Learning Goal

To write descriptive sentences by adding adverbs and adjectives to simple sentences.

Ariel Verona

Unit Title: Read and write simple descriptive and narrative sentences

Term 2Week 1

Parts of Speech Practice - Adjectives & nounsAs you know, adjectives are describing words that give us more information about nouns. For example, look at the table below to see how adjectives describe nouns. Adjective Noun In a sentenceCrisp, clean sheets The crisp, clean

sheets crinkled as he lay on them.

Long, curly hair The dog’s long, curly hair shone in the sun.

Ripe, red apples Her ripe, red apples were sweet.

Colourful print I designed the colourful print on her t-shirt.

If you take away the adjectives, we, the readers, know less about the nouns. The sentences become less specific and not as interesting (descriptive):

1. The sheets crinkled as he lay on them. 2. The dog’s hair shone in the sun. 3. Her apples were sweet. 4. I designed the print on her shirt.

Grammar hack: To really test if a word is an adjective, here’s what to do:

1. Find the noun2. Ask yourself ‘What type of…(insert the noun)’. 3. If there is a word to describe that noun, you have found an

adjective.

The crisp, clean sheets crinkled as he lay on them.

1. Find the noun – sheets2. Ask yourself ‘what type of sheets’3. Crisp and clean sheets 4. Adjectives are: crisp, clean

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TASK 1: Look around the room you are in. Write five nouns and think of suitable adjectives to describe them. The first one has been done for you.

1. __messy (adj) desk (n)___________________

2. ___________________________

3. ___________________________

4. ___________________________

5. ___________________________

TASK 2: Using your knowledge of what adjectives are and what they do, read the two texts below.

Text 1The story ‘The Drover’s Wife’ is by Henry Lawson. It is about the toughness of the woman in the bush. It was published in 1892. 

Text 2This classic Australian story, The Drover’s Wife by the famous writer, Henry Lawson is important to read because it tells us about how tough people, especially women were in the 1800s in the Australian bush. It was published in 1892.

Questions about these two texts

1. What adjectives have been added to the first sentence to make it more descriptive? _______________________________________

2. Can you find any other adjectives in Text 2? _________________________________________________

3. How have the first and second sentences been joined to make the writing flow better? __________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. The final sentence is the same in both texts. Can you find an adjective? _________________________________________

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You will find the answers at the end of this document. Try not to look at them until you

finish or if you get stuck.

Parts of Speech Practice VerbsAs you know, verbs show actions – what someone is doing or what someone did. Examples: go, speaking, lived, been, is. I listen to the word and then repeat it.

Task 3: Read through the text in the box below and circle or highlight every verb you see. Write the verbs in the space below or in your book. The first one has been done for you.

Summary + learn another part of speechSo far today, we have revised the part of speech, nouns, adjectives and verbs. Another important part of speech is an adverb. You may or may not have learned about these.

An adverb explains more information about the verb. (This is very similar to the way an adjective gives more information about a noun).

Type of adverb How it modifies a verb

Example of this type of adverb

Time, frequency when Sometimes, Always, never, now, yesterday, weekly

Way, manner how Slowly, very, always, well, too

Place where Here, there, above, below, beside

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A drover is a person who rides a horse to drive cattle or sheep over long distances, helped by cattle dogs. The reason they had to go long distances was to get to cattle markets and allow the animals to eat grass along the way.

_is,___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

You will find the answers at the end of this document. Try not to look at them until you finish or if

you get stuck.

Watch your choice of these online videos to study adverbs so you can recognise them and use them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz6B4vmDrsE simple explanation of adverbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILzMvSd1FQ a video with good exampleshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_txnezQ12c0 more complex explanation of adverbshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttd5HniaNkQ adverbs of time. (with an interesting accent!)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK7su_oyX2Y adverbs of place (by the same teacher)

Frequency adverbs: always, usually, normally, often, sometimes, occasionally, seldom (hardly ever), rarely, never

Task 4: Choose one of these adverbs of frequency to fill the gap in the sentences below

1. Peter ________ likes the way I cook the meat, but tonight he didn’t like it at all.

2. My mother _________ told us to clean our teeth before leaving the house, so I still do as I was told.

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3. _______________ I have a cappuccino, but usually I have café latte.

4. I ______________ listen to the radio, because I just don’t have time.

5. I __________ listen to country music because I really can’t stand it.

Task 5. You will need to think of or find adverbs of ‘way’ or ‘manner’ to fill the spaces below.

1. Gertrude waited _____ for the Lorax to arrive.

2. The mouse in our kitchen was _____ small.

3. The children laughed _____ when they saw what their

uncle had brought them.

4. We heard music playing _______ in the apartment next

door.

5. The puppy fell off the bed, but _____ he wasn't hurt.

6. A man walked _____ up and down the room.

7. The twins were playing _____ in their playpen.

8. The wizard watched _____ as Rico became more and

more upset.

9. The playground was filled with _____ leaves.

10. A teacher spoke _____ to the boys in the hallway.

11. The bells of the church rang _____ in the clear winter air. 

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Task 6: Here are some adverbs of place. Choose the

appropriate one to fill the gap in the six sentences below.

1. ________ are my shoes! I thought I would never find

them.

2. I can’t wait to get to the Eiffel Tower. We should be _____

around 2.30 p.m.

