GRADE3 - GRAMMAR WS

Nouns:

 What is a noun?
a. action word b. describing word c. person, place or thing

 Circle the nouns in the following sentence:

a. Sam and Molly went to the bank to get money.

b. Lisa likes to ride in a fast car.

c. The dog found a large stick.

 The word ‘monument’ is a : a. person b. place c. thing

 Write three nouns that name a person:

_____________________, ________________________, __________________________

 Write three nouns that name a thing.

_____________________, ________________________, _________________________

 Underline the nouns:

On Sunday, my dad cuts the grass with a lawnmower. The engine makes a roaring noise as dad
pushes it over the yard. After the lawn is cut, he uses a rake to rake up the clippings and put them
into a big bag.

 Which tense is used in an information text: Circle the correct option.

past tense / present tense

 Put them in correct column: library, september, car, tuesday, atlantic ocean, santa clause, desk,

student, king john, game, ruler, texas, policeman, officer friendly, monopoly, state, california,

superhero, kitchen, d-mart, park avenue, toyota, animal, boy, train, europe, disneyland, pig, sun,

batman, secretary, john, satellite, egypt, november, pen, jupiter, airline, planet, maruti, panasonic,

shirt, television, chandrayan

 Common Noun Proper Noun

Name the Nouns:

Direction: Below, you see Mrs. Worm pushing Herman’s baby buggy on a street in Wormsville, where
they live. A letter is placed on something or someone that can be names with a noun. On the lines
below the picture, write the noun and tell whether it is person, place or thing. The first one is done for
you.

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Proper Nouns:

My city’s name - _________________ My state’s name - _________________________

My country’s name - ______________________ My first name - _______________________

My best friend’s name - __________________

My favourite video game - ________________

The brand of TV in my home - ________________________

The kind of car I like to ride in - _________________________

My favourite brand of breakfast cereal - ___________________

 Fill in the blanks with a NOUN from the box below. State whether person, animal place.

bear, island, candies, Jade, girl

a. The weather on the __________________ was stormy. ( ________________)

b. The _______________ spoke politely with everybody. ( _________________)

c. Tom came face to face with a wild _____________ in the woods. (__________________ )

d. It’s so much fun to eat _____________________ of different flavors. ( _________________)

e. Mark and _______________ never lied to each other. ( ___________________)

 Fiction and Non-fiction Texts:
The bee book Charlie and the chocolate factory Fantastic Mr.Fox Alien adventure
All about birds Seasons of India Ame among the stars My brother Jack
If sharks disappeared Fred and his pet Enormous crocodile Autobiography of Lincoln
Inventions in 1900 Alice in Wonderland History of India Snow White
Encyclopedia Harry Potter and Philosopher’s Stone Times of India

Non-fiction Texts Fiction Texts

Choose a title and explain what makes Choose a title and explain what makes it fiction
it non-fiction

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 Alphabetical order:
Rose Impey Eoin Colfer Martin Waddel Jill Murphy Tony Ross A.A.Milne
Alfie Smith Jacqueline Wilson Pippa Goodhart Ann Fine

Colin McNaughton Lauren Anholt Jon Scieszka Michael Morpurgo

1. _______________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________

3. _______________________________________________

4. _______________________________________________

5. _______________________________________________

6. _______________________________________________

7. _______________________________________________

8. _______________________________________________

9. _______________________________________________

10. _______________________________________________

11. _______________________________________________

12. _______________________________________________

13. _______________________________________________

14. _______________________________________________

 Rewrite using capitalization:

a. we saw the brooklyn bridge.

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b. we’re going to Germany in june.

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c. we spent our holidays in switzerland.

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d. i’m starting my job on monday.

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e. we often go to the beach in summer.

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 Write in alphabetical order: book, pen, keys, anchor, zip, bread

1. __________________ 2. ___________________ 3.____________________

4. __________________ 5.___________________ 6.____________________

 Circle the best adjective to describe the underlined noun:

a. Noah was shy around the (beautiful / left) girl.

b. The Empire State Building is a very (flat / tall) building.

c. Joe had to fix his (slippery / broken) glasses.

