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introductiontotheTeacher................................................. ivCaliforniaStandardsMatrixforGrades5–6....................... viFloridaStandardsMatrixforGrades5–6.......................... viiTexasStandardsMatrixforGrades5–6........................... viii

Activity # Skill1. defineGrammar.........................................................12. identifyCommonandPropernouns..........................13. WriteCommonandPropernouns.............................24. UseCommonandPropernounsinContext..............25. identifyConcreteandabstractnouns........................36. Classifynouns...........................................................37. identifyactiveVerbs...................................................48. WritePresentTenseofactiveVerbs..........................49. WriteFutureTenseofVerbs.......................................510. WritePastTenseofregularVerbs.............................511. UseinactiveVerbsinContext.....................................612. UseLinkingVerbsinContext......................................613. UseinactiveVerbsinContext.....................................714. identifyinactiveVerbs/WriteSentences.....................715. reviewactiveandinactiveVerbs...............................816. identifySentencesandSentenceFragments.............817. WritedeclarativeandimperativeSentences.............918. identifyexclamatorySentences.................................919. WriteinterrogativeSentences..................................1020. reviewendofSentencePunctuation......................1021. identifySubjectsandPredicates..............................1122. WriteSubjectsandPredicates.................................1123. add“s”or“es”toWritePluralnouns........................1224. WritePluralsofnounsendingin“y”.........................1225. WritePluralsofirregularnouns...............................1326. WriteSingularandPluralnouns..............................1327. WriteSingularandPluralVerbs................................1428. identifySingularandPluralnouns/WriteVerbs........1429. WriteSingularandPluralVerbs................................1530. CriticalThinking........................................................1531. WritePastTenseofirregularVerbs..........................1632. WritePastTenseofirregularVerbs..........................1633. UseirregularVerbsinContext/WriteSentences......1734. WritePastParticiplesofVerbs.................................1735. reviewVerbTense...................................................1836. reviewVerbForms..................................................1837. identifyCollectivenouns..........................................1938. reviewTypesofnouns............................................1939. reviewTerms/Test-Taking........................................2040. review/Test-Taking...................................................2041. identifySubjectivePronounsandTheir antecedents.............................................................2142. WritenounsforSubjectivePronouns.......................2143. identifyadjectivesandthenounsTheydescribe....2244. identifyadjectivesandthenounsTheydescribe....22

45. Writeadjectivestodescribenouns.........................2346. identifyadjectives/WriteaTongueTwister...............2347. UseadjectivesinContext/WriteSentences.............2448. differentiateBetweenadjectivesandnouns/ WriteSentences.......................................................2449. identifyPrepositions/WriteSentences......................2550. identifyPrepositionalPhrases..................................2551. differentiateBetweenPrepositionalandVerb Phrases....................................................................2652. CompletePrepositionalPhrases..............................2653. UseObjectivePronounsinContext..........................2754. UseObjectivePronouns/WriteSentences...............2755. reviewPrepositionalPhrases/interpretProverbs....2856. reviewadjectives,Prepositions,andPronouns/ Test-Taking...............................................................2857. recognizedirectObjects.........................................2958. UseObjectivePronounsinContext..........................2959. identifyindirectObjects............................................3060. UsedirectandindirectObjectsinContext/ WriteaJournalentry................................................3061. identifyadverbs........................................................3162. identifyadverbs........................................................3163. reviewadverbsandPrepositions............................3264. Changeadjectivestoadverbs/WriteSentences......3265. identifyandWriteComparativeadjectives...............3366. identifyandWriteSuperlativeadjectives.................3367. WriteComparativeandSuperlativeadjectives........3468. UseirregularadjectivesinContext/ SentenceWriting......................................................3469. UseComparativeandSuperlativeadjectives inContext.................................................................3570. reviewPositive,Comparative,andSuperlative adjectives.................................................................3571. WriteComparativeandSuperlativeadverbs............3672. UseadverbsinContext............................................3673. reviewadjectivesandPrepositionalPhrases/ interpretProverbs.....................................................3774. WritedescriptiveSentences....................................3775. WritePositive,Comparative,andSuperlative adjectives.................................................................3876. WritePositive,Comparative,andSuperlative adverbs....................................................................3877. UseConjunctionsinContext/ WriteCausesandeffects.........................................3978. UseConjunctionsinContext/WriteSentences.........3979. UseConjunctionstoWriteCompoundSentences...4080. UseConjunctionsinContext/ WriteaJournalentry................................................4081. reviewPrepositionalPhrasesandPronouns/ Test-Taking...............................................................41

