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<strong>English</strong> <strong>skills</strong> <strong>practice</strong> (<strong>Book</strong> B)<br />

<strong>English</strong> <strong>skills</strong> <strong>practice</strong> (<strong>Book</strong> C)<br />

<strong>English</strong> <strong>skills</strong> <strong>practice</strong> (<strong>Book</strong> D)<br />

<strong>English</strong> <strong>skills</strong> <strong>practice</strong> (<strong>Book</strong> E)<br />

<strong>English</strong> <strong>skills</strong> <strong>practice</strong> (<strong>Book</strong> F)<br />

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FOREWORD<br />

In this daily <strong>practice</strong> workbook you will be able to develop your ability to use <strong>English</strong>. Each day, you will<br />

have questions to answer in the areas of spelling, word study, punctuation and grammar. The 150 days<br />

of questions are broken into 15 units of 10 days. Each unit has a focus, which will help to improve your<br />

<strong>English</strong> <strong>skills</strong> as well as your knowledge about how language works.<br />

At the completion of each set of 10 days, you will have the opportunity to test what you learnt by doing<br />

some revision questions.<br />

Your daily scores are recorded in the bubble at the bottom of each day. These daily scores can<br />

be transferred onto the record sheets in the front of your book. This will give an overview of your<br />

performance for the whole school year.<br />

Be sure to read each question carefully before you answer it. If you find a question too difficult, move on<br />

to the next one. If you have time at the end, you can go back to the one you haven’t done.<br />

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Unit 1<br />

Days 1–10.............................................. 2–6<br />

Unit 2<br />

Days 11–20.......................................... 7–11<br />

Unit 3<br />

Days 21–30........................................ 12–16<br />

Unit 4<br />

Days 31–40........................................ 17–21<br />

Unit 5<br />

Days 41–50........................................ 22–26<br />

Unit 6<br />

Days 51–60........................................ 27–31<br />

Unit 7<br />

Days 61–70........................................ 32–36<br />

CONTENTS<br />

Unit 9<br />

Days 81–90........................................ 42–46<br />

Unit 10<br />

Days 91–100...................................... 47–51<br />

Unit 11<br />

Days 101–110.................................... 52–56<br />

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Unit 13<br />

Days 121–130.................................... 62–66<br />

Unit 14<br />

Days 131–140.................................... 67–71<br />

Unit 15<br />

Days 141–150.................................... 72–76<br />

Revision days.....................................77–91<br />

Unit 8<br />

Days 71–80........................................ 37–41<br />

Things I need to remember ....................... 92<br />

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UNIT 1<br />

DAY 1 DAY 2<br />

1. Circle the correct spelling. forteen fourteen<br />

2. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Frogs’ eggs are redy to hatch in six to 21 days.<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. tomorrow tomorow<br />

4. Which word does not have a short a sound?<br />

channel bracket greater assembly<br />

5. Is the underlined word the synonym for above? Yes<br />

lower overhead overhang No<br />

6. Add a prefix to make the words mean the opposite.<br />

employed<br />

natural<br />

7. Write would not as a contraction.<br />

8. Write the homophone for break.<br />

9. Circle the word with three syllables.<br />

weather probably swimming<br />

10. Write the plural of tax.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

young tadpoles swim around and feed on algae<br />

12. Add a comma or commas.<br />

Adult frogs eat insects worms snails and spiders.<br />

13. Add an apostrophe to show possession.<br />

A frogs long, sticky tongue helps it to catch food.<br />

14. Circle the common nouns.<br />

A frog inhabiting the Amazon Basin has horns and a<br />

very large mouth.<br />

15. Circle the proper nouns.<br />

Some frogs living in dense, tropical forests of<br />

Borneo and Malaysia live in trees.<br />

16. Circle the noun phrase.<br />

These amazing frogs glide smoothly and effortlessly.<br />

17. Circle the adjectives.<br />

Male frogs use loud croaking noises to attract<br />

females.<br />

18. How many nouns?<br />

Frogs live on all continents except for Antarctica,<br />

where the climate isn’t suitable.<br />

19. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

After it hatches from its egg, a tadpole tries to<br />

remain hidden among water plants.<br />

20. Circle two pronouns.<br />

They attach themselves to water plants and move<br />

very little.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

From space, Earth looks like it is made of blue<br />

matereel.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. suprise surprise<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. adress address<br />

4. Does the underlined word have a short e sound? Yes<br />

elephant eastern friend weather No<br />

5. An antonym for subtract is .<br />

lessen increase subject<br />

6. Add the suffix ing to forget.<br />

7. Expand the contraction they’re.<br />

8. Write the homophone for meet.<br />

9. Does the underlined word have two syllables? Yes<br />

lemonade potatoes complete No<br />

10. Write the plural of sheep.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

the ocean makes earth look blue<br />

12. Add a comma or commas.<br />

Earth’s atmosphere is composed of nitrogen oxygen<br />

argon and small amounts of other gases.<br />

13. Add an apostrophe to show possession.<br />

Ocean water covers about 71% of Earths surface.<br />

14. Circle the abstract noun.<br />

Astronomers have gained much knowledge about<br />

Earth, other planets and the sun.<br />

15. How many nouns?<br />

Earth receives its warmth and light from the sun.<br />

16. Circle the adjectives.<br />

Venus is the hottest planet, while Jupiter is the<br />

largest.<br />

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17. Circle the proper nouns.<br />

Carl Sagan was an American astronomer who<br />

helped with space missions to Mars.<br />

18. Circle the noun phrase.<br />

The enormous space shuttle hurtled onwards.<br />

19. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

Ancient astronomers studied the sky with the naked<br />

eye as they did not have telescopes for viewing.<br />

20. Circle two pronouns.<br />

They used their knowledge of the stars to help them<br />

navigate at sea and on land.<br />

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1. Write the jumbled word correctly.<br />

DAY 3 DAY 4<br />

Fossils can be found tebwene layers of rock.<br />

2. Is the underlined word correct? Yes No<br />

answer<br />

anser<br />

3. Which word has a spelling error? sauce sause<br />

4. Which word does not have a short i sound?<br />

multiply symbol business writing<br />

5. A synonym for connect is .<br />

attach break construct<br />

6. Add a prefix to make the words mean the opposite.<br />

correct<br />

convenient<br />

7. Write does not as a contraction.<br />

8. What is a homophone for heal?<br />

9. The word fossil comes from the Latin word fossilis<br />

meaning: dinosaur dig up<br />

10. What is the plural of shelf?<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

is a palaeontologist a scientist who studies fossils<br />

12. Add a comma or commas.<br />

Fossils can be made from teeth claws or bone.<br />

13. Add an apostrophe to show possession.<br />

Dinosaurs fossilised footprints reveal many things.<br />

14. Circle the count nouns.<br />

Palaeontologists study dinosaurs’ bones, teeth,<br />

footprints and egg nests.<br />

15. Circle the non-count nouns.<br />

For homework, the class collected information about<br />

various dinosaurs.<br />

16. How many nouns?<br />

All the dinosaurs on Earth lived on land; none flew<br />

or lived in water.<br />

17. The underlined words make the noun phrase. Yes<br />

The enormous Tyrannosaurus was<br />

No<br />

cruel and fierce.<br />

18. Circle the adjectives.<br />

Some dinosaurs had hard, blunt teeth for tearing<br />

leaves.<br />

19. Circle the superlative adjective.<br />

The smallest dinosaurs were the size of a regular<br />

chicken.<br />

20. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

Dinosaurs lived on Earth more than 65 million years<br />

ago and many of them were slow, heavy movers.<br />

1. Circle the correct spelling. goodby goodbye<br />

2. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

We counted fourty speeding vehicles on the road.<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. Janury January<br />

4. Which word does not have a short o sound?<br />

borrow swamp opening watching<br />

5. Circle an antonym for divide.<br />

divert unite separate<br />

6. Add the suffix er to begin.<br />

7. Expand the contraction don’t.<br />

8. What is the homophone for hear?<br />

9. The word street comes from the Latin word strata<br />

meaning:<br />

paved<br />

car<br />

10. What is the plural of potato?<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

the traffic on tonkin street has greatly increased<br />

12. Add a comma or commas.<br />

Vehicles include cars trucks motorcycles and vans.<br />

13. Add an apostrophe to show possession.<br />

Drivers patience is tested on the busy roads.<br />

14. Circle the collective noun.<br />

A fleet of cars was travelling through the tunnel that<br />

led out of the city.<br />

15. Which noun identifies gender?<br />

Police officers and firefighters assisted an injured<br />

woman.<br />

16. How many nouns?<br />

Swarms of reporters gathered around the driver of<br />

the vehicle who was uninjured.<br />

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17. The underlined words make the noun phrase. Yes<br />

The oily, wet road made it difficult to brake. No<br />

18. Circle the adjectives.<br />

A passenger in another vehicle suffered deep cuts<br />

and severe bruising.<br />

19. Circle the comparative adjective.<br />

‘I was luckier than that passenger!’ the uninjured<br />

driver exclaimed.<br />

20. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

An ambulance officer said she had feared there<br />

could have been more injuries to all involved.<br />

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UNIT 1<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

DAY 5 DAY 6<br />

Our family is travelling to Singapore in Febuary.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. plastik plastic<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. gather gathur<br />

4. Which word does not have a short u sound?<br />

shampoo across flooded Monday<br />

5. An antonym for awful is .<br />

awkward pleasant terrible<br />

6. Add the suffix ed to occur.<br />

7. Expand the contraction wasn’t.<br />

8. Write the homophone for shore.<br />

9. Circle the word with the fewest syllables.<br />

damage remember submarine<br />

10. Is the underlined word the plural of woman? Yes<br />

womans women No<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

the flight from sydney to singapore takes eight<br />

hours<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

Hurry up or we’ll miss our flight! my brother yelled.<br />

13. Add an apostrophe to show possession.<br />

Mums bag was two kilograms over the allowance.<br />

14. Circle the abstract noun.<br />

I enjoy taking off in a plane, as I have no fear of<br />

flying.<br />

15. How many nouns?<br />

The fear of flying is known as aerophobia, which<br />

one in six people suffer from.<br />

16. Circle the noun phrase.<br />

Our yellow life jackets were stored beneath us.<br />

17. Circle the adjectives.<br />

I watched an exciting film before listening to my<br />

favourite songs on my iPod.<br />

18. Which is correct? comfortabler more comfortable<br />

It is<br />

plane with your seat back.<br />

19. Circle the comparative adjective.<br />

to sleep on a<br />

The air turbulence got stronger during the night and<br />

kept us awake.<br />

20. Circle the interrogative pronoun.<br />

‘Who would like to visit the cockpit? the pilot asked.<br />

1. Write the jumbled word correctly.<br />

It is interesting to alenr about your family history.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. terific terrific<br />

3. Which word has a spelling error? groop group<br />

4. Circle the word with a silent consonant.<br />

asteroid remember handkerchief<br />

5. Write the synonym for satisfied.<br />

contented safe miserable<br />

6. Add a prefix to make the antonyms.<br />

obey<br />

honest<br />

7. Write I will as a contraction.<br />

8. What is the homophone for piece?<br />

9. The underlined word has the most syllables. Yes<br />

approach surprise sincerely No<br />

10. What is the plural of spy?<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

did your parents migrate from england or ireland<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

Dad, do you know about our family history? I asked.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

‘Our ancestors lives were very interesting!’ he<br />

replied.<br />

14. Circle the collective noun.<br />

An ancestor visiting Africa was trampled on by a<br />

herd of elephants.<br />

15. How many nouns?<br />

At the time, he was observing a band of gorillas.<br />

16. Circle the noun phrase.<br />

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I found out someone had been a famous spy.<br />

17. Circle the adjectives.<br />

This ancestor took part in many secret missions and<br />

showed great courage.<br />

18. Which is correct? more unusual most unusual<br />

The<br />

was that of a clown!<br />

ancestor’s occupation<br />

19. Circle the superlative adjective.<br />

The most shocking discovery was to find one<br />

ancestor was a murderer!<br />

20. Circle the interrogative pronoun.<br />

‘What else did you find out?’ my parents enquired.<br />

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1. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

a type of food. irfut<br />

2. The underlined word is correct. Yes No<br />

speshial special<br />

3. Which word has a spelling error? suger sugar<br />

4. The underlined word has a silent consonant. Yes<br />

prefix electric khaki No<br />

5. Write the synonym for enormous.<br />

extra immense tiny<br />

6. Add a prefix to make the antonyms.<br />

behave<br />

7. Write how has as a contraction.<br />

lead<br />

8. Write the homophone for source.<br />

9. Circle the word with fewer syllables than everything.<br />

understand horrible someone<br />

10. What is the singular of churches?<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

the art of growing bonsai trees originated in japan<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

Is a bonsai tree naturally very small? I asked.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

‘No, the trees leaves, roots and branches are<br />

regularly trimmed’, explained the gardener.<br />

14. Circle the count nouns.<br />

A bonsai is planted in a tray or container so it grows<br />

in a confined space.<br />

15. How many non-count nouns?<br />

Bonsai need a certain amount of sunlight each day.<br />

16. Circle the noun phrase.<br />

They are usually repotted every two years.<br />

17. Circle the adjectives.<br />

An extremely skilful gardener can make a bonsai<br />

look like a tiny gnarled tree.<br />

18. Which is correct? most tricky trickiest<br />

Watering a bonsai is the<br />

thing to work out.<br />

19. Circle the superlative adjective.<br />

Pine is one of the best trees to develop into a<br />

magnificent bonsai.<br />

20. Circle the relative pronoun.<br />

This is the gardener who developed the bonsai.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Allthough a rhinoceros is large, an elephant is larger.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. complete compleet<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. minute minite<br />

4. Which words do not have a silent consonant?<br />

known white assembly divide<br />

5. Write the antonym for brief.<br />

short long narrow<br />

6. Add the suffix er to travel.<br />

7. Write how is as a contraction.<br />

8. What is the homophone for through?<br />

9. Circle the word with more syllables than aircraft.<br />

bicycle train canoe<br />

10. The underlined word is plural for deer. Yes No<br />

deer<br />

deers<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

species of elephant include the african and indian<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

That elephant weighs 5000 kg! she exclaimed.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

African elephants tusks are about three metres in<br />

length.<br />

14. Circle the gender nouns.<br />

Young bulls eventually leave the herd but cows stay<br />

all their lives.<br />

15. How many gender nouns?<br />

A calf develops inside its mother for 22 months.<br />

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16. Circle the noun phrase.<br />

The oldest female elephant is in charge.<br />

17. Circle the adjectives.<br />

A newborn calf has ginger hair over the thick skin on<br />

its head and back.<br />

18. Which is correct? more common commoner<br />

Tuskless males are<br />

Sri Lankan elephants.<br />

19. Circle the superlative adjective.<br />

An elephant is the largest living land animal.<br />

20. Circle the relative pronoun.<br />

among<br />

A calf, whose mother has died, is looked after by the<br />

other female elephants in the herd.<br />

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UNIT 1<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Puding is not a healthy breakfast choice.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. frachion fraction<br />

3. Circle the incorrect word. devide divide<br />

4. Which words do not have a silent consonant?<br />

climb biscuit wooden sign<br />

5. The underlined word is a synonym for leave. Yes<br />

arrive depart late No<br />

6. Add a prefix to make the antonyms.<br />

legal<br />

7. Write you would as a contraction.<br />

8. What is the homophone for our?<br />

legible<br />

9. Circle the word with more syllables than shadow.<br />

pancake treatment celebrate<br />

10. What is the singular of copies?<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

are cereal fruit and yoghurt healthy breakfast<br />

choices<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

What did you spread on your toast? my sister asked.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

After a nights sleep, our bodies need ‘refuelling’.<br />

14. Is the underlined word an abstract noun? Yes No<br />

There are important reasons to eat breakfast.<br />

15. How many nouns?<br />

On Saturdays, we have scrambled eggs or pancakes<br />

for breakfast.<br />

16. Circle the noun phrase.<br />

I make my homemade smoothies quite often.<br />

17. Circle the adjectives.<br />

Homemade smoothies are delicious and a healthy<br />

choice for breakfast.<br />

18. Which is correct? deliciouser more delicious<br />

I think scrambled eggs are<br />

than poached eggs.<br />

19. Circle the superlative adjective.<br />

Thick slices of bread make the best toast.<br />

20. Circle the pronoun.<br />

DAY 9 DAY 10<br />

Dad helped himself to Mum’s baked beans on toast.<br />

1. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

simple to do. syea<br />

2. Circle the incorrect spelling. celibrate celebrate<br />

3. Which word has a spelling error? mobile mobbile<br />

4. Circle the word with a silent consonant.<br />

belief doubt multiple<br />

5. Write the antonym for continue.<br />

cease remain late<br />

6. Add the suffix ing to prefer.<br />

7. Write who will as a contraction.<br />

8. Write the homophone for coarse.<br />

9. Circle the word with fewer syllables than microwave.<br />

potato reasonable teaspoon<br />

10. What is the singular of people?<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

we arrived at lakeside caravan park last sunday<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

Let’s go canoeing on the lake! yelled my brother.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

My brothers canoe was larger than the others.<br />

14. Circle the concrete nouns.<br />

His wooden oar got stuck in the reeds near the jetty.<br />

15. How many count nouns?<br />

We used a lot of energy paddling our canoes in the<br />

safety of the lake.<br />

16. The underlined words make a noun phrase. Yes<br />

No<br />

We had parked on a flat and grassy position.<br />

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17. Circle the adjectives.<br />

We awoke to the delightful sounds of chirping birds<br />

in the nearby tree.<br />

18. Which is correct? better best<br />

The<br />

19. Circle the comparative adjective.<br />

activity was fishing in the lake.<br />

We caught more trout as the bait became smellier.<br />

20. Circle the pronouns.<br />

Everybody enjoyed eating the delicious smoked<br />

trout that she prepared in the caravan.<br />

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DAY 11 DAY 12<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Do you have cooking lessons at scool?<br />

2. The underlined word is correct. Yes No<br />

aproach<br />

approach<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. interesting intresting<br />

4. The underlined word has a long a sound. Yes No<br />

failure weight layout obey<br />

5. Write the synonym for clumsy.<br />

steady awkward crooked<br />

6. In the word reappear, the prefix re means:<br />

real again above<br />

7. Write can not as a contraction.<br />

8. quite or quiet?<br />

I like to cook<br />

home.<br />

a lot of meals at<br />

9. Draw lines to show the syllables in important.<br />

10. What is the singular of circuses?<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

our online grocery order arrives on saturdays<br />

12. Add a comma or commas.<br />

The order included eggs milk cereal meat and fruit.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

Mums favourite meals are roasts and curries.<br />

14. Circle the verbs.<br />

I baked a cake and made some scones.<br />

15. Circle the auxiliary (helping) verb.<br />

Dad is sharpening the carving knife.<br />

16. Circle the verb group.<br />

I am beating the eggs that are for the pavlova.<br />

17. Which tense? past present<br />

Knowing how to use kitchen appliances is part of<br />

cooking.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple past tense (with 1 verb).<br />

We were eating some pasta.<br />

19. Circle the adverb.<br />

The silver kettle boiled furiously.<br />

20. The adverb thoroughly is one of:<br />

time place manner<br />

Hygiene procedures include washing<br />

hands thoroughly.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

A libary is a place where books are kept.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. arrange arange<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. gues guess<br />

4. Circle the word that does not have a hard c (cold)<br />

sound. anchor chemist official cough<br />

5. The underlined word is the antonym for finish. Yes<br />

begin final continue No<br />

6. Add the suffix ation, to change the verb to a noun.<br />

prepare<br />

7. Expand the contraction didn’t.<br />

8. lose or loose?<br />

His tooth became<br />

basketball hit him in the mouth.<br />

9. Separate organised into syllables.<br />

10. The plural of knife is:<br />

after a<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

is the basketball grand final on friday 5 july<br />

12. Is the red comma needed? Yes No<br />

Our team’s colours are red, black, and white.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

The teams coaches shook each others hands.<br />

14. Circle the verbs.<br />

We climbed the stairs into the stands and sat down,<br />

waiting for the match to start.<br />

15. Circle the auxiliary verb.<br />

‘The Redbacks have beaten the Tigers twice this<br />

season!’ I commented excitedly.<br />

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16. Circle the verb group.<br />

