henry and mudge · neighbourhood, so he asked his mom and dad to get him a dog and they said yes....
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Henry and Mudge
Author: the one who writes the story
Cynthia Rylant
Genre : the type of the story
Realistic Fiction (story that could happen in real life )
Characters : The people or the animals who are in the story
Henry- Mudge- Dad- Mom
Summary:
Henry lives with his parents in a house with no brothers and sisters and no children in the
neighbourhood, so he asked his Mom and Dad to get him a dog and they said yes. Henry found a special
dog :Mudge, and he is very happy. He is not alone anymore.
Vocabulary Words
Straight Not curving , not bending
Collars Bands that animals wear around their necks
Row A number of things arranged in a line
Floppy Hanging or moving in a loose, droopy way
Stood Was in an upright position on one’s face
Drooled Let saliva drip from the mouth
Curly Having a twisted shape
Weighed Had a certain heaviness
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Questions
A) Circle the correct spelled word
1- Droled drooled drould
2- weight weit waight
3- straight strait striet
4- curli kurly curly
5- row raow roo
6- flopy floppy floopy
7- stoud stud stood
8- collars colars kolars
B) Fill in the blanks using the words from the box.
1. I like dogs with long , _____________ fur.
2. My friend and I have ____________ hair.
3. Anna bought a cute ______________ for her puppy.
4. I saw a ___________ of doll houses in a market.
5. A bunny with ___________ ears was standing in its pen at the pet
shop.
6. John _____________ still to take his picture.
7. My sister _______________ three kilos when she was born.
8. The dog _____________ when he saw his food.
drooled weight straight curly row floppy stood
collars
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C) Use the following words in your sentence
D) Choose the correct answer:
1. Why Henry asked his parents to get a dog?
a. Because he wants to play with him
b. Because his friend also has a dog
c. Because he was alone
d. Because he like pets
2. Why does Henry think it is okay that his new dog Mudge is
short?
a. Because he is a puppy and will grow
b. Because he like short dogs
c. Because Mudge was cute
d. Because Mudge didn’t have curly hair
3. How much Mudge weighed when he stopped growing?
a. One hundred eighty pounds
b. Sixty seven pounds
c. One hundred pounds
d. Thirty kilos
4. How does Henry feel at the end of the story?
a. Sad
b. Angry
c. Happy
d. Alone
Bunny
Curly
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5. How did Mudge change as he got older?
a. Mudge grow bigger than his puppy cage
b. Mudge has grown a lot
c. He is too big for his seven collars
d. None of the above
E) Answer the following questions.
1. What have you learned about Henry?
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2. Why Henry hugged his parents?
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3. What does Henry means when he says “not just any dog”?
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Read the following then answer the following questions
Baby Bear
Baby bears are called Cubs Many Cubs are born in the middle of winter
when it is very cold. Mother bears often have twins. The babies tiny and
have no fur. they stay snug and warm
inside their mother’s den when spring
comes, the cubs come out of the den with
their mother.
1-When are many baby bears born?
a-in summer. b-in spring c-in
winter
2-Where are they born?
a-in a den.
b-in a garden
c-under a tree. 6-Draw a sleeping bear cub?
3-What are bears called?
a-kittens.
b-cats.
c-cubs.
4-When do cubs come out of a den?
a-in spring
b-in summer
c-when it is very cold
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5-What kind of writing is this passage?
a-nonfiction
b-humorous fiction.
c-realistic fiction.
Grammar
1-Circle the Subject in the following sentence.
1. Peter is playing in the Park.
2. Anna likes to eat ice cream.
3. I finish my homework on time.
4. Jason came first in a race.
5. We are going for shopping.
2-Underline the predicate in the following sentence.
1. Tara plays in the snow.
2. A cat follows Jim at the park.
3. The dog hides under the bed.
4. The Kids jump on the trampoline.
3- Circle the subject and underline the predicate.
1- The poodle was so cute.
2- The girl is running very fast.
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3- Mom and I played a game of softball.
4- My best friend is very nice.
5- We have a lot to do.
6- My phone is cracked.
7- My cat had baby kittens.
Spelling
Short “a” and “i”
1-Write the word that suit each picture
Jam win flat glad rip dig
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2-Circle the correct spelled word
1- Lest list leist
2- Masc maske mask
3- Glad glade jlad
4- Ket kit kait
5- Flet phlat flat
3- Fill in the blanks using words from the box
1- I’m ………………. as I got 5 out of 10 in my Math test.