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Table of Contents (cont.)82. reviewPartsofSpeech/Test-Taking........................4183. Correctrun-OnSentences......................................4284. reviewSentenceWriting.........................................4285. Useinterrogative/SubjectivePronouns....................4386. UseVariousFormsofinterrogativePronouns..........4387. reviewSentenceWriting.........................................4488. UseapostrophestoShowOwnership......................4489. UseapostrophestoShowOwnership......................4590. FormSingularandPluralPossessivenouns...........4591. identify/UsePossessivePronouns...........................4692. UsePossessivePronounsinContext/ WriteSentences.......................................................4693. reviewSubjective,Possessive,andObjective Pronouns..................................................................4794. UsePronounsinContext.........................................4795. UseContractionsinContext.....................................4896. UseContractionsinContext/Writeinterrogative Sentences................................................................4897. UseContractionsinContext.....................................4998. WriteContractions/UseContractionsinContext......4999. differentiateBetweenPronounsandContractions...50100. differentiateBetweenPossessivenounsand Contractions.............................................................50101. UseCommasindirectaddress...............................51102. UseCommasWithappositives................................51103. differentiateBetweendirectaddressand appositives...............................................................52104. reviewContractions/Test-Taking.............................52105. reviewdefinitions/Test-Taking.................................53106. reviewPartsofSpeech/Test-Taking........................53107. determinePartsofSpeechofWords.......................54108. UseWordsasdifferentPartsofSpeech/ WriteSentences.......................................................54109. UseWordsasdifferentPartsofSpeech/ WriteSentences.......................................................55110. ClassifyWordsWithMultipleMeanings....................55111. WriteSynonymsforVerbs........................................56112. UseinterestingVerbs/SentenceWriting...................56113. WriteSynonymsforadjectives.................................57114. WriteSynonymsfornouns.......................................57115. Writeantonyms........................................................58116. WriteantonymsandSynonyms...............................58117. recognizeantonymsandSynonyms.......................59118. recognizeantonymsandSynonyms.......................59119. defineHomophones.................................................60120. WriteanddefineHomophones................................60121. UseHomophonesinContext/WriteSentences........61122. defineHomophones.................................................61123. WriteantonymsofHomophones..............................62124. WriteSynonymsofHomophones.............................62

125. reviewHomophones/Test-Taking............................63126. identifyandClassifyCompoundWords...................63127. FormCompoundWords...........................................64128. WritealliterativeSentencesUsing CompoundWords.....................................................64129. CapitalizePropernouns..........................................65130. Capitalization............................................................65131. Capitalizeanditalicize..............................................66132. CapitalizeandUseQuotationMarks........................66133. WordstoCapitalize..................................................67134. WordstoCapitalize..................................................67135. WordstoCapitalize..................................................68136. UseCapitalizationandPunctuationin LetterWriting............................................................68137. WriteProperadjectives............................................69138. identifyCapitalizationerrors....................................69139. reviewCapitalization/WordSearch.........................70140. UseCorrectCapitalizationandPunctuation/ Writeaneditorial......................................................70141. reviewCapitalization...............................................71142. reviewCapitalization...............................................71143. UseCommasCorrectly............................................72144. UseCapitalizationandCommasinContext/ WriteaLetter............................................................72145. UseCommasCorrectly............................................73146. reviewCommaUsage.............................................73147. UseSemicolonsCorrectly........................................74148. UseSemicolonsinContext/ WriteindependentClauses......................................74149. UseColonsCorrectly...............................................75150. reviewUsageofSemicolonsandColons................75151. UseQuotationMarksandCommasindialogue......76152. UseContractionsinContext/Writedialogue............76153. UseQuotationMarksandCommasindialogue......77154. UseQuotationMarksandCommasinContext/ Writedialogue..........................................................77155. Punctuateabbreviations...........................................78156. Punctuateinitialsandabbreviations........................78157. abbreviationsWithoutPeriods..................................79158. UseCorrectCapitalizationandPunctuation/ SentenceWriting......................................................79159. reviewCapitalizationandPunctuation/ Test-Taking...............................................................80160. reviewCapitalizationandPunctuation/ Test-Taking...............................................................80161. Writeacronyms........................................................81162. WriteMeaningsofacronyms...................................81

