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Th hao Ypres permission of ACARALauren O’Brien ¢ John WaltersiMessagextonleachers Thank you for choosing this book. Grammar Conventions isa creative new series devise to assist in the teaching of grammar. Dear Colleagues, Grammar Conventions provides stimulating activities that wil develop studerts' language skis Rincomporates activities that address both traitional and functional rammat The aim of Grammar Conventions isto systematically provide al students with interesting and achievable activities based ‘0nfulfiling national grammatical requirements Why teach grammar? Itisimportant to teach grammar because itis the framework we use when speaking stern, reading and writing. A knowledge of grammar allows us to have a shared language to use when teachingjlearning the conventions of the written or spoken word ‘There are.a number of important attributes that define this book: Content {Grammar Conventions alms to systematically and precisely address the new national dlieetion. Contents specially developed as required for each year level, ‘Step-by-step introduction to difficult concepts Each book's contents carefully organised into bite-sized achievable nits. An extensive use of ‘araphics has also been used to assist in the easier understanding of many concepts. [As new concepts are introduced teachers are given specific teaching points uzon which they can focus their students attention. When necessary, definitions and examples are presented ina blue box to aid understanding. Text Types "Most units are developed around a particular text type The text types feature vigh-interest content that students will enjoy reading, Teachers 4 Teachers believe it isimportant tht students are able to recognise the grammatical skills they are leaming in ‘real if’ situations, tis irportant that chien see grammar skis used in context. ‘Motivational full colour design This product has been designed in full colour with attractive activities and fabulous age-appropriate lystrations throughout. We take pride in creating resources that are appealing to not only students, but teachers as wel, Authorship “The principal authors of Grammar Corwentions are John Walters, a schoo! principal and Lauren OBrien, teacher. In addition to these fine authors Harry O'Brien ill Spence, Geg Purcell, Graharn Roberts and Fiona Wigley have consulted on tis series, ‘We hope you enjoy these books. Kind regards, Lauren Orien & John Walters1 Common Nouns 2 2 Sentence Grammar- Images 4 3 Proper Nouns 6 4 Plurals 8 5 Adjectives 10 6 Compound Words R 7 Verbs “ 8 Homophones 16 9 Verbs 8 10 Statements 20 11 Adverbs 2 12 Questions 2 13. Antonyms /Synonyms 26 14 Exclamations 28 15 Relating and Auxillary Verbs + Subject-Verb Agreement 30 16 Clauses 32 17 Pastand Present Tense 4 18 National Testing Style Review 1 36 19 Noun Groups 38 20 Apostrophe of Contraction 40 21 Prefixes, Suffixes and inflectional Endings a 22 Sequential Events “4 23 Adverbials- When Phrases 46 24 Verb Groups 48 25 Adverbials- Where Phrases 50 26 Vocabulary Expansion 32 27 Saying and Sensing Verbs 54 28 Paragraphs 56 29 Visual Grammar 58 30 Evaluative Vocabulary / Modal Verbs 60 31 Providing Opinions @ 32 Compound Sentences /Conjunctions os 33 Comparing Dialects 66 34 National Testing Style Review 2 68NOUNS Nouns are naming words. ‘Common nouns name people, places and things. These are common nouns: boy, hill, book. 1. Puta cross on seven common nouns in the picture then write them below. ‘The words in the box may help you. 2 Choose the correct common noun from the box to complete these sentences. a The sailors rowing the sword classroom | jy The pupils satin the flags boat © Putthe ‘on your head. bird tree 4. The pirate has asharp bag hat e The flew up into the tree. £ The woman put the oranges in a 3 Use the pictures to unjumble the common nouns. Write the answers below.4 Circle the two common nouns in each line, a tree ran jumped — gitl b pretty carpet’ chair. tall « softly man sing hill long huge truck Class Trip to the Museum Last tem our class went to the museum. We took 2 train nto the city and then walked from the station. We stopped atthe park for recess.|had apie and a dink. The museum was big and full of great ching. We even saw a dinosaur. It was so big its head almost touched the roof! We also saw animals, birds and bugs. {really liked the museum.| hope my family ‘take me to visit it again on the weekend. 