2- My dad will ………………… his car tomorrow.
3- I put on a …………………… in my birthday party so as not to
let anybody knows me.
4- I will take high marks ……… I study hard.
5- My mom gave me a ………………… of things that I will buy
from the store.
6- He plays with ………….. toy car.
list fix if sad mask his
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Writing
Arrange the story events:
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Lesson 2: My Family
By George Ancona
Genre: Informational text (tells bout people and events from real life, it tells facts
and photos that gives more information)
Summary:
Camila lives with her father, mother and brother. She belongs to a big family and
all her friends and family came to visit and celebrate her brother’s birthday.
Camila’s family likes to play music and sing together.
Vocabulary words
Spend To give your time to do something
Stuck Not able to move
Visit Go to see someone
Cousin The son or daughter of an aunt and uncle
Piano A musical instrument
Porch An outside place often with the roof, that
leads to the door
Crown Something special worn on the head
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Questions
A) Match the words with their correct meaning:
1. A musical instrument ( ) Cousin
2. Something special worn on the
head
( ) Piano
3. Not able to move ( ) Crown
4. Go to see someone ( ) Remembered
5. Not forgotten ( ) porch
6. An outside place often with a
roof that leads to the door
( ) spend
7. To give your time to do
something
( )visit
8. The son or daughter of an aunt
or uncle
( ) stuck
B) Use the following words in sentence.
1. Stuck ___________________________________________________
2. Remembered ____________________________________________
3.Visit____________________________________________________
C. Fill in the blanks using the following words
Porch - remembered - stuck - spend - visit- cousin - piano crown
1-My ………………..….. will …………………… my grand ma nextweek
2-She will ……………..….the time playing ……….……………
3-Grandma will sit on her front …………..…………
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4-I …………………..….. that last summer our wagon got………………. In
the mud.
5-Grand ma gives me ……………………. to wear on my birthday.
D. Choose the best answer.
1. Who is giving the information in the text “My Family “?
a. Camila
b. Damaris
c. Rene
d. Roberto
2. What does Camila likes to do when she is at ?
a. Play with her brother
b. Help her mom to cook
c. Drawing
d. None of the above
3. Why the friends and got together?
a. To spend time
b. To have fun
c. To celebrate Camila’s birthday
d. To celebrate Rene’s birthday
4. Camila and her mother goes to school together because
a. She is teacher
b. She drops Camila to school
c. She likes morning walks
d. She is a doctor
5. What does Camila’s family do on Sundays?
a. They go to shopping
b. They visit aunt Maria house
c. They go to church
d. They visit museum
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E. Answer the following questions:
1. What Camila family feels when they spend time together?
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2. Why the author wrote this selection?
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3. What do you learn about Camila’s family from the photos?
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Grammar
Subject pronouns:
A subject pronoun is exactly what it sounds like:
a pronoun that takes the place of a noun as the subject of a
sentence. Remember, a sentence’s subject is the person or
thing that performs the action of a verb.
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Choose the correct answer
1. __________ kicked the ball so hard that his shoe came off.
A. She
B. They
C. He
2. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think __________ enjoy studying.
A. He
B. She
C. I
3. The dog stole Tara’s ice cream before __________ ran away.
A. You
B. They
C. It
4. __________ enjoys going to the gym early each morning.
A. I
B. She
C. They
5. __________ prefer hiking to movies.
A. She
B. He
C. We
6. __________ is raining again.
A. It
B. She
C. We
7. __________ puts ketchup on everything she eats.
A. He
B. She
C. We
8. You can have ice cream after __________ finish your dinner.
A. We
B. You
C. It
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Object pronouns:
The seven basic pronouns take on different forms when used as object pronouns rather than as subject pronouns:
I becomes Me You becomes You (this rule applies for singular and plural use)
He becomes Him She becomes Her
It becomes It We becomes Us
They becomes Them
Choose the correct pronoun
1. "Your son is making a lot of noise!"
"I'll ask -------------- to be quiet."
2. "Where are my glasses?"
"You are wearing -------------------!"
3. "Do you like apples?"
"I love ------------- !"
4. "Where is my book? Oh, dear! I've lost ---------------.
it ,her, them, him, her, it, them.
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5. "Is that Nancy's new pen?"
"Don't ask me, ask ------------- !"
