yell

3. huge

tiny

4. sorry

regretful

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Teac he r

2. shout

bumpy

6. present

gift

w ww

7. capture

8. messy

9. rock

release

. teneat o c . ce e stone h r o t r s super

10. brief

long

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My time:

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5. smooth

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Antonyms

Date:

Write each word from the box next to its best antonym below. (Hint: An antonym is a word that means the opposite of something.)

arrive

1. bent

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S positive

rude

disappear

shallow

blame

major

noisy

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Teac he r

straight

ugly

2. appear

3. negative

w ww 7. quiet

8. polite

. te

9. minor

m . u

6. beautiful

o c . che e r o t r s super

10. deep

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Homophones

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Date:

Write the correct homophone to complete each sentence. (Hint: Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and can be spelt differently.)

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1. The black

2. The

blue

4. We can

bird made a nest in the barn.

blew

3. My mum put a

let out a loud roar.

bare

peace

right

piece

write

ew i ev Pr

Teac he r

bear

of cake in my lunch box.

a story about our favourite animals.

7. Janet’s

w ww

new

8. Can you

10.

dew

knew

sundress was pink with flowers. this button on my shirt?

. te me to read my story The teacher asked . o c . che e r o The outside was sunny and breezy. t r s super so

sew

aloud

weather

My score:

allowed

whether

My time:

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wood

m . u

would

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Homographs

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Date:

For Questions 1–6, circle the correct meaning for the underlined homograph in each sentence.

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(Hint: Homographs are words that are spelt the same—and sometimes sound the same—but have different meanings.) 1. Everyone bow when the curtain rises.

Teac he r

a. to bend down from the waist

b. a knotted ribbon

a. puts something in the ground

ew i ev Pr

2. My mum plants fresh flowers every spring.

b. living things with leaves

3. The fierce wind blew the roof off the house.

a. to turn

b. a strong current of air

4. The principal will present me with my award.

b. toa give © R. I . C.Publ i c t i ons 5. One huge tear ran down the little girl’s cheek. •f orr evi ew pur p osesonl y• a. liquid from the eye b. to rip a. a gift

b. near

w ww

a. to shut

m . u

6. The car shop is close to the freeway exit.

For Questions 7–10, match the underlined homograph in each sentence with its correct meaning.

. te

o c . ch He always breaks something when he visits. • a small pigeon e r er o t s s r u e p The magician made a dove appear. • rests

7. We take two breaks during the day. 8. 9.

10. Mark dove into the water.

My score:

•

jumped

•

damages

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Minute 82

Articles

Name:

Date:

Write the article (a, an or the) that best completes each sentence. (Hint: Use a before words that begin with a consonant sound, and use an before words that begin with a vowel sound. You can use the before a word that begins with a consonant sound or a vowel sound. Use the before a word that stands for a specific person, place or thing.)

same elephant last time we came to the zoo.

book for our report is Ramona the Brave.

3. I asked my mother for

4. Drew and Nick are

dollar for lunch.

nicest boys in my class.

6. We might give the teacher

gift when school ends.

w ww

7. The kids sold lamingtons to earn money to go to

circus.

. teorange and a banana during lunch. o c . c e hethat children were excited it was the last dayo of r t r s school. super

8. Peter ate

m . u

10. They bought

My score:

skipping-rope and a new ball at the store.

My time:

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ew i ev Pr

Teac he r

1. We saw

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Prepositions

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Date:

Use the prepositions in the box to best complete each sentence.

for over

upon

between

outside

until

with

off

during

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2. The lights were

3. Melanie got sick

Father’s Day.

ew i ev Pr

Teac he r

1. We gave Dad a watch

when we got home.

school and had to go home.

4. Jennifer was going to read

she fell asleep.

wearing red shoes or black shoes.

m . u

6. I can’t decide

w ww

7. I placed your tennis racket

. te The frogs

8. Put your coat

10. Once

the front door. there by the closet.

o c . che e r o t r s prince was a frog. s r uptheehandsome a time, my window croaked all night.