5 Read the recount and undertine all the common nouns you can see. Some help has been given in the first paragraph. © Look back at Class Trip to the Museum.Write the common | nouns that are places in this box. 7 Choose common nouns of your own to complete these sentences. The boy raced across the park and into the b The dog begged for some more Take the and put it in the garden shed. The woman is siting under a large Sally wore her to the 00. Underline the common nouns hidden in these sets of etters CeLCHHD titreegh — bncowkz) xbooklwo nhousehn| Shade the correct answer. The children look 2 Use the image from The Bug Catcher and the words in the bubble to answer these questions. a Isthe bug catcher young or old? b Does the bug catcher always need his glasses? © What type of small creature is he about to catch? d_ What do you think he will use to catch the spider? Chester the Chewer (One day, Dad couldn't find one of his favourite shoes. He looked everywhere but his shoe was nowhere to be found. 3 Look at the text above from the book, ‘Chester the Chewer What has happened to Dad's shoe? ») saryTent Type: Narrative Extract ) The Apple Thief "it's gone," yelled the honey ant ‘The worm poked his head out of his apple. | He wanted to know what all the fuss was about. Even the lady beetle had been woken from her afternoon nap. "What's all the fuss about?" asked the worm. | “Ws gone," cried the ant. "There's a thief" "What's gone?" asked the beetle. “My apple, my winter apple," cried the honey ant. “That's terible, well help you look fort said the worm. Read the extract from The Apple Thief. Write the correct answer. a [How many characters are shown in the picture? b Where had the lady beetle been napping? © Whats the ant holding that tells us he is old? 4d |Isthe honey ant happy or angry? © ‘Are the bugs inside or outside? £ Isitdaytime or night-time? 1g What did the worm come out of? 5 Look at the book page extract below to answer the following questions. ‘Amy would practise every day. ‘She would practise before school and after school. ‘She lived and breathed the game. a What game does Amy play? b What has Amy just done? ¢ Whete is Amy playing tennis in the picture? 6 Write a sentence describing this image,Uh Raprltom Proper nouns name special people, places and things. Proper nouns always start with a capital letter. These are proper nouns: Friday July Sydney ~—_—Forest Road 1 Circle ten proper nouns in the box below. Doctor Miller nurse umbrella Mount White house Michael rope Australia September i Tom Thumb cupboard ball Green Street Friday bed road Sue Roberts hot dog Wednesday 2. Rewrite these proper nouns using capital letters. a. mrs morgan b brown street september 4 new york © doctorlong WWI £ south river Underline the proper nouns in these sentences. a MrBuchan asked the boy to sit on the chair b_ Weare going to visit Perth next week. © Batmanis a comic superhero. d_ The Queen Maty sailed into the harbour. © My sisters black horse is called Storm. 4 Write a proper noun for each ofthe following, acountry d_agirl'sname b acity fe aschool © astreet fF ahospitalVisual Text- Map Skull Jstand asafe bay a group of trees dark place 5. Drawa line to join the places to the conect proper noun. appirate ship ahigh place The pirate map will help you, , Pivnre _Lerter ——_____— a ‘The treasure is buried somewhere on Skull sland. Sail ito Calm Bay.Go ashore near the hut and walk along the track. At each fork always take the track to the right. The treasure is not out in the open. Captain Blood has set a trap. Take a torch. ___ Billy Bones wane 8 Look backat the pirate letter and treasure map. Whereis the treasure hidden? Find the two pirates’ names (proper nouns) in the letter and write them on the sword. emt ; ‘maWhen there is ust one thing we say that itis singular. Eg. one cat Ifthere is more than one thing we say that itis plural. E.g. two cats Often we add an’s’to.anoun to make it plural. dog/dogs —book/books. —car/cars. || Make these words plural by adding s. Eg, Aplate two plates a apt ——> three se bapn ——= two € 2spoon ——> four d afok n> five | own ———, 10 : 2 Circle the plurals in the box below. peas beans carrot steaks chops catch potato soups sausage glass jams 3. Lookat the words in bold. Shade the correct one. a. Dad peeled two fresh (orange) @ranges). I poured myselfa of chocolate mit, CZ © The chef cooked a tasty roast @inners). Mum added three large (onion) (onions) to the soup. © Thedog ate some very small 4 Make these words singular. a eggs f rolls b salads 9 breads © pizzas h cheeses soups i meats fe burgers i apples When a word ends ins, sh, ch, x orz.add es to make it plural Eg. sandwich/sandwiches brush / brushes box/boxes5. Use the rule on the bottom of page 8 to make the following words plural a batch F boss b 9 iis ‘ hi dress sash 1 dish church J patch © Shade the plural that has the correct spelling. T Use the clues tofillin the puzzle. 