6."Do you want this book?"
"Yes."
"Well, take -------------
Spelling
A) Use the words from the box and fill in the blanks.
1. The rain made us __________.
2. My dad gave me a bear ___________.
3. There is a __________ of milk on my dress.
4. We should ___________ needy people.
5. A ___________ is a sweet fruit.
6. The soup is too _________ to eat.
7. Lets ___________ the day at the beach.
8. My dog got his paws dirty in the __________ puddle.
9. The basket ball dropped into the __________.
10. We sat on the bench to ___________ after the game.
B) Write the word that suits each picture
Plum hot wet mud spot
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Wet – job - hug - help - rest - plum - spend - hot - net - mud - spot
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Writing
Form sentences about these pictures
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Lesson.4 Diary of a Spider By Doreen Cronin
Genre: Humorous Fiction ( a story that is not real and make readers
laugh)
Summary:
This story is about a spider who writes a diary. he writes about his days
how he spend them, He goes to school, gym and plays in a park with his
sister. His friend is a fly which is very unusual for the spiders. He feels
even spider and fly are very different, they can still be good friends.
Vocabulary words.
Insects Bugs
Screaming Yelling
Judge Form an idea about
Dangerous Unsafe, harmful
Breeze A light wind
Rotten Dead and not good to eat
Sticky Thick glue-like
Scare To make someone afraid
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A) Circle the correct word:
1. When I saw lion roaring in the jungle I came home ________.
a. Screaming b. dancing
2. The spider caught an ________ in his web
a. Insect b. judge
3. We must _________ if it’s safe to cross the street or not.
a. scare b. judge
4. The knife is _________ it can cut your hand.
a. dangerous b. rotten
5. If you are scared of snakes, then they probably __________ you.
a. Judge b. scare
6. I like to eat mangoes even if they make my hands super _________
a. sticky b. breeze
7. The _________apple was brown and stinky.
a. rotten b. screaming
8. While walking outside, I felt a cool ________ start to blow.
a. insects b. breeze
B) Use the following words in sentence.
1. Judge_________________________________________________
2. Insets_________________________________________________
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C) Choose the best answer.
1. What do spiders eat?
a. Plants
b. Other animals
c. Insects
d. Fruits
2. What day was it at the school.?
a. Parent’s day
b. Funday
c. Grandparent’s day
d. Mother’s day
3. Why is this selection a Humorous fiction?
a. Because it is a sad story
b. Because it makes us laugh and is not real
c. Because it is real
d. Because it gives information
4. Why did the spider leant to catch the wind?
a. To fly
b. To catch a fly
c. To travel far away places
d. To climb high
5. What should spiders do when they see a vacuum?
a. They should hide
b. They should scream
c. They should run
d. They should stop, drop and run
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6. What happened after spider molted?
a. He slept over at worms house
b. He took his skin to school
c. He let the vacuum to eat his skin
d. He through it in the garbage
7. Why did fly refuse to come out of her tree house?
a. She was scarred of daddy’s long legs
b. Daddy’s long legs hurt her feeling
c. Spider hurt her feelings
d. None of the above
8. How does the author make spider seem like a real person?
a. He keeps a diary
b. He molts
c. He eats insects
d. He make webs
D) Answer the following questions.
1. How did spiders and flies act in Grandpa’s day?
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2. Why do spiders learn about vacuums on a safety day?
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3. Why do you think it is funny that a spider might be screaming?
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4. What lesson have you learnt from the story?
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Comprehension Check
Little efforts
By Lilly James
Little Mimi lived with her family. She wanted to go to Disney land, but she
didn’t have money to go there so she started to save money for the trip
every day she saved her money that she got from her father for school and
days started to pass. It’s almost one year now, Mimi opened her piggy bank
she was so happy to see a lot of money now she will go to Disney land with
her family.
Answer the following questions.
1. Where did Mimi wants to go?
a. Park
b. Disney Land
c. Museum
2. How Mimi got the money?
a. By saving
b. From her Grandma
c. From her mother
3. What is the title of the story?
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4. Who is the author of the story?
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Grammar
(Simple Sentence)
A) Color the correct simple sentence:
1. Camila likes to go fishing.
2. Draw children paper.
3. All eat together we play.
4. We all play and eat together.
5. The whole family went on a picnic.
Types of sentence ( Statements and questions)
A) Identify the following Question or statement:
1. Where do you live? Statement / Question
2. I’m going home. Statement / Question
3. He is reading a book. Statement / Question
4. Are we going to the zoo today? Statement / Question
5. What is your name? Statement / Question
B) Write Command or exclamation to identify each sentence.