 Write an adjective to complete each sentence.

a. There was a ______________________ child on the bus with us. (hearing)

b. Kate wore a ______________________ scarf to school today. (touch)

c. The _______________ air blew in from the open window. (smell)

d. Her _____________ dress was catching all the eyes in the ball room. (sight)

e. The history book was very __________________ for our class. (sight)
 f. The _____________________ sofa were kept in the drawing room. (touch)

g. The ________________ music made us feel calm. (hearing)

 Circle the adjectives:

a. Ten puppies are playing in the tall, green grass.

b. Where is the small frying pan?

c. Sam has a blue racing bicycle.

d. The black kitten was playing with a small red ball.

e. Do you know the man in the black leather jacket?

f. Lisa likes to ride in fast car.

g. The dog found a large stick.

 Text features:

Title, Image, Table of content, Glossary, Heading, Caption, Index, Bold print

a. Name of the story - _____________________

b. Mini title above a photograph telling what the paragraph is about - _____________________

c. Picture or photograph of a specific point - _________________________

d. Words below and beside a picture to describe it - _______________________

e. Page in the back that tells about the page number of a topic - __________________________

f. Thick print to make a word stand out - ____________________

g. List of words and their meaning - ____________________

h. List at the beginning that shows chapters and page numbers - ________________________
Test Paper: Text features: glossary, text, subheading, bullet point, caption, index, content
a. Meaning of difficult words - ___________________

b. A particular topic and page number given behind the book - _____________________

c. Gives information about the topic- ___________________

d. The main topics given in the beginning of the book - ____________________

e. Heading given to each paragraph - _______________________

Pronouns

Chose the proper pronoun for each sentence:

a. Yesterday, Betty and _____________ spent the day at the Museum of Art. (me, us, I)

b. Sheila brought the rock samples down to _____________. (they, them, I)

c. Stacey said that __________ and her sister were going to the movies. (I, them, she)

d. This is a toy, so I will put __________ on the toy shelf. (them, it, we)

e. That book is mine, so please give it to ___________. (you, them, me)

f. Mrs. Farnsworth chose ____________ to lead the class in today’s lesson. (us, I , she)

g. Please take this down to __________ so she can use it. (he, it, her)

h. Last Christmas, __________ had to wait until our mom and dad woke up! (he, we, them)

i. The man was upset that ____________ did not have the tool he needed. (us, he, they)

j. Mark has a test tomorrow so tonight _________ will study. (I, she, he)

(I, her, me, him, them, he, you, we, she, they, them, it)

a. Please tell ____________ the directions to the restaurant.

b. _______________ did a great job building the home.

c. I told ______________ that he did a great job on the assignment.

d. Shawn and ___________ will walk to the skate park.

e. Did she tell you that ____________ car broke down yesterday?
f. I believe _________ owe me an explanation.

g. Make sure ____________ gets her purse back.

h. _____________ are all ready to go to the movie theatre.

i. _____________ is one of the most reliable cars on the market.

j. Did you notify ____________ of their mistakes on the project?

k. My brother loves baseball. __________ plays every day.

Verbs:

Circle the verbs:

a. The squirrels hid their nuts in the trees.

b. Carol’s ice cream cone was melting.

c. The boat flows on the water.

d. I used soap to wash my hands.

e. He wrote a note to the mailman.

f. The lamp fell off the table and broke.

g. The fan blew the papers on the floor.

h. Mary sat on the last seat of the bus.

i. The fan blew the papers on the floor.

j. I finished my math homework.

k. We bought the shoes at the yard sale.

 Fill in the blanks with action verbs or be verbs:

a. I _________________ a story once a week. (write / was)

b. She _______________ as a Chef. (have / works)

c. I _____________ a library room in my house. (have / take)

d. He ______________ with his parents. (are / stays)

e. I _____________ a good swimmer. (am / works)

 Write two sentences using verb be

a. ______________________________________________________________________________

b. ______________________________________________________________________________

 Write two sentences using an action verb

a. ______________________________________________________________________________

b. ______________________________________________________________________________

 Complete the sentence using the correct verb:

a. The children (dance / dances) _____________________________________________________

b. Karin (sing/ sings) ______________________________________________________________

c. The soldiers (march / marches) ____________________________________________________

 Fill in the blanks: is/ am/ are

a. Bali and Rupali __________ here.

b. The train _________ late today.

 Underline the be verbs:

a. My mother is a teacher.

b. We have nice bags.

c. We are from England.

d. My friend has a mobile.