By half-time, the Redbacks were playing far better<br />

than the Tigers.<br />

17. Which tense? past present<br />

The Tigers lived up to their name and pounced like<br />

cats on the ball.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple past tense (with 1 verb).<br />

He is shooting really well.<br />

19. Circle the adverb.<br />

Our supporters cheered so loudly that the<br />

opposition looked worried.<br />

20. Circle the adverb. It is one of:<br />

time place manner<br />

That player can dribble the ball expertly.<br />

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DAY 13 DAY 14<br />

UNIT 2<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

At the begining of winter, we turn on our heating.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. damage damige<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. assembly assembley<br />

4. Circle the word that does not have a sh (shy) sound.<br />

achieve ocean machine chef<br />

5. Is the underlined word a synonym for base? Yes<br />

over bottom baseball No<br />

6. In the word submarine, the prefix sub means:<br />

water under ship<br />

7. Write I would as a contraction.<br />

8. less or fewer? The grass you have,<br />

the<br />

water you’ll use.<br />

9. Draw lines to show the syllables in dishwasher.<br />

10. What is the singular of stories?<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

one per cent of water on earth is useable fresh<br />

water<br />

12. Add a comma or commas.<br />

We need water for washing cooking and agriculture.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

About 70 per cent of Earths surface is ocean water.<br />

14. Circle the verbs.<br />

Ensure that you turn the tap off.<br />

15. Circle the modal verb.<br />

Water is precious so it must be conserved.<br />

16. Circle the verb group.<br />

We could not live without water for more than a few<br />

days.<br />

17. Which tense? past present<br />

Garden watering is prohibited in many places during<br />

months of rain.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple past tense.<br />

We will have shorter showers.<br />

19. Is the underlined word an adverb? Yes No<br />

We must use water wisely.<br />

20. Circle the adverb. It is one of:<br />

time place manner<br />

Watering is wasteful when the garden can be<br />

watered naturally by rain.<br />

1. Write the jumbled word correctly.<br />

It is ysawla best to avoid a meeting with a skunk.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. Tuesday Tuseday<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. coach coatch<br />

4. The underlined word has a long e sound. Yes No<br />

receive comedy geometry police<br />

5. Circle the antonym for reckless.<br />

rough surprised careful<br />

6. Add ly, to change the adjective to an adverb.<br />

angry<br />

7. Expand the contraction hasn’t.<br />

8. could of or could have?<br />

It is likely that a skunk<br />

made a burrow under that woodpile.<br />

9. Separate ability into syllables.<br />

10. The plural of scissors is:<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

do all skunks have black and white markings<br />

12. Add a comma or commas.<br />

Skunks eat insects fruit worms eggs mice and frogs.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

A skunks spray can travel three metres.<br />

14. Circle the verbs.<br />

The horned owl is the only animal that attacks<br />

skunks for food.<br />

15. Circle the modal verb.<br />

A skunk’s odour can be smelt a kilometre away.<br />

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16. Circle the verb group.<br />

This odour has been described as a blend of garlic,<br />

burnt rubber and rotten eggs!<br />

17. Which tense? past present<br />

The foul smell stays on the victim for days.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple past tense.<br />

It was feeding its young.<br />

19. Circle the adverb.<br />

The odour certainly keeps animals at bay.<br />

20. Circle the adverb. It is one of:<br />

time place degree<br />

Skunks are known to be quite bossy.<br />

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1. Circle the correct spelling. charge charg<br />

2. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

We are learning about astronomy in sience.<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. straynge strange<br />

4. Which word does not have a long o sound?<br />

dough unknown October geography<br />

5. Circle the antonym for polite.<br />

mischievous rude pleasant<br />

6. Add ly, to change the adjective to an adverb.<br />

gentle<br />

7. Expand the contraction couldn’t.<br />

8. bought or brought?<br />

A teacher<br />

solar system to display.<br />

9. Separate economics into syllables.<br />

10. The plural of splash is:<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

in a chart of the<br />

the planet mercury is the closest to the sun<br />

12. Circle the sentence that needs quotation marks.<br />

Look at Mars, she said. She said to look at Mars.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

The suns gravitation is stronger than a planets.<br />

14. How many verbs?<br />

We saw the sun slowly sink below the horizon.<br />

15. Is the underlined word an auxiliary verb? Yes No<br />

Astronomers have discovered that many comets<br />

enter our galaxy.<br />

16. Circle the verb group.<br />

Stargazers had been watching the comet travel<br />

across the night sky.<br />

17. Which tense? past present<br />

Pluto is no longer a planet—it’s a dwarf planet.<br />

18. Write the missing verb in its correct form. travel<br />

The astronauts<br />

moon last year.<br />

to the<br />

19. How many adverbs?<br />

A full moon shines brightly, but this only happens<br />

monthly.<br />

20. Circle the adverbial of time.<br />

The spacecraft was due to take off after daybreak.<br />

1. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means a<br />

type of musical instrument. tauigr<br />

2. Circle the incorrect spelling. comming coming<br />

3. Which word has a spelling error? survey survay<br />

4. The underlined word has a long i sound. Yes No<br />

kaleidoscope prisoner dyed tighten<br />

5. Write the synonym for earlier.<br />

yesterday afterwards before<br />

6. In the word supermarket, the prefix super means:<br />

star above many<br />

7. Write I had as a contraction.<br />

8. could have or could of?<br />

The concert<br />

at a better venue.<br />

9. Draw lines to show the syllables in audience.<br />

10. What is the singular of leaves?<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

is the name of the lead singer jack elton<br />

been held<br />

12. The underlined sentence needs quotation marks.<br />

He moaned he couldn’t hear. Yes No<br />

I can’t hear, he moaned.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

Fans tickets could be bought at the venues<br />

reception.<br />

14. How many verbs?<br />

Most fans agreed that the concert was a<br />

disappointment not worth attending.<br />

15. Circle the auxiliary verb.<br />

As soon as the group arrived on stage, they were<br />

plagued with problems.<br />

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16. Circle the verb groups.<br />

It was obvious they had not practised enough.<br />

17. Which tense? past present<br />

The drummer dropped his drumsticks twice.<br />

18. Write the missing verb in its correct form. freeze<br />

The lead singer<br />

the words.<br />

when he forgot<br />

19. How many adverbs?<br />

The audience clapped briefly and unenthusiastically<br />

after each song.<br />

20. Circle the adverbial of manner.<br />

They booed long and loud after the band left<br />

the stage.<br />

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DAY 17 DAY 18<br />

UNIT 2<br />

1. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means a<br />

possible cause of harm. nerdga<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. ache akhe<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. Wensday Wednesday<br />

4. Add ear, er or ur. The soldi h d a loud<br />

noise as the bomb hit the th’s s face.<br />

5. Write an antonym for continue.<br />

begin cease proceed<br />

6. In the word anticlockwise, the prefix anti means:<br />

against turn away<br />

7. Write it is as a contraction.<br />

8. quite or quiet?<br />

All was<br />

after the bomb exploded.<br />

9. Draw lines to show the syllables in extremely.<br />

10. Complete the simile.<br />

leaf or bone? As dry as a .<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

the soldiers name was lieutenant jacobsen<br />

12. Circle the sentence that needs quotation marks.<br />

Is anyone hurt? he asked. He asked if anyone was hurt.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

Many soldiers injuries were deep cuts from glass.<br />

14. How many verbs?<br />

Medics removed glass fragments and cleaned and<br />

stitched cuts.<br />

15. Circle the modal verb.<br />

The soldiers expected that another bomb might<br />

explode at any moment.<br />

16. Circle the verb group.<br />

The explosion had shattered windows and damaged<br />

tiles on many roofs.<br />

17. Which tense? past present<br />

One soldier had been knocked unconscious when he<br />

hit his head.<br />

18. Write the missing verb in its correct form. give<br />

Medics<br />

infection.<br />

penicillin shots to prevent<br />

19. How many adverbs?<br />

Fortunately, no-one was killed in the blast, which<br />

was gladly acknowledged.<br />

20. Circle the adverbial of place.<br />

The soldiers took cover behind a pile of sandbags.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

It is feared polar bears will become extingt.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. colection collection<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. digree degree<br />

4. Add o, oe, ough or ow.<br />

Alth it was zer degrees, we foll ed<br />

the polar bear on our tipt s.<br />

5. The underlined word is a synonym for accurate. Yes<br />

wrong accepted correct No<br />

6. Add the suffix ation, to change the verb to a noun.<br />

sense<br />

7. Expand the contraction who’ll.<br />

8. lose or loose? We had to look carefully so we<br />

didn’t<br />

9. Separate population<br />

into its syllables.<br />

sight of the bear’s tracks.<br />

10. Complete the simile.<br />

rock or bear? As solid as a .<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

do polar bears only live in the arctic<br />

12. Circle the sentence that needs quotation marks.<br />

Watch out! he yelled. He yelled to watch out.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

Polar bears prey is mainly ringed seals.<br />

14. How many verbs?<br />

They lie in wait, close to an ice hole, ready to<br />

pounce when the seal comes up for air.<br />

15. Circle the modal verb.<br />

Polar bears could die out if global warming<br />

continues to make temperatures rise.<br />

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16. Circle the verb group.<br />

Temperatures are rising more quickly in the Arctic<br />

than anywhere else in the world.<br />

17. Which tense? past present<br />

During the winter, polar bears live and hunt for<br />

seals on the Arctic sea ice.<br />

18. Write the missing verb in its correct form. begin<br />

The sea ice is<br />

and takes longer to return.<br />

to melt sooner<br />

19. How many adverbs?<br />

Polar bears wait patiently for seals to suddenly<br />

appear.<br />

20. Circle the adverbial of time. Eventually, there will<br />

be no sea ice left during the summer.<br />

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DAY 19 DAY 20<br />

1. Write the jumbled word correctly.<br />

This year, the first day of school is a nedaWesyd.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. repeat repete<br />

3. Which word is incorrect? revise revize<br />

4. The underlined word has a long u sound. Yes No<br />

manoeuvre latitude juicy through<br />

5. Circle the antonym for doubt.<br />

believe distrust correct<br />

6. Add ly, to change the adjective to an adverb.<br />

basic<br />

7. Expand the contraction weren’t.<br />

8. fewer or less?<br />

There are<br />

than last year.<br />

9. Separate festival into syllables.<br />

10. Complete the simile. rake or ruler?<br />

As thin as a .<br />

children in my class<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. do you know if mrs cadarver<br />

is still the head teacher<br />

12. The underlined sentence needs quotation marks.<br />

Is this his? she asked. She asked Yes No<br />

if this was his.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

The classs bags hung outside Mr Perkins room.<br />

14. How many verbs?<br />

Mr Perkins made us do a maths test that took an<br />

hour to complete.<br />

15. Circle the auxiliary verb.<br />

My brain was hurting after only ten minutes of work.<br />

16. Circle the verb group.<br />

Mr Perkins glared at me, as I had been talking to<br />

the person next to me.<br />

17. Which tense? past present<br />

Nothing is worse than the first day of a new school<br />

year.<br />

18. Write the missing verb in its correct form. forget<br />

I had<br />

problems.<br />

how to solve the division<br />

19. How many adverbs?<br />

Unfortunately, Mr Perkins ruthlessly piled on the<br />

homework that first day.<br />

20. Circle the adverbial of time.<br />

The next school holidays had better happen sooner<br />

than later!<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

The online catelogue listed what was on offer.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. sincerely sincerly<br />

3. Which word is correct? search serch<br />

4. Add ea, ai or eigh. We were afr d the price<br />

would be too gr t as the w t increases<br />

the fr<br />

t cost.<br />

5. The underlined word is a synonym for exterior. Yes<br />

internal outside exact No<br />

6. In the word international, the prefix inter means:<br />

inside against among<br />

7. Write it has as a contraction.<br />

8. bought or brought?<br />

I<br />

special.<br />

several items that were on<br />

9. Draw lines to show the syllables in advertisement.<br />

10. Complete the simile.<br />

tin or nails? As tough as .<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

we ordered a jacket for dads birthday in september<br />

12. Circle the sentence that needs quotation marks.<br />

He noted it was cheap. It was cheap, he noted.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

Mums computer mouses batteries had become flat.<br />

14. How many verbs?<br />

She had to change the batteries before she could<br />

order and pay for the goods.<br />

15. The underlined word is an auxiliary verb. Yes No<br />

Mum took so long to change the batteries that the<br />

website had timed itself out.<br />

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16. Circle the verb group.<br />

She will be able to log in again in a few minutes.<br />

17. Which tense? past present<br />

Our last online order from this company arrived in<br />

three days.<br />

18. Write the missing verb in its correct form. hide<br />

There were no<br />

delivery.<br />

costs added to the<br />

19. How many adverbs?<br />

Finally, Mum finished ordering and hastily typed in<br />

her credit card details.<br />

20. Circle the adverbial of place.<br />

As we were not home when the order arrived,<br />

it was left near the front door.<br />

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UNIT 3<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

The Dakar Rally is a populer off-road endurance race.<br />

2. Circle the correct word. appoint apoint<br />

3. Circle the incorrect word. opossite opposite<br />

4. Circle the word that does not have an er (fern) sound.<br />

journey myrtle worthy export<br />

5. In the word prehistoric, the prefix pre means:<br />

after against before<br />

6. Write they had as a contraction.<br />

7. Which word comes first in alphabetical order?<br />

flinch flight flimsy fling<br />

8. desert or dessert?<br />

A<br />

9. The base word of successfully is:<br />

10. What is the singular of tries?<br />

is a dry, harsh environment.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

the dakar rally has been held in south america<br />

since 2009<br />

12. Add two commas.<br />

In 2013 the race began in Lima Peru.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

Many people have died over the course of the<br />

races history.<br />

14. How many nouns?<br />

Vehicles in the race include cars, trucks and<br />

motorbikes that can travel in sand.<br />

15. The underlined word is a: pronoun determiner<br />

Although the distance changes each year, the race<br />

is more than 8000 kilometres.<br />

16. Circle the two determiners that are articles.<br />

A desert landscape is an ideal location for this<br />

annual race.<br />

17. How many adjectives?<br />

The race is about blinding speeds, and rugged and<br />

terrifying landscapes.<br />

18. The underlined words make a noun phrase. Yes<br />

This thrilling race takes about two No<br />

weeks to complete.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction.<br />

Approximately 400 people enter the race, but only<br />

two out of five complete it.<br />

20. Question, exclamation or statement?<br />

Competitors drive or ride 12 to 14 hours per day<br />

1. Rearrange the letters to make a word that is an organ<br />

of the body. csohmta<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. voise voice<br />

3. Circle the incorrect word. toothache toothake<br />

4. Circle the words that have an uh (schwa) sound.<br />

centre elixir search actor<br />

5. Add the suffix ment to one word to make a new word.<br />

argue<br />

6. Write they will as a contraction.<br />

hope<br />

7. Which word comes last in alphabetical order?<br />

spray sprinkle spread sprout<br />

8. breath or breathe?<br />

The air we<br />

9. The base word of uncomfortable is:<br />

goes into our lungs.<br />

10. Circle the plural of thief. thiefs thieves<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

your heart is slightly bigger than your fist<br />

12. Add two commas.<br />

Our heart which is pear-shaped has four chambers.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

Our circulatory systems blood vessels carry food<br />

and oxygen to our bodys cells.<br />

14. How many nouns?<br />

Our complex circulatory system includes the heart,<br />

arteries and veins.<br />

15. The underlined word is a: pronoun determiner<br />

Our body has several other types of systems.<br />

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Your kidneys are one of the most important organs<br />

in the body.<br />

17. How many adjectives?<br />

Our hard, bony skeleton helps protect our soft<br />

internal organs.<br />

18. Circle the noun phrase.<br />

It also allows us to stand upright and holds up our<br />

internal organs.<br />

19. The underlined word is a conjunction. Yes No<br />

The digestive system takes in nutrients the body<br />

needs and gets rid of waste products.<br />

20. Question, exclamation or statement?<br />

Eat good food to stay strong and healthy<br />

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DAY 23 DAY 24<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

I would definately like to visit Pompeii in Italy.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. woolen woollen<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. aweful awful<br />

4. Circle the word that does not have a f (find) sound.<br />

tough giraffe dolphin through<br />

5. Which word does not use pre as a prefix?<br />

precaution prefer prefix<br />

6. Write they would as a contraction.<br />

7. Which word comes second in alphabetical order?<br />

complain compose compare compass<br />

8. a or an? The volcanic eruption that destroyed<br />

two cities was<br />

9. The base word of undecided is:<br />

10. What is the singular of pyjamas?<br />

horrific event.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

volcanic ash mud and rocks covered the cities of<br />

pompeii and herculaneum<br />

12. Add one comma. On the morning of 24 August 79<br />

AD Mount Vesuvius erupted.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

Mount Vesuviuss energy was so great that burning<br />

pumice reached the harbour and set fire to ships<br />

sails.<br />

14. How many abstract nouns?<br />

After 24 hours of raging anger, the volcano stopped<br />

erupting.<br />

15. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

Many people suffocated when they breathed in ash<br />

instead of oxygen from the air.<br />

16. Circle the possessive determiner.<br />

This ash then covered them and preserved details of<br />

their bodies.<br />

17. How many adjectives?<br />

Dense, choking ash and molten lava fell like<br />

volcanic rain.<br />

18. The underlined words make a noun phrase. Yes<br />

A large column of smoke exploded No<br />

from its centre.<br />

19. Circle the three conjunctions.<br />

People didn’t know whether to shelter indoors or go<br />

outside and flee.<br />

20. Question, exclamation or statement?<br />

It’s a strange feeling to walk around Pompeii and<br />

view the plaster casts of the people who were<br />

killed<br />

1. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

double forty-five. inteyn<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. wooden woodin<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. theatre theater<br />

4. Add ur, er, ear or ir.<br />

Th ty volunteers arrived ly for the<br />

p pose of training Labrador retriev s.<br />

5. Add the suffix less to one word to make a new word.<br />

kind pain<br />

6. Expand the contraction mightn’t.<br />

7. Which word comes third in a dictionary?<br />

strength stretch street streamer<br />

8. all ready or already?<br />

Some of the puppies had<br />

commenced guide dog training.<br />

9. The base word of misbehave is:<br />

10. The underlined word is the plural of city.<br />

Yes No citys cities<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. do you know how a dog is<br />

chosen and trained to be a guide dog<br />

12. Add commas.<br />

Qualities needed include intelligence a good<br />

memory obedience and calmness.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

Visually impaired peoples guide dogs are allowed to<br />

go on buses, trains and planes with their owners.<br />

14. How many count nouns?<br />

A guide dog learns to stop at kerbs, cross the road<br />

and go around objects.<br />

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15. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

Food rewards are not given to guide dogs so they<br />

won’t be distracted from their job.<br />

16. Circle the quantifying determiner.<br />

Many breeds of dog are not suitable to be trained as<br />

guide dogs.<br />

17. Circle the superlative adjective.<br />

Intelligent and obedient Labrador retrievers are<br />

most commonly used as guide dogs.<br />

18. Circle two noun phrases. You should not pat a guide<br />

dog in its working harness.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction. Although a guide dog seems<br />

to have a hard job, it loves its work.<br />

20. Question, exclamation or statement?<br />

How long does it take a guide dog to be fully<br />

trained<br />

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DAY 25 DAY 26<br />

UNIT 3<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

The Olympic Games compitition is held every four<br />

years.<br />

2. The underlined word is correct. Yes<br />

positive posative No<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. negitive negative<br />

4. Which two words have a soft c (rice) and hard c (call)<br />

sound?<br />

bicycle ancient scientific exercise<br />

5. In the word microchip, the prefix micro means very:<br />

large clear small<br />

6. Expand the contraction haven’t.<br />

7. Circle the word that comes last in alphabetical order.<br />

command commence comment common<br />

8. breath or breathe? The sprinter was out of<br />

9. The base word of impossible is:<br />

when she finished the race.<br />

10. The plural of watch is .<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. the first modern olympic<br />

games was held in greece in 1896<br />

12. Add a comma or commas.<br />

In 2012 the Olympic Games was held in London<br />

England.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

The Olympic Torchs flame is lit with assistance from<br />

the suns rays and passed to the first torchbearer.<br />

14. How many collective nouns?<br />

A crowd of spectators watched the team of athletes<br />

warm up.<br />

15. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

The gymnast threw the ball into the air with the<br />

palm of her hand and used her legs to ‘catch’ it.<br />

16. Circle the three determiners.<br />

Every person in the team performed to the best of<br />

their ability.<br />

17. Circle the comparative adjective.<br />

The talented young diver got a higher score than he<br />

expected.<br />

18. Circle three noun phrases.<br />

His horse easily cleared the fence jumps but not one<br />

of the tricky water jumps.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction.<br />