1. Oh, I didn’t see you come in! __________
2. Close the door. __________
3. I won the race! __________
4. Put the books on the table. __________
5. You can not play with your friends now. __________
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C) Identify the nouns and label them as their names.
Noun is the name of ____________, ______________,
__________________ or _____________.
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Spelling
A) Fill in the blanks:
1. On a long car trip I some times _________ and fall asleep.
2. I feel my __________ is too big for my face.
3. Please __________ a napkin when you sneeze.
4. A __________ is a beautiful flower.
5. I learned to climb a ten- foot ___________.
B) Match the words with their meaning.
Cute melody
Woke offspring of a donkey and a horse
Mule something beautiful or pretty
Rode part in a play or movie
Role stopped sleeping
Tune drive
C-Circle the correct spelled word
1. Rolle role roul
2. Wock woak woke
3. Cute kute kut
4. Mule moul mul
5. Rous ros rose
6. Nose nos nous
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Writing.
Write about your “Mom” as she is the most important member in
your family
Cook - clean – make- prepare- study- wash –love- care - kind
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Lesson.5
Teachers Pet
by Dayle Ann Dodds
Genre: Realistic Fiction ( is a story that could really
happen. It has characters that acts like real people and
places feels like real place, events could happen in real
life.)
Summary:
This story tells about what teacher and student do one year in their classroom. Miss
Fry asked all the students to bring in their pets but the student left them stay with
Miss Fry for the whole year.
Vocabulary words.
Noises Sounds
Wonderful Great
Sprinkled Scattered or shook small amounts
Noticed Was aware of, saw
Suddenly Quickly
Bursting Full of
Quiet Calm, not noisy
Share Divide up
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A) Label the pictures:
B) Use the words in sentence:
1. Wonderful
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2. Bursting
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3. Noticed
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4. Suddenly
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C) Choose the correct answer.
1. What is the setting of the story “Teache’s Pet”?
a. House
b. Supermarket
c. School
d. Classroom
2. Why is this story a Realistic Fiction?
a. Because the story is funny
b. Because the story take place in school
c. Because this story could happen in real life
d. Because the character seems like real people
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3. Why do neighbours want red to stay at the school?
a. Because they don’t like animals around
b. Because he won’t wake them up the morning
c. Because red was dangerous
d. Because Red was
e. None of the above
4. How is Miss fry toward the students?
a. Kind and caring
b. angry
c. Lovely
d. Nice
5. What will Miss Fry think If Patrick leaves the tarantula at school?
a. She will mind
b. She will be angry
c. She will not mind
d. She will be sad
6. What happened when all the students have brought in their pets?
a. The room is full of animals
b. The parents are relieved
c. The school became a zoo
d. None
7. What happened on the last day of the school?
a. Class is having a lunch
b. Students said goodbye to miss Fry.
c. Students had a party and said good byes
d. Students played together
D) Answer the following questions:
1. Where the story takes place and who are the characters?
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2. What does Miss Fry do just before she goes home?
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3. Why do you think the parents are so happy that miss Fry loves the pet?
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4. How does the story end?
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Comprehension Text
Read the text and answer the Questions below.
Tomorrow is My Birthday. I will be seven
years old. My family is giving me a big
birthday party. All of my friends will be
there. We will eat cake and ice-cream. We
will sing and play games. I hope to get many
nice presents. My grandma promised to get
me a fairy dress with wings on my seventh
birthday I can’t wait to see it. I’m so happy.
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Q1. How old am I going to be ?
a. Six
b. Eight
c. Seven
Q2. What promise my Grandma made?
a. She will get me a doll
b. She will sing a song
c. She will get me a fairy dress
Q3. What we will do at the party?
a. Sit and play
b. Eat, sing and play
c. Play games
Grammar
Singular and plural noun:
A singular Noun names one person animal or thing.
A plural noun names more than one person animal or thing.
A) Identify whether the underlined word is Singular(S) or Plural(P) write in
the box.
The students are playing
Cristina is reading her books.
There is a big room on the first floor.
She bought a new toy.
There are many birds in sky.
We visited few Markets in town.
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Spelling
A) Change the order of the alphabets and make the correct word.