 Underline the verbs in the text below:

Animals in India

There are 2000 Bengal tigers in India and 25000 elephants. Many animals live in protected area.

Cows are holy animals. They wander freely through the streets of big cities.

 You are reading an informative book on London. Tick the sentences you might find in the

book.

a. London is the capital of the United Kingdom.

b. Visit London its spectacular.

c. Pound £ is the currency of London.

d. London is the largest city of Europe.

e. Have you been to London?

f. The population of London is about 8 million.

g. We watched the sunset at River Thames.

h. London has many attractions for tourists.

i. I liked Madame Tussaud’s Museum.

 Fill in the blanks to complete the story.

Today I went to the zoo. I saw a _________________ (adjective) ________________ (noun)

jumping up and down in its tree. He _______________ (verb: past tense) through the

_____________ (adjective) tunnel that led to its cage. I got some ____________________ (noun)

and fed the monkey. Feeding that animal made me hungry. I went to get a

____________________ (adjective) scoop of ice-cream. It filled my stomach. Afterwards I had to

_____________ (verb) to catch our bus. When I got home I ______________ (verb : past tense)

my mom for a ___________________ (adjective) day at the zoo.

Punctuations

a. should I wear boots asked james

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b. carol said it is raining heavily

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c. mrs taylor asked james will you be joining us for dinner

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d. please bring me my blanket requested Janie

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e. lets ride our bike down the street suggested Daniel

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f. my father instructed dont forget to look both ways before crossing the street

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g. charlie and melissa screamed no homework

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 Write down the sentence using quotation marks in two forms:

Jean
I got a gift for
mom.

Form A: tag at the beginning.

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Form B: tag at the end.

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 Put the verbs in appropriate column:

whispered wandered noticed glimpsed plodded examined
replied bounced paced stared strolled cackled gazed
hiked laughed recognized shouted argued pranced
spotted explained

Walked Looked Said

 Punctuations: Speech Mark

a. hello said the man

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b. what are you doing asked fred

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c. stop shouted the man

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d. wait a minute said mark don’t I know you from somewhere

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e. I know what to do said lucy

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f. bye said greg

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g. can I come in asked the man

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h. no screamed the man

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i. is that my bag asked peter

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j. run shouted sally the dog is after us

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k. Bessie asked joanne what are you doing

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l. stop barking cried the robber

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m. the big bully shouted you are too small to play

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n. aunt sally asked where are your plums

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o. complete your project said the teacher

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p. what is your name

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q. my friend shouted come here

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r. very good teeth the dentist said to the boy

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s. you are a very good teacher

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t. mary yelled at jane what are you doing

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u. are we going to the mall asked sara

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v. mrs. taylor asked james will you be joining us for dinner

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w. please bring me my basket requested Janie

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x. lets ride our bikes down the street suggested daniel

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y. my father instructed don’t forget to look both ways before crossing the street

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z. Charlie and Melissa screamed no homework

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Write down the sentence using speech marks in two forms:
Form A – tag at the beginning
Form B – tag at the end

I got a gift
from mom.

Jean
Form – A

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Form- B

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An apple a day keeps

the doctor away.

Form – A:

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Form-B

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 Did you see that
funny clown?

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I want a bowl of
milk.

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Vocabulary:

Match:

a. Thunderous ( ) crazy

b. rumbling ( ) echo

c. boomed ( ) walk or run with jump

d. swooped ( ) a loud noise

e. bonkers ( ) mad

f. stampeding ( ) drive down

g. bounding ( ) unusual

h. extraordinary ( ) a wild rush of people and animals

Match:
a. lounging ( ) manners

b. outrageous ( ) excited

c. humongous ( ) speaking

d. etiquette ( ) high speed

e. thrilled ( ) huge

f. rodent ( ) shocking

g. squeaked ( ) very happy

h. hurricane ( ) mouse

i. over whelmed ( ) very hot

j. scorching ( ) wonderful

k. fascinating ( ) walking

Rewrite using capital letters wherever necessary:

a. sharon had two sons, john and mike.

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b. I love to eat bread, kellogg’s cereals, rice and pasta.

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c. do not plant a tree in late spring or summer.

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d. on the day of the diwali festival, varun painted colourful diyas.

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e. the nile is the largest river in the world.

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PRONOUNS

a. Amit and Alka went to the market.