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Introduction to the Teacher Grammarinvolveslearningtherulesofhowwordsarecombinedtoformsentences.itincludesunderstandingtherelationshipofwordstootherwords,usingthecorrectwords,andusingthecorrectformsofwords(singular/pluralnounsandverbs,pronoungender,verbtense,positives,comparatives,andsuperlativesofadjectivesandadverbs,possessivecase,etc.)inthecorrectorder. Thesentence is thebasicelementofbothoralandwrittencommunication.notonlycanchangingawordcompletelychangetheentiremeaningofthesentence(example1),butchangingtheorderofwordscanalsochangeitsmeaningdrastically(example2). Example 1: Thebabyisasleep. Thebabyisawake. Example 2: Sarahbitthedog. ThedogbitSarah.

Correct capitalizationandpunctuationarealsoan interrelatedand importantpartofpropergrammaticalusageessentialforstudentstocommunicateeffectivelyinwriting. a simple thing like the placement of a comma (example 3) or addition of quotationmarks(example4)canradicallychangethemeaningofasentence. Example 3: dr.Jones,thepatientarrivedanhourago. dr.Jones,thepatient,arrivedanhourago. Example 4: Thecoachadmittedhisstarplayerwasunhappyafteryesterday’sgame. “The coach,” admitted his star player, “was unhappy after yesterday’s

game.”

Books intheDaily Skill Builders: Grammarseriesaredesignedto increasestudents’abilitytousecorrectgrammarbothorallyandinwrittencommunicationsintheirschoolworkandintheireverydaylives.asstudentsdeveloptheirknowledgeandunderstandingofgrammaticalusage,punctuation,andcapitalization,theirabilitytocommunicateverballyandinwritingwillalsoimprove.encouragestudentstousedictionaries,thesauruses,andotherreferencesourceswhenworkingonactivities.afterall,astudentcan’tuseawordcorrectlyifheorshedoesnotknowitsmeaning.

Topics Covered

Theactivitiesinthisbookfocusonskillsthatenablestudentsto: • identifythebasicpartsofspeechandusethemcorrectlyinsentences; • practicesentence-writingskills; • formsingularandpluralnounsandverbs; • formsingularandpluralpossessiveformsofnounsandpronouns; • formpresent,past,andfuturetenseofregularandirregularverbs; • matchnounsandpronounsingender,case,andnumber;

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• choosethecorrecthomophone; • choosethecorrectwordbetweenpairsofwordsoftenconfused; • recognize,write,andusecompoundwordsandcontractions; • differentiatebetweensubjective,objective,andpossessivepronounsanduse the

correctform; • writesynonymsandantonymsforwords; • recognizethatsomewordscanbemorethanonepartofspeech; • becomefamiliarwithidiomsandproverbs; • writepositives,comparatives,andsuperlativesofadjectivesandadverbs; • writecompletesentenceswithsubjectsandpredicatesinagreement; • usecorrectpunctuationandcapitalization.

Suggestions for Use

eachactivitypageisdividedintotworeproduciblesectionsthatcanbecutapartandusedseparately.activitiescouldbeusedinclassaswarm-upsorforrevieweitherwithagroupor individually.Transparencies of the activities can encourage student participation as theyfollowalongwhenanewconceptisintroduced.extracopiescanbekeptinyourlearningcenterforreviewandadditionalpractice,orcopiescanbedistributedashomeworkassignments.

Organization

activities are arranged by skill level and topic and are progressively more difficult.activitiesbuildonknowledgecoveredearlierinthebook.

Sincestandardized testing isan importantcomponentofeducation, reviewactivitiesprovidepracticeinstandardizedtest-takingformats.Thishelpsstudentsbecomefamiliarandcomfortablewiththeformatandprovidestest-takingpractice.

The tableofcontents identifies theskills thatstudentsuse tocompleteeachactivity.reviewpagesreinforcewhatstudentslearned.ananswerkeyisprovidedattheendofthebook.

Standardsmatrixesforselectedstatesareprovidedonpagesvi–viii.Thesegiveteachersthespecific reading,writing, and languageconventionstandards thatare coveredbyeachactivityinthisbook.alistofthenationaleLaStandardsassupportedbynCTeandiracanbefoundat[http://www.ncte.org/about/over/standards/110846.htm].