Ipsn
ilgd
grad
ustj
Aergd
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Alecp
apcl
miws
Pils
Egast
Writing
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Lesson.6
Animals Building home by Windy Perkins
Summary:
In this story the author is giving facts about animals home and try to convey the
idea of the importance of homes for everyone even animals “why they need it and
how hardworking they are to make it safer for them”
Genre: Informational Text
Vocabulary words:
Pond A small body of water
Winding Not straight, curvy
Deepest The most hidden or inside
Beaks Birds’ mouth
Break To snap off
Branches Limbs of trees
Shaped In the form of
Hang attach something from up high so it drops down
Use these words in your sentence.
1. hang______________________________________________________
2. breaks_____________________________________________________
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Label the pictures from the words above:
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A) Choose the best answer:
1. Why are ponds important to beavers?
a. beavers build their home in pond
b. beavers cannot live on land
c. beavers like living in pond water
2. Beaver build a lodge using ____________
a. moss
b. grass
c. mud, grass and logs
3. Some animals live in their homes for _____________ some live long
enough to raise their kids and survive seasons.
a. until cold season finish
b. life
c. short time
4. A humming bird build a small ____________ nest.
a. ball shaped
b. round shaped
c. cup shaped
5. The mouse hides its nest in ___________
a. tall grass
b. trees
c. under ground
6. What is meant by “some animals put a lot of work into building
their homes”.
a. work hard
b. work less
c. they designs it
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7. Termites build _____________ mixed with mud and saliva.
a. mounds
b. nest
c. tunnel
8. _____________ are holes underground where some animals live.
a. web
b. nest
c. burrow
9. Some animals live in home made by _____________ animals.
a. Other
b. Big
c. None of the above
B) Answer the following question.
1. Why do animals need home?
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2. How does a polar bear make its den?
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3. Why is this story an Informational text?
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Read the following text and answer the questions.
The Puppy and Kitty
My Family adopted a puppy and a kitten
from the animal shelter. They were so
young, they did not even have names yet.
We had to think of good names for them.
The puppy like to jump up. The kitten likes
to curl up in our laps.
“What do you want to name them?” Asked mom.
My sister said, “Pounce for the puppy and cuddles for the kittens”.
We all though those name were perfect.
1. What animals did they adopt?
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2. What does the kitten likes to do.
a. jump
b. play
c. curl up
3. Who suggested the names?
a. Mom
b. Sister
c. Dad
4. What are the names of the pets?
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Grammar
More plural nouns Adding – es to Nouns
One or more than one
A) Read the noun in the box and circle the correct plural form:
B) Write the Plural of the following:
Lamp
Branch
Box
Bottle
Couch
Plate
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bus
Dish
Brush
C) Irrgular Noun that change spelling
Choose the correct form of plural noun.
1. I have two _______________.
feet foot
2. The _____________ are playing in the park.
children child
3. Two ______________ ran into the hole.
mouse mice
4. Three ______________ baked these tasty pies.
woman women
5. I saw a lot of __________ in the pond.
goose geese
D) Write the plural form of the following.
Tooth
Child
Goose
Woman
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sheep
Man
Person
Hair
Mouse
Ox
E) Underline the collective noun.
1. I saw a swarm of bees. ……………
2. The team of musicians played very five songs…………………
3. The audience liked the show. ………………….
4. A flock of birds was passing the lake. …………………..
5. I have a collection of feathers. …………….
6. An army of ants work together. ………………………
F) Use” and” to combine the subjects In each sentence.
1. Ana likes to play basketball.
Duke likes to play basketball.
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2-Ron have finished his homework.
John have finished his homework.
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3.Frog lives in water.
Fishes lives in water.
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4.Jack painted the picture.
Ron painted the picture.
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Spelling
PREFIXES
UN : NOT, THE OPPOSITE
RE:AGAIN A) Write the prefix of the following.
______Hang :_____________
______Tie________________
______Build______________
______Real_______________
______Fold_______________
______Make______________
_______Load_______________
______Set________________
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B) Use the words from the box and fill in the blanks.
1. Ben is sitting _____________ to me.
2. We left at the ______________ of the movie.
3. We slept in a tent at summer ______________.
4. I like to ______________ milk.
5. You can`t mail a letter without a _____________.
6. The boat ________________ in the water.
7. Birds ______________ in the morning.
8. We ________________ in a line in the morning assembly.
C) Complete the words using final blends
____ ____ mp ___ ___nt
stamp – next – camp – end – drink – sing – stand – sank
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____ ____ nk ____ ____ ____ nd
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Writing
Main Idea and Details
Write about a park that you visited.