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b. The deer, elephant and I had a meeting.
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c. Kanika went to the forest.
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d. Sneha wanted to meet me and Kritika.
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Read the paragraph given below. Fill in the blanks with appropriate adjectives from the box.
high. dense, funny, brave, younger, bright, best

My name is Jeanee. I have a _____________________ sister. We often go out to the

_________________ forest behind our house. She is a ________________ girl who doesn’t get

scared. We even watch __________________ cartoons together. My sister is the _______________

friend I have and I would never want to lose her.

Vocabulary

Choose the correct one:

a. glee : joy alarm sleep : _______________

b. jittery: applaud scared play: __________________

c. grief: race hop heartbreak: ______________________

d. startle: shock name select: __________________

e. spectacular: trouble amazing glum: __________________

Use: desire giggle sob outdated splendid

a. laugh: ____________________ b. want: _____________________

c. good: _____________________ d. cry: ___________________

e. old: __________________

Circle the correct answer that matches with the highlighted words in the sentences given:

a. It is easy to ride bicycle on a road that is smooth or even. - rough flat hard

b. The tip of the pencil that Peter is using is not sharp. - pointed broken dull

c. Jerry’s clothes got a little wet when it rained. - dry smelly damp

d. Bob was not asleep though it was the middle of the night. - awake shouting snoring

e. “I am giving these to you at no cost,” the clerk said. - for a few cents free for a lot of money

Odd one out from the synonyms: Circle

a. chilly aloof cold icy

b. sketch walk stroll wander

c. frighten argue scared panic

d. brave courage fearless coward

e. eat munch crawl swallow

Match : Synonyms

1. scrunched ( ) shake

2. propped ( ) blow up

3. jiggled ( ) small fold, gather

4. out burst ( ) hold up

5. pucker ( ) make a loud crunching noise

Match: Antonyms

a. Discourage ( ) complex

b. Humble ( ) wise

c. Rude ( ) proud

d. Simple ( ) courteous

e. Foolish ( ) encourage

Write the word that matches each clue given below:

massive vacant suggest response humid

a. ____________________ - empty

b. _____________________ - advice

c. _____________________ - huge

d. ____________________ - reply

e. ____________________ - sticky
Rewrite the sentences changing the underlined words with its appropriate powerful verb from
the bracket.

a. John took the sweets from the boy’s hand. (snatched/ hurried)

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b. The gang of boys ran after the ice cream van. (ponder/ rushed)

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c. The child went under the stairs. (crawled/ grabbed)

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d. The athlete jumped over the hurdle. (admire/ leapt)

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e. Mr. Gee looked at the amazing beauty of the statue. (gazed/ muttered)

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Place speech marks & punctuate the sentence correctly.

a. James said I want another game for my birthday

b. Oh no there is a fly in my ice cream Yelled Gina

c. Take your umbrellas mother said It’s going to rain

d. I am late again complained Julia

e. I want more milk please said the boy as he looked up

f. Where should I park asked dad

g. Ouch the stove is hot

h. Anna asked Can I have my birthday party at the bowling alley this year

i. I am trying to decide what costume to wear for Halloween this year said Matthias

Connectives: (and but or so)

a. Nina can write fast. She can write neatly too.

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b. I was tired. I woke up late.

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c. We must read carefully. We will not understand the story.

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d. It rained heavily. We enjoyed the trip.

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e. The child learnt to dance. She performed very gracefully.

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f. A small kitten followed me home. I gave it a bowl of milk.

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g. We were lost in the woods. My brother had a map in his backpack.

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Build your own sentences using each of the connectives:

h. _____________________________________________________________________________

i. _____________________________________________________________________________

j. _____________________________________________________________________________

k. _____________________________________________________________________________

Match to form sensible sentences with connectives:

A B

a. Work hard and he took us out for cinema.

b. I love berries so she was late to school.

c. Dad came home early or you will not score well.

d. She missed the bus but I am allergic to it.