Despite the humid conditions, most marathon<br />

entrants kept running and completed the course.<br />

20. Question, command or exclamation?<br />

Listen carefully while the national anthem is<br />

played<br />

1. Write the jumbled word correctly.<br />

I’ll email you an itavintino to my birthday.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. eighth eigth<br />

3. Which word is incorrect? hundrid hundred<br />

4. Circle the words that have an uh (schwa) sound.<br />

chauffeur dollar flavour four<br />

5. Add the suffix ful to one word to make a new word.<br />

mouth teeth<br />

6. Write who is as a contraction:<br />

7. Which word comes second in alphabetical order?<br />

wreath wreck wrestle wrench<br />

8. desert or dessert? The will be a<br />

deliciously rich chocolate mud cake.<br />

9. The base word of imagination is:<br />

10. What is the singular of series?<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

does your party begin at 7 oclock or 8 oclock on<br />

saturday<br />

12. Add a comma or commas.<br />

I was born on Thursday 19 May 2004 in Dublin<br />

Ireland.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

My partys theme was to come dressed as a<br />

character from a well-known TV show or film.<br />

14. Circle the non-count nouns.<br />

The weather was warm and dry that evening so we<br />

danced outside to the music.<br />

15. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

Two friends’ costumes were so similar that they<br />

looked like twins!<br />

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My costume was excellent, as every guest said I<br />

looked exactly like Harry Potter.<br />

17. Circle the adjectives. The best costume was also the<br />

most impressive—Felonius Gru, from the popular<br />

animated film Despicable me.<br />

18. Are the underlined words a noun phrase? Yes No<br />

My friend also did a really good job sounding like<br />

Gru, too.<br />

19. Circle the conjunctions.<br />

We had turns parading around in front of everyone<br />

while they tried to guess the character and who the<br />

guest actually was.<br />

20. Question, exclamation or statement?<br />

We weren’t sure at first who came as Iron Man<br />

because his mask hid his face<br />

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DAY 27 DAY 28<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Telivishon was invented more than 100 years ago.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. keyboard keybord<br />

3. Circle the incorrect word. refrence reference<br />

4. Add ff, f, ph or gh. His ne ew drew a rou but<br />

e ective dra t of the armacy floorplan.<br />

5. In the word autobiography, the prefix auto means:<br />

against self car<br />

6. Expand the contraction it’ll.<br />

7. Which word comes second in alphabetical order?<br />

reflect referee reform refresh<br />

8. all ready or already?<br />

The barbecue had been put together and was<br />

to be used.<br />

9. The base word of certainly is:<br />

10. The plural of man is .<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

alexander graham bell invented the telephone in<br />

1876<br />

12. Add a comma or commas.<br />

In the early 1300s clockmakers began<br />

experimenting with mechanical alarm clocks in<br />

Germany Europe.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

Lazlo Biros invention—the ballpoint pen—became<br />

known as the ‘biro’ in <strong>English</strong>-speaking countries.<br />

14. How many abstract nouns?<br />

Inventors of machines possess talent, imagination<br />

and patience.<br />

15. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

Inventors often find themselves obsessively thinking<br />

about their ideas.<br />

16. Circle the quantifying determiner.<br />

There are many inventions—e.g. scissors—that<br />

make our lives simpler.<br />

17. Circle the superlative adjective.<br />

The simple wheel is arguably the most important<br />

machine to be invented.<br />

18. Are the underlined words a noun phrase? Yes No<br />

Simple machines are only made from a few parts.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction.<br />

While a machine like a tin opener is simple, others<br />

like a computer are complex.<br />

20. Statement, command or exclamation?<br />

Take care when using a pair of sharp scissors<br />

1. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

to travel. orjuyen<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. miror mirror<br />

3. The underlined word is incorrect. Yes<br />

August Augist No<br />

4. Circle the word that doesn’t have a zh (confusion)<br />

sound.<br />

erosion leisure zebra measure<br />

5. Add the suffix less to one word to make a new word.<br />

hope sad<br />

6. Write who has as a contraction:<br />

7. Which word comes third in alphabetical order?<br />

distress distribute distinct disturb<br />

8. wandered or wondered?<br />

We<br />

leprechauns in Ireland.<br />

9. The base word of historical is:<br />

10. What is the singular of tomatoes?<br />

if there really were<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

is the capital city of ireland dublin or cork<br />

12. Add two commas.<br />

St Patrick who is the patron saint of Ireland was<br />

actually born in England.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

Irelands national flower is the shamrock, which is a<br />

clover that has three leaves.<br />

14. Circle the nouns.<br />

Ireland is called the Emerald Isle because of its<br />

wide expanses of lush, green fields.<br />

15. Circle the pronoun and its noun. If you see a<br />

leprechaun, don’t take your eyes off him!<br />

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16. Circle the adjectives.<br />

A leprechaun looks like a miniature old man with a<br />

green tunic and green hat.<br />

17. The underlined word is a possessive determiner.<br />

Yes No If you catch a leprechaun, he might<br />

lead you to his pot of gold.<br />

18. Circle two noun phrases. An amazing Irish fact is that<br />

you won’t find a wild venomous snake there.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction. Because it is an island, the<br />

sea has prevented many animals reaching Ireland.<br />

20. Question, exclamation or statement?<br />

Have you heard about the legend of the Blarney<br />

Stone, which is set in the walls of Blarney<br />

Castle<br />

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DAY 29 DAY 30<br />

UNIT 3<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

A bottlenose dolphin has the abillity to learn tricks.<br />

2. Circle the correct word. favourite favorite<br />

3. Circle the incorrect word. calculator calculater<br />

4. Circle the word that does not have a f (full) sound.<br />

often roughly ought apostrophe<br />

5. In the word megabyte, the prefix mega means:<br />

great minor middle<br />

6. Write we would as a contraction:<br />

7. The underlined word comes last in alphabetical order.<br />

Yes No ridiculous riddle ridge ridden<br />

8. wandered or wondered?<br />

We<br />

around the dolphin enclosure,<br />

watching them swim.<br />

9. The base word of irregularly is:<br />

10. The plural of roof is .<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

there is a dolphin that lives in the freshwater<br />

yangtze river in china<br />

12. Add a comma or commas.<br />

Dolphin Cove at the Gold Coast in Queensland<br />

Australia is a great place to view dolphins.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

A dolphins favourite food is squid, fish and octopus.<br />

14. How many collective nouns?<br />

From the jetty, a crowd of people could see a pod of<br />

dolphins diving through a school of fish.<br />

15. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

Even though dolphins live in water, they are not fish.<br />

16. Circle the three determiners.<br />

Dolphins take care of each other as they have been<br />

known to help an injured dolphin to the surface to<br />

breathe.<br />

17. Circle the adjectives.<br />

Dolphins are amazing, as they can be trained to<br />

perform complicated and entertaining tricks.<br />

18. Circle the noun phrase.<br />

They communicate with each other by a complex<br />

system of noises.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction.<br />

As dolphins are mammals, they breathe in air<br />

through a blowhole.<br />

20. Question, command or statement?<br />

A bottlenose dolphin’s curved mouth makes it look<br />

as if it’s smiling<br />

1. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

something puzzling. syetmyr<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. proporshin proportion<br />

3. The underlined word is incorrect. Yes No<br />

achieve acheive<br />

4. Add y, ey, or i. Spaghett and macaron are<br />

less likel to give you a cavit than hon .<br />

5. Add the suffix ous to one word to make a new word.<br />

nature poison<br />

6. Write we had as a contraction:<br />

7. Which word comes third in alphabetical order?<br />

display displease disrupt dispose<br />

8. Write a or an. Visiting a dentist doesn’t have to be<br />

horrible experience.<br />

9. The base word of preoccupied is:<br />

10. The singular of wives is .<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

i have a dental appointment to visit dr buckland on<br />

monday 21 march<br />

12. Add a comma or commas.<br />

My teeth will be cleaned polished checked for<br />

cavities and treated with fluoride.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

A tooths hard enamel that covers it protects its<br />

internal parts.<br />

14. How many count nouns?<br />

A dentist gives important advice on how to care for<br />

your molars, incisors and gums.<br />

15. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

Dentine, found under teeth enamel, is not as hard<br />

but it also provides protection for the teeth.<br />

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16. Circle the two determiners.<br />

My dentist informed me that this visit showed I had<br />

been caring for my teeth as I had no cavities.<br />

17. Circle the superlative adjective. The best thing about<br />

regular dental checks is the fluoride treatment.<br />

18. Are the underlined words a noun phrase? Yes<br />

Help prevent decay by eating healthy No<br />

food and drinks.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction.<br />

Although wisdom teeth are not really needed, most<br />

people eventually grow them.<br />

20. Statement, command or question?<br />

How often do you visit your dentist<br />

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DAY 31 DAY 32<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

There was an air of exitement at the start of the<br />

race.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. afterwards afterword<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. depth depthe<br />

4. Circle the word that does not have a sh (shut) sound.<br />

surely description skeleton musician<br />

5. Add a prefix to make the antonym of each word.<br />

agree<br />

6. rowed, road or rode?<br />

The<br />

steep.<br />

appear<br />

to the top of the hill was very<br />

7. A synonym for combine is .<br />

blend separate collect<br />

8. Number in alphabetical order.<br />

flash flask flare<br />

9. The base word of instantly is:<br />

10. Are the syllables in spec/ta/tor correct? Yes No<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

a cheese-rolling competition is held in<br />

gloucestershire england in may every year<br />

12. Circle who is speaking.<br />

‘Are you entering the race?’ asked the official.<br />

13. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

I certainly am! he exclaimed.<br />

14. Circle the verbs.<br />

Contestants run down a steep hill, trying to catch a<br />

wheel of cheese.<br />

15. Which tense? past present future<br />

The race first began about 200 years ago.<br />

16. Circle the verb group.<br />

Some contestants have been known to tumble down<br />

the hill and injure themselves.<br />

17. Write the missing verb in its correct form. give<br />

The winner is<br />

cheese as a prize.<br />

18. Circle the adverb.<br />

There are usually several injuries.<br />

a fresh wheel of<br />

19. Circle the adverbial of place.<br />

Spectators cheer as contestants run and tumble<br />

down the hill.<br />

20. The underlined word is a preposition. Yes No<br />

Contestants and spectators celebrate after the<br />

races.<br />

1. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

to find out something. oevdicsr<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. humor humour<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. centre center<br />

4. Add ay, ey or eigh. The surv showed t<br />

n<br />

bours agreed many people did not<br />

ob the voluntary rule of making their cats<br />

st inside at night.<br />

5. Add the suffix ous to change the nouns to adjectives.<br />

humour glamour<br />

6. he’ll, heel or heal?<br />

He said<br />

put a bell around his cat’s neck.<br />

7. The underlined word is an antonym for enough.<br />

Yes No plenty insufficient extra<br />

8. Number in alphabetical order.<br />

opponent opposite opportunity<br />

9. The base word of extraordinary is:<br />

10. Are the syllables in amb/ul/ance correct? Yes No<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

cats can be good company fluffy and cute but they<br />

can also be a nuisance<br />

12. Circle who is speaking.<br />

‘Do you leave your cat inside?’ my neighbour<br />

enquired.<br />

13. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

I replied, We have a dog, not a cat.<br />

14. Circle the verbs. Cats climb over walls and fences<br />

and get into other gardens without being invited.<br />

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15. Which tense? past present future<br />

We were woken by the sound of cats fighting on our<br />

roof.<br />

16. Circle the verb group. Dogs can be kept securely in<br />

their own garden and not enter other gardens.<br />

17. Write the missing verb in its correct form. find<br />

Some dogs are<br />

constantly barking.<br />

to be<br />

18. Circle the adverb. Many native birds are killed<br />

needlessly by wandering cats.<br />

19. Circle the adverbial of manner. Cats can creep up on<br />

birds silently and stealthily, and kill them.<br />

20. Circle the preposition. Roaming cats do their<br />

‘business’ in other people’s garden beds!<br />

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UNIT 4<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

It is difficult for an insect to excape from a spider’s<br />

web.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. weather weathir<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. electrik electric<br />

4. Circle the words that have a h (help) sound.<br />

whole who whenever whip<br />

5. Add a prefix to make the antonym of each word.<br />

place<br />

6. flour or flower?<br />

A<br />

spell<br />

is the reproductive part of a plant.<br />

7. A synonym for busy is:<br />

active bored lazy<br />

8. Number in alphabetical order.<br />

antibiotic antiseptic anticipate<br />

9. The base word of glaringly is:<br />

10. Are the syllables in ph/ysic/al correct? Yes No<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

the venus flytrap is a plant that eats bugs flies ants<br />

and other insects<br />

12. Circle who is speaking.<br />

‘How can a plant catch insects to eat?’ asked the<br />

boy.<br />

13. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

It has hinged leaves that close like a trap, his<br />

teacher explained.<br />

14. Circle the modal verb.<br />

If an insect should accidentally touch the hairs on<br />

the leaves, the leaf will snap shut.<br />

15. Circle the auxiliary verb. Insects are attracted to the<br />

plant by sweet-smelling nectar inside the leaves.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. eat<br />

The leaves die after about four meals are<br />

.<br />

17. The underlined word is an adverb. Yes No<br />

The trap remains open until an insect lands lightly<br />

on its leaves.<br />

18. Circle the adverbial of time. The sensitive leaves<br />

snap shut in less than a second.<br />

19. Circle the preposition. The trap doesn’t close up<br />

properly at first so very small insects can escape.<br />

20. Circle the preposition phrase. Digestive juices within<br />

the trap dissolve the insect’s soft parts.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

An antydote is something that stops the effects of<br />

poison.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. sking skiing<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. skateing skating<br />

4. The underlined words have a silent consonant. Yes<br />

anchor hospital often someone No<br />

5. Add the suffix ion to change the verbs to nouns.<br />

hesitate<br />

inject<br />

6. rowed, rode or road? The motor failed so he<br />

the boat to shore.<br />

7. The antonym for normal is .<br />

common unusual natural<br />

8. Number in alphabetical order.<br />

pierce piece pier<br />

9. The base word of stickiness is:<br />

10. Are the syllables in con/veni/ent correct? Yes No<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

on tuesday mrs johnson was admitted to the king<br />

alfred hospital<br />

12. Circle who is speaking. ‘Why was she raced to<br />

hospital?’ enquired Logan O’Brien.<br />

13. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

Mr Patel explained, She had acute appendicitis.<br />

14. Circle the modal verb.<br />

He added that our class would have a replacement<br />

teacher for at least a week.<br />

15. The underlined word is an auxiliary verb. Yes No<br />

The class had expected the replacement teacher to<br />

be female.<br />

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We soon got used to being<br />

deep voice.<br />

to by a<br />

17. Circle the adverbs.<br />

The teacher, Mr Stockman, also had a habit of<br />

speaking oddly, word by word.<br />

18. Circle the adverbial of manner.<br />

During lessons, he walked around slowly and<br />

deliberately.<br />

19. Circle the preposition. Throughout the day, we<br />

sometimes caught him nodding off.<br />

20. Circle the preposition phrase. Mr Stockman perched<br />

on his desk and stared intently while we worked.<br />

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DAY 35 DAY 36<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

As winter approaches, the days gradually lenghten.<br />

2. The underlined word is correct. Yes No<br />

brilliant briliant<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. copyright coppyright<br />

4. Circle the word that does not have a hard g (go) sound.<br />

league tongue gherkin fatigue<br />

5. Add a prefix to make the antonym of each word.<br />

patient<br />

6. mist or missed?<br />

A<br />

7. A synonym for purchase is:<br />

possible<br />

is like a very thick fog.<br />

punish sell buy<br />

8. Number in alphabetical order.<br />

disturb distribute distinct<br />

9. The base word of respectability is:<br />

10. Are the syllables in tab/le/spoon correct? Yes No<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

are earths seasons the same on both sides of the<br />

world<br />

12. The underlined words are direct speech. Yes No<br />

‘Which days make up the weekend?’ asked the<br />

teacher.<br />

13. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

Saturday and Sunday, replied Bella.<br />

14. Which tense? past present future<br />

Bella added, ‘But Friday and Saturday for some<br />

countries’.<br />

15. Circle the verb groups.<br />

It had been raining heavily and we were glad when<br />

it stopped.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. blow<br />

The wind was so strong it<br />

open.<br />

the gate<br />

17. The underlined word is an adverb. Yes No<br />

Dad attached a rope tightly around the latch.<br />

18. Circle the adverbial of manner.<br />

Next, he quickly and securely battened down any<br />

loose objects.<br />

19. Circle the prepositions. Several tiles on the roof had<br />

been lifted off in the storm.<br />

20. Circle the preposition phrase. A huge tree branch had<br />

broken off and landed on the roof.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Is there one sport in piticuler you like to play?<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. anteseptic antiseptic<br />

3. The underlined word is incorrect. Yes No<br />

antebiotic antibiotic<br />

4. Circle the words that have a k (key) sound.<br />

acclaim acquire liquor spacious<br />

5. Add the suffix ion to change the verbs to nouns.<br />

express<br />

6. he’ll, heel or heal?<br />

I hope the blister on your<br />

quickly.<br />

permit<br />

will<br />

7. The underlined word is an antonym for ignore. Yes<br />

observe frighten disregard No<br />

8. Number in alphabetical order.<br />

straight strange strength<br />

9. The base word of gracefully is:<br />

10. Are the syllables in o/ver/throw correct? Yes No<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

have you watched manchester united play football<br />

at their homeground of old trafford<br />

12. Circle the part that is not direct speech.<br />

‘No, but I’d love to!’ Sean answered eagerly.<br />

13. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

Would you like to come with me on Saturday? his<br />

Uncle Patrick asked.<br />

14 Which tense? past present future<br />

‘You know my answer is … yes!’ Sean yelled<br />

excitedly.<br />

15. Circle the verb groups. The players were warming up,<br />

which they must do before each match.<br />

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16. Write the missing verb in the correct form. speak<br />

Yesterday, the coach<br />

the changing room.<br />

to his team in<br />

17. Circle the adverbs.<br />

Each team ran out energetically onto the ground<br />

while the supporters cheered loudly.<br />

18. Circle the adverbial of manner.<br />

Two goals were scored in quick succession by the<br />

home team.<br />

19. Circle the prepositions.<br />

The player dribbled the ball along the ground and<br />

kicked it into the net.<br />

20. Circle the preposition phrase. All the supporters<br />

screamed at the top of their voices.<br />

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DAY 37 DAY 38<br />

UNIT 4<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

The higher the altitude, the less oxygin in the air.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. mashine machine<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. strengthen strenghten<br />

4. Add oe, oa, o, ough or o-e. We gr ned as we<br />

hiked ver the fr zen ice fl , even<br />

th we were alm st h m .<br />

5. Add the prefix pre to one word to make a new word.<br />

drive<br />

6. rowed, road or rode?<br />

They<br />

on the .<br />

paid<br />

on the sledge through the snow<br />

7. The underlined word is a synonym for bravery. Yes<br />

cowardice courage brainy No<br />

8. Number in alphabetical order.<br />

decided deceived decimal<br />

9. The base word of geographical is:<br />

10. Are the syllables in moun/tain/eer correct? Yes No<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

many mountaineers favourite climb is mount everest<br />

in the himalayan mountains<br />

12. Circle the part that is not direct speech.<br />

Andre asked, ‘Who were the first people to climb it?’<br />

13. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

The mountaineer replied, Edmund Hillary and<br />

Tenzing Norgay. It was in 1953.<br />

14. Which tense? past present future<br />

‘I will be one of those successful climbers one day!’<br />

Andre exclaimed.<br />

15. Circle the auxiliary verb.<br />

Multiple methods are used to travel safely over icy<br />

areas.<br />

16. The underlined word is a modal verb. Yes No<br />

Only experienced mountaineers should tackle<br />

difficult climbs.<br />

17. Circle the adverbs. Shoe spikes grip solidly into the<br />

ice and pickets are driven in firmly.<br />

18. Circle the adverbial of time.<br />

Climbers may have to take shelter for several days<br />

in very bad weather.<br />

19. Circle the preposition. An avalanche is an event that<br />

could occur during a climb.<br />

20. Circle the preposition phrase. Avalanches occur when<br />

snow slides down a mountain.<br />

1. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

someone who lives near you.<br />

bunoerihg<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. exiting exciting<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. enuff enough<br />

