RIC-6242 Primary Grammar and Word Study - Book C
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What do the words tell us?<br />
1. Read this limerick.<br />
There was an old man on the moon<br />
who liked to sing a tune.<br />
It made him quite sad<br />
to find the atmosphere was bad<br />
<strong>and</strong> no-one could hear him croon!<br />
The words in bold print tell us more about the noun. The words ‘an’ <strong>and</strong><br />
‘a’ tell us that it could be any old man singing any tune! ‘The’ tells us<br />
that it is a particular moon with a particular atmosphere.<br />
2. Sort the nouns below into groups.<br />
sky cat apple water owl mouse<br />
a an the<br />
3. Match the sentences to the correct picture. The words in bold print will<br />
help you.<br />
(a) Those cats are very playful.<br />
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(b) These cats are very sleepy.<br />
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(c) This ball is very bouncy.<br />
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(d) That ball is very flat.<br />
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<strong>Primary</strong> grammar <strong>and</strong> word study<br />
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