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Inside this book, find activities that teach:
• Nouns and verbs • Adjectives and adverbs
• Subject/verb • Punctuation Punctuation
agreement

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• Contractions and
• Irregular verbs apostrophes Word
Analogies

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• Direct and indirect • Italics and capitalization

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objects
• Root words
• Pronouns
• Suffixes and prefixes

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• Pronoun/antecedent

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• Types of analogies
agreement
• Similes and metaphors
• Appositives

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• Writingl etters
• Parallel structure

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Nouns
A noun names a person, place, thing or idea.
There are several types of nouns.

Examples:
proper nouns: Joe, Jefferson Memorial
common nouns: dog, town
concrete nouns: book, stove
abstract nouns: fear, devotion
collective nouns: audience, flock

A word can be more than one type of noun.

Example: Dog is both a common and a concrete noun.

Directions: Write the type or types of each noun on the lines.

1. desk
2. ocean

3. love

4. cat
5. herd

6. compassion
7. reputation

8. eyes

9. staff
10. day

11. Roosevelt Building

12. Mr. Timken

13. life
14. porch
15. United States

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Verbs
A verb is a word that tells what something does or that something exists.

There are two types of verbs: action and state of being.

Examples:
Action: run, read
State of being: feel, sound, taste, stay, look,
appear, grow, seem, smell and forms of be

Directions: Write A if the verb shows action. Write S

if it shows state of being.

1. He helped his friend.

2. They appear happy and content.

3. Jordi drives to school each day.

4. The snowfall closed schools everywhere.

5. The dog sniffed at its food.

6. The meat tastes funny.

7. Did you taste the ice cream?

8. The young boy smelled the flowers.

9. She looked depressed.

10. The coach announced the dates of the scrimmage.

11. The owner of the store stocks all types of soda.

12. He dribbled the ball down the court.

13. “Everything seems to be in order,” said the train conductor.

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Nouns and Verbs

Some words can be used as both nouns and verbs.

Example:
The bait on his hook was a worm.
He couldn’t bait his hook.

In the first sentence, bait is used as a noun because

it names a thing. In the second sentence, bait is used
as a verb because it shows action.

Directions: Write noun or verb for the word in bold in

each sentence. The first one has been done for you.

verb 1. She piloted the small plane across the

Pacific Ocean.

2. Does she water her garden every night?

3. Did you rebel against the rules?

4. Dad will pound the fence post into the ground.

5. That was good thinking!

6. I object to your language!

7. He planned to become a pilot after graduation.

8. The teacher will post the new school calendar.

9. She was thinking of a donut.

10. The object of the search was forgotten.

11. She was a rebel in high school.

12. Would you like fresh water for your tea?

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Simple Subjects
The simple subject of a sentence tells who
or what the sentence is about. It is a noun
or a pronoun.

Example: My mom is turning forty this year.

Mom is the simple subject.

Directions: Circle the simple subject in each sentence.

1. The cat ate all its food.

2. They watched the basketball game.

3. Loretta is going to lunch with her friend.

4. José likes strawberry jam on his toast.

5. The reporter interviewed the victim.

6. She turned down the volume.

7. The farm animals waited to be fed.

8. Can you lift weights?

9. The fan did little to cool the hot room.

10. Thomas Jefferson was one of the founding fathers of our country.

11. I have a lot to do tonight.

12. Will you go to the movie with us?

13. We enjoyed the day at the park.

14. Our pet is a dog.

15. She retrieved her homework from the garbage.

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Personal Pronouns
Personal pronouns take the place of nouns. They refer to people or things. I, me, we,
she, he, him, her, you, they, them, us and it are personal pronouns.

Directions: Circle the personal pronouns in each sentence.