7 6 The plural of soup. 7 The plural of torch. 8 The plural of wish. G g DOWN 2 1 The plural of song, 2 The plural of glass. = 3 The plural of lunch, 4 The plural of buzz 5 The plural of horse. ® Rewrite this sentence by changing the words in red to their plural form, Brendan opened the box and found ten peach,Adjectives are describing words. They describe nouns and make sentences more descriptive. Eg. The sailor had a hat. The tall sailor had a brown hat. | Use an adjective from the box to describe the items below. gold purple thin fluffy green enormous aa rabbit ba flower ca ring da frog ean elephant = fa man pointy spotted sharp short. — thin big huge round — bright white spiky wide 2. Choose an adjective from the box above that describes the features of the monster. Note:There may be more than one correct answer. a mouth b skin « body d teeth e eye f horns 3 Complete the puzzle using adjectives from the box to find the missing word. tallest honest old thin round al fof [ri fu 4 Which word was made?“Text Type: Comic ) 7 [(eetstmyloudparot—) (es, looked under my large) icas well (ves) ave you asked the litle cabir boy? ‘Have you looked behind the long table inthe kitchen? Have you looked in the wooden cupboard? It ‘might be sleeping, hat litle boy wouldn't | how to find anything. c ‘What’ thet on your head then, an apple on a stick? Seo ie 5 Complete these sentences by adding an adjective. The comic abovewill help you. a He looked in the cupboard, b The captain had a parrot. © Helooked undera chair ds That boy wouldn't know how to find anything. © Choose an adjective from the box to finish the sentences. a The coin was made of copper. b. The family ate curry. The fireman climbed up a ladder, d_ The policeman wore a uniform, e The sheep ate lots of grass. GhellengaQyaeen ist four adjectives that might describe a pirate,~~ Compound words are made when we join two words together to make a new word. E.g. every + day = everyday sun glasses = sunglasses , 1 Join these words to make a new word. a with +out f play +pen sand + pit g note + book saw + dust fh no+ body drain coat 1 look+out © pot +hole j hilltop 2 Make a‘grand! family Make new compound words by adding ‘grand’ to these words, a child = b daughter = c father = 4 son e mother 3 These are compound words. Write the two words that make up the compound word. Eg =e some how a someone b- spaceman footwear 4 pothole © bagpipe 4 Drawa picture ofthe following compound words. 2) reer reneeText Type: Report ) The songman is very important to many Aboriginal tribes. | | Heisa storyteller His songs tell about everyday things like | birds and animals. Many of these songs are passed down from the elders, Other songs have been overheard when | the spirits sing, \ The stoties are often told outdoors when the tribe is, sitting around a campfire. Sometimes the stories ae told to music. He may use clapping sticks. He is usually a very good singer. 5. Underline all the compound words you can find in The Songman, 6 How many compound words can you make using ‘foot’? The words in the foot will help you. a f ) \ b 9 _A path ball h stool wear note step d i print rest bridge hold ) e i — : GhellexgaO pki How many more compound words can you st that ave notin this unit of work?Verbs are doing words. They can tell us what action is happening in a sentence. Eg. walks, jumped, skipped, rode, ran etc. ) 1 Drawallne from the verb to the correct picture. Ce tes |€ sleeps slithers ‘swims 2. Usea verb from the box to finish these sentences. a The frog b The fish The child d Thelion e The key played roared jumped opened swam ‘onto a rock. past my eg. with a toy. at the people. tt he door. 4. Use a verb to tell what is happening in each picture < 4 Find and circle the verbs in the box below. ran child swam shoe salad talked jumped stroked skipped All senten walked have a ve music food ss must) bt }5. Find five verbs in the poem Seasick! The sails fill b ‘The deck sways c My head spins d feel sick! © Choose a verb of your own to finish these sentences a Thegitl through the forest. b Tony the winning goal. © Mia hername on the paper. dd MrCook ‘whole pizza forlunch. ™ ~ © Daniel bemedalaoundhis neck A 7 Add mote information or detail to expand these sentences. a Kelly cheers b The boys cheer © Emma skips Girls skip ® Find these verbs in the wordsearch, = |e |e fos lelelele GelMxgaQ pan Think of three verbs tha are not mentioned on this pageand spelling. ‘Homophones For example: Spiders have eight legs. The ant atea