Homophones:

Choose and fill the correct one:

a. I am not _____________________ to drink coke. (aloud/ allowed)

b. Come ______________. I can’t _____________ you. (hear/ here)

c. I was so hungry. I ____________ ______________ chocolate. (ate/ eight)

d. Where have you ____________ all the time? (been/ bean)

e. I was stung by a _________. (bee/ be)

f. Winnie the Pooh is a friendly _____________. (bare/ bear)

g. Maria called her ___________ for dinner. (son/ sun)

h. My dog has a curly ____________. (tail/ tale)

i. I can’t believe how far he _____________ the ball. (threw/ through)

j. He will play the _________ of Peter Pan. (roll/ role)

k. I just ___________ William Shakespeare’s novel. (read/ red)

l. We went to _________ eggs. (by/ buy)

m. There was a _____________ in my shoelace. (knot/ not)

n. Please _____________ neatly. (write/ right)

o. The wind _____________ away the leaves. (blue/ blew)

p. I will ___________ you at the park. (meat/ meet)

q. They ___________ the game. (won/ one)

r. Can you __________ the music. (here/ hear)

s. He is too ____________ to get up. (weak/ week)

t. You will finish in an ____________. (hour/ our)

u. Bunny ate the _____________ pizza. (whole/ hole)

v. I feel ______________ after I worked for whole day. (weak/ week)

Write down six words instead of:

said ______________________ _________________________ ________________

_____________________ ________________________ _____________________

happy ______________________ ______________________ _____________________

_____________________ _______________________ _____________________

sad ____________________ ________________________ _______________________

_____________________ _______________________ _______________________

went ______________________ ________________________ _____________________

______________________ ________________________ _______________________

good _____________________ ______________________ _____________________

____________________ ________________________ _____________________

Circle the common noun and underline the proper noun:

a. Sam goes to the park every morning.

b. I love to celebrate the Diwali with my family.

Replace the noun with proper and fill in the blank:

a. Last Christmas, (Rahul and I) _____________ had to wait until our mom and dad woke up.

b. Yesterday, (Betty and Jess) ______________ spent the day at the museum.

Choose the correct adjective for each: Circle

huge light intelligent

green universal musical

Write the correct for of verb:

a. Sam (walk) ___________________ to the shore yesterday.

b. We (go) __________________ shopping at the mall over the weekend.

Circle the adverb:

a. Mr. Smith neatly painted his house.

b. Beth usually goes to the store on Saturday.

Write one word for each type of adverb.

a. Jeremy __________________ (How) ate his lunch.

b. When will you come _________________ (where) to visit us?

c. _____________________ (How often) Martin goes to the museum.

d. Ema played on the beach ___________________ (when)

Circle the correct word to compete the compound sentence.

a. Dan likes to race his car fast, (and, or, but) he should think about safety.

b. We went to the ice cream parlour, (and, but, or) we found out it was closed early.

c. Stephen must study. (and, but, or) Stephen will not pass the test.

Choose the correct homophone from the bracket and complete the sentence.

a. Sam went to chop some _________________ for the bonfire. (would/ wood)

b. A young ______________ ran into the forest. (deer/ dear)

c. Winnie the Pooh is a friendly ______________. (bare/ bear)

d. Tim’s dog hurt is front ______________ from digging in the yard. (pause/ paws)

e. Eat the last green _______________ on your plate. (been/ bean)

Circle the verbs out of the following:

realise airplane played photo

Circle the adjectives:

I ate two large slices of pizza.

Circle the adverbs and underline the adjectives:

sharply kangaroo walked eagerly handsome

giant tools mountain wrote sunny often

Fill in the blanks with pronouns.

1. Sheetal wants the key. Give ___________ to ____________.

2. Mr. Ray is a good teacher. We all adore __________.

3. Meera sings well. ___________ plays the trumpet too.

4. Your bag is heavy. Give _________ to me.

5. Ryan has a sister. ______ loves _______ very much.

Match the pronouns on the right.

Max and I It

The students He
The red van We

Janet They
Jack She
Circle the pronouns in the sentence. Rewrite the sentence replacing the pronouns with a noun
of your choice.

1) He loves to paint. He painted it red and blue.

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2) She gave it milk to drink.

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3) He asked him to stick out his tongue.

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4) He pulled it out from the hat.

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5) They cheered for us.

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6) Their bags are heavy.

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7) She helped her to bake it.

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Read the passage and replace the underlined words with suitable words from the list given.
(they, him, her, them, he, she, his, it)

A Day at the Park.