4. The underlined words have a silent consonant. Yes<br />

yolk planet debt needle No<br />

5. Add the suffix ous to change the nouns to adjectives.<br />

fame<br />

danger<br />

6. flour or flower? She used wholemeal<br />

to make the bread.<br />

7. Circle the antonym for calm.<br />

nervous normal caring<br />

8. Number in alphabetical order.<br />

commend command comment<br />

9. The base word of bumpiest is:<br />

10. Are the syllables in auto/ma/tic correct? Yes No<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

the chefs advice was to have the ingredients any<br />

equipment and the oven pre-heated before you start<br />

cooking<br />

12. Circle the direct speech.<br />

‘What are you going to cook for dinner, Harry?’<br />

I inquired.<br />

13. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

An old favourite—spaghetti bolognaise! my brother<br />

answered.<br />

14. Which tense? past present future<br />

‘Yum! I’m sure everyone will love that!’ I replied,<br />

licking my lips.<br />

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15. Circle the auxiliary verb.<br />

Harry explained he was adding spices to the mince<br />

meat and sauce.<br />

16. Circle the modal verb.<br />

I reminded him he must wash his hands before<br />

forming the ball shapes.<br />

17. Circle the adverbs.<br />

Harry quickly made 15 meatballs and placed them<br />

carefully in the sauce.<br />

18. Circle the adverbial of manner. The meatballs<br />

simmered on low heat so they would not break up.<br />

19. The underlined word is a preposition. Yes No<br />

He drained the cooked spaghetti into the sink.<br />

20. Circle the preposition phrase.<br />

We sprinkled parmesan cheese over the meatballs<br />

before eating our meal.<br />

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DAY 39 DAY 40<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

A sunflower has an enormus yellow flower.<br />

2. The underlined word is correct. Yes No<br />

breakage brakeage<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. artifitial artificial<br />

4. Circle the words that have a sh (sheep) sound.<br />

conscience charade character tension<br />

5. Add the prefix un to one word to make a new word.<br />

teach<br />

cooked<br />

6. to, too or two? She wanted pick roses<br />

but it was<br />

wet to go outdoors.<br />

7. The underlined word is a synonym for entirely. Yes<br />

nothing partly completely No<br />

8. Number in alphabetical order.<br />

relevant relieve relation<br />

9. The base word of explosion is:<br />

10. Are the syllables in sun/flo/wer correct? Yes No<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

parts of a flowering plant include the seed stem<br />

root flower and leaves<br />

12. Circle the part that is not direct speech.<br />

‘What’s the name of this conifer?’ the lady asked<br />

the gardener.<br />

13. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

The gardener replied, It’s called an Irish yew.<br />

14. Write the missing verb in its correct form. find<br />

Seeds can be<br />

in a plant’s flowers.<br />

15. Circle the verb groups.<br />

Plants can reproduce from seeds which are<br />

dispersed by various methods.<br />

16. Circle the modal verb.<br />

You should wear gardening gloves when cutting<br />

rose stems.<br />

17. Circle the adverbs.<br />

Seeds will eventually germinate in conditions such<br />

as soon after it rains.<br />

18. Circle the adverbial of time.<br />

A sunflower is fully grown in about three months.<br />

19. Circle the prepositions.<br />

We planted the seedlings beneath the tree which<br />

was beside the shed.<br />

20. Circle the preposition phrases. During the day,<br />

sunflowers turn their ‘heads’ towards the sun.<br />

1. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means time<br />

free from work. sureile<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. definate definite<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. therefor therefore<br />

4. Circle the words with one s (grocer) sound.<br />

discipline scene science crescent<br />

5. Add the suffix ion to change the verbs to nouns.<br />

complete<br />

6. missed or mist?<br />

The batsman<br />

stumps.<br />

locate<br />

the ball, which hit the<br />

7. Circle the antonym for magnify.<br />

reduce enlarge magnificent<br />

8. Number in alphabetical order.<br />

earring earliest earth<br />

9. The base word of satisfaction is:<br />

10. Are the syllables in ath/le/tics correct? Yes No<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

our sports day will be on friday 24 august<br />

12. Circle the direct speech.<br />

‘I’ve been chosen to compete in the long jump!’ my<br />

friend Claire told me excitedly.<br />

13. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

That’s fantastic! I responded. I’m sure you’ll do really<br />

well!<br />

14. Write the missing verb in its correct form. win<br />

Claire easily<br />

record leap.<br />

the long jump with a<br />

15. Circle the verb groups.<br />

I was competing in the high jump and had been<br />

waiting for my turn.<br />

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I thought my turn would have come sooner than this.<br />

17. Circle the adverbs.<br />

I waited nervously for the breeze to die down and<br />

the bar to stop wobbling.<br />

18. Circle the adverbial of place.<br />

The bar still kept wobbling in the strong breeze.<br />

19. Circle the prepositions.<br />

The long-distance runners ran around the track<br />

towards the finish line.<br />

20. Circle the preposition phrases.<br />

With great strength, the javelin thrower threw his<br />

javelin into the air.<br />

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DAY 41 DAY 42<br />

UNIT 5<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Hot and cold deserts both have very little humiditty.<br />

2. The underlined word is correct. Yes No<br />

variety<br />

varietey<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling.<br />

accidentally<br />

acidentally<br />

4. Circle the words that have a k (king) sound.<br />

chorus unique butcher antique<br />

5. The root geo in geography and geology means:<br />

giant earth great<br />

6. The underlined word is a synonym for intelligent.<br />

Yes No dull interesting bright<br />

7. The plural of dictionary is:<br />

8. Write the homophone for meddle.<br />

9. Expand the contraction would’ve.<br />

10. Which word comes first in alphabetical order?<br />

foreign forecast forest<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

the sahara desert in africa is the largest hot desert<br />

on earth<br />

12. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

The professor explained that deserts can be hot or<br />

cold.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes of possession.<br />

A hot deserts plant life includes shrubs and cacti.<br />

14. Circle the nouns.<br />

The continent of Antarctica over the South Pole is<br />

actually a desert as it receives very little rain.<br />

15. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

As a huge sandstorm was approaching, the travellers<br />

sheltered in a tent to protect themselves.<br />

16. Circle the two determiners that are articles.<br />

Every person in the tent had a scarf covering their<br />

face.<br />

17. Circle two noun phrases.<br />

Their canvas tent was quite effective at keeping out<br />

most of the sand.<br />

18. Circle the comparative adjective.<br />

Although smaller than the Sahara Desert, the<br />

Atacama Desert is the driest.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction.<br />

When sufficient rain falls, a hot desert springs to life.<br />

20. Question, command or statement?<br />

About one-third of our planet is covered in deserts<br />

1. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

strange. plcureia<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. either eithir<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. neither niether<br />

4. Add are, ere, eir, ear or air. Th are as of<br />

wetlands wh many p s of young b s learn<br />

how to catch th food in the form of salmon.<br />

5. Add the suffix ion to change the verbs to nouns.<br />

discuss<br />

admit<br />

6. An antonym for innocent is .<br />

truthful guilty naughty<br />

7. Circle the singular of trousers. trouser trousers<br />

8. Write the homophone for seen.<br />

9. Write how would as a contraction.<br />

10. The underlined word comes second in alphabetical<br />

order. Yes No empty emperor emphasis<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

freshwater wetlands are home to trout salmon and<br />

catfish as well as birds mammals and insects<br />

12. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

Look at that beautiful water lily! she remarked.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes of possession.<br />

Pelicans beaks are much larger than ducks bills.<br />

14. How many count nouns?<br />

Wetlands include marshes, swamps and bogs and<br />

support a large variety of animals and plants.<br />

15. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

The grizzly bear cub watched his mother catch a<br />

salmon in the stream, then caught a salmon himself.<br />

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16. Circle three possessive determiners.<br />

He held it in his claws then ripped its head off with<br />

his teeth.<br />

17. Circle two noun phrases.<br />

An abundance of tropical fish live within a coral reef.<br />

18. Circle the adjectives.<br />

Corals grow in warm, shallow, clear moving waters.<br />

19. The underlined word is a conjunction. Yes No<br />

Not all fish can live in extremely deep water<br />

because of the high pressure experienced there.<br />

20. Question, command or statement?<br />

Have you ever visited a coral reef<br />

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1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

He had forgoten to wheel out the recycling bin.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. Arctic Artic<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. Antarctica Antartica<br />

4. Circle the words that have a y (young) sound.<br />

beauty opinion yoghurt courtyard<br />

5. The root photo in photograph and photocopier means:<br />

light dark write<br />

6. A synonym for fewest is .<br />

most several least<br />

7. The plural of tooth is .<br />

8. past or passed?<br />

The recycling truck drove<br />

9. Expand the contraction hadn’t.<br />

our house.<br />

10. Which word comes third in alphabetical order?<br />

contrary contradict contribute<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

does the recycling truck come once a fortnight on a<br />

monday<br />

12. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

Dad said to store extra recycling in the garage.<br />

13. Add apostrophes for possession and contraction.<br />

The recycling bins lid wouldnt close properly.<br />

14. How many non-count nouns?<br />

Items made from aluminium, steel, plastic and<br />

paper are recyclable.<br />

15. Circle the possessive determiner.<br />

We recycle all our used plastic and cardboard items<br />

each day.<br />

16. Circle three noun phrases.<br />

Recycling an aluminium can saves enough energy<br />

to run a television set for three hours.<br />

17. Circle the pronoun and the noun phrase it refers to.<br />

Recycling means collecting old, discarded materials<br />

and making new materials from them.<br />

18. Circle the superlative adjective.<br />

The best way to recycle unwanted clothes that are<br />

in good condition is by donating them to a charity<br />

shop.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction.<br />

Once you have sorted out which clothes you’ve<br />

outgrown, we’ll go to a charity recycling bin.<br />

20. Question, exclamation or statement?<br />

There are so many we won’t be able to carry them<br />

1. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

a rural area. cytroun<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. temprature temperature<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. ambulance ambalance<br />

4. The underlined words both have an i (itch) sound. Yes<br />

mischief sieve island Egypt No<br />

5. Add the suffix ant to change the verbs to adjectives.<br />

hesitate<br />

tolerate<br />

6. An antonym for keep is .<br />

discard remove collect<br />

7. Circle the singular of goggles. goggles goggle<br />

8. whose or who’s?<br />

Do you know<br />

9. Write why is as a contraction.<br />

towel this is?<br />

10. Which word comes second in alphabetical order?<br />

screeched scratching scribble<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

the african bush elephant is the largest land animal<br />

on earth<br />

12. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

What is the fastest land animal? I enquired.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes where necessary.<br />

A cheetahs specialised body creates its amazing<br />

speed.<br />

14. Circle the collective nouns.<br />

We saw a pride of lions, a pack of hyenas and a<br />

wake of buzzards.<br />

15. Circle the relative pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

The young zebra, which was crossing the stream,<br />

was captured by the stalking lioness.<br />

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16. The underlined word is a quantifying determiner.<br />

Yes Fewer elephants are caught for their<br />

No tusks by poachers in Africa.<br />

17. Circle two noun phrases.<br />

A zebra’s striped pattern provides camouflage when<br />

it’s in a large group.<br />

18. How many adjectives?<br />

The imposing and powerful eagle swooped down on<br />

its unsuspecting prey.<br />

19. Circle the conjunctions.<br />

Neither a tiger nor a leopard can run as fast as a<br />

cheetah.<br />

20. Question, command or statement?<br />

The buzzards circled over the gazelle’s carcass<br />

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UNIT 5<br />

1. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

attractive. utlbaifeu<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. certain certin<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. skilful skilfull<br />

4. Circle the word that does not have an u (under) sound.<br />

flooding cousin coupon London<br />

5. The root terra in territory and terrestrial means:<br />

terrible earth water<br />

6. A synonym for annoy is .<br />

irritate attack friendly<br />

7. The plural of burglar is .<br />

8. accept or except? She ate everything on her<br />

plate<br />

the peas.<br />

9. Expand the contraction could’ve.<br />

10. The underlined word comes first in<br />

alphabetical order. Yes No<br />

internal intermission intermediate<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

do you like ham grated cheese pineapple chopped<br />

onion and olives on your pizza<br />

12. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

Ooh, yes please! I replied, licking my lips.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes where necessary. Our<br />

pizzas bases werent made from wholemeal flour.<br />

14. Circle the abstract nouns.<br />

The thought of having pizza for dinner gives my<br />

stomach pleasure!<br />

15. Circle the relative pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

The pizza, which was cooking in the oven, was ready<br />

to be eaten.<br />

16. Circle the determiners.<br />

Our pizzas were so delicious that every slice was<br />

quickly gobbled up.<br />

17. Circle two noun phrases.<br />

On some Saturday nights, we order pizza from a<br />

local delivery service.<br />

18. Circle the adjectives. Although home-delivered pizzas<br />

taste nice, homemade pizza is much better.<br />

19. Circle the conjunctions.<br />

Home-delivered pizzas, however, are much more<br />

expensive than homemade ones and generally have<br />

a higher fat content.<br />

20. Command, question or statement?<br />

Don’t burn your tongue on the hot, melted pizza<br />

cheese<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

The continint of Antarctica has no permanent<br />

residents.<br />

2. The underlined word is correct. Yes No<br />

double<br />

doubble<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. actualy actually<br />

4. Circle the word that does not have an ch (chin) sound.<br />

itching adventure question machine<br />

5. Add the suffix ence to change the adjectives to nouns.<br />

confident<br />

obedient<br />

6. An antonym for dull is .<br />

interesting boring daring<br />

7. The singular of species is .<br />

8. whose or who’s? going to<br />

Antarctica with me?<br />

9. Write why has as a contraction.<br />

10. Which word comes second in alphabetical order?<br />

geometry geology geography<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

is antarctica surrounded by the southern ocean or<br />

the indian ocean<br />

12. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

The scientist explained that Antarctica has about<br />

100 research stations scattered across it.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes where necessary.<br />

Antarctica is one of the worlds most important<br />

research places as its so untouched.<br />

14. How many nouns?<br />

Different species of penguins breed in noisy<br />

colonies called ‘rookeries’.<br />

15. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

Adult penguin pairs take turns to keep the eggs<br />

warm and feed the chicks after they have hatched.<br />

16. Circle three determiners.<br />

The scientists dress in their outdoor gear every time<br />

they venture outside.<br />

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Clothing includes very thick socks, some No<br />

thermal underwear and a weatherproof jacket.<br />

18. Circle the superlative adjectives.<br />

Antarctica is unique as it is the coldest, windiest and<br />

driest continent of all.<br />

19. Circle the conjunctions. The research team didn’t<br />

know whether to continue or stay in their tents.<br />

20. Question, command or statement?<br />

More than 13 000 tourists visit Antarctica each year<br />

on commercial ships and private yachts<br />

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DAY 47 DAY 48<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

One of Dad’s favorite hobbies is playing golf.<br />

2. The underlined word is correct. Yes No<br />

climate<br />

climete<br />

3. Circle the incorrect word. equator equater<br />

4. Circle the words that have two i (ship) sounds.<br />

building pyjamas hypocrite gymnastics<br />

5. The root peri in perimeter and periscope means:<br />

around straight measure<br />

6. A synonym for recreation is .<br />

work pleasure relax<br />

7. The singular of libraries is .<br />

8. affect or effect?<br />

The<br />

of the strong wind can be seen by<br />

the fallen tree branches.<br />

9. Expand the contraction musn’t.<br />

10. The underlined word comes second in alphabetical<br />

order. Yes No either eighteen eighty<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

on saturday morning dad puts his golf clubs golf<br />

bag and golf shoes in his car<br />

12. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

Dad said he was picking up his friend, David Booth.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes where necessary.<br />

Davids golf handicap isnt as good as Dads.<br />

14. How many nouns?<br />

Dad and David both hit the ball along the fairway<br />

and into a bunker.<br />

15. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

David used a sand wedge club to hit his ball out of<br />

the bunker and it successfully landed on the green.<br />

16. Circle the determiners.<br />

Dad practised his swing with his sand wedge a few<br />

times before hitting the ball.<br />

17. Circle the noun phrases.<br />

He hit a perfect shot on the next fairway to score an<br />

amazing hole in one.<br />

18. Circle the superlative adjective.<br />

‘That’s the best shot I’ve ever seen!’ exclaimed<br />

David. ‘Well done!’<br />

19. Circle the conjunction.<br />

They continued to play golf until they finished the<br />

ninth hole.<br />

20. Exclamation, question or statement?<br />

Dad wondered if he’d ever score another hole in<br />

one<br />

1. Circle the correct spelling. imagin imagine<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. truble trouble<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. symbol symbil<br />

4. Add au, ough, or or augh. Hannah th t she<br />

should proceed with c<br />

exh<br />

tion as her car’s<br />

st was rattling and she didn’t want to get<br />

c t f excessive noise.<br />

5. Add the suffix able to change the verbs to adjectives.<br />

adore<br />

apply<br />

6. An antonym for join is .<br />

juggle separate combine<br />

7. Complete the simile.<br />

pet or post? As deaf as a .<br />

8. passed or past?<br />

In the<br />

9. Write how had as a contraction.<br />

, there was no roundabout here.<br />

10. Which word comes third in alphabetical order?<br />

prosperous prospect prosecute<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

over the month of september road workers installed<br />

a roundabout at the busy T-junction<br />

12. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

That T-junction is much safer now, the mayor<br />

announced.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes where necessary.<br />

Traffic lights werent an option.<br />

14. The underlined word is a count noun. Yes No<br />

Many vehicles, including cars, trucks, vans and<br />

motorcycles, use that T-junction every day.<br />

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The driver, whose vehicle was a truck, slowed down<br />

as he approached the roundabout.<br />

16. Circle the determiners. If drivers obeyed the road<br />

rules there would be fewer deaths.<br />

17. Circle the noun phrases.<br />

Any sensible driver knows the basic rule of stopping<br />

at any stop sign.<br />

18. Circle the comparative adjective. The well-advised<br />

roundabout installation certainly proved to be a<br />

much safer alternative.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction. Since it has been installed,<br />

fewer accidents have occurred at the T-junction.<br />

20. Exclamation, command or statement?<br />

Always obey road rules<br />

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DAY 49 DAY 50<br />

UNIT 5<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

A chameleon changes its appearence by using<br />

camouflage.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. preperation preparation<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. medicine medisine<br />

4. Circle the word that does not have a ch (chop) sound.<br />

searched moisture specially structure<br />

5. The root vac in vacant and evacuate means:<br />

fire empty behind<br />

6. A synonym for foolish is .<br />

ridiculous false sensible<br />

7. Complete the simile. daisy or pear?<br />

As fresh as a .<br />

8. accept or except? I your invitation<br />

to the birthday party.<br />

9. Expand the contraction didn’t.<br />

10. Which word comes second in alphabetical order?<br />

accountant accomplice accompany<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

randolph hermann the zookeeper explained ways<br />

animals use camouflage<br />

12. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

He told us how chameleons change colour.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes where necessary.<br />

A chameleons eyes pick up the surrounding colour<br />

and its brain sends signals to colour cells in its skin.<br />

14. How many nouns?<br />

Many animals are camouflaged by the colours and<br />

patterns on their skin, scales, fur or feathers.<br />

15. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

Predators are camouflaged so they can creep up on<br />

their prey.<br />

16. Circle the determiners. A praying mantis uses its<br />

ability to look like a stick instead of an insect.<br />

17. Circle the noun phrases.<br />

The tawny-coloured fur of a lioness mixes in with<br />

the yellowish-brown grasslands.<br />

18. Circle the adjectives.<br />

The snowy owl’s beautiful, white feathers help it to<br />

hide in its icy, Arctic habitat.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction. Although a scarlet kingsnake<br />

is not poisonous, it’s coloured like a poisonous coral<br />

snake for protection.<br />

20. Exclamation, question or statement?<br />

I think a chameleon’s ability is amazing<br />

1. Circle the correct spelling. straight straigth<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. experience expirience<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. occurred occured<br />