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activity1:defineGrammar/activity2:identifyCommonandPropernouns

ACTIvITy 1 Define Grammar

Grammarinvolveslearningtherulesofhowwordsarejoinedtoformsentences.itincludesusingthecorrectwordsandthecorrectformsofwords.Correctcapitalizationandpunctuationarealsopartofgrammar.

Writewhatthewordgrammarmeanstoyou.

Givethreereasonswhygrammarisimportantforyoutolearn.

ACTIvITy 2 Identify Common and Proper NounsNouns arewordsthatnamepeople,places,things,orideas.Common nouns donotnamespecificpeople,places,orthings. Examples:hamster,radio,lawyer,andtownarecommonnouns.Proper nouns namespecificpeople,places,orthings. Examples: Joa,LincolnMemorial,andStatueofLibertyarepropernouns.alwayscapitalizepropernouns.

Circleallofthenouns.aboveeachnoun,write“C”forcommonor“P”forproper.

1. JoeyplanstovisithisgrandparentsinSidney,australia.

2. HisgrandparentsmovedtherelastMarch.

3. australiaisacontinentsouthoftheequator.

4. Thepoisonousblue-ringedoctopuslivesinreefsoffthecoast.

5. Joeyhopestoseekangaroos,wombats,bandicoots,dingoes,andmaybeevenaplatypus

orTasmaniandevilduringhisvisit.

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ACTIvITy 4 Use Common and Proper Nouns in ContextWritesentencesusingthewordsgiven.Usethreeormorenounsineachsentence.Underlineallofthenouns.aboveeachnoun,write“C”forcommonor“P”forproper.

1. (hamster)

2. (Greg)

3. (Michigan)

4. (porch)

5. (mayor)

ACTIvITy 3 Write Common and Proper NounsCommon nounsdonotnamespecificpeople,places,orthings.

Proper nounsnamespecificpeople,places,orthings.alwayscapitalizepropernouns.

1. Writefivecommonnounsthatnamepeople.

2. Writefivecommonnounsthatnameplaces.

3. Writefivecommonnounsthatnamethings.

4. Writefivepropernounsthatnamepeople.

5. Writefivepropernounsthatnameplaces.

6. Writefivepropernounsthatnamethings.

activity3–4:Write/UseCommonandPropernouns

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ACTIvITy 5 Identify Concrete and Abstract Nouns •Concrete nouns name people or things that can be seen, heard, tasted, smelled, or

touched. Examples: porch,porpoise,Peter,andpark •Abstract nouns name ideas.They are things you cannot see, hear,

taste,smell,ortouch. Examples: fear,love,friendship,andtrust •awordcanbemorethanonetypeofnoun. Jillisbothapropernounandaconcretenoun.

Write“C”forconcreteor“a”forabstracttolabeleachnoun.

1. dedication 5. aroma 9. shoelace

2. door 6. crash 10. alaska

3. honesty 7. quarter 11. pride

4. dishonesty 8. curiosity 12. intelligence

Writeasentenceusingtwoabstractnounsnotlistedabove.

ACTIvITy 6 Classify Nouns

Writethenounsfromthelistinthecorrectsections.allwordsfitinmorethanonecategory.

Cecelia ceiling chills people pins poverty property terror Terry Tuesday turtles wand weather William wisdom wizard world worries

Common Proper Concrete Abstract

activity5:identifyConcreteandabstractnouns/activity6:Classifynouns

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ACTIvITy 8 Write Present Tense ofActive verbsVerb tense tellswhenaneventhappens,happened,orwillhappen.Verb tense tellswhensomeonedoes,did,orwilldosomething.Present tensemeanssomethinghappensnoworsomeonedoessomethingnow. Examples: Shirleysings. Hermanhums.

Writeapresenttense,activeverbtocompleteeachsentence.

1. Fred flattires.

2. Greg flowers.

3. you homeafterschool.

4. Ourteacher ustoomuchhomework.

5. Mort veryoften.

6. Patti thepiano.

7. Thecat thetree.

8. Thedragon fire.

ACTIvITy 7 Identify Active verbs

averbisawordthattellswhatsomethingdoesorthatsomethingexists.Active verbstellwhatnouns(people,places,orthings)do,did,orwilldo. Examples:hop,skip,andjumpasentencecancontainmorethanoneverband/ormorethanonenoun.