seed. Homophones are words that sound the same but are different in meaning : | Circle the homophone that matches the picture. a plain / plane b night/knight |e son /sun d__ meat/meet od e f 4. Shade the correct word in the following sentences, a Areyou (allowed) Caloudl)to go tothe school camp? bb Theumpire (blew ) (blue) the whistle loudly. « Paula (herd) (heard) the steam train coming 4. She putthe leterin the (mail) (male )box. € Itwas a dark and stormy (night) (knight) 4 { Find these homophones in the wordsearch. band banned berth birth ‘Match the homophones by drawing a line. two bye so herd sea blue heard blew t00 see a sow buy ark arc c srTolt[b a ufolyla r blelaln ‘carat carrot a r{t[h[n + v{s|ife heal c o[kiwld4| buoy boy r r[t thf] @ d[nja|bTHAIIBEARS, ow ‘There are two types of bear that live BLACK in Thailand; the Black Bear and the Sun Bear, BEAR ‘The Sun Bear has a yellow patch on its chest, just like alittle sun. It isa good fighter and has strong paws. They have no hair on the soles of their feet, The Black Bear is so large itis twice the size of the Sun Bear. It can easily stand on its back feet. This is why you might find it in a circus, 5. The following words all have a homophone. Shade the words below that have a homophone shown in bold in Thai Bears. 7 Rewrite these sentences using the correct homophone. a The son will ise in the east. b She hada large whole in her shopping bag, © He bought a knew coat at the market. 8 Find the homophone for sore. 9 Find the homophone for baw 10 Find the homophone for for. 11 Find the homophone for knows,| Use the words from the box above to describe the actions of each animal horse dog bird 2. Circle the action verb in each line. ‘2 Max hit the ball over the net Lily ran towards her mother. Jake invented a new board game. d_ Evaoften sleeps at her friend's house. fe. The boys catch fish in the river. £ The ball bounced over the line. Tina swam across the pool. 3 Match the verbs in the box with the verbs of similar meaning below. b | fall = dart screech slipText Type: Procedure How fo rake 2 4 Atuler 1 Marka length of 30cm and 50cm on the cane. Apencil 2 Cut the cane at the marks with the scissors. Strong cane 3 Place the cane pieces at right angles. pps pace 4 Attach the cane to the paper with sticky tape. Sticky tape 5 Fold overhanging paper inwards and tape it down, Celoured cae ite 6 Te thestng tothe cos pol ofthe cane Safetyscissors —_/ 7 Join the tail (ribbon) to the kite with sticky tape. / 8 Take your kite for a test flight. 4 Underline the verbs in the procedure above. 5 Drawa line to join each verb to one that has a similar meaning, a [mark join bo | cut ‘trim ¢ [anad draw ar Underline the two verbs in each sentence, ))) ‘The cat hissed and snarled at the dog. Jack climbed up the ladder and slid down the slope, ‘The car braked and skidded to a stop, ‘My brother smiled when he finished his test. Ruby sang as she wiped the dishes. 7 Shade the sentences that contain the more interesting verbs. 2 (Thecatscuried up the tee Checatwentupthewee _) > Cate received pier the coach) ‘ : The ball slammed into the wall. 4 Cheboysranontothefeld ——) (Goel devoured the cate )| Statements are sentences that tell us something. * They always start with a capital letter and end with a full stop. Eg, Spiders have eight legs. oo Shade the statements below. Thatbookisblue. | _sthatbook blue? Isthata dinosaur? Thatisa dinosaur Ishea tall man? He is tall man. Can she carrya table? She an caryatable. | That rocket is fast. : Is that rocket fast? Write your own complete statement to answer these questions. E.g.What is the capital of Australia? Canberrais the capital of Australia, ‘Whois your teacher? What city or town do you live in? What is your favourite colour? Who is your favourite team? ‘What colours the sky today? Drawa line to match the questions on the left to the answers (statements) on the right. Yes, do like cheese. ©. Myschoolis in Mudgee. ‘My name is Tegan. Yes, that ismy book. © Lam ten years old.at rilipede fea buttery LA bee termite dust mite 4 Match the bugs in the box above to their clues below, Wine Bug Asa IR Rito DA ‘@ Mylegsare like springs. Hive ina colony. am the best jumper. Hive ina large mound. Jam very tiny. It can be 5 metres high. tmaf__. mat b- lamlongand thin, Hive in dark, damp places. fe Thave four wings. was once a caterpillar. Ihave almost 200 legs. {come in many colours. Imam . tmab. /¢ Mivein ahve. e Vamtiny. Icollect nectar. Hive in your house. Imake honey. leat dead skin, fens Imad mm. 5 Choose. statement from the text to answer each ofthe following questions. Note:The letters will help you. The answer to question asin texta, a jumper? b legs do you have? © ve in? d ‘an your mound be? e wings do you have? f you eat? 6 List four statements from the text that could answer the following cuestion. Where do you live? oh b 3 fin) ide «Adverbs tell us more about verbs (doing words). Many adverbs end in ly. Eg. shespoke map she spoke softly heran map he ran quickly ‘How’ adverbs ‘Adverbs are often mady by | 1 Addily to these words to make them adverbs. adding y’toan adjective. a strange f wile b curious 9 stupid © safe h rude careful i loud © quiet J quick . 