4. Circle the word that does not have an u (under) sound.<br />

discover doubling younger tourist<br />

5. Add the suffix able to change the verbs to nouns.<br />

tolerate<br />

consider<br />

6. An antonym for willing is .<br />

helpful reluctant wishful<br />

7. Complete the simile.<br />

tree or bell? As clear as a .<br />

8. affect or effect?<br />

Pollution can<br />

9. Expand the contraction should’ve.<br />

your health.<br />

10. Which word comes third in alphabetical order?<br />

procession proceeding procedure<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

the cities of beijing china and new delhi india are<br />

two of the most polluted in the world<br />

12. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

What effect has air pollution on people? asked<br />

the tourist.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes where necessary.<br />

It can affect peoples health by causing breathing<br />

difficulties, sore eyes and sore throats.<br />

14. How many non-count nouns?<br />

The three main types of pollution are air, water and<br />

land.<br />

15. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

The tourists used masks over their faces and<br />

removed them when the air cleared.<br />

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16. Circle the determiners.<br />

Most air pollution in the city was from factories that<br />

had smoke billowing out of their chimneys.<br />

17. Circle the noun phrases. The city was engulfed in a<br />

hazardous haze which had a terrible smell.<br />

18. Circle the comparative adjective.<br />

Humans should exercise greater caution so that<br />

dangerous pollutants don’t enter the atmosphere.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction.<br />

Unless this happens, the problems associated with<br />

pollution will increase.<br />

20. Question, command or statement?<br />

Waterways can become contaminated when waste<br />

is dumped or drained into them<br />

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DAY 51 DAY 52<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

India has the second largest populasion in the<br />

world.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. latitude latetude<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. logitude longitude<br />

4. The underlined word has a y (yolk) sound. Yes<br />

feud untrue yule queue No<br />

5. Add a prefix to make the antonym of each word.<br />

rational<br />

resistible<br />

6. Write the base word for bounciest.<br />

7. The underlined word is a synonym for break. Yes<br />

heal fracture drop No<br />

8. Show the syllable breaks in property.<br />

9. Write the homophone for guest.<br />

10. Write the singular for robberies.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

the five most populated cities in india are mumbai<br />

delhi kolkata chennai and bangalore<br />

12. Circle the correct phrase.<br />

the city’s inhabitants<br />

the citys’ inhabitants<br />

13. Circle the part that is not direct speech.<br />

‘How many people live in India?’ asked the girl.<br />

14. Circle the prepositions. Most people have jobs in<br />

agriculture, working on farms in the country.<br />

15. Write the missing verb in its correct form. find<br />

The capital city of Delhi can be<br />

the north.<br />

16. Circle the verb groups.<br />

Delhi is believed to be one of the oldest cities in the<br />

world, with evidence it was built more than 3000<br />

years ago.<br />

17. Which tense? past present future<br />

The <strong>English</strong> cricket team will be touring India in<br />

July.<br />

18. Circle the adverbs. The Ganges River is a mostly<br />

wide, slow-flowing river that flows eastwards from<br />

the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal.<br />

19. Circle the adverbial of place.<br />

The Ganges flows through one of the most fertile<br />

places in the world.<br />

20. The underlined words make an adverbial of:<br />

time place manner<br />

People believe the Ganges is sacred and wash<br />

themselves in the river.<br />

in<br />

1. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

very pleasing to taste. siudloeci<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. fierce feirce<br />

3. The underlined word is correct. Yes No<br />

pierce<br />

peirce<br />

4. Add ll, l, el, le or al to complete the words.<br />

coast bri iant grav hand is and<br />

5. Add the suffix ous to change the nouns to adjectives.<br />

marvel<br />

envy<br />

6. Write the base word for breathlessness.<br />

7. Circle the antonym for ordinary.<br />

exceptional original average<br />

8. Show the syllable breaks in lazily.<br />

9. Write the homophone for father.<br />

10. Write the plural for quiz.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

on friday evening our family went to punjab indian<br />

restaurant for dinner<br />

12. Circle the correct phrase.<br />

the Punjabs’ menu<br />

the Punjab’s menu<br />

13. The underlined words are direct speech. Yes No<br />

‘What are the specials on the menu?’ enquired<br />

my brother.<br />

14. Circle the prepositions.<br />

We pored over our menus for about five minutes.<br />

15. Write the missing verbs in their correct form. choose<br />

My brother<br />

wished he’d<br />

butter chicken, but later<br />

chicken tandoori.<br />

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As Dad was eating his prawn madras, he noticed the<br />

waiter had brought extra rice.<br />

17. Which tense? past present future<br />

Mum had chosen a very hot dish—beef vindaloo.<br />

18. Circle the adverbs. She seldom ate such hot dishes<br />

but was enjoying it immensely.<br />

19. Circle the adverbial of place.<br />

‘It’s so hot I need some water!’ she exclaimed, her<br />

hand moving towards the glass.<br />

20. The underlined words make an adverbial of:<br />

frequency place manner<br />

‘I’m still going to order this next time!’ she said<br />

hoarsely.<br />

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UNIT 6<br />

1. The underlined word is correct. Yes No<br />

sholder<br />

shoulder<br />

2. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

straight. hzltaroion<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. paralel parallel<br />

4. Circle the word that does not have a silent consonant.<br />

yacht rhythm wrestle constantly<br />

5. Add a prefix to make the antonym for each word.<br />

tangle<br />

selfish<br />

6. Write the base word for description.<br />

7. A synonym for believe is .<br />

trust behave doubt<br />

8. Show the syllable breaks in singular.<br />

9. <strong>practice</strong> or practise?<br />

I will<br />

10. Write the singular for binoculars.<br />

playing my guitar after school.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. the band consisted of two<br />

guitar players a drummer and the lead singer<br />

12. Circle the correct phrase. two drummers’ drumsticks<br />

two drummer’s drumsticks<br />

13. Circle the part that is direct speech.<br />

‘Turn that music down!’ Mum shouted.<br />

14. Circle the conjunction. Although we didn’t think it<br />

was loud, we turned it down.<br />

15. Write the missing verb in its correct form. hear<br />

‘I it blaring from down the street!’ Mum<br />

added.<br />

16. Circle the verb groups. When you are learning to play<br />

an instrument, you must practise regularly.<br />

17. Which tense? past present future<br />

My sister and I are learning to play the guitar and<br />

the drums—it’s quite a challenge!<br />

18. The underlined words are: adverbs adjectives<br />

I prefer to play a rhythm guitar than an electric<br />

guitar.<br />

19. Circle the adverbial and its type.<br />

time place manner<br />

We practised both instruments for about an hour.<br />

20. Add the correct pronoun.<br />

It’s important to clean your guitar strings as you<br />

can’t play properly when<br />

are dirty.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

It is adviseable for children to sleep about 10 hours<br />

a night.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. social sociale<br />

3. Circle the incorrect word. oficial official<br />

4. Circle the word that does not have an j (jump) sound.<br />

autograph bridges exaggerate soldier<br />

5. Add the suffix able to change the verbs to adjectives.<br />

solve<br />

value<br />

6. Write the base word for unreliable.<br />

7. Circle the antonym for whole.<br />

entire fraction which<br />

8. Are the syllable breaks correct in imm/ense? Yes<br />

No<br />

9. It’s or Its. hard to concentrate if you haven’t<br />

had enough sleep.<br />

10. Write the plural for echo.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

did you know that lack of sleep causes tiredness<br />

yawning bad temper lack of concentration and<br />

sluggishness<br />

12. Circle the correct phrase.<br />

childrens’ nightmares<br />

children’s nightmares<br />

13. Circle the part that is not direct speech.<br />

The doctor asked, ‘What time do you go to bed?’<br />

14. Circle the conjunction.<br />

As you get older, you don’t need as much sleep.<br />

15. Write the missing verb in its correct form. sleep<br />

When you were a baby, you would have<br />

about 16 hours in total each day.<br />

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16. Circle the verb groups.<br />

People have been wondering why we dream when<br />

we are asleep.<br />

17. Which tense? past present future<br />

Everybody dreams—but some people don’t<br />

remember!<br />

18. The underlined words are: adverbs adjectives<br />

When we are deeply asleep our brain is very active.<br />

19. Circle the adverbial and its type.<br />

duration condition manner<br />

Many people dream in colour.<br />

20. Add the correct pronoun.<br />

My brother talks in his sleep but<br />

I’m making it up!<br />

insists that<br />

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1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Turtles and tortoises are extraordinery reptiles.<br />

2. Circle the incorrect spelling. hieght height<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. extreem extreme<br />

4. Add t, tt, th or ed to complete the words.<br />

ca le ailand rush owards bo om<br />

5. Add a prefix that means to do again.<br />

fill<br />

heat<br />

6. Circle the two words that can be built from possible.<br />

unpossible impossible possibled possibility<br />

7. A synonym for considerate is .<br />

unkind thoughtful confident<br />

8. Show the syllable breaks in reproduce.<br />

9. Write the homophone for threw.<br />

10. The singular for scales is .<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

the largest tortoises in the world live on the<br />

galapagos islands in the pacific ocean off northwestern<br />

south america<br />

12. The underlined phrase is correct. Yes No<br />

turtles’ shells turtle’s shells<br />

13. The sentence is reported speech. Yes No<br />

The scientist explained that turtles live most of their<br />

life in water while tortoises live all their life on land.<br />

14. Circle the determiners.<br />

A sea turtle uses its flippers to swim in the ocean.<br />

15. Write the missing verb in its correct form. swim<br />

The turtle<br />

from one island to the other.<br />

16. Circle the verbs.<br />

Both creatures lay eggs on land and bury them in<br />

sand where they incubate.<br />

17. Which tense? past present future<br />

The eggs will remain incubating until they hatch.<br />

18. The underlined words are: determiners pronouns<br />

When a female has laid her eggs, she doesn’t look<br />

after them.<br />

19. Circle the adverbial and its type.<br />

duration place manner<br />

Tortoises can live between 70 and 150 years.<br />

20. Add the correct pronoun.<br />

Tiny turtles and tortoises, called hatchlings, must<br />

look after .<br />

1. Circle the correct spelling. ocasionally occasionally<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. magazeen magazine<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. trampoline trampoleen<br />

4. The underlined word has a k (kite) sound. Yes No<br />

location account challenge chlorine<br />

5. Add the suffix ible to change the verbs to adjectives.<br />

flex<br />

reverse<br />

6. Circle the two words that can be built from honest.<br />

dehonest honesty dishonest honesting<br />

7. The underlined word is the antonym for stationary.<br />

Yes No movable motionless standing<br />

8. Show the syllable breaks in critical.<br />

9. Write the homophone for course.<br />

10. Write the plural for runner-up.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. mrs magginis who lives<br />

down the road is very superstitious<br />

12. Circle the correct phrase.<br />

the woman’s superstitions<br />

the womans’ superstitions<br />

13. Circle the sentence type. direct reported<br />

‘It’s unlucky to walk under ladders!’ she exclaimed.<br />

14. Circle the determiners.<br />

If a black cat crosses your path, it’s also a sign of<br />

bad luck.<br />

15. Write the missing verb in its correct form. give<br />

She once me a fake, stuffed rabbit’s foot,<br />

which is a good luck charm.<br />

16. Circle the verbs.<br />

She said bad luck will befall those who step on<br />

pavement cracks.<br />

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We watched her avoiding the pavement cracks!<br />

18. The underlined words are: determiners pronouns<br />

If you knock over a salt shaker, you must toss some<br />

salt over your left shoulder to prevent bad luck.<br />

19. Circle the adverbial and its type.<br />

frequency place manner<br />

It’s unlucky to open up an umbrella inside a house.<br />

20. Add the correct pronouns.<br />

A bee in the house means a visitor will arrive, but if<br />

you kill<br />

.<br />

, the visitor will not be a welcome<br />

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UNIT 6<br />

1. The underlined word is correct. Yes No<br />

bisness<br />

business<br />

2. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

a long line of people. eeuuq<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. admision admission<br />

4. The underlined word has a f (half) sound. Yes No<br />

effective toughest soften thorough<br />

5. The root port in portable and transport means:<br />

important carry travel<br />

6. Circle the two words that can be built from interest.<br />

reinterest interesting uninteresting interestly<br />

7. A synonym for constantly is .<br />

sometimes considerably always<br />

8. The syllable breaks are correct. Yes No<br />

mara/thon<br />

9. <strong>practice</strong> or practise? It is best to follow the<br />

of being safe in the sun.<br />

10. Circle the singular for volcanoes. volcano volcanoe<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. ​<br />

sun protection includes applying sunscreen wearing<br />

a hat seeking shade and wearing sunglasses<br />

12. The underlined phrase is correct. Yes No<br />

the lady’s sunglasses the ladys’ sunglasses<br />

13. Circle the sentence type. direct reported<br />

‘What can you do if you get sunburnt?’ I enquired.<br />

14. Circle the prepositions.<br />

Apply sunscreen over exposed areas of your body<br />

throughout the day.<br />

15. Write the missing verb in its correct form. burn<br />

If you get badly<br />

, see a doctor.<br />

16. Circle the verb groups.<br />

She didn’t realise how much the sun could damage<br />

her skin.<br />

17. Which tense? past present future<br />

Some people are allergic to particular sunscreens.<br />

18. The underlined words are: adverbs adjectives<br />

Buying the most expensive sunscreen does not<br />

mean it’s the best.<br />

19. Circle the adverbial and its type.<br />

purpose time place<br />

We wear sunscreen in order to protect our skin.<br />

20. Add the correct pronoun.<br />

I know<br />

who foolishly uses<br />

cooking oil to get a suntan!<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

There are many fasinating body facts.<br />

2. Circle the incorrect spelling. moniter monitor<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. attractive atractive<br />

4. Circle the word that does not have an ar (car) sound.<br />

heartily raspberry laughing daughter<br />

5. Add the suffix ation to change the verbs to nouns.<br />

populate<br />

multiply<br />

6. Circle the two words that can be built from populate.<br />

populated unpopulate repopulate populater<br />

7. The underlined word is an antonym for certain. Yes<br />

definitely perhaps unsure No<br />

8. Show the syllable breaks in poetry.<br />

9. It’s or Its?<br />

a fact we have 206 bones in our body.<br />

10. Write the plural for scarf.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

some bones in the body include the patella which<br />

is the kneecap the skull the ribs the pelvis and the<br />

sternum which is the breastbone<br />

12. Circle the correct phrase.<br />

a person’s skeleton<br />

a persons’ skeleton<br />

13. Circle the sentence type. direct reported<br />

My friend asked me if I’d ever broken any bones.<br />

14. Circle the conjunction.<br />

I explained I’d broken my wrist when I slipped over<br />

and fell on hard ground.<br />

15. Write the missing verb in its correct form. have<br />

He didn’t know he<br />

ankles!<br />

52 bones in my feet and<br />

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16. Circle the verb group. Our skin is covered in an<br />

invisible layer called ‘sebum’.<br />

17. Which tense? past present future<br />

Sebum keeps our skin moist and makes it<br />

waterproof.<br />

18. The underlined words are: prepositions conjunctions<br />

Our ‘funny bone’ is actually a nerve that extends<br />

from the upper arm, across the elbow and down to<br />

the hand.<br />

19. Circle the adverbial and its type.<br />

purpose manner frequency<br />

Some people sneeze like an elephant trumpeting!<br />

20. Add the correct pronoun.<br />

Nearly everyone closes their eyes when<br />

sneeze.<br />

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DAY 59 DAY 60<br />

1. Circle the incorrect spelling. forgiveable forgivable<br />

2. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

You may not think so but seaweed is edibel.<br />

3. Circle the correct word. permision permission<br />

4. Circle the words that have a j (jar) sound.<br />

registration magically dredging greatly<br />

5. The root tri in tripod and triangle means:<br />

ten three two<br />

6. Circle the two words that can be built from danger.<br />

redanger endanger dangerer dangerous<br />

7. A synonym for foe is .<br />

friend family enemy<br />

8. The syllable breaks are correct. Yes No<br />

e/mer/gen/cy<br />

9. Write another homophone for pear/pare.<br />

10. Write the singular for wharves.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

red algae is collected as food in places like finland<br />

japan and iceland<br />

12. The underlined phrase is correct. Yes No<br />

some seaweeds’ uses some seaweed’s uses<br />

13. Circle the sentence type. direct reported<br />

The chef explained how to make sushi wrapped in<br />

seaweed.<br />

14. Circle the nouns.<br />

Haggis, a dish from Scotland, is made from the<br />

heart, lungs and liver of a sheep.<br />

15. Write the missing verb in its correct form. be<br />

They<br />

mixed with oats, placed inside a<br />

sheep’s stomach and boiled for an hour.<br />

16. Circle the verb groups.<br />

Gazpacho soup is made from finely chopped raw<br />

vegetables and is served cold.<br />

17. Which tense? past present future<br />

I would like to try frog’s legs and snails one day.<br />

18. The underlined word is a: pronoun determiner<br />

Snails are removed from their shell and cleaned<br />

before they are put back.<br />

19. Circle the adverbial and its type.<br />

purpose manner place<br />

Often, snails are cooked in garlic butter sauce.<br />

20. Add the correct pronoun.<br />

If you taste a frog’s leg, you’ll probably agree<br />

tastes like chicken.<br />

1. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

the opposite of cheap. psevxiene<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. suspicious suspicous<br />

3. Circle the incorrect word. abundance abundince<br />

4. Circle the words that have an or (door) sound.<br />

honour mourning stalking thoughtful<br />

5. Add the suffix ation to change the verbs to nouns.<br />

inform<br />

vaccinate<br />

6. Circle the two words that can be built from appear.<br />

reappear appearance deappear appearly<br />

7. The underlined word is an antonym for enough. Yes<br />

plenty empty insufficient No<br />

8. Show the syllable breaks in humidity.<br />

9. Write another homophone for seize/seas.<br />

10. Write the singular for pianos.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

an aye-aye is an unusual mammal found only in<br />

madagascar an island about 400 kilometres east of<br />

africa<br />

12. The underlined phrase is correct. Yes No<br />

scientist’s discoveries scientists’ discoveries<br />

13. Circle the sentence type. direct reported<br />

‘The aye-aye was first thought to be a rodent!’ the<br />

scientist exclaimed.<br />

14. Circle the determiners.<br />

Its face is like a raccoon’s, its body is like a<br />

monkey’s and its tail like a squirrel’s.<br />

15. Write the missing verb in its correct form. be<br />

The most peculiar feature<br />

its hands.<br />

16. Circle the verb groups.<br />

Its long middle finger can tap on branches to locate<br />

hollows where insects may be hidden.<br />

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17. Which tense? past present future<br />

The aye-aye scoops out an insect with its long<br />

finger.<br />

18. The underlined words are: adverbs adjectives<br />

Many Malagasy are frightened by its spooky facial<br />

appearance and witch-like hands.<br />

19. Circle the adverbial and its type.<br />

purpose manner duration<br />

An aye-aye’s large incisor teeth grow throughout its<br />

life.<br />

20. Add the correct pronoun.<br />

The aye-aye is thought to be named after a sound<br />

used as a cry to warn people that<br />

is near.<br />

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DAY 61 DAY 62<br />

UNIT 7<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

I thought that was an exelent film, do you agree?<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. belief beleef<br />

3. Which word has the long a (day) sound?<br />

eighteen flatten planning<br />

4. Add ay, ey or ea.<br />

Where will th st on their br k?<br />

5. A synonym for afraid is .<br />

courageous foolish frightened caring<br />

6. Add a prefix to make the words mean the opposite.<br />

appoint<br />

7. The contraction he’s can mean:<br />

or<br />

8. Write the homophone for steal.<br />

believe<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

explanation pronunciation profession<br />

10. Write the plural of baby.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

deserts are landscapes with very little vegetation<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

We flew over the Sahara Desert! Lucas explained.<br />

13. Add an apostrophe to show possession.<br />

The peoples supplies were quickly running out.<br />

14. Circle the common nouns.<br />

They were so relieved to have found water at last,<br />

they filled every bottle and container.<br />

15. Circle the proper nouns.<br />

The group had been lost in the Gobi Desert since<br />

Monday; their hope of being found diminished with<br />

each hour that passed.<br />

16. The underlined words are:<br />

verb groups<br />

noun phrases<br />

They had been travelling at night as they hoped it<br />

might help to conserve their energy.<br />

17. Circle the adjectives.<br />

The conditions were hot and dry.<br />

18. Circle the pronouns.<br />

The group prayed they would be rescued by<br />

someone very soon.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction.<br />