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Prefixes and suffixes – review

Date:

Circle the prefix or suffix in each word. Write P if the word begins with a prefix or S if it ends with a suffix. 1. disappear

ew i ev Pr

Teac he r

2. bicycle

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3. joyless

4. unhappy

5. darkness

w ww

m . u

7. prepay

8. smartest

9. fatherly

. te

10. relive

My score:

My time:

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Synonyms and antonyms – review

Name:

Date:

Write the missing synonym or antonym for each word in bold. Verb

2. small

3. throw

toss

4. repair

fix

Antonym brave

huge

ew i ev Pr

Teac he r

1. afraid

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7. difficult

hard

w ww

6. cold

. te remain

8. angry

10. quick

m . u

5. yell

mad

o c . che e r o t r s super stay

slow

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Minute 86 Name:

Homophones and homographs – review

Date:

For Questions 1–5, circle the correct homophones in the sentences.

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S

1. Jay ate (for, four) sandwiches (for, four) lunch today!

Teac he r

2. We (rode, road) our bikes on the bumpy (rode, road).

4. I (threw, through) the ball (threw, through) the hoop.

ew i ev Pr

3. The fresh (flower, flour) in her hair was as white as (flower, flour).

5. Tie a tight (knot, not) on the blue rope, (knot, not) the red one.

For Questions 6–10, circle the correct meaning for the underlined homograph in each sentence.

b. a disc with music on it

7. I would love to see her live in concert some day.

w ww

a. to have life

b. a performance in person

. te

8. Jonathan felt well after taking his medicine for a week.

10.

o c . The heavy fog rose up from the city streets. c e her b. a sweet-smelling r a. came to the surface flower o t s super Mrs Ross is going to lead us through the parade. a. a deep hole in the ground

b. in good health

a. a soft, grey metal

b. to show the way

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m . u

a. to store sound on disc

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Articles – review

Name:

Date:

Write Yes if the underlined article is used correctly or No if it is not. 1. From the wet to the dry, a weather

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S

in Darwin changes greatly.

2. Since my mum painted my room, the curtains

ew i ev Pr

Teac he r

don’t match.

3. You will need an umbrella that is bigger.

4. Can you help me clean the shoes that are

full of mud?

5. My favourite singer will be on a radio doing

an interview.

6. An teacher was happy that all of her students

w ww

m . u

passed the test. 7. My paper on whales and dolphins won

a award.

. t e of my car.

o c . che e r o t r s su The light from the lamp is too bright. per

8. An anteater walked across the road in front

10. I caught a cold after playing in a rain.

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Minute 88

Prepositions – review

Name:

Date:

Write the correct preposition to complete each sentence. 1. I sat

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between

off

3. The ambulance arrived

4. I sat

under

which one should go first.

over

within

above

a few minutes.

the tree for some shade.

over

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Teac he r

2. The girls fought

Lisa and Jennifer at the movies.

off

6. Please put the plate

w ww

7. Gary is

from

. te

toward

the fork.

within

Hobart, Tasmania.

o c . e Sarah and Mick sit c me in class. her r o t s super near

10. Angus left home

My score:

without

around

midnight.

within

his homework.

My time:

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beside

before

8. I finally fell asleep

near

m . u

5. It began to rain

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Apply your grammar knowledge

Name:

Date:

Write Yes if the sentence ends with the correct punctuation or No if it does not.

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1. Dana made a pecan pie with her mother?

ew i ev Pr

Teac he r

2. Rachel’s hair was soaking wet after the rain.

3. Frank and Paula fought over washing

the dishes.

4. Wow, those race cars are going fast!

5. We baked oatmeal raisin cookies for the

class party!

6. The thunderstorm yesterday lasted for

w ww

7. Richard shovelled the sand off of the footpath?

. te

o c . Cameron is onc her way to school now! e her r o t s super My mother gave me medicine for my fever.

8. When are we going to announce the winners?

10.

m . u

two hours.

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Minute 90

Apply your grammar knowledge

Name:

Date:

Insert the missing commas in the sentences. 1. I’ll never forget what happened in Ubud Bali.

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3. Mark lives at 78 Chester Street Palmerston Northern Territory.