2. Lightly shade the ly adverbs in 3 Find the shaded adverbsin the wordsearch, the arid below. nfefale|tlyvfafe}s . neatly | house | loudly . xfkly[t]a]ifolplo k lent . duck — | silently | square Tv anialin ied ule crossly | paper | boldy Tielke (a cross | tightly | quickly e{rfols}/s|t}y|mt ran crawled | boat k}dj/efifata}elity 4 Use an ly adverb from the box that completes each sentence beloy loudly wildly brightly bravely safely silently sly The crowd cheered b The starsin the sky shone © We crossed the road d- Thelion crept through the grass e The wind blew against the window. F The girl wept when she heard the news. The army fought against the enemy.Shipping News w rani ‘The new ocean liner, Southern Star, arrived today. Pa Entering the harbour bollyt steamed powerfully through | thewaterneay ting te dock The captain, thinking quicky turned the ship swiftly and | everyone landed safety | ‘The waiting crowd cheered wildly as the brass band played loudly The ship will leave tomorrow. recite > 5 Read the Shipping News and list all the ly adverbs. a e b f « — a a h ‘Some adverbs tellus when the action is happening. Eg. The boat arrived yesterday. ‘Note: Not all adverbs end in ly. 6 Find two adverbs that tell us WHEN in the Shipping News. Hint Neither of these adverbs end in’ly. a b 7 Underline the when adverbs in the following sentences. a Iwoke at dawn, b_ Iwill come home soon, © Iread the newspaper daily. d_ Thedog dug a hole today. € I played soccer yesterday. ‘ 9 lam going to school tomorrow. © want to leave now.Coesitoa = Questions are sentences that ask something. They always start with a capital letter and end with a question mark =mp> ? Eg. What does a spider eat? Decide if these are statements or questions and write $ or Q. a The ant carried the grain back to its colony. What do we call a bee's home? How do beetles keep their wings safe? All spiders have eight legs Why do desert scorpions hunt at night? __ 2 Write a question that matches the statement answers. @ iy nameis Sienna, Azam eight years old, © @ A: A spider has eight legs. Fi ish these questions. Don't forget the question mark. Whats your ; > Where does your = a How can we Why do you 2 When will - 4. Usethe words in the bo to answer the questions below. (boat bee bird dog | \ 7H What has two wings and a beak? \\ /) What has four legs and can bark? What floats and has sails? ae What has six legs and collects honey?Riddles often have a hidden meaning, 5 Drawalline to match the riddle to its answer. A newspaper. Asponge. Your name. ‘A trapdoor spider. When it'sa stick insect. © Look at the text above. Write the riddle question that matches the answer. aa ‘A. When it’ a stick insect, ba ‘A. Your name. < A.A trapdoor spider. 7. Write short questions you could ask fo each topic below. CEeAD. woke vp youronn idle andananowercon. ) ee‘Antonyms are words that mean the opposite, or almost the opposite, to another word. soft =p hard large => small Eg. fast =p slow i antonyms. 1 Drawa line to join the words to thel a | tong b | stl | fast d | wide old t | safe mevng | slow fast dangerous on a a> _ short 2 Shade all the antonyms of the word slow. fast | sluggish | rapid old tiny ants water | swit quick | wise | speedy | blue 3. Choose an antonym from the box to solve the crossword. E (Genoss ) 1 bored 2 fast F F 4 safe 3 wide f 6 hairless 5 hard 5 8 long 7 grow 9 old a 10 sharp ] 4. Circle the words in the box that are antonyms of light, il dark glistening shadowy bright gloomy happy dim short shady tall dullSynonyms are words that mean the same, or almost the same, as another word. Eg. sick => ill angry => mad big mp large ‘Text Type:Description ) atl lives in the cold. He only likes freezing weather. He only drinks frosty drinks, and would you believe his food consists of frozen dinners only? His house, bed and all his furniture are made from ‘chunks of icy cold rock. Carl never feels chilly because he has never known, anything but cool weather. 