Unit 1
Capital Letters and Full Stops
Sentences
Look and Learn
Every sentence begins with a capital letter.
A bird flies.
Many sentences end with a full stop.
Write each sentence correctly.
a frog hops
A frog hops.
i can see a lion
mice are small
here is a spider
my dog barks
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More Practice
Unit 1
Sentences
Write a sentence about each picture.
Begin each sentence with a capital letter and end it with a full stop.
boat
This is a
boat.
flag
pencil
cat
balloon
gorilla
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Verbs - Past Tense - 2
Unit 3
Verbs
Look and Learn
wash - washed
I washed my hands
catch - caught
I caught the ball.
Many verbs end in ed
in the past tense.
Some verbs do not end in ed
in the past tense.
Match up each verb with the way it is written in the past tense.
go
threw
come
walked
throw
went
break
rode
walk
carried
give
came
ride
took
see
swam
carry
broke
take
saw
swim
gave
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go
went
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Unit 3
More practice
Verbs
Write these sentences in the past tense.
I throw the ball.
I threw the ball.
I fall off my chair.
I go to the shops.
I ride my bike.
I speak to my friend.
I come home.
I take a picnic.
I break a window.
I give the dog a bone.
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Unit 9
Nouns
Concrete and Abstract Nouns
Look and Learn
Concrete nouns are the names Abstract nouns are the names of
of things you can touch, taste, thoughts, ideas and feelings.
see, hear or smell eg rock.
You cannot touch, taste, see, hear
or smell them eg honesty.
Now try these.
Write each noun in the correct column of the chart below.
cake
door
hope
snail
honesty
bike
fear
beauty
pen
glass
tree
kindness
concrete nouns
book
happiness
cat
freedom
relief
stairs
knife
speed
wonder
mug
thought
action
abstract nouns
cake
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Unit 9
Nouns
More Practice
Use a dictionary
if necessary
1. Write the adjective from which each
of these abstract nouns comes.
2. Write the verb into an abstract
noun by adding a suffix.
adjective
abstract
nouns
verb
abstract
nouns
loyal
loyalty
please
pleasure
sickness
attract
darkness
divide
foolishness
concentrate
freedom
astonish
justice
amaze
kindness
accept
ugliness
obey
height
hate
width
judge
heat
fly
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