Underlinethenounsthattellwhoorwhatdidsomethingandwritetheminthe“WhoorWhat”column.Circletheverbs.Writetheverbsinthe“didWhat”column. Who or What Did What1. Mycousinfoundalargesnake. 2. Thesnakesheditsskin. 3. notallsnakeshatchfromeggs. 4. Kaywroteanddirectedtheplay. 5. Theaudiencestoodandclapped. 6. everyoneenjoyedtheplay. 7. Wendywatchedthewalruswaddle. 8. didJoehitahomerun? 9. Whycan’tostrichesfly?

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ACTIvITy 10 Write Past Tense of regular verbsPast tenseindicatessomethinghappenedorsomeonedidsomethingbeforenow.Towritethe

pasttenseofregularverbs,add-edtotheendoftheword.

Examples:connect–connected add–added frown–frowned

iftheverbendsinane,dropthee,andadd-ed.

Examples:hike–hiked love–loved smile–smiled

Writesentencesonanothersheetofpaperusingthepasttenseoftheverbslisted.

1. enjoy 5. move

2. walk 6. rain

3. wiggle 7. laugh

4. watch 8. tickle

ACTIvITy 9 Write Future Tense of verbs

Future tenseindicatessomethingwillhappenorsomeonewilldosomethinglater. Examples:ishallfindyourglasses.Willyouputtheminasafeplace?

Formthefuturetenseofverbsbycombiningapresenttenseverbwithwill orshall.Changetheverbtofuturetenseandrewriteeachsentence.

1. igotonewyork.

2. Theysinginthechorus.

3. itakemyhamsterforawalk.

4. Theengineersfixedtheproblem.

5. Flowersgrewinmygarden.

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ACTIvITy 12 Use Linking verbsin ContextInactive verbsareoftenusedaslinkingverbs. Examples:FredandFernarerunninglateagain. Fredwasrunninglateyesterday. Fernwillprobablyberunninglateagaintomorrow.

Writealinkingverbwithanactiveverbtocompleteeachsentence.

1. Theworms inthegarden.

2. Thewhale intheocean.

3. inthesky,clouds .

4. We fortherain.

5. Thesky darker.

6. Theants homebeforetherainbegins.

7. Myaunts abigparty.

8. Myuncles fishing.

ACTIvITy 11 Use Inactive verbs in ContextInactive verbsexpressastateofbeing.Formsoftheverbto be(is, am, are, was, were, be, andbeen)arethemostcommoninactiveverbs. Examples:Fredislatetoday. Fredwaslateyesterday. WillFredbeontimetomorrow?

Writeaninactiveverbtocompleteeachsentence.1. MaxandConnie mycousins.2. Connie olderthanme.3. Max adopted.4. i youngerthanMax.5. i atthelakeby8:30tomeetMaxandConnie.6. We atthelakelastSaturday.7. They happy.8. Max shorterthanConnie.9. Wehave atthelakemanytimes.10. Haveyou tothelakelately?

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ACTIvITy 14 Identify Inactive verbs/Write SentencesInactive verbsareusuallyfollowedbyawordorwordsthattellmoreaboutthesubjectofthesentence.Examples: Glendalookshungry. Charlenefelt frightenedandlonely. doraismysister.Inactive verbsareoftenfollowedbyanadjectivethatdescribesthesubjectofthesentence. Example: ifeltsickwhilewewereontheboat.(inactive)Active verbsareoftenfollowedbyanoun. Example:ifeltthewindinmyhairwhilewesailed.(active)

Writeanadjectiveaftertheinactiveverbthattellsmoreaboutthesubject.1. doesangiefeel ?2. Thestormsounded .3. doesthepietaste ?4. youseem . 5. dothemelonssmell ?6. didthedragonlook ?7. Theknightwas .8. Thehamsterswere .9. UncleJoe’swhiskersfelt .

ACTIvITy 13 Use Inactive verbs in Context

Inactive verbsexpressastateofbeing.inactiveverbscanbesingularorplural(is/are).Theycanbepresent,past,orfuturetense(am/was/willbe).Someverbslikefeel,sound,taste,look,appear,grow,seem,andsmellcanbeactiveorinactive.inactiveverbsareoftenfollowedbyanadjectivethatdescribesthesubjectofthesentence.Examples:ifeelhappytoday.

Underlinetheinactiveverbineachsentence.

1. Thetreeslooktallereachyear.

2. Thebandseemedreadytobegintheconcert.

3. Theaudienceappearedtiredofwaiting.

4. Theconcertsoundedtooloud.

5. dothefreshtomatoestastegood?