5 Find as many synonyms for cold that you can in Cold Carl Write them in the box below. cold © Look at each word in bold, Circle its correct synonym, a large — small big round b fast hot i quick © tiny blue hit small d. slippery greasy hard wild © soggy light beld soaked 7. Write a synonym to replace the word in red, a Buddy has small paws, b_tewasa very cool morning, ¢ The cat's eyes were very tiny d_ The book was amazing @heflenge PEED Look in a thesaurus: find two antonyms and two synonyms forthe word BIG. 1 2 3 4‘Anexclamation isa sentence that shows a strong feeling or an emotion. Itends with an exclamation mark, =p | Eg.Don'tleaveme! — Ican‘tsee! 11 List all the exclamations you can find in The Massive Mix-Up. Hint:Look for exclamation marks. a a b e « f 2 Write the statement ‘S‘and the question in The Massive Mix-Up. a. b Qs 3. Write a suitable exclamation for the following cartoons. Don't forget to add the exclamation mark.[ett Type: Cor ic) upersallyexsuperHero, ‘Super Sal sees aman trapped PY voiresiaaing FPS, art have pockets inchs on ‘4 Read Super Sally to find who spoke the following exclamations. a “Help met” b “Ouch,my back!” “arth” “tim stuck!" 5 Write five exclamations that Super Sally made. a b d e © Write YES for each sentence below ifits an exclamation and NO ificis not. a Help me! b The caterpillar ate quickly. Look out below! 4 Canyou see the red car?Si pen Ee ‘Not all verbs show what you do, say or think. Some are used to make alink between two pieces of information. Examples: The Pirate has a sword. The relating verb is has. ‘Some pirates have swords. The relating verb is have. | feetogt ig ris | had has earl of relating verbs 1. Choose a relating verb from the orange box to * complete these sentences. fe ten years old b They my cousins, Tam ten ¢ They both tall. bali 4d. Itold Sam that she my best fiend, © Theteacher said that you a smart boy. F Aftileneck izard aveptile 9 Myfriends really kind people. 2. Shade the correct relating verb from the green box to fare ered hee complete each sentence. a Theoldman (Chas) a gold tooth (Grad) ots of animals They now five people playing the game. b Last week they © Peter (Fad) (have) already done his homework.“anbarywabs am ara ax wer Bove es end bad can boise eter trate einen octet cee veka een Eieiny aes) auxiliary verb _action verb 3 Write did or done to complete these sentences, then underline any auxiliary verbs in the sentences. ‘ a The boys have their work, b Lily ‘a great drawing of her dad, © Thegirlshad ‘a great job painting the house, d_ Thechildren not know the new teacher. 4 Write went or gone to complete these sentences, then underline any auxiliary verbs in the sentences. a Thechildren to the shop to buy the fruit bb Ljust don't know where all the money has © The dog had toltskennel, 4 He to visit his uncle. 5 Write two sentences that contain the given words © Write saw or seen to complete these sentences, then underline any auxiliary verbs inthe sentences. a thave all of those movies b They a footy game on the weekend, & - The large black owl the small mouse. Ke 4 Theyhad thelitte boy at school 7 Write two sentences that contain the given words saw seen‘A clause is a group of words that contains a verb. It makes sense on itsown. A basic clause consists of a participant group, a process group and usually a cheumstanegrour. ample: A Wake Participant Process Circumstance (subject) (verb) ‘The participant group tells us who or what is participating (the subject). | Underline the participants in The Bugs Have Breakfast. The first one has been done for you. ‘The Bugs Have Breakfast To find the participant: 1, Find the process (verb). 2.,Askwho or what is doing the verb. 2. Choose a participant for each sentence using the words in the bor. a _ have black and white stripes. bo sped into the sky. ‘The team. « ran onto the field. Zebras ‘The process group isa verb or verb group. It tells us what is happening. E.g, The horse trotted across the track. 3) Write in the missing process (verb) to complete these sentences using words from the box. a Swimmers, upanddownthe pool. | dive b Runners — around a track. swim © Tennis players with a racquet. write Divers off a platform. sprint Golfers with a golf club. swing Authors may. with a pen.4. Write the process in these sentences, a The phone rang. b_ The dog barked at the man, The car alarm beeped for several hours. The choir sang beautifully. ‘The tall man reached for the ball. « The lizard walked across the deck. e f 5 Write the circumstance group in each sentence. The process is in blue. a Smokey lives under the house. b Sammy swam across the pool. Thomas kicked with great skill d Selina climbed over the fence. © The car sped past our house. 