4. The walls in my room are painted pink brown and white.

5. I have travelled to Italy France England and Spain.

ew i ev Pr

Teac he r

2. Jess Aymee and Em are three sisters.

w ww

m . u

7. Instead of eight six buns should be bought.

8. Uncle Keith lives in Cronulla New South Wales.

. te

o c . che e r o Our new address is 132 Willow Lane Noosa Queensland. t r s super

9. Paul plays piano violin and drums.

10.

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Apply your grammar knowledge

Name:

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3. Stephanie are a great cook.

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play

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4. Went to the bookstore after school.

5. Darby read five books this summer.

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3. my birthday party will be on wednesday.

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bought a gift for the party blew my scarf away did not see the deer runs six kilometres every morning went to the movies made a sundae with vanilla ice-cream put the nuts in its mouth is excited about getting a car go hiking at Spring Park works on his science project at the library

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Mary, city Ms Chow, bread blanket, picnic skin, sun Dr Seuss, author Nicole, First Fleet boys, cars Doris, glasses bookstore, magazines horses, field

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No Yes No Yes Yes No state, city girl, woman bunny, deer street, lane

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Dr Thomas Saturday Mt Everest Prince Harry Brisbane Halloween December India Mother’s Day Ocean Land

Dinner My family My brother Roasted pork belly Apple pie My parents The dishes Mum and Dad Rick and the dog I

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was excited to go skateboarding with his friends. felt sick after eating three hamburgers.

Rachel Melinda and Claudia Mrs Lee’s party My mother My friend, Ashley, am taking guitar lessons from Mr Verlaine. had a piñata at his birthday party. was chirping outside my window.

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Jerry, Christmas Stone Mountain Marcia, Monday Peaches, Dr Sam Hansel and Gretel Rick’s Steakhouse Stuart Little, EB White Janice, Kakadu National Park July, Albany Barossa Valley

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Minute 22 Order of answers may vary. 1. doll 2. birthday 3. country 4. room 5. present 6. Aunt Gloria

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dollars belt farmer scarves game windows oranges socks duck pizza

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army pair herd pack galaxy chorus crowd stack pile swarm

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stack team crew deck flock family cast fleet litter bundle

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singular: bird plural: worms singular: bucket plural: umbrellas singular: neighbour plural: poodles singular: zoo plural: zebras singular: box plural: glasses singular: guitar plural: strings singular: car plural: friends singular: girl plural: seashells

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buddies classes ropes computers trumpets porches boxes guppies kittens cities

matches stories pencils foxes peaches owls animals cherries students butterflies

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wolves feet teeth children lives men mice shelves geese sheep

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leaves elves people women oxen mice feet calves children knives

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buddies faces classes toys pianos days prizes bunnies foxes computers

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whiskers dollar inches friend waves computer pennies dress turkeys tomatoes

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Jason’s horse’s Mona’s elephant’s Tom’s girl’s Wendy’s team’s sister’s Yesterday’s

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girls’ grandparents’ students’ brothers’ friends’

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calves deer children wives potatoes teeth torpedoes loaves sheep women

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waved chirped take wanted knead rolled rested shuffle ran sneezed

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reached scared bakes barked snores smiles bounced growls kicked watched

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are am was was were is was were am is

louder best smallest funnier younger noisiest latest earlier wisest longer

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happily; how shyly; how downstairs; where tomorrow; when quickly; how outside; where meanly; how daily; when proudly; how everywhere; where

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happily; how shyly; how downstairs; where tomorrow; when quickly; how outside; where meanly; how daily; when proudly; how everywhere; where

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inside sadly often near proudly far carefully under Sometimes loudly

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Mark, Veronica Maths, history sunny, cloudy, mushrooms, bacon, Sunday, Monday Albany, Denmark hat, scarf Animalia, The giving tree nature, history characters, setting

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incorrect impossible rewind preplan triangle unable uniform nonstop disagree biplane

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Ubud, Bali Jess, Aymee Street, Palmerston, pink, brown Italy, France, 2008, 46 069 eight, six Cronulla, New South Wales piano, violin Lane, Noosa,

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I C I I C There are three computers in our classroom. Tiffany and Noah write stories in their journals. The tall trees are blocking the bright sun. Shawn’s book is on the shelf over there. There will be a party at Don’s house later.

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