Section 1 1. Possessive Pronouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. Linking Verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3. Predicate Nominatives; Complements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4. Compound Nouns; Hyphens in Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5. Quiz 1 and Extra Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Section 2 6. Compound Subjects and Verbs; Diagramming Compound Subjects and Verbs . . . . . . . . 20 7. Comma Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 8. Apostrophes; Contractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 9. Past, Present, and Future Tense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 10. Quiz 2 and Extra Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Section 3 11. Using Comparison in Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 12. Using Contrast in Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 13. Verb Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 14. Self Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 15. Creative Writing, Day 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 16. Creative Writing, Day 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 17. LightUnit Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Cursive Alphabet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Spelling Word Bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

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Compound Nouns; Hyphens in Numbers

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compound noun: two or more words joined to make one noun

Compound nouns are quite common . You see them everywhere .

ice cream sandbox chitter-chatter

There are three types of compounds: open compounds, closed compounds, and hyphenated compounds . Look at the examples above, and you can easily see the difference .

Open compounds have space between the words forming the compound .

cell phone hot dog walking stick heart attack

Closed compounds have no space between the words forming the compound .

tablecloth oatmeal hilltop chalkboard

Hyphenated compounds have a hyphen between the words forming the compound .

daughter-in-law six-year-old one-third know-it-all

There is not a set rule for which compounds are open or closed or hyphenated . In order to be sure, you must check a dictionary .

Compound Nouns

A Underline the correctly written compound. Use a dictionary.

1. jack knife jackknife jack-knife

2. dump truck dumptruck dump-truck

3. son in law soninlaw son-in-law

4. after noon afternoon after-noon

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Use a hyphen to spell twenty-one to ninety-nine or twenty-first to ninety-ninth .

thirty-five forty-three thousand one hundred thirty-second

Use hyphens for fractions written with words . For mixed numbers, do not use a hy-phen with the word and .

three-fourths one and one-half three and five-eighths

Hyphens in Numbers

B Add hyphens where needed.

5. The train has an average speed of fifty three miles per hour.

6. Michigan became the thirty sixth state on January 26, 1837.

C Write each number with words.

7. 92

8. 34th

9. ¹⁄8

10. 1¼

11. 78

12. 6½

D Underline each predicate nominative. Diagram each sentence.

13. An aglet is the plastic end of a shoelace.

14. A rabbit’s worst enemies are foxes and hawks.

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E Cross out each incorrect word. Write the correct word above it.

15. Fifi attackted the groundhog.

16. Michael drownded his cake in alot of milk.

F Put parentheses around each prepositional phrase. Circle the object of each preposition. Underline each subject.

17. The coffee in the break room is for the construction workers.

18. The dogs in the kennels barked at the skunk.

G Add commas where needed.

19. On November 12 2003 a Shanghai Transrapid train set a speed record of 311 mph (501 km/h).

20. Send the order to 872 Dock Street Ketchikan Alaska.

21. Come outside Fredrick and see the meteor shower.

H Choose a more concise word from the box to replace each group of words.

22. due to the fact that

23. almost all

24. at all times

I Write a sentence using am as a linking verb. Draw an arrow to the subject from the word that renames or describes it.

25.

J Recite the ten prepositions you learned in Lesson 1.

most because always soon

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K Writeeach letterneatlyfive times inyournotebook.

O P Q R S T

L Write the names of these seas in your notebook.

Black Sea Caspian Sea Ionian Sea Mediterranean SeaAdriatic Sea North Sea Red Sea Caribbean Sea

Penmanship

M Write the spelling word that the words remind you of.

26. fright + bird

27. cattle + lawn

28. above + jacket

29. star + bloom

30. spin + spear

31. ocean + coast

32. hay + fruit

33. water + arch

34. crew + partner

35. points + wood

36. nail + pillow

37. letters + author

38. ice + tiller

N Unscramble each spelling word.

39. hmletesevs

40. orevsusle

41. smweeoehr

42. ohsntaret

O Write Section 1 spelling words in your notebook.

Spelling — Hodgepodge

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