6 Sort each sentence into participant, process and circumstance groups, _Jess played in the backyard. Patkipant = TEI Gress played b The waiter tripped over a chait. Paniceane [roast I creumstane over a chair, © _Atall man lived down the street. Participant Process circumstance Atall man d Thelion rested on a large rock. — rr inc wean TO} ParticipantPast tense Verbs tell us what action is happening and when itis happening (tense). Eg. I played tennis yesterday. When did it happen? In the past- yesterday. When the base word is a verb we usually add ed or d to make it past ense. 1 Complete the tables. [Beretoniaaarom as] | [Peevind ties] a| play played g| mash [ea onde f | show 1 slipped 2 Choose the correct verb to complete these sentences in past tense. 1 to school yesterday. b_ Last Monday Emma herlittle brother. | minded mind © Oscar his name on his books. print printed You very wel played play € They proudly their books. show showed f Thedog at the children, barked bark < Present tense is what is happening now. 3 Complete the table below to show the different ways to use present tense verbs, f We ‘They You Heorshe | Luke a| walk walk walk walk walks walks b| mind mind mind minds « print print printsPULL OUT ~ANEWERS” Sey"i . Year 3 Answers UNIT 1-Common Nouns "eR on (Some eames below) ‘eo tees wows ht path, chickens, a, as, barn, Sun, loud dog. pony. man overall shoe, Sut, cnn, house hy nerve? boat blsroom «hat d sword bid bs9| Exercise 2. bal bplane books umbvea xeric 4 2. te, gi caret, char cman, ‘Aton tck ter cis museum, vin, ty ston park, recess le, ds museum things nono, eo oo annals, bis bug, mau amy, weekend ster Enero museum cy, salon, pak Exercise? Handson UNIT2- Sentence Grammar-Images exercise happy b jumping < daytime doutide sinny Everle2 2.01 bio e spider Hands on Gat ands on example: Chesterhas taken Da sho into the sgurden ands cheng it Enardise athe bona ea cating tee ‘Langry ecoutie doytine an apple rere 5 {tenn b, httheballsered he ball con a tennis cout Exerdee 6 Hand on UNIT3 Proper Nouns Exerc Doctor Mil, Mount Whit, Hichael Austra September, Tom Thumb, Geen Sed, Fy, Siebert, Wednesday {Ne Morgan b. Brown Steet c September {New York = Doctor ong ¥ South ver vere ‘Mca b. 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Queen Wary e Storm varie 4 Hanson rare 5 {Calm oy b Dark Forest Cutlass Cave dackGem Citas eave I UNIT 4- Plurals xeric {pas by pans c spoons fos e.cups es, bans tak chops soups ams ranges bmg e dinner donions bone Ener 4 236g b Salad pind soup obra frag bread Acheese te app Enerie 5 abatches bfoses bones sshes ® churches f-boses ges dresses Lashes} patches varcso arpmaces b.dogs capples ditches | 1 brendan opened the botes an ound ten peaches UNIT Adjectives Exerise 1 Hands on Some cbous examples elon) ay. purple cold rem ‘cenonmous thin ‘Exercise 2 Hands on{Some examples ow) big hope, wide b spetted, baht «spt sho bin, get ound right poly, hr, bi ge whe ht spot ig he, ound, ight pny, Sharp Short shin Exercise ovine fi * @enogetous dangerous i ‘wooden b loud lage tie Exerdse 6 Hands on Some eanples eon) ‘round b.hotgiean clang dhe © wooly,Year 3 Answers UNIT 6- Compound Words Unit 8- Homophones verse 1 varie 1 avout b sande csadust dnc auplane b-kright sun d. meat ® pothole playpen 9, notebook hs nobody erie "oko kop {4 00 b bye, bey © 0,50" dat beard. 5, see varie (bie lew av arandch granddaughter c grander Crain ‘grandson e grandmother ‘allowed bbe heard dle ight verse nerdsed 4omefone b spacefan €foodvear = ‘dpouole e babipe Hands on frerdse engman, soley, vegday,overeard ‘outdoors campfie, smetines Exercise Inanorder:a footpath fotball footstol ever 5 The train’s speed is not set by the driver. ‘A computer keeps it at a safe speed. 5 Puta tick nextto the present tense sentences and a cross next to the past tense sentences. a They used special ar springs. They rode on wide tracks. b_ They use special air springs. F They ride on wide tracks. This tookall the bumps out. ‘They have a very pointy nose. 9 This takes all the bumps out. hh They had a very pointy nose. Rewrite these sentences in present tense. a That man fixed our tap. b The BBQ grilled our meat... , 4 Shade the correct bubble to answer these questions, Ben baked a cake. sta 1 Shade the common noun. 6 Which two words nake this }O Ben compound word? }O baked note +book — Cnot+ ebook ee ‘O noted +00k O cake ‘Onotebo + ok 2 Thedog looks The fish swam undera rock. ‘© happy. 7 Shade the verb. O excited, Ofish Osad. swam O joyful ‘under Oreck | saw Tom at the shops. 