Helping words: Play- enjoy- eat- drink-run
Park
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Lesson 7 The Ugly Vegetables
By Grace Lin
Genre: Realistic Fiction (A story that could happen in real life.)
Summary:
It’s a spring season in Narrator’s town, She and her mother started to plant their
garden as well as the neighbours but the narrator garden is different from the
neighbours she thinks it’s ugly and plain and their neighbours garden is beautiful
and blooming. They grow Chinese vegetables and the neighbours have grown
flowers but in the end the narrator is happy because their vegetables made a tasty
soup which everyone wants to eat.
Vocabulary Words:
Shovel Garden tool used to lift dirt and
soil
Blooming Having flowers
Scent A smell
Nodded Moved the head up and down
Wrinkled Folded up in a messy way
Plain Simple, not fancy
Muscles Parts of body use to help move
and do things
Tough Hard, thick on the outside
A) Use the flowing in sentence:
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Blooming__________________________________________________________
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Nodded____________________________________________________________
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Plain______________________________________________________________
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B) Label the pictures.
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C) Choose the best answer.
1. What time of year is it in the story?
a. spring
b. autumn
c. winter
2. Why Mrs. Crumerine was using a small shovel?
a. because she can’t hold big heavy shovel.
b. because her garden is small .
c. because she didn’t have big shovel.
3. What did the neighbours grow in their garden?
a. fruits
b. vegetables
c. flowers
4. What is hose used for?
a. to dig
b. to water
c. to plant
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5. What did the mother write on the pieces of paper?
a. names of Chinese vegetables
b. names of vegetables
c. names of fruits
6. What does the mother think about garden?
a. she thinks it’s important.
b. she thinks growing vegetable is good idea.
c. she thinks flowers are better.
7. What does it mean to use all your muscles?
a. To do hard work
b. To work less
c. To use less strength
8. What did mother make with vegetables?
a. salad
b. cake
c. soup
9. How is narrator’s feeling in the end of the story?
a. Excited
b. Sad
c. Happy
D) Answer the following questions.
Q1. What can you learn about farmers?
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Q2.How are the gardens different?
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Q3.What did you learn about the narrator’s neighbourhood?
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Read the text and answer the following Questions.
Fred the Fire Fighter
This is Fred. He’s fireman. He is big and strong. He works at the fire station. He
helps people.
Every day he gets up at five o’clock in the morning. He takes a shower and puts on
his clothes. Then he eats breakfast at six o’clock. At quarter to six, He rides his
bike to the fire station.
Fred starts work at seven o’clock. He cleans his hat and boots. Then, he talks with
his friends. Sometimes he puts out fires and rescue people.
In the evening he takes shower and feed his dog. After having his dinner he play
football with his friends and goes to bed.
1. Where does Fred work?
a. fire station
b. hospital
c. bus station
2. What does he do before going to bed?
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3. What is the duty of a Fireman?
a. catch the law breakers
b. clean the fire station
c. rescue people
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4. What time Fred starts his work?
a. Five o’clock
b. 10 o’clock
c. Seven o’clock
Spelling
A) Circle the suitable word for the picture.
add across
class children
trick pocket
Spell stuck
Full kick
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B) Choose the word from the box and fill in the blank.
1. I will put that hard _________ in my box.
2. The sky is __________ at night.
3. I __________ the ball and score for our team.
4. My ___________ hurts from looking at the stars.
5. The car tire is __________ in the mud.
6. Take the cat _________ the table.
7. I live _________ the street from the market.
8. He put the coins in his ______________.
C) Circle the word with double consonant and ck.
1. door glass fluff
2. arm leg fuzz
3. ball neck dress
4. small huge bat
5. rat mitt duck
across – pocket – rock – kick – black – neck – stuck – off
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D) Match the homophones. Draw a line between the words that sound the
same.
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Grammar
Proper Noun
Write the Proper Nouns Correctly in the column.
Proper Nouns
animals
dr. john
doctors dolls
london
barbie doll
garden
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Writing
Write the story in sequence.
Start the paragraph in from the middle of the page.
Start the sentence with a Capital letter and end with a period.
The Thirsty crow
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