1. He is a terrific friend.

2. Would you open the door?

3. Jim and I will arrive at ten o’clock.

4. Can you pick me up at the mall after dinner?

5. What did you do yesterday?

6. They are watching the game on television.

7. Jessie’s mom took us to the movies.

8. She writes novels.

9. They gave us the refrigerator.

10. Is this the answer she intended to give?

11. What is it?

12. The dog yelped when it saw the cat.

13. I admire him.

14. We parked the bikes by the tree.

15. The ants kept us from enjoying our picnic.

16. James gives his dog a bath once a week.

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Possessive Pronouns
Possessive pronouns show ownership. My, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, their, theirs,
our, ours and its are possessive pronouns.

Directions: Circle the possessive pronouns in each sentence.

1. My dogs chase cats continually.

2. Jodi put her sunglasses on the dashboard.

3. His mother and mine are the same age.

4. The cat licked its paw.

5. Their anniversary is February 1.

6. This necklace is yours.

7. We will carry our luggage into the airport.

8. Our parents took us to dinner.

9. My brother broke his leg.

10. Her report card was excellent.

11. Raspberry jam is my favorite.

12. Watch your step!

13. The house on the left is mine.

14. My phone number is unlisted.

15. Our garden is growing out of control.

16. Our pumpkins are ten times larger than theirs.

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Personal and Possessive Pronouns

Directions: Write personal or possessive pronouns
in the blanks to take the place of the words in bold.
The first one has been done for you.

They him 1. Maisie and Marni told Trent

they would see him later.

2. Spencer told Nancee and

Sandi good-bye.

3. The bike was parked near Aaron’s house.

4. Maria, Matt and Greg claimed the car was new.

5. The dishes were the property of Cindy and Jake.

6. Is this Carole’s?

7. Jon walked near Jessica and Esau’s house.

8. The dog barked all night long!

9. Dawn fell and hurt Dawn’s knee.

10. Cory and Devan gave the dog the dog’s dinner.

11. Tori and I gave Brett and Reggie a ride home.

12. Do Josh and Andrea like cats?

13. Sasha and Keesha gave Josh and me a ride home.

14. Is this sweater Marni’s?

15. The cat meowed because the cat was hungry.

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Verb Tense
Tense is the way a verb is used to express time. To explain what is happening right now,
use the present tense.

Example: He is singing well. He sings well.

To explain what has already happened, use the past tense.

Example: He sang well.

To explain what will happen, use the future tense.

Example: He will sing well.

Directions: Rewrite each sentence so the verbs are in

the same tense. The first one has been done for you.

1. He ran, he jumped, then he is flying.

He ran, he jumped, then he flew.

2. He was crying, then he will stop.

3. She feels happy, but she was not sure why.

4. He is my friend, so was she.

5. She bit into the cake and says it is good.

6. He laughs first and then told us the joke.

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Verb Tense
Verbs can be present, past or past participle.

Add d or ed to form the past tense.

Past-participle verbs also use a helping verb such as has or have.

Examples:
Present Past Past Participle
help helped has or have helped
skip skipped has or have skipped

Directions: Write the past and past-participle forms of each present tense verb.

Present Past Past Participle

1. paint painted has (have) painted

2. dream

3. play

4. approach
5. hop

6. climb

7. dance

8. appear

9. watch
10. dive

11. hurry

12. discover

13. decorate

14. close
15. jump

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Irregular Verb Forms

The past tense of most verbs is formed by adding ed. Verbs that do not follow this format
are called irregular verbs.

The irregular verb chart shows a few of the many verbs with irregular forms.

Irregular Verb Chart

Present Tense Past Tense Past Participle

go went has, have or had gone
do did has, have or had done
fly flew has, have or had flown
grow grew has, have or had grown
ride rode has, have or had ridden
see saw has, have or had seen
sing sang has, have or had sung
swim swam has, have or had swum
throw threw has, have or had thrown

The words have and has can be separated from the irregular verb by other words
in the sentence.

Directions: Choose the correct verb form from the chart to complete the sentences. The
first one has been done for you.

1. The pilot had never before flown that type of plane.

2. She put on her bathing suit and 2 miles.

3. The tall boy had 2 inches over the summer.

4. She insisted she had her homework.

5. He them walking down the street.

6. She the horse around the track.

7. The pitcher has the ball many times.

8. He can safely in the deepest water.

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