They desperately needed shelter and food in order<br />

to stay alive.<br />

20. Circle the preposition.<br />

A rescue plane circled above.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

It is important to comunikate with your teammates.<br />

2. Circle the incorrect spelling. theef thief<br />

3. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means to<br />

trick or lie to someone. ceivede<br />

4. Add eo, ay or ie. The ch f asked his p ple<br />

to meet on the qu .<br />

5. The underlined word is the synonym/antonym for<br />

courage.<br />

amazement cowardice excitement<br />

6. Add the suffix ment to change the verbs to nouns.<br />

fulfil govern enjoy<br />

7. The contraction I’d can mean:<br />

or<br />

8. Write the homophone for serial.<br />

9. Circle the word with the fewest syllables.<br />

occupy scratched occur<br />

10. Write the plural of half.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

will your team be competing in the netball finals<br />

12. Add commas to the list.<br />

The uniform included a skirt a collared shirt a bib<br />

and sports socks.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

The umpires whistles created a racket at the courts.<br />

14. Circle the common nouns.<br />

Many balls went whizzing by as we spectated from<br />

the crowded grandstand.<br />

15. Circle the proper nouns.<br />

Dani Jones and Nita Patel scored the most goals for<br />

their teams.<br />

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16. Circle the modal verb group.<br />

The two girls must have practised often, because<br />

they rarely missed.<br />

17. Circle the adjectives.<br />

The game was exciting to watch and the last minute<br />

was nail-bitingly tense.<br />

18. Circle two pronouns. The girls were handed their<br />

trophies, and they held them up proudly.<br />

19. The underlined word is a conjunction/determiner.<br />

Players were happy with their teams’ efforts,<br />

although only one team was named overall<br />

champions.<br />

20. Circle the preposition.<br />

The players stood on the stage and gratefully<br />

accepted their championship medals.<br />

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DAY 63 DAY 64<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

My neece is working as a volunteer in Africa.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

Many different ganlseuag are spoken in Africa.<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. neighbour naybour<br />

4. The underlined word has the long e (bee) sound.<br />

Yes No unique burying unsettle<br />

5. A synonym for hide is .<br />

expose conceal remove<br />

6. Add a prefix to make the words mean half.<br />

circle<br />

7. The contraction that’s can mean:<br />

or<br />

8. Write the homophone for aloud.<br />

detached<br />

9. Circle the word with four syllables.<br />

confiscate illuminate meditate<br />

10. Write the plural of hero.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentences.<br />

which african countries have you visited which one<br />

was your favourite<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

I have been to Morocco, Tanzania and Kenya, replied<br />

Hugh.<br />

13. Add apostrophes to show contraction.<br />

Jos visiting Madagascar on her holiday; she hasnt<br />

been overseas before and shes very excited.<br />

14. Write the missing pronoun. ‘Have you got your bag?’<br />

Mum asked. ‘Yes I have<br />

,’ Jo responded.<br />

15. Who is speaking?<br />

‘Mrs Jay, I’m really excited about my trip!’ Jo<br />

shared.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. see<br />

Jamil said he<br />

lions and zebra in Botswana.<br />

17. Its or It’s? When hot, the animals gather at<br />

the waterholes to drink.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple past tense (1 verb).<br />

I am taking photos.<br />

1. Rewrite the word correctly. endulge<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. biscit biscuit<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. system sistem<br />

4. Add ie, ei or ey. We can see ther mov ;<br />

have you got some mon for popcorn?<br />

5. The antonym for permanent is .<br />

heritage temporary antique<br />

6. Add the suffix ous and change the nouns to adjectives.<br />

danger poison<br />

7. The contraction you’d can mean:<br />

or<br />

8. Write the homophone for morning.<br />

9. Circle the word with the fewest syllables.<br />

screeched phantom decent<br />

10. Write the singular of children.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentences.<br />

quick she yelled come and see this amazing cake<br />

ive just made<br />

12. Add commas to the list.<br />

I made rocky road with chocolate marshmallows<br />

peanuts and coconut.<br />

13. Add an apostrophe to show possession.<br />

The ladies dresses were elaborately decorated.<br />

14. The underlined words are the subject/object of the<br />

sentence.<br />

The action-packed film was very entertaining.<br />

15. The underlined words are the subject/object of the<br />

sentence.<br />

The audience watched the screen intently.<br />

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16. Circle the subordinate clause.<br />

When the film finished, the audience applauded<br />

appreciatively.<br />

17. What does ‘cos mean in the sentence?<br />

That’s my favourite film ‘cos I like those actors.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple past tense.<br />

I will buy the tickets.<br />

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19. Question, exclamation or statement?<br />

My favourite animals were definitely the hippos<br />

20. The clause is main (independent) or subordinate<br />

(dependent).<br />

When she got home, Jo had many photos to show<br />

her friends.<br />

19. Which verb best expresses the meaning—stalked,<br />

walked or ran?<br />

The thief<br />

20. Add the correct relative pronoun.<br />

around the house silently.<br />

The boy was the lead actor gave a<br />

brilliant performance.<br />

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DAY 65 DAY 66<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

What is the temprichure going to be today?<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake. sertain doubtful<br />

UNIT 7<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

Do you prefer sunny trehwae or thunderstorms?<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. depth deptth<br />

4. Circle the word with a silent consonant.<br />

island tasting fourteen<br />

5. Separate television into its syllables.<br />

6. The root circum as in circumference means:<br />

going around triangular<br />

7. Write accept and except in the correct places.<br />

I can’t<br />

every day<br />

your invitation as I’m working<br />

Sunday this week.<br />

8. Which word comes directly after excite in alphabetical<br />

order?<br />

excrete excess excuse excursion<br />

9. Circle two words that can be built from system.<br />

systemming systematic antisystem ecosystem<br />

10. Write the singular of men.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

kieran enquired whats the weather like outside<br />

today danny<br />

12. Add commas to enclose the parenthesis (additional<br />

information). The neighbourhood dogs who bark<br />

noisily always wake our baby up.<br />

13 Add apostrophes to show contraction.<br />

As its warm, Helens wearing a skirt and Jodys<br />

wearing shorts.<br />

14. The underlined word is a collective noun/gender<br />

noun. I spotted a pod of whales from the cliff top this<br />

afternoon.<br />

15. Circle the gender noun.<br />

A cow and her calf swam side by side, their flippers<br />

rising occasionally.<br />

16. Circle the modal verb. I might ask my brothers to<br />

come with me to the same spot tomorrow.<br />

17. Circle the proper adjective.<br />

Whales migrate along the Australian coastline<br />

annually for breeding.<br />

18. The underlined word is an indefinite/personal<br />

pronoun. My brother knows somebody who works on<br />

a whale watching boat.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction. We didn’t get back to the cliff<br />

top for a week because of the heavy rains.<br />

20. Circle the prepositions. The calf swam beside its<br />

mother in the calm, blue water.<br />

2. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

not curved. tsiarthg<br />

3. Circle the word with no long i (sky) sound.<br />

building designing daylight<br />

4. Add letters that make the long i sound.<br />

copyr t n ther b ing<br />

5. The underlined word is the plural of fungus.<br />

Yes No fungi fungusses<br />

6. The root cent in century and centipede means:<br />

7. dessert or desert?<br />

The delectable<br />

.<br />

tasted delicious.<br />

8. The underlined word comes first in alphabetical order.<br />

Yes No urgent urban urchin Uranus<br />

9. What is the base word of unknowingly and<br />

acknowledge?<br />

10. What does gonna mean in the sentence?<br />

‘Are you gonna help me make the cake?’ he<br />

asked.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

whats your favourite dessert<br />

12. Add a comma to clarify meaning. Can we eat Dad?<br />

13. Add commas to enclose the parenthesis. The pastry<br />

chef who came all the way from France created an<br />

amazing dessert to enter into the competition.<br />

14. Circle the count noun.<br />

Did you grease this tray and dust it with flour?<br />

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15. Circle the non-count nouns.<br />

Flour, banana, pear and sugar are four important<br />

ingredients in this recipe.<br />

16. Circle the auxiliary verb. Chef Michel has won many<br />

awards for his desserts and is world famous.<br />

17. Circle the comparative adjective. My family decided<br />

Mum’s dessert was tastier than mine.<br />

18. Circle the relative pronoun.<br />

Mr Cox, who was a former winner of the contest,<br />

chose the winning dessert.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction. Desserts are great but should<br />

only be eaten in moderation!<br />

20. Circle the preposition.<br />

The melting dessert oozed off the platter slowly.<br />

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1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

If you must intarupt, sir, please do so politely.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. variety variaty<br />

3. Which word has the long o (toe) sound?<br />

honouring emotion naughty<br />

4. Add ow, oa or eau. When I appr ched I banged<br />

my elb on the bur .<br />

5. The underlined word is the synonym/antonym for<br />

hostile.<br />

friendly aggressive cordial insincere<br />

6. Add a prefix to make the words mean the opposite.<br />

regular<br />

responsible<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

What do you think he’s done wrong now?<br />

8. Write the homophone for herd.<br />

9. Circle the word with five syllables.<br />

parliament immediately suggestion<br />

10. Write the plural of country.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

the lengthy debate became very heated between<br />

the two politicians<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

Order! the speaker shouted. I said order!<br />

13. Add an apostrophe to show possession.<br />

The politicians faces were red from all the exertion.<br />

14. Underline the subject noun phrase.<br />

Members of the opposition looked dejected when<br />

they heard the results.<br />

15. Circle the proper nouns.<br />

Helen Smithers was named Prime Minister of New<br />

Zealand for another term.<br />

16. Circle the verb group.<br />

Voters had been waiting for the announcement for<br />

many hours.<br />

17. The underlined words are proper/common adjectives.<br />

The Irish leader greeted the visiting Australian and<br />

<strong>English</strong> politicians kindly.<br />

18. Circle the indefinite pronouns.<br />

Everybody in my family was happy with the result<br />

and Mum suggested we should do something to<br />

celebrate.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction.<br />

I couldn’t vote as I’m not 18.<br />

20. Circle the prepositions.<br />

Flags were raised along the street and I kept<br />

looking up at them blowing in the breeze.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Shakespeare wrote a play titled Twelth Night.<br />

2. The underlined word is correct/incorrect.<br />

simbol symbol<br />

3. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means to<br />

take hold of something by force.<br />

eizse<br />

4. Add ough, oe or ow. Alth Jo has many books,<br />

he always g s to the library to borr more.<br />

5. The antonym for artificial is .<br />

articulate authentic phony<br />

6. Add the suffix ness to change the adjectives to nouns.<br />

like fair bold<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

I think he’s going to be late; he usually is.<br />

8. Write the homophone for farther.<br />

9. Circle the word with the fewest syllables.<br />

abnormal elegant straighten<br />

10. countries or country’s?<br />

The<br />

produce included pineapples,<br />

bananas and mangoes.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

would you like some lemons from our tree hannah<br />

asked<br />

12. The red comma is correct. Yes No<br />

I chopped apples, pears, bananas, and oranges for<br />

the fruit salad.<br />

13. Add apostrophes to show possession.<br />

A plums juice stained Mels hand.<br />

14. Circle the collective noun.<br />

We bought a punnet of strawberries.<br />

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15. Circle the gender noun.<br />

The hen scavenged around the vegetable garden.<br />

16. Circle the modal verb.<br />

People should eat five servings of vegetables each<br />

day.<br />

17. Add juicy in the superlative form.<br />

This orange is the<br />

18. Add a relative pronoun.<br />

The man<br />

meal.<br />

I have ever eaten.<br />

arrived late was last to order his<br />

19. Circle the conjunction.<br />

I eat a lot of fruit so I can stay healthy.<br />

20. Add a preposition. The fruit fell the tree.<br />

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UNIT 7<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

You must study hard if you want to acheeve good<br />

results.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

A peteric was issued when I purchased my books.<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. existence existance<br />

4. Circle the word with the long u (few) sound.<br />

underneath youthful mouthful<br />

5. The underlined word is a synonym/antonym for<br />

glorious. magical magnificent horrible<br />

6. Add a prefix to make the words mean the opposite.<br />

possible<br />

probable<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

I’d like to study to be a doctor when I finish school.<br />

8. Write the homophone for waist.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest syllables. Yes<br />

university secondary opportunity No<br />

10. Write the singular of hoaxes.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentences.<br />

my dad is a barber and my mum is a nurse id like to<br />

be a lawyer when i grow up<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

How did your exam go today, love? Mum enquired.<br />

13. Add an apostrophe to show possession.<br />

The childrens pencils scratched quietly on their<br />

pages.<br />

14. Write the missing pronoun.<br />

studied for their exams together.<br />

15. Who is speaking?<br />

‘Finally, we’re finished!’ the children sighed to their<br />

teachers.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. write<br />

Have you<br />

the instructions down?<br />

17. Whose or Who’s? going to get top marks?<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple past tense.<br />

I am reading my book.<br />

19. Question, command or statement?<br />

Put your pencils down, immediately<br />

20. Add the correct relative pronoun.<br />

The exam<br />

was the most difficult for me<br />

was the science one.<br />

1. Rewrite the word correctly.<br />

competishun<br />

2. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means to<br />

recall or relive. mebremre<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. peece piece<br />

4. Add iew, ue or eau. The v from the<br />

aven was b tiful.<br />

5. The antonym for damage is .<br />

destroy repair devastate rearrange<br />

6. Add the suffix less and change the nouns to adjectives.<br />

hope care talent<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

I’d already seen the film, so we chose another one.<br />

8. Write the homophone for draught.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

available culpable reliable<br />

10. Write the singular of echoes.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

do you know if there are any fish in that creek<br />

12. Add commas.<br />

In addition to the fish you can find turtles frogs<br />

tadpoles and eels in that creek.<br />

13. Add an apostrophe to show possession.<br />

That turtles tank has many plants and rocks in it.<br />

14. Underline the subject of the sentence.<br />

Those slippery, slimy eels escape our nets every<br />

time.<br />

15. The underlined word is the sentence subject/object.<br />

We tried to catch frogs, which was quite difficult, too.<br />

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16. Underline the subordinate clause.<br />

Because of the recent rainfall, the creek is teeming<br />

with fish and frogs.<br />

17. What does hoppin’ mean in the sentence?<br />

Jarrod told us he saw frogs<br />

hoppin’ in his garden.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple past tense.<br />

I was catching frogs.<br />

19. Which verb best expresses the meaning—slid, fell or<br />

moved? The slimy fish<br />

20. Add the correct relative pronoun.<br />

The creek<br />

overflowing.<br />

through my hands.<br />

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DAY 71 DAY 72<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

My mum is turning fourty this September.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. though thow<br />

3. Which word has no ch (chop) sound?<br />

future question machine<br />

4. Add ar, au or ear. The l gest man in the room<br />

had the h tiest and loudest l gh.<br />

5. A synonym for gather is .<br />

steal collect scatter prevent<br />

6. Add a prefix to make the words mean the opposite.<br />

usual<br />

common<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

I am not sure that’s going to fit in the cupboard.<br />

8. Write the homophone for morning.<br />

9. Circle the word with three syllables.<br />

compliment communication practise<br />

10. Write the plural of family.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

how will you celebrate your birthday this year<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

Happy birthday Hannah! her friends exclaimed.<br />

13. The black apostrophe shows possession/contraction.<br />

Unfortunately, I won’t be going to Maxine’s party.<br />

14. Circle the common noun.<br />

Which kind of cake do you prefer: Devil’s Food or<br />

Black Forest?<br />

15. Circle the proper nouns.<br />

I know a lot of people who were born in May and a<br />

few who were born in June.<br />

16. Circle the verb group.<br />

Joni will be turning thirteen in October.<br />

17. Are the underlined words adjectives or adverbs?<br />

‘What a rich and decadent cake’, she commented<br />

loudly and excitedly.<br />

18. Circle the pronoun.<br />

The guests hoped that he would enjoy his birthday<br />

gifts.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction.<br />

Celebrating birthdays is fun, though I wish my<br />

birthday was in the summer.<br />

20. Circle the preposition.<br />

The carefully wrapped gifts lay on the table.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

The spy was very good at disguising his identitee.<br />

2. Circle the incorrect spelling. cough coff<br />

3. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means from<br />

another country. ngfrieo<br />

4. Add are, ayer or air.<br />

The c taker sat in the ch and said<br />

a pr before dinner.<br />

5. The underlined word is a synonym/antonym for<br />

defend.<br />

protect attack destroy guard<br />

6. Add the suffix ant to change the verbs to adjectives.<br />

observe<br />

tolerate<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

The rubbish that’s been sitting there for a week<br />

smells terrible, please take it out to the bin.<br />

8. Write the homophone for past.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

official special essentially<br />

10. Write the plural of calf.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. has she already received the<br />

information about her latest mission<br />

12. Add commas to the list.<br />

The agency purchased new surveillance equipment<br />

recording and tracking devices and a camouflaged<br />

vehicle.<br />

13. Add an apostrophe to show possession.<br />

Spies gadgets are developed using the latest<br />

technology and high-tech materials.<br />

14. Circle the common nouns.<br />

The camera was operated by Mr Maxwell, who was<br />

hiding in the cupboard.<br />

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15. Circle the proper nouns.<br />

James Bond is a character created by <strong>English</strong><br />

author Ian Fleming.<br />

16. Circle the verb group. The men were being watched<br />

as they held their meeting.<br />

17. Circle the adverbs.<br />

She hid silently until, to her great relief, the group<br />

finally left the room.<br />

18. Circle the pronouns. She quickly gathered his<br />

belongings and packed them into his bag.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction. Her boss would be angry if<br />

she arrived late to their meeting.<br />

20. Circle the preposition. The men got into the van.<br />

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DAY 73 DAY 74<br />

UNIT 8<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

There was a lot of rain last night and water was<br />

dripping from our ceeling in the hallway.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

Many facilities in the mtunciyom were damaged<br />

in the storm and large-scale repairs will be<br />

necessary.<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. character karacter<br />

4. Circle the word with no short e (bed) sound.<br />

leopard breakfast screaming<br />

5. The synonym for confess is .<br />

lie admit speak<br />

6. Add a prefix to make the words mean the opposite.<br />

connect<br />

respect<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

Check on the internet to see what’s on at the<br />

cinema.<br />

8. Write the homophone for guessed.<br />

9. Circle the word with four syllables.<br />

incredible decency substance tolerant<br />

10. Write the plural of foot.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

have you heard the weather forecast for tomorrow<br />

james asked politely<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

The wild weather has damaged many properties, the<br />

reporter explained.<br />

13. Add two apostrophes to show contraction.<br />

Its been raining a lot more than it normally would<br />

this time of year, dont you agree?<br />

14. Write the missing pronoun. Children, have<br />

remembered to pack your raincoats?<br />

15. Who is speaking? ‘Jon and Kerry,<br />

don’t forget your umbrellas’, Mum called out.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. watch<br />

Were you<br />

the lightning last night<br />

during the storm?<br />

17. its or it’s? Did the dog spend the night in<br />

kennel to stay out of the rain?<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple present tense (1 verb).<br />

They ran in the rain.<br />

19. Question, command or statement?<br />

You must evacuate before the storm hits<br />

20. The underlined clause is main/subordinate.<br />

Due to the weather, the event has been postponed.<br />

1. Rewrite the word correctly. enuff<br />

2. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means very<br />

strange or odd. dweir<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. fruitful fruitfull<br />

4. Add the missing ‘o’ sound. A teacher w tched the<br />

nest boy hand in the money he found.<br />

5. The antonym for complex is .<br />

difficult simple immense continuous<br />

6. Add the suffix ous to change the nouns to adjectives.<br />

fame<br />

fibre<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

‘What’s been going on in here?’ the teacher yelled.<br />

8. Write the homophone for whose.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

confuse expand clean approve<br />

10. Write the singular of hooves.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

what would you do if you found a large sum of<br />

money<br />

12. Add commas.<br />

The old damaged leather wallet was heavy with<br />

cards cash receipts and coins.<br />

13. Add apostrophes to show possession.<br />

Grahams honesty was recognised when the wallets<br />

owner offered him a reward for returning it.<br />

14. Underline the subject of the sentence.<br />

Graham added the reward money to his savings.<br />

15. The underlined words are the subject/object of the<br />

first clause.<br />

When Graham returned the wallet, he could see how<br />

happy the owner was to have it back.<br />

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16. Circle the subordinate clause.<br />