6. normafeltcold.

7. Thecookiessmelleddelicious.

8. Josélookedhappyabouthisgrades.

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ACTIvITy 16 Identify Sentences and Sentence Fragments• asentenceisawordorgroupofwordsthatexpressesacomplete

thought. Example:nancydances. • alwayscapitalize thefirstwordofasentence.• afragmentisagroupofwordsthatdoesnotexpressacomplete thought. Example:Beforesunrise

Write“y”foryesor“n”fornotoshowifeachgroupofwordsisasentence.addaperiodtothewordsthatarecompletesentences.

1. Tinaranaway 8. Walkingtoschool

2. Jakejuggled 9. Sallyhops

3. OnlyinJuly 10. didthehamster

4. Somuchalike 11. acrossthelakeonskis

5. Snakesslither 12. Seashellsonthebeach

6. alone,afterdark 13. Winningisn’teverything

7. Farfromtheocean 14. Whentheleavesfell

ACTIvITy 15 review Active and Inactive verbs

Underlinetheverbs.Write“a”foractiveverbor“i”forinactiveverb.

1. Jodyfeltthecoldrainonherhead.

2. Jodyfeltcoldintherain.

3. Joesoundedthealarm.

4. Joesoundedtired.

5. Thedishranawaywiththespoon.

6. Blossomsgrowonfruittrees.

7. Sarahgrewimpatientwithherbrother.

8. yourflutesolosoundedfantastic.

9. alargeshadowappearedonthewindow.

10. TheshadowseemedscarytoBrenda.

11. Bradsmelledtheskunk.

12. Theskunksmelledterrible.

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ACTIvITy 18 Identify exclamatory SentencesExclamatory sentencesshowsurpriseorstrongfeelings.Theyareusuallyshortandalwaysendwithanexclamationpoint. Examples: Stoprightnow! Watchout!

addthecorrectpunctuationattheendofeachsentence.

1. Stayback 6. Watchoutforthatskunk

2. Saveyourmoney 7. don’ttouch

3. Stop 8. Callanambulance

4. doitrightnow 9. Comerightnow

5. Help 10. Thefogisgettingthicker

ACTIvITy 17 Write Declarative and Imperative Sentencesadeclarative sentencestatesafactorprovidesinformation.adeclarativesentenceendswithaperiod. Examples: Venusisoftencalledthemorningstar. PedropreparedpizzaforPaco.

Writeadeclarativesentenceonanothersheetofpaperforeachpairofwords.

1. (dinosaurs,roamed)

2. (baseball,play)

3. (spottedlizards)

Imperative sentencesarecommands.Theytellsomeonewhattodo.imperativesentencesendwithaperiod. Examples: Brushyourteethafteryoueat. youmustfinishyourhomeworkbeforeyouleave.

Writeanimperativesentenceonanothersheetofpaperforeachpairofwords.

4. (you,wash) 5. (climb,carefully) 6. (watch,baby)

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ACTIvITy 20 review end of Sentence Punctuationaddthecorrectpunctuationattheendofeachsentence.1. didyourpuppylearnanynewtricks2. Whatagreattrick3. Howdidhedothat4. youshouldtrainyourpuppynottobarksomuch5. Stopbarking6. Manypeoplepreferdogsratherthancatsaspets

Circle“T”fortrueor“F”forfalse.7. T F afragmentdoesnotexpressacompletethought.8. T F interrogativesentencesendinanexclamationpoint.9. T F asentencecanbeonewordlong.10. T F Somesentencesdonotneedanypunctuationattheend.11. T F animperativesentenceendswithaquestionmark.12. T F adeclarativesentencestatesafact.

Writeanimperativesentence.

ACTIvITy 19 Write Interrogative SentencesInterrogative sentencesaskquestions.aninterrogativesentenceendswithaquestion mark. Examples:Canyouliftthispiano? Howdidyougetsostrong?

Writeinterrogativesentencesthatincludethewordslisted.Useaquestionmarkattheendofthesentences.

1. will

2. would

3. should

4. could

5. might

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Activity 1 (p. 1)answerswillvary.