Sammy went to the park with Sammy’s mother and Sammy’s father. Sammy and Sammy’s mother
and Sammy’s father ran on the lawn. Then Sammy’s father pushed Sammy on the swings while
Sammy’s mother smiled and watched. Then Sammy’s mother spread out a blanket on the lawn and
read a book while Sammy and Sammy’s father played catch with a ball. Sammy threw the ball too
hard, and Sammy’s father had to chase after the ball. Sammy did some somersaults, rolling forward
on Sammy’s head and kicking Sammy’s feet up over Sammy’s head. Sammy giggled and lay on the
grass until Sammy’s dad came back. Sammy, Sammy’s mother and Sammy’s father ate sandwiches
together before Sammy, Sammy’s mother and Sammy’s father went back home.

Sammy went to the park with ____________ mother and __________ father. _________ ran on the

lawn. Then ___________ father pushed ___________ on the swings while ___________ mother

smiled and watched. Then ________ spread out a blanket on the lawn and read a book while Sammy

and _________ father played catch with a ball. Sammy threw ________ too hard, and _________

father had to chase after __________. Sammy did some somersaults, rolling forward on _________

head and kicking __________ feet up over ________ head. _________ giggled and lay on the grass

until ________ dad came back. All three of _________ ate sandwiches together before _________

went back home.

Choose the correct pronoun to replace the underlined nouns or noun phrases and rewrite the
sentence.

1) Riya went cycling to the park. (her, it, she)

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2) The dog chased the boy all the way down the street. (him, it, they)
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3) My mom and dad went on a vacation. (it, them, they)
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4) Mr. Davis works in the bank. (himself, her, he)

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5) My sister and I often go jogging in the morning. (we, us, he)

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Write pronouns that can be used for the following:

a) Boy - b) Girl -

c) Animal/Object - d) Group -

Rewrite the sentence with correct pronouns:

1) Sarah likes to cook for the family.

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2) Mr. D’souza and Mrs. D’Souza go for shopping every week.

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3) The house needs a fresh coat of paint.

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ADVERBS
Underline the adverb and write its type:

1. There are too many stray dogs and cats in our neighborhood, but the city won't do anything
about it until someone gets hurt by one of them.

2. Tyler recently began collecting stamps from various countries throughout the world.

3. Kevin received a standing ovation for exceptionally portraying the character of Romeo in the

school play.

4. Emma was endlessly teasing her older brother about his new haircut.

5. My parents immediately grounded me when they found out that I had cheated on my history
test.

6. I'm amazed how Isaac generously shares his dessert with everyone at the lunch table.

7. The sweet, five-year-old little girl graciously offered her seat on the bus to the frail, old lady
standing next to her.

8. Cameron is grounded for two weeks because he deliberately threw the kickball at his little
sister.

9. Afterwards, Julia thanked everyone for coming to her birthday party.

10. Ashley wore her new dress today.

11. The alarm clock went off at 6:30 in the morning, and Justin instantly jumped out of bed.

12. Mr. Jackson eventually graded all of the homework papers.

13. We hope that scientists soon find a cure for cancer.

14. I rarely go to the library to study.

15. Jessica went home immediately!

16. The fire fighters responded immediately when they received the emergency call.

17. I was suddenly startled by the noise of the pan falling off the kitchen counter.

18. As soon as Brittany is ready, we will promptly leave for the mall.

19. Hailey periodically volunteers at our local police department to help with tours of the station.
20. Olivia ran outside to play in the rain.

21. The balloon floated above.

22. Amanda looked away when the doctor gave her a shot.

23. Brittany went inside to take a nap.

24. William fell behind in the pizza-eating contest when he couldn't eat another bite.

25. Almost everyone in the class walked across the bridge, but Katherine was too frightened.

26. Grace had to go away to college last fall.

27. "Please come inside before it gets dark."