3. Go _________! I’m too angry to speak to you now!

4. If you look just ___________ the railway station on the

map, you will see Sturt Street.

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5. When I came down to lunch, I left my bag

______________. Could you go and get it for me please?

6. You pushed into the queue, sir. I want to serve the person

_______ you, so please go to the back of the line.

Basic Sentence Structure

We’re going to look very carefully now at sentences to help improve your

writing. Now that you know some of the parts of speech (nouns, verbs,

adjectives and adverbs) you will be able to see how sentences are

made.

In English, simple sentences are made in this order:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uyagMRw2Sc basic sentence structure – four basic sentence structures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lVy2cz30tc basic sentence structure guy, ‘I like milk’.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enXLVg68aUM basic sentence structure

Sentence Practice Subject – Verb - Object

Task 7: Put the Subject, the verb and the object in the correct order. The first one has been done for you. You will see a letter in brackets to indicate the parts of a sentence subject (s), verb (v) and object (o).

1. is built/ The house/ on their land.

__The house (s) is built (v) on their land (o). __________________

2. to you/ the apple/ I gave

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Subject Verb Object

I like coffee

_________________________________________________________

3. all her flowers/ sold/ She

_________________________________________________________

4. painted/ the whole house/ Matthew

_________________________________________________________

5. off the bed/ The puppy/ fell

_________________________________________________________

Sentence Practice Subject – verb – adjective Task 8: As we have seen adjectives can come after the verb. Think of two more adjectives to complete these sentences.

The house is weak. The house is _____________. The house is _____________.

Victoria’s clothes are pretty. Victoria’s clothes are ______________.Victoria’s clothes are ______________.

The newspapers were folded. The newspapers were _________________. The newspapers were _________________.

My kitchen was clean. My kitchen was ___________________. My kitchen was___________________.

His school bag is yellow. His school bag is ___________. His school bag is ___________.

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Sentence Practice Subject – verb – adverbTask 9: Previously we learned that adverbs describe verbs and there are three kinds: adverbs of place, frequency and manner. Think of two more adverbs to complete these sentences.

The house was built slowly

The house was built _________.

The house was built _________.

Victoria put on her clothes quickly.

Victoria put on her clothes ________________.

Victoria put on her clothes ________________.

The newspapers are everywhere.

The newspapers are _____________.

The newspapers are _____________.

The kitchen was run well.

The kitchen was run _____________.

The kitchen was run _____________.

His school bag is outside.

His school bag is ______________.

His school bag is ______________.

Extension activity to practice parts of sentence Task 10: Adding to sentences. Below are simple sentences. Add words to answer the questions who, what kind, how many, when, where, why. You will be using adjectives and adverbs. The first one has been done for you.

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1. Children are playing

__________, (how many) ______, _______, (what kind)

children are playing, ___________(where).

Four (how many) ragged, dried-up looking (what kind) children are playing about the

house (where).

2. _____________ (when) _____________(what kind) snakes

_____________ (how) dart _____________ (where).

3. The ________(who) ________(what kind) woman

________(how) watches ____________________ (what)

_________________.(when)

4. He _________ (how) carries ______________

(what)________________________. (where)

5. __________ (who) Jacky __________(when) __________

(how) protests _________. (what about) You can hopefully see what rich, descriptive and detailed sentences you have written, now that you know about parts of speech and sentence construction. If you are unsure, write down a question to ask me when I call you. Take note of the page number and question number to make it easier for us both to find. You may want to make a checklist like the one on the next page.

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Term 2 Week 1 Checklist Topic and Tasks Page comments

questions Parts of Speech Practice Adjectives & nouns.

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Task 1- adjectives and nouns 2Task 2 – Adjectives 2Parts of Speech – Verbs 3Task 3 – Verbs 3Types of Adverbs 3Online videos 4Task 4 - Adverbs of time, frequency 4Task 5 - Adverbs of manner 5Task 6 - Adverbs of place 6Task 7 - Basic Sentence Structure Subject – verb – object

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Task 8 – Subject – verb – adjective 8Task 9 – Subject – verb – adverb 9Task 10 – Extension – Adding to sentences

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Answer page Answers for Task 1: your choice of adjectives and nouns. Please check these with me via text, email or phoneAnswers Task 2: 1. Classic, famous

2. tough, important, Australian 3. The conjunction ‘because’ has been used to join the sentences. (N.B. examples of other conjunctions are ‘and’ and ‘but’). 4. There are no adjectives in the final sentence.

Answers Task 3: rides, drive, helped, had, go, was, get, allow, eatAnswers Task 4. 1. Usually, always, normally, generally, often, frequently

2. Usually, always, normally, generally, often, frequently3. sometimes, occasionally,4. Rarely, seldom, never5. Never

Answers Task 5: Your choice of adverbs. Please check these with me via text, email or phone

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Answers Task 6: 1. Here 2. There 3. Away 4. Above, below, next to, near 5. Upstairs 6. BehindAnswers for Task 7:

1. The house is built on their land. 2. I gave the apple to you. 3. She sold all her flowers. 4. Matthew painted the whole house. 5. The puppy fell off the bed.

Answers for Task 8: your choice of adjectives. Please check these with me via text, email or phone.Answers for Task 9: your choice of adverbs. Please check these with me via text, email or phone.

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