Mr Hassan searched frantically for his wallet when<br />

he realised it was lost.<br />

17. What does goin’ mean in the sentence?<br />

‘I was always goin’ to return it’, Graham explained to<br />

his disbelieving friends.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple present tense.<br />

He will spend money.<br />

19. Which verb best expresses the meaning—exclaimed or<br />

whispered? ‘Thank you so much!’ he .<br />

20. Add the correct relative pronoun.<br />

The wallet, was falling apart, was<br />

nevertheless important.<br />

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DAY 75 DAY 76<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Dad and I went to the kemist to collect our<br />

medicine.<br />

2. Circle the incorrect spelling. thought thort<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. bruise bruze<br />

4. Circle the word with a silent consonant.<br />

always musical doubt<br />

5. Separate parachute into its syllables.<br />

6. The root cycl as in cyclone and bicycle means:<br />

triangular spherical circular<br />

7. Write aisle and isle in the correct places.<br />

I sat in the<br />

to the<br />

of Skye.<br />

seat on the ferry trip over<br />

8. Which word comes before remind in the dictionary?<br />

reminisce remiss remember<br />

9. Circle two words that can be built from music.<br />

non-musical unmusic musician musication<br />

10. Complete the simile. As slow as a s .<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

many children in the school have caught the<br />

chickenpox virus<br />

12. Add commas to enclose the parenthesis.<br />

The spots which were itchy and red covered his<br />

arms and face.<br />

13. Add apostrophes to show contraction.<br />

If you havent been immunised youd better make an<br />

appointment.<br />

14. The underlined noun is collective/proper.<br />

The team of medical experts worked to find a cure<br />

for the illness.<br />

15. Circle the gender nouns.<br />

This particular disease more commonly affects<br />

males than females.<br />

16. Circle the modal verb.<br />

Parents should make sure their children are<br />

vaccinated to protect them from contracting<br />

diseases.<br />

17. Circle the proper adjective.<br />

Scottish doctor Alexander Fleming was responsible<br />

for discovering penicillin, now used to treat many<br />

diseases and illnesses.<br />

18. Circle the interrogative pronoun. Which doctor does<br />

your family visit when they have a health problem?<br />

19. The underlined word is a: conjunction verb<br />

Before Jim was diagnosed, he had visited many<br />

different doctors.<br />

20. Circle the preposition. During the last decade, there<br />

have been many medical advances made.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake. thersty hungry<br />

2. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means to be<br />

gone all of a sudden. pareadsip<br />

3. Circle the word with no air (care) sound.<br />

repairing friendliest therefore<br />

4. Add letters that make the ch sound.<br />

ki en ques on na re<br />

5. Circle the plural of oasis. oasis oases<br />

6. The root aqua in aquarium and aquaplane means:<br />

7. drawer or draw? Francis had to clean out her<br />

messy<br />

at school.<br />

8. Number the words in alphabetical order.<br />

merit meringue mermaid<br />

9. What is the base word of leadership and mislead?<br />

10. Complete the simile. As white as s .<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

have you ever seen a magician perform live<br />

12. Add a comma to clarify meaning.<br />

If you can take your camera to the show.<br />

13. The underlined clause is main/subordinate. The show<br />

was impressive but maybe just a little too long.<br />

14. Circle the count nouns.<br />

His main trick was amazingly done; he escaped<br />

from chains while submerged in water.<br />

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15. Circle the non-count noun.<br />

He stayed under the water for almost five minutes! It<br />

was intense to witness!<br />

16. Circle the auxiliary verb. When did the show finish?<br />

17. Circle the superlative adjective.<br />

We all agreed, it was the most amazing show we<br />

had ever seen.<br />

18. Circle the personal pronoun.<br />

Of all the tricks the magician performed, he seemed<br />

to find the last one most difficult.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction. Although it was late by the<br />

time we left the arena, everyone was full of energy.<br />

20. The underlined word is a preposition/noun.<br />

Rigged above the stage, the lighting added a lot to<br />

the show.<br />

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DAY 77 DAY 78<br />

UNIT 8<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

The captain had to make a choyce; either turn back<br />

to the harbour or try to weather the storm.<br />

2. Is the underlined word correct? Yes No<br />

occasion<br />

ocayshun<br />

3. Which word has the ar (car) sound?<br />

researching sergeant computer<br />

4. Add eir, ere or ear. The crew were prepared; they<br />

were all w ing th rain jackets and<br />

hats and taking shelter somewh .<br />

5. The synonym for dense is .<br />

thin thick soft runny<br />

6. Add a suffix meaning without.<br />

blame child use<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

Do you think you’d ever go skydiving?<br />

8. Write the homophone for wail.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

demonstration unidentified absolutely<br />

10. Write the plural of domino.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. ships which become<br />

wrecked often turn into popular dive sites<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

Please prepare all of your equipment, the dive<br />

master instructed.<br />

13. Add an apostrophe to show possession.<br />

The fishs fins were brightly coloured.<br />

14. Circle the subject noun phrase.<br />

The exhausted diver was relieved to reach the<br />

water’s surface.<br />

15. Circle the abstract noun.<br />

My bravery surprised me when I encountered a<br />

small but frightening shark.<br />

16. Circle the verb group.<br />

The divers shouldn’t have stayed under for so long;<br />

their oxygen barely lasted.<br />

17. Circle the proper adjective.<br />

There are many popular shipwreck dive sites along<br />

the Australian coastline.<br />

18. Circle the personal pronoun.<br />

The boat’s captain seemed upset with himself when<br />

the boat hit a turtle.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction. The divers were tired, yet all<br />

agreed it had been a fantastic day.<br />

20. Circle the preposition. We looked across to see land.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

If you make a mistake erase it and rewrite the<br />

correct arnser.<br />

2. Circle the incorrect spelling. begining beginning<br />

3. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

playful misconduct.<br />

fimcheis<br />

4. Add ei, ie or ea.<br />

My fr nds and I often visit the local l sure<br />

park after school when the w<br />

ther is fine.<br />

5. The antonym for daring is .<br />

bold boring cautious<br />

6. Add the suffix ly to change the adjectives to adverbs.<br />

neat loud polite<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

I think you’d better clean your room now, while you<br />

can still see the floor!<br />

8. Write the homophone for threw.<br />

9. Circle the word with the fewest syllables.<br />

innocent artificial obedient independent<br />

10. countries or country’s?<br />

A foreign minister must maintain good relations<br />

with many .<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. its dangerous to ride your<br />

scooter without a helmet<br />

12. Add commas to the description. The professional<br />

skater’s board was black orange purple and yellow.<br />

13. The black apostrophe is for:<br />

possession contraction<br />

The bike’s handlebars were custom made for the<br />

rider, who’d spent a lot of money.<br />

14. The underlined word is a collective/gender noun.<br />

The crowd watched as the skater skated on the halfpipe.<br />

15. Circle the gender noun. They were surprised when<br />

the skater removed her helmet; she was a girl!<br />

16. Circle the modal verb.<br />

You must take care at the skatepark.<br />

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skater than he is.<br />

18. Add a personal pronoun. ‘Hey, !’ the man yelled.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction.<br />

Do you prefer to ride your bike or your scooter?<br />

20. Circle the preposition.<br />

He sped down the track quickly.<br />

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DAY 79 DAY 80<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

There was a breef meeting between the two<br />

representatives last Wednesday.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

You look very liamfari; do I know you from<br />

somewhere?<br />

3. Is the underlined word correct? Yes No<br />

ainshent<br />

ancient<br />

4. Does the underlined word have the short o sound?<br />

Yes No mourning cardboard squad<br />

5. A synonym for decay is .<br />

freeze rot fall boil<br />

6. Add a prefix to make the words mean the opposite.<br />

lock<br />

healthy<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

When he’s tired he becomes very grumpy and<br />

irritable.<br />

8. Write the homophone for wait.<br />

9. Circle the word with five syllables.<br />

foolishness electricity demonstration<br />

10. Write the singular of cherries.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

how many hours of sleep do you usually get each<br />

night jarred<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

Usually a good eight and a half hours, he replied.<br />

13. Add an apostrophe to show possession.<br />

The childrens bedrooms are always messy.<br />

14. Write the missing personal pronoun.<br />

We put the bedroom furniture together all by<br />

.<br />

15. Who is speaking?<br />

‘I have told you for the last time Gillian Black—bed!’<br />

Dad growled.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. sleep<br />

Has she<br />

17. Whose or Who’s?<br />

over at your house before?<br />

bed does Goldilocks like the best?<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple present tense. She will go to<br />

bed at 8 pm.<br />

19. Question, command or statement?<br />

I like to go to bed early when the weather’s cold<br />

20. Add the correct relative pronoun. The person<br />

snores the loudest in our family is … Mum!<br />

1. Rewrite the word correctly.<br />

althow<br />

2. Rearrange the letters to make a word that comes after<br />

seventh and before ninth. ithghe<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. duvelop develop<br />

4. Add ar, au or a. I will be visiting my nt’s<br />

f m this fternoon.<br />

5. The underlined word is a synonym/antonym for<br />

gorgeous. beautiful unattractive enormous<br />

6. Add the suffix ness to change the adjectives to nouns.<br />

sick dark kind<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

I think she’s already completed her homework<br />

assignment.<br />

8. Write the homophone for groan.<br />

9. Circle the word with the fewest syllables.<br />

celebration attraction decoration<br />

10. Write the singular of knives.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

the forgetful farmer didnt close the gate so some<br />

cows got out onto the road<br />

12. Add commas.<br />

Cows sheep pigs ducks and chickens are all raised<br />

on that farm.<br />

13. Add two apostrophes to show possession.<br />

The ducks egg was much bigger than the chickens.<br />

14. Underline the subject of the sentence.<br />

The old farmhouse needed a new roof.<br />

15. The underlined words are the subject/object of the<br />

main clause. The clumsy old cow injured its leg<br />

when it became caught in the fence.<br />

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16. Circle the subordinate clause.<br />

If I owned a farm, I would grow wheat and barley.<br />

17. whose or who’s?<br />

Go and see<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple present tense.<br />

They fed the cows.<br />

at the door.<br />

19. Which verb best expresses the meaning—hurried or<br />

strolled?<br />

He<br />

along the path casually.<br />

20. Add the correct interrogative pronoun.<br />

sheep will you shear next?<br />

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DAY 81 DAY 82<br />

UNIT 9<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

We ate at a very nice restaurant where the food was<br />

so dilicous.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. skiled skilled<br />

3. Which word has no oo (moon) sound?<br />

youth firewood recruit<br />

4. Add er, re or our. The play we saw at the theat<br />

was very funny—the writ has a great sense<br />

of hum .<br />

5. An antonym for identical is .<br />

alike different similar genuine<br />

6. Add a prefix to make the words mean do before.<br />

paid<br />

7. The contraction it’s can mean:<br />

school<br />

or<br />

8. Write the homophone for bridle.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

unexpected insignificant inability<br />

10. Write the plural of lady.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

william shakespeares plays have been performed<br />

around the world for 400 years<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

She cried out from the audience, No! Don’t do it!<br />

13. Add apostrophes for contraction and possession.<br />

Women werent allowed to act in Shakespeares time,<br />

so all womens parts were played by men.<br />

14. How many nouns?<br />

Shakespeare’s popular play Hamlet is one of his<br />

most famous.<br />

15. Circle the possessive determiner.<br />

Romeo and Juliet are characters created by<br />

Shakespeare. Their tragic love story is well known.<br />

16. The underlined words are: verb groups/noun phrases<br />

The dedicated actors had been rehearsing for many<br />

hours and were becoming tired.<br />

17. Underline the adverbial of place.<br />

Located beside the River Thames in London, the<br />

Globe Theatre often showcases Shakespeare’s plays.<br />

18. The underlined words are: determiners pronouns<br />

There are thousands of visitors to the theatre each<br />

year.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction. Watching a play at the Globe<br />

is a great experience, unless it rains!<br />

20. Circle the adverb.<br />

The audience watched the play intently.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

A powerfull eagle soared effortlessly through the<br />

sky.<br />

2. Circle the incorrect spelling. groosome gruesome<br />

3. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

upset, worried and tense. saxuoin<br />

4. Add ar, au, or or. The rocket l nched tow d<br />

the clouds, sc<br />

ching the ground as it took off.<br />

5. The underlined word is the synonym/antonym for<br />

honest. pleasant insincere truthful<br />

6. Add the suffix ible to change the verbs to adjectives.<br />

force access reverse<br />

7. The contraction it’d can mean:<br />

or<br />

8. Write the homophone for stationary.<br />

9. Circle the word with the fewest syllables.<br />

through practising early<br />

10. Write the plural of nanny.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

have you ever seen an eagle swoop to catch its prey<br />

12. Add commas to the list.<br />

An eagle’s diet can include small mammals fish<br />

other smaller birds and lizards.<br />

13. Add an apostrophe or apostrophes to show possession.<br />

A large eagles wingspan can extend over two<br />

metres.<br />

14. How many nouns?<br />

Success in hunting comes down to the eagle’s<br />

excellent vision, and its speed, power and accuracy.<br />

15. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

The eagles tended to their eaglets and fed them<br />

each morning.<br />

16. The underlined words are: verb groups/noun phrases<br />

The unsuspecting rabbit was grabbed by the eagle.<br />

17. Underline the adverbial of manner.<br />

We watched very eagerly and excitedly as the<br />

eagles soared above us.<br />

18. The underlined words are: determiners pronouns<br />

I was lucky to take so many photos of them with my<br />

camera. It was such a great day!<br />

19. Circle the conjunction.<br />

Eaglets stay with their parents until they are about<br />

11 weeks old.<br />

20. Circle the adverb.<br />

Stealthily, the eagle swooped towards its prey.<br />

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DAY 83 DAY 84<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

The preshious ring was worth a lot of money.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

They searched the antique markets for a gnaibra<br />

buy.<br />

3. The underlined word is correct: Yes No<br />

jellus<br />

jealous<br />

4. The underlined word has the oo (shoot) sound.<br />

Yes No cartoon wouldn’t withdrew<br />

5. The antonym for ordinary is .<br />

unusual boring friendly<br />

6. Add a prefix to make the words mean do again.<br />

make<br />

7. The contraction they’d can mean:<br />

or<br />

8. Write the homophone for prints.<br />

arrange<br />

9. Circle the word with four syllables.<br />

examine intelligent extension<br />

10. Write the plural of arch.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

did the womans engagement ring have diamonds<br />

and rubies in it<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

The woman screamed out, Call the police, my<br />

jewellery has been stolen!<br />

13. Add an apostrophe for contraction or possession.<br />

The burglars fingerprints were left on the window.<br />

14. Write the missing pronouns.<br />

‘I can’t believe was stolen,’ cried out.<br />

15. Which is correct? women’s rings womens’ rings<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. steal<br />

Many people have had their jewellery .<br />

17. loose or lose?<br />

Are you absolutely certain you didn’t just<br />

it somewhere?<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple future tense (2 verbs).<br />

Somebody stole it.<br />

19. Question, exclamation or statement?<br />

Do you think they will catch the thieves<br />

20. The underlined clause is main/subordinate.<br />

The thieves had been targeting homes when people<br />

were away on holidays.<br />

1. Rewrite the word correctly.<br />

suspishoius<br />

2. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means a<br />

place where ships dock. brhuora<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. desparate desperate<br />

4. Add ui, ou or oo. The gr p on the cr se ship<br />

were worried about the mons<br />

nal weather.<br />

5. A synonym for precious is .<br />

cheap valuable expensive<br />

6. Add the suffix ly and change the adjectives to<br />

adverbs. honest foolish smooth<br />

7. The contraction why’s can mean:<br />

or<br />

8. Write the homophone for witch.<br />

9. Circle the word with the fewest syllables.<br />

performance straighten extension<br />

10. Write the singular of dwarves.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. the harbour in hong kong is<br />

one of the busiest in the world<br />

12. Add commas to the list.<br />

Ships import and export livestock grains<br />

manufactured goods and textiles.<br />

13. Add apostrophes for possession and contraction.<br />

Didnt the ships captain see the other boat?<br />

14. The underlined words are the subject/object of the<br />

sentence.<br />

The massive ship docked in the harbour at midnight.<br />

15. The underlined words are the subject/object of the<br />

sentence. Workers were unloading the containers<br />

until midday.<br />

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16. Circle the subordinate clause.<br />

Once its contents had been unloaded, the ship was<br />

refuelled and reloaded.<br />

17. sight or site?<br />

The harbour is a popular tourist .<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple future tense.<br />

We watched the ships come in.<br />

19. Which verb—praised or berated?<br />

The captain<br />

20. Add the correct possessive determiner.<br />

Captain Dave rewarded<br />

offering them a day off.<br />

the crew for their efforts.<br />

crew by<br />

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DAY 85 DAY 86<br />

UNIT 9<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Surfing lessons were a popyuler activity at the<br />

camp.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

The island had been hit by a huge nmisatu and<br />

some buildings were still under repair.<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. dictionary dictonry<br />

4. Circle the word with a silent consonant.<br />

vertical solemn definite<br />

5. Separate government into its syllables.<br />

6. The root magn as in magnificent and magnify means:<br />

small average great<br />

7. Write wary and weary in the correct places.<br />

The tired and<br />

surfers were<br />

of sharks in the water.<br />

8. Which word comes directly before fudge in<br />

alphabetical order? fruit fuel fulfil frost<br />

9. Circle two words that can be built from claim.<br />

exclaim unclaim reclaimed claimness<br />

10. Write the singular of beaches.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. the 2005 boxing day<br />

tsunami devastated many asian countries<br />

12. Add brackets to enclose the parenthesis.<br />

The tsunami caused by an underwater earthquake<br />

killed many thousands of people.<br />

13. Add apostrophe(s) to show contraction. There wasnt<br />

much warning of the tsunami before its arrival.<br />

14. The underlined words are common nouns/gender<br />

nouns. The presidents and leaders of many countries<br />

offered assistance to the affected areas.<br />

15. Circle the auxiliary verb. Since the tsunami, people<br />

have worked to rebuild their lives and communities.<br />

16. Circle the modal verb.<br />

Many lives might have been spared if more people<br />

were warned about the tsunami before it hit.<br />

17. Circle the adverbial of duration.<br />

People continued to search for their missing<br />

relatives for many months.<br />

18. Circle the relative pronoun.<br />

One girl, who had studied tsunamis at school,<br />

warned people to move off the beach when the tide<br />

went out.<br />

19. Circle the adverbs.<br />

Natural disasters often occur suddenly and without<br />

warning.<br />

20. Circle the preposition.<br />

The wall of water moved towards the shoreline.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake. vertical horazontal<br />

2. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

bad or unpleasant. lfawu<br />

3. Circle the word with no sh sound.<br />

conscious picture ambitious<br />

4. Add letters that make the uh (schwa) sound.<br />

cent particul daught<br />

5. The underlined word is the plural of fly. Yes No<br />

flys<br />

flies<br />

6. The root fess in confess and profess means:<br />

carry speak move<br />

7. alter or altar?<br />

Can I please<br />

my booking?<br />

8. The underlined word comes first in alphabetical order.<br />

Yes No money Monday monarch moment<br />

9. What is the base word of<br />

unreported and reportedly?<br />

10. break or brake? I really enjoyed the ski trip,<br />

though unfortunately I did<br />

my arm in a<br />

bad fall.<br />

11. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

Mark said that Japan is the most interesting<br />

country he has visited.<br />

12. Add a comma to clarify meaning. If you can send us<br />

a postcard from the mountains.<br />

13. Add brackets to enclose the parenthesis.<br />

Niseko a popular area for skiing is located in the<br />

north of Japan.<br />

14. Circle the count nouns. We packed jackets, scarves<br />

and gloves for our snow holiday.<br />

15. Circle the abstract nouns. Our ski instructor showed<br />

amazing skill and courage on the slopes.<br />

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16. Write the auxiliary verb. If I go back there<br />

tomorrow I would, it was such a great holiday!<br />

17. Write the comparative and superlative forms for good.<br />

Jo is a<br />

skier than Sam, but Dad is<br />

the .<br />

18. Circle the determiners.<br />

Each year someone in my family gets to pick a<br />

destination for our next holiday.<br />

19. Circle the coordinating conjunction. Mum prefers to<br />

go to the beach but we all like the snow the best.<br />

20. Circle the prepositions.<br />

Sitting on the plane on the way home, I was<br />

thinking about what a fun time I'd had.<br />

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DAY 87 DAY 88<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