Activity 2 (p. 1)1. Joey=P;grandparents=C; Sidney,australia=P2. grandparents=C;March=P3. australia=P;continent=C; equator=C4. octopus=C;reefs=C;coast=C5. Joey=P;kangaroos,wombats, bandicoots,dingoes,platypus, devil,visit=C

Activity 3 (p. 2)answerswillvary.Checkforcorrectnessandcapitalization.

Activity 4 (p. 2)Sentenceswillvary.

Activity 5 (p. 3)1. a 2. C 3. a 4. a 5. C 6. C 7. C 8. a 9.C10.C 11. a 12. aSentenceswillvary.

Activity 6 (p. 3)Common:property;weather;ceiling;terror;chills;people;wizard;pins;turtles;world;wand;wisdom;poverty;worriesProper:Cecelia;William;Terry;TuesdayConcrete:Cecelia;property;ceiling;William; Terry; chills; people; wizard;pins;turtles;world;wandAbstract:weather;terror;wisdom;Tuesday;poverty;worries

Activity 7 (p. 4)1. cousin(found) 2. snake(shed) 3. snakes(hatch)4. Kay(wrote;directed)5. audience(stood;clapped)6.everyone(enjoyed)7.Wendy(watched);walrus(waddle)8.Joe(didhit)9.ostriches(canfly)


Activity 9 (p. 5)1. iwill(orshall)gotonewyork.2.Theywill(orshall)singinthe chorus.

3. iwill(orshall)takemyhamsterfor awalk.4.Theengineerswill(orshall)fixthe problem.5.Flowerswill(orshall)growinmy garden.


Activity 11 (p. 6)answerswillvary.Checkthatverbsusedareinactiveandfitinthesentences.

Activity 12 (p. 6)answerswill vary.Check thatstudentsusedlinkingverbs.

Activity 13 (p. 7)1. look 2.seemed3.appeared 4.sounded5. taste 6. felt 7.smelled 8. looked

Activity 14 (p. 7)answers will vary. answers should beadjectives.

Activity 15 (p. 8)1.felt,a 2.felt,i 3.sounded,a4.sounded,i5.ran,a6.grow,a7.grew,i 8.sounded,i9.appeared,a 10.seemed,i11.smelled,a 12.smelled,i

Activity 16 (p. 8)1.yes 2.yes 3.no4.no 5.yes 6.no7.no 8.no 9.yes10.no 11.no 12. no13.yes 14.no


Activity 18 (p. 9)Somevariationmayoccur.Useanexclamationpointafter1,3,5,6,and8.Useaperiodafter2,4,7,9,and10.


Activity 20 (p. 10)1.? 2.. 3.? 4.. 5.! 6..7.T 8.F 9.T 10.F 11.F 12.TSentenceswillvary.

Activity 21 (p. 11)1.Carla(paintedthebedroom,kitchen,

andbathroom.) 2.afterhesleptforninehours,Jason

(feltmuchbetter.)3. after lunch, Tori and emily (went

swimming.)4.Mygrandmother(worealargestraw

hatinthegarden.)5.Silverbellsandcockleshells(grow

inMary’sgarden.)6. (Can) a hamster (learn to do

tricks?)


Activity 23 (p. 12)1.stars 2.steps3.seagulls 4.sparrows5.suns 6.sons7.sounds 8.shirts 9.wishes 10. fusses11.dishes 12.brushes 13.arches 14.benches15. taxes 16.grasses

Activity 24 (p. 12)1.canaries 2.buddies3.flies 4.stories5.delays 6.arrays 7.Tuesdays 8.guppies9.ways 10.ponies11. ladies 12. toys13.cries 14.dandies15. fries 16.dyes

Activity 25 (p. 13)1. lives 2.heroes 3.mice4.scarves 5.cattle 6.scissors7.people 8.potatoes9. teeth10. jeans 11.elves 12.deer13.oxen 14. leaves 15.knives16. loaves

Activity 26 (p. 13)answerswillvary.Checkspelling.

Activity 27 (p. 14)1.sigh 2.wishes 3. runs4. roar 5.grow 6. falls7.answer

Activity 28 (p. 14)1.S–band 2.S–audience3.P–children 4.S–journey5.S–roof 6. P–brothersandi7.S–door 8.P–ducks9.S–it 10.S–brotherVerbswillvary.

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Grammar: Grades 5–6 - Carson-Dellosaimages.carsondellosa.com/media/cd/pdfs/Activities/Samplers/404063...24. Write Plurals of nouns ending in “y” ... ACTIvITy 1 Define Grammar