28. When my dad has had a difficult day, he walks outside to relax.

29. Christina was anxious to get home from school, so she ran ahead.

30. Kyle vastly improved his grades during the last semester.

31. The little girl hinted broadly for a new bike for her birthday.

32. Mackenzie seldom asks for help.

33. Justin severely injured his arm when he flipped over the handlebars of his bike.

34. I do not know if we can get tickets to the play because the theatre is pretty full.

35. Jordan greatly desires to be the best pitcher in the league.

36. The teacher is fully aware of the situation.

37. It was rather interesting how the comedian took a serious topic and made everyone laugh
about it.

38. I fully understand your explanation.

39. Anna and Lauren rarely spend time together ever since Lauren moved to a new
neighborhood.

40. Justin neatly put away his clothes after Mom washed and folded them.
 Subject (blue) and Predicate (red): Underline

1. A rolling stone gathers no moss.

2. Borrowed garments never fit well.

3. She has been to all the continents.

4. A barking dog seldom bites.

5. On the top of the hill lives a hermit.

6. You never cease to amaze me.

7. We should profit from our experience.

8. Suddenly one of the wheels came off.

9. A dark figure appeared in the hallway.

10. Someone rose to speak.

11. When did she die?

12. Who told you this?

13. No man can serve two masters.

Choose a subject from the box to complete each sentence.

A big spider A buzzing bee My notebook The space alien

A gray dolphin My mother My closet The houseplant The eye doctor

1. ________________________________ looked for nectar in the flower.

2. ________________________________ has lots of clothes in it.

3. ________________________________ checked my vision.

4. ________________________________ needs soil, water, and sunlight.

5. ________________________________ landed the UFO.

6. ________________________________ jumped in the sea.

7. ________________________________ was upset because I broke her favorite vase.

8. ________________________________ is filled with stories that I wrote.

9. ________________________________ spun a web in the doorway.

 Underline the complete subject and circle the complete predicate:

1. The school bus went quickly over the road.

2. The gentle giant in the yellow hat climbed down the large tree.

3. We often watch cartoons on television.

4. The blue and white hat belonged to my aunt.

5. Garrett, Amy and Liza walked their dogs yesterday.

6. The historic building is now a museum.

7. Brandon and Jeff, who are both in my class, are twins.

8. I like fruit salad with strawberries.

9. My sister’s friend Charles, works at the mall.

10. Kate and Celia laughed and played on the swings.

Thanks to Payal…

 Underline the verbs (that show action) in the sentences.

1. The brave man dived into the river.

2. The car crashed into the fence.

3. You took the wallet from the shelf.

4. Pam borrowed my pen.

5. The audience watched the clowns.

 Underline the verbs (to be) in the sentences.

1. Rita is a clever girl.

2. They are a good team to play with.

3. We have a garden near the house.

4. The child has many toys to play with.

5. The family had been to the temple last year.

 Underline the helping verbs.

1. I will go for the play in a while.

2. The students will enact the story in the class.

3. Sandra is diving in the deep pool.

4. The children are marching for the parade.

5. We had been to the zoo yesterday.

 Punctuate:

1. I wish I could play the piano!

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2. Bessie asked Joanne have you finished your school project

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3. I won’t do this again cried the robber.

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4. The big bully shouted you ate all of my food.

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5. Aunt Sally asked have you made my lunch

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6. We are learning division today said the teacher.

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7. Have you made my breakfast son asked the old lady

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8. My friend shouted why didn’t you score a goal today

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9. You need to brush more the dentist said to the boy.

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10. Jim asked can we play together

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11. My dog is very playful said Tommy.

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12. Are you going to the party asked Maria.

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13. My mom demanded Clean your room

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 Homophones:

1. I love to drink hot (tea/tee) _____________ in the winter.

2. Roxy doesn’t (know/no) ____________ the answer to the riddle.

 3. My muscles were (sore/soar) ___________ after my run.

4. Kat (ate/eight) _____________ soup for lunch.

5. “Nice to (meat/meet) ______________ you,” said Mr. Smith.

6. This movie is (grate/great) ________________! I want to see it again.

7. A rat is digging through the (waste/waist) __________________.

8. Traffic on this (root/route) ___________________ is always bad.

9. I received a lot of junk (mail/male) ______________ today.

10. I always shed (tears/tiers) ______________ when I chop onions.

11. The repairman is fixing the window (pain/pane) ______________.

12. These shoes are on (sail/sale) ______________.

13. The soup is flavored with ________________. (time/thyme)

14. Minnie prepared for her (roll/role) ______________ in the school play.

15. Marie chose the (pale/pail) _____________ blue curtains for her room.

 Tick the sentences with connectives and cross the ones without connectives.

1. The boys won the match. ___________

2. Mike loves to read, and he has a good collection of books. ______

3. It was a pleasant day, so we went to the beach. ______

4. The train stopped running. _______

5. Ted slept a lot, but he was still tired. _________