3 Shade the proper noun 8 Shade the homophones. Osaw Onight / knight OTom O day/night Othe ‘Omoon / sun O shops Oale / female 4 Shade the plural 9 Shade two verbs relating to a horse, Open aallop coat Obrown O dog strong Koscon Oot Atal man sat down. 5 Shade the adjective. 10 Shade the statement. Oa © My socks are blue, Onl © Are your socks blue? Oman © Mysocks are missing! Osat (© Cant wear blue socks?The boy ran quickly. Swimmers swim laps of a pool. 11 Shade the adverb. 16 What is the participant in this sentence?’ Oauicky ‘© Swimmers ran swim ° ° Z Obey Oleps A Othe ‘O laps of a pool Swimmers swim laps of a pool. 12 Shade the question. OMy name is Thomas. What is your name? © Thats not your name! © Do not tell me what my name is. 17 Whats the process in this sentence? ‘© haps ofa poo! 18 Shade the antonym of’short’ Swimmers swim in a pool. long 18 Whats the reumstance nts ee sentence! Oweak © Swimmers O laps Opbleck O swim O inapool. Iplayed tennis yesterday. 14 Shade the exclamation. (OLook out! (© Look out over the mount © Have you looked behind you? 19 This sentence is written in ‘© present tense, © past tense. © future tense, Ea ook behind you O notense atall {1am in the school soccer eam. am running slowly. 15 Shade the relating verb 20 This sentence is writen in Cam © present tense Oin © pasttense, Othe © future tense. Oteam © notenseatal‘Anoun group is a group of words that tells us more about the noun. Ithas a noun /nouns. It does not make sense an its own. It gives information about people, places or things. Eg. the very tall tree. The noun in this noun groups tree. 1 Choose the best noun to complete the following noun groups. rrr a| ajuicy, red water | a tall, white flagpole ¢| arazorsharp tomato | atiny, grey night | boiling kite | adarkand cold mouse Draw colourful flower. 2 Circle the nouns in these noun groups. a thesmall git b atall,dark man © the shiny, green racing car d_asoft;slimy banana © the large, colourful flowers 3. Youhave been given a noun group in the sentences below. Use words of your own to complete the sentences. a Asmall white mouse Jb Theblack dog 2 © Theirtwo small kittens Fd Alarge green lizard © Twotall boys4 Use noun groups to complete the answers to these questions. The answers ae in Feeding Vietnam. ‘a. What is a common rice dish? ‘Acommon rice dish is b_ What else is grown in Vietnam? = are also grown in Vietram, Describe the land in Vietnam. Most of Vietnam's land is Noun groups can be expanded to include descriptive information, 5 Add these words to build your noun groups. tall green gum the tree a the tree b the © the twee : tree © Add these words to build yournoun groups. two huge angry the pirates a the pirates b the : pirates © the Goa - tea sentence that has a noun group containing atleast wo descriptive words } | 7 2 piratesref Ceyoncoptnaos Cota Oooe "An apostrophe s used when we combine two words together to make a shorter word. Eg. Can not=can't The apostrophe is put in the place ofthe letters that have been takenout. ‘4. Circle the words in the box that use an apostrophe of contraction. you cant he penal won't well her tennis youll his ve its football it! my theyll_~— shouldn't == she’d_—_baseball 2 Underline the words that are contractions in these sentences. ‘The litle boy can't catch a fish. c Couldn't you find your red pencil? She'll be back when she's ready. a The game didn't start until they'd warmed up. ‘We'd better hurry back or they'll leave without us, We've been very happy with our new car. ‘Match the words with their shortened form. should have she did heis they will could have 4 Form contractions by putting apostrophes in these words. a b shed e isnt i whats hes f dont j well © Im 9 lve k hed d youll h shouldnt I its‘from a play Chaya the Tentocacihpemte ‘Scene 8: The problem, Crewman: Oh no! That's the problem. First mate: Aren't we a bit low in the water tonight? First mate: | think we'd better wake the Captain now. Crewman: She's fine st. cou It’s your imagination. Crewman: What'll| tell him? First mate: No itisntt There's First mate: Tell him we've hit an iceberg. something wrong, Crewman; tr’ the passengers sic ‘They've moved to one side. First mate: You're a nut Burns, it won't be that! Hell haveto hurry. Crewman: I'd better call the Captain, First mate: Don't wake him yet! (pause) We'll find the problem first. Use the play above to find the contracted form of these words, cow are not f wehad sheis 9 what will isnot h he will they have 1 donot fe youare i thatis © Rewrite these sentences using contractions for the first wo words. a She will bring your clothes to school. b ttisa beautiful day today, Write two sentences of your own that use the following contractions,