The children all had a wunderfull time at the circus.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. recruit recroote<br />

3. Which word has no or (for) sound?<br />

taught bought though<br />

4. Add ti, si or ci. There was ten on in the room as<br />

the nervous musi an performed her audi on.<br />

5. The underlined word is the synonym/antonym for<br />

polite. friendly rude courteous meek<br />

6. Add a prefix to make the words mean do wrong.<br />

spell treat use<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

It’s been raining all week! When will it ever stop?<br />

8. Write the homophone for caught.<br />

9. Circle three words that can be built from go.<br />

ongoing goed went ungoing undergo<br />

10. Write the plural of axe.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

think about the greatest concert youve ever seen<br />

our music teacher instructed<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said. Hmmm,<br />

Helen mused. That's difficult, I’ve seen so many!<br />

13. Add apostrophe(s) to show possession.<br />

Henrys guitar lessons were paying off as he was<br />

improving each day.<br />

14. Underline the object noun phrase. The energetic lead<br />

singer accidentally broke his guitar.<br />

15. Circle the abstract nouns.<br />

Everyone in my family has a passion for music and<br />

can play with great talent.<br />

16. Circle the verb groups.<br />

You must practise regularly if you would like to<br />

become a professional musician.<br />

17. Add a preposition. in across<br />

Friends of ours are lucky to have a studio<br />

their house.<br />

18. The underlined words are personal or interrogative<br />

pronouns.<br />

Who is your favourite musician of all time and which<br />

instrument does he or she play?<br />

19. Write the conjunction. but or so<br />

I enjoy listening to all kinds of music,<br />

favourite genre is pop.<br />

my<br />

20. How many verbs?<br />

Music is great in so many ways; it can improve your<br />

mood, motivate you and entertain you.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

The label must be attashed if you return the dress.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. available availible<br />

3. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

a young person or teenager.<br />

hutyo<br />

4. Add ar, ir or or. The impressive man was an<br />

accomplished schol , a talented act and he<br />

also sang in a professional cho .<br />

5. The antonym for achieve is .<br />

try fail do go<br />

6. Add the suffix en to change the adjectives to verbs.<br />

flat length sharp<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

It’d been a really long time since I had seen him.<br />

8. Write the homophone for meet.<br />

9. What is the base word of<br />

moisturise and moisten?<br />

10. their or they’re?<br />

Do you know if<br />

coming?<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. the tour group would be<br />

visiting hollywood los angeles and las vegas<br />

12. The red comma is correct. Yes No<br />

I’d like to visit Venice Beach, the Santa Monica Pier<br />

and, the Hollywood sign.<br />

13. Add an apostrophe to show possession.<br />

All the cameras flashes blinded the star as he left<br />

the building.<br />

14. Write the missing pronouns. The starlet took off<br />

sunglasses and signed autographs for<br />

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the people, were very grateful.<br />

15. Which is correct? men’s suits mens’ suits<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. take<br />

Stars are constantly having their picture<br />

by paparazzi and fans.<br />

17. steel or steal?<br />

You mustn’t<br />

, it's against the law.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple future tense. He went to LA.<br />

19. Question, exclamation or statement?<br />

Would you like to see that film with me<br />

20. The underlined clause is main or subordinate.<br />

Gina Lee, who hopes to become a film star, moved<br />

to LA last year.<br />

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DAY 89 DAY 90<br />

UNIT 9<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

‘What a deliteful bunch of flowers!’ she exclaimed.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

‘I rtiacpeaped all of your help around the house<br />

today,’ mum said gratefully.<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. coopon coupon<br />

4. Circle the word with no or (for) sound.<br />

according caution forest<br />

5. The underlined word is a synonym/antonym for<br />

victory. triumph defeat success<br />

6. Add a prefix to make the words mean the opposite.<br />

correct<br />

active<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

They’d like to travel to Japan for their next holiday.<br />

8. Write the homophone for would.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest syllables.<br />

Yes No allowable relationship telephone<br />

10. Write the singular of atlases.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

do you think that all family members should help<br />

with the housework<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

Your turn to do the dishes, Rob, my sister yelled out.<br />

13. Add apostrophes for possession and contraction.<br />

In our house, Dad doesnt work and Mum does, so<br />

Dads job is to look after us and keep the house tidy.<br />

14. Write the missing pronouns.<br />

Women used to be the only ones<br />

would<br />

have stayed home. All of the housework was done<br />

by .<br />

15. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

Bring me a nappy please, Mavis, Dad asked.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. tidy<br />

‘Have you<br />

17. Whose or Who’s?<br />

your room yet?’ Dad asked.<br />

‘ left their socks lying around again?’<br />

Dad demanded.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple future tense.<br />

I cleaned my room.<br />

19. Question, command or statement?<br />

Do you hang your clothes up or use a dryer<br />

20. Circle the pronoun and the noun(s) it refers to.<br />

Mum and Dad make a good team—they work<br />

well together.<br />

1. Rewrite the word correctly. defanite<br />

2. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

a place to wash clothes.<br />

rydualn<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. average avridge<br />

4. Add u, o or ough. The h ge crowd of people slowly<br />

m ved thr the wide tunnel.<br />

5. The antonym for freeze is .<br />

chill thaw cool crack<br />

6. Add the suffix able and change the verbs to adjectives.<br />

avoid cure enjoy<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

‘Why’s the sky blue?’ the child asked innocently.<br />

8. Write the homophone for through.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

preferring understandable excitable<br />

10. Write the singular of messes.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. how many ways are there to<br />

travel across the english channel<br />

12. Add commas. You can travel by ferry train or even fly<br />

in an aeroplane! Cars buses and motorbikes can also<br />

be taken across on the ferries.<br />

13. Add apostrophes to show possession.<br />

Standing on Dovers cliffs you can see Frances<br />

coastline across the channel.<br />

14. Underline the subject noun phrase.<br />

The Channel Tunnel was officially opened in 1994.<br />

15. The underlined noun phrase is the sentence subject/<br />

object. We bought the train tickets on the internet.<br />

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16. Underline the subordinate clause.<br />

The train’s driver, who is from France, greeted the<br />

passengers before departure.<br />

17. Write the comparative or superlative form for fast.<br />

The train is<br />

than the ferry.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple future tense.<br />

They travelled by train.<br />

19. Which verb best expresses the meaning—bounded or<br />

glided?<br />

The super-fast ferry<br />

quickly<br />

across the smooth water.<br />

20. Add the personal pronouns. We collected<br />

luggage when<br />

arrived.<br />

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DAY 91 DAY 92<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

It is important for people to look after the inviroment.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. collum column<br />

3. Which word has no j (June) sound?<br />

generous refuge gruesome<br />

4. Add or, our or ear. The j nalist wrote an article<br />

about the p ling industry’s mistreated w kers.<br />

5. A synonym for accurate is .<br />

nasty correct wrong different<br />

6. Add a prefix to make the words mean the opposite.<br />

equal<br />

expected<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

What’s being done to help save water in your area?<br />

8. Write the homophone for peace.<br />

9. shore or sure? A lot of rubbish and waste washed<br />

up on the<br />

10. Write the singular of elves.<br />

after the ship sank.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

plastic bags are often eaten by sea creatures who<br />

think the bags are jellyfish<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

What can we do to help? the class asked.<br />

13. The red apostrophe shows possession/contraction.<br />

The world’s oceans are becoming more polluted as<br />

too many people don’t care about the problem.<br />

14. Circle the adverbial of frequency.<br />

Each year, my family volunteers to clean up our local<br />

area with a community group.<br />

15. Circle the determiners.<br />

One year, my brother Hassan found an expensive<br />

looking watch in the bushes.<br />

16. Circle the modal verb.<br />

We thought it could have fallen off when another<br />

volunteer was in the area.<br />

17. Is the underlined word an adjective or an adverb?<br />

Hassan kept the watch stored carefully in his pocket<br />

until he could hand it in to the organisers.<br />

18. How many pronouns?<br />

The watch belonged to a man who said it was<br />

very special, as it had been given to him by his<br />

grandfather.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction.<br />

Before the watch was returned, the man had been<br />

quite upset.<br />

20. Write the preposition. He put it straight back .<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

My grandmother takes a lot of medicashion.<br />

2. Circle the incorrect spelling. wellcome welcome<br />

3. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

to buy something. scphurae<br />

4. Add our, ure or o’re. T ists wh completing<br />

the mountain trek will have to end the difficult<br />

conditions.<br />

5. The underlined word is a synonym/antonym for<br />

prevent. help permit stop choose<br />

6. The suffix ful changes these nouns to:<br />

verbs adjectives<br />

youth colour success<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

When’s Dad going to be home, Mum?<br />

8. Write the homophone of knew.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

aquarium dancer understandable<br />

10. Write the plural of monkey.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

how long until we have a break the tired climber<br />

enquired<br />

12. Add commas to the list.<br />

The heavy packs contained tents sleeping bags and<br />

food and water supplies.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

The group hadnt been asleep long when they heard<br />

a womans shout in the distance.<br />

14. Underline the subject noun phrase.<br />

The frightened and shaken woman made her way<br />

back to camp and explained what she had seen.<br />

15. Write the relative pronoun and circle the relative<br />

clause.<br />

The woman,<br />

had left her tent to go to<br />

the toilet, described a creature with yellow eyes.<br />

16. Circle the adverbial of manner.<br />

The guide, smiling with amusement, told the group<br />

not to worry.<br />

17. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

‘It is just a harmless owl’, the guide explained.<br />

‘Though its eyes can look scary in the dark!’<br />

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The woman felt relieved and a little bit silly, and the<br />

others were glad to hear the creature was harmless.<br />

19. Does the phrasal verb mean invented or built?<br />

I should have made up a story to scare you all.<br />

20. Two large scary owls. or Two scary large owls.<br />

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DAY 93 DAY 94<br />

UNIT 10<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Unfortunately, the star player injured her sholder<br />

before the volleyball final.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word. She<br />

tried to vcenionc the coach she was okay to play.<br />

3. Is the underlined word correct? Yes No<br />

ressle wrestle<br />

4. Circle the word with the k (cat) sound.<br />

centigrade bicycle cartoon<br />

5. The synonym for weary is .<br />

trustworthy tired suspicious<br />

6. Add a prefix to make the words mean the opposite.<br />

afraid<br />

known<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

Coach told us she’s got to have an X-ray.<br />

8. Write the homophone for sail.<br />

9. Which word comes directly before popular in<br />

alphabetical order? popcorn pork portal poorly<br />

10. Write the plural of loaf.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

do you think we can win without kim one of the<br />

players asked<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

The coach replied, Of course you can, you’re a<br />

fantastic team!<br />

13. Add apostrophes. What times the big game next<br />

week, or dont you know yet?<br />

14. Write the relative pronoun.<br />

Surprisingly, the team<br />

had been<br />

leading all season ended up losing.<br />

15. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

Mum and Dad said that it was the most exciting<br />

match they’ve ever watched.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. know<br />

‘See, I<br />

exclaimed.<br />

17. your or you’re?<br />

Where will you display<br />

you could do it!’ the coach<br />

trophy?<br />

18. Which tense? past present future<br />

I think we might win again next year, too!<br />

19. Question, command or exclamation?<br />

Winning a grand final is a great experience<br />

20. The underlined clause is main/relative.<br />

The injured player, who had to miss the game,<br />

cheered the team on.<br />

1. Rewrite the word correctly. chace<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. releese release<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. gide guide<br />

4. Add g, j or dge. The expensive eep drove off the<br />

le and was slightly dama ed.<br />

5. The antonym for vacant is .<br />

empty occupied deserted<br />

6. The suffix ly changes these adjectives to:<br />

verbs adverbs<br />

bad soft glad<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

‘Where’s your other shoe got to?’ Mum asked.<br />

8. Write the homophone for flower.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

homework contagious exciting brought<br />

10. Write the singular of houses.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

thankfully the damage was not too expensive to<br />

repair and the amount was covered by insurance<br />

12. Add commas.<br />

The jeep needed two new tyres both headlights<br />

replaced one indicator and a new front bumper.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

The drivers parents werent happy about the damage,<br />

though they were relieved to know their son wasnt<br />

injured in the accident.<br />

14. Underline the subject of the sentence.<br />

The jeep was only one week old at the time.<br />

15. The underlined words are the subject/object.<br />

The driver gave the keys back to his parents.<br />

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16. Circle the relative clause.<br />

The jeep, which was a light blue colour, had to have<br />

its bonnet repainted due to scratches.<br />

17. seen or saw? ‘I’ve never anything like it!’<br />

one witness was overheard saying.<br />

18. Which tense? past present future<br />

The driver looked relieved when he saw that the<br />

damage was minimal.<br />

19. Which adjective fits best? embarrassed proud<br />

The driver looked<br />

20. Add the correct relative pronoun.<br />

when he got out of the car.<br />

The people had gathered around the jeep<br />

cheered when the driver emerged unhurt.<br />

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DAY 95 DAY 96<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake. The<br />

workers were instructed to increese their output.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

One woman dcedeid to quit, as she felt this was<br />

impossible.<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. allmost almost<br />

4. Circle the word with a silent consonant.<br />

thistle bounce sixty<br />

5. Separate nervousness into syllables.<br />

6. The part of the words that means ten is:<br />

decimal decathlon decade<br />

7. Write week and weak in the correct places.<br />

‘We already feel<br />

because we work so<br />

hard every ’, the employees complained.<br />

8. Which word comes directly before illustrate in the<br />

dictionary? imagine illusion illness image<br />

9. Circle two words that can be built from bag.<br />

bagfuls upbag bagness baggage<br />

10. Complete the simile. As wise as an o .<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

workers in some factories are expected to work in<br />

difficult and unsafe conditions<br />

12. Add brackets to enclose the parenthesis.<br />

Many clothing factories referred to as sweatshops<br />

are located across Asia.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

Some people argue that even though the pay is low,<br />

its better for people to work in these factories than<br />

to have no jobs.<br />

14. Write the relative pronoun.<br />

One of the workers, felt that enough was<br />

enough, organised a strike.<br />

15. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

The boss of the factory said he’d just find other<br />

workers.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. need<br />

People were worried as they the wages<br />

to live.<br />

17. your or you’re?<br />

‘I think right!’ they agreed.<br />

18. Which tense? past present future<br />

The workers will return to work tomorrow.<br />

19. Exclamation, command or statement?<br />

Bring me that shirt, I want to look at it<br />

20. The underlined clause is main/relative.<br />

The worker, who was yelled at, approached the<br />

boss nervously.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

duble triple<br />

2. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

to sweat. erpsepri<br />

3. Circle the word with no ng (sing) sound.<br />

magnificent guessing tongue<br />

4. Add letters that make the k sound.<br />

te nology unlu y a ommodation<br />

5. Circle the plural of leaf. leafs leaves<br />

6. The root bi in bicycle and biannual means:<br />

7. where or wear? did you put my<br />

jacket? I want to<br />

8. Number the words in alphabetical order.<br />

normal nodule northern<br />

9. What is the base word of unmanageable and<br />

mismanagement?<br />

10. Complete the simile. As s as a rock.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

id really like a laptop for my birthday geeta<br />

requested politely<br />

12. Add a comma to avoid ambiguity (make meaning<br />

clear). ‘Bring me the paper boy!’<br />

13. Add apostrophes.<br />

Whos going to be coming to your party? Have you<br />

got some friends who cant make it?<br />

14. Underline the subject of the sentence.<br />

The brand-new laptop was quite expensive.<br />

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Geeta thanked her parents excitedly.<br />

16. Circle the relative clause.<br />

Her parents, who were glad she liked the gift, said<br />

she could also use the laptop to study.<br />

17. seen or saw? I this model in the catalogue!<br />

18. Which tense? past present future<br />

All Geeta’s friends had a great time at her party.<br />

19. Which adverb fits best? happily moodily<br />

The guests all chatted<br />

it.<br />

20. Add the correct relative pronoun.<br />

and noisily.<br />

Geeta, felt like the luckiest girl in the world,<br />

was very happy with how the party went.<br />

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DAY 97 DAY 98<br />

UNIT 10<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Do you know the answer to that qestion?<br />

2. Is the underlined word correct? Yes No<br />

discribe describe<br />

3. Which word has the our (tour) sound?<br />

luring mourning ignore<br />

4. Add the letters that make the ir (bird) sound.<br />

th ty ret n exp rt p ple<br />

5. The synonym for urgent is .<br />

unimportant important trivial<br />

6. Add a suffix to make the words mean without.<br />

home pain worth<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

I thought you’d been studying for this test.<br />

8. Write the homophone for waste.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

unkind friendliness excursion<br />

10. Write the plural of hoof.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

the visitors to the ranch were looking forward to a<br />

sunset horseride<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

Whoa boy! the rider called to her horse.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

One horses saddle wasnt done up tight enough and<br />

it began to slide off.<br />

14. Write the relative pronoun.<br />

The horse<br />

slowest.<br />

was the fattest was also the<br />

15. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

Time to head back to the ranch, the leader instructed.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. fall<br />

It was a pleasant ride and fortunately no-one<br />

17. was or were?<br />

We<br />

on the ride.<br />

off their horse.<br />

amazed by the beautiful scenery<br />

18. Which tense? past present future<br />

I haven't ever ridden a horse before.<br />

19. Exclamation, command or statement?<br />

I enjoyed watching the sunset over the mountains<br />

20. The underlined clause is main/relative.<br />

One rider, who was taking a lot of photos, dropped<br />

his camera.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

The ferocious gard dog barked almost constantly.<br />

2. Is the underlined word correct? Yes No<br />

thowsand thousand<br />

3. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

happens very often. tylfrqeune<br />

4. Add ch, ck or cq.<br />

An a uaintance of mine studies emistry and<br />

has helped to develop a new kind of ro<br />

et fuel.<br />

5. The antonym for elastic is .<br />

stretchy rigid electric<br />

6. Add the suffix ly to change the adjectives to adverbs.<br />

blunt harsh wild<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

I'd never seen a chihuahua before—they are so tiny!<br />

8. Write the homophone for alter.<br />

9. Complete the simile. As s as an eel.<br />

10. than or then? I'd much rather go to the beach<br />

the park;<br />

we can have lunch!<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

do you prefer beaches with or without waves<br />

12. Add commas to the description.<br />

The dark stormy rainy and miserable day forced us<br />

to stay at home.<br />

13. The apostrophes are for: possession contraction<br />

Helen's often at the beach; she doesn't mind if the<br />

weather's a bit cool.<br />

14. Underline the object of the sentence.<br />

The skilled surfer caught the wave with ease.<br />

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The family took a picnic to the beach.<br />

16. Circle the relative pronoun.<br />

A surfer's broken board that had been swept out to<br />

sea eventually washed up on the shore.<br />

17. seen or saw? I've dolphins at this beach.<br />

18. Which tense? past present future<br />

The children have had two surfing lessons.<br />

19. Which verb fits? struggled relaxed<br />

The children<br />

difficult.<br />

20. Add the correct relative pronoun.<br />

One of the boards,<br />

was quite heavy.<br />

and found the lessons<br />

was pink and orange,<br />

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DAY 99 DAY 100<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

My older brother loves extreame sports like<br />

sky-diving.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

Mum gets worried because she thinks what he does<br />

is too sandgreuo.<br />

3. Is the underlined word correct? Yes No<br />

trouble<br />

trubble<br />

4. Does the underlined word have the ng (sing) sound?<br />

Yes No gnome language sarong<br />

5. A synonym for surplus is .<br />

some extra less<br />

6. Add prefixes to make the words mean the opposite.<br />

obey<br />

lucky<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

He’s a really great surfer, snowboarder and<br />

mountain climber.<br />

8. Write the homophone for raise.<br />

9. Complete the simile. As w as a ghost.<br />

10. Write the singular of brushes.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentences. i wouldnt try bungee<br />

jumping because im afraid of heights would you<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

I'd love to try it, my friend replied enthusiastically.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

When its time to jump Im sure youll feel afraid!<br />

14. Write the missing interrogative pronoun.<br />

else would give it a try?<br />

15. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

My brother told me that snowboarding is his<br />

favourite sport.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. try<br />

I've never<br />

skiing.<br />

17. was or were?<br />

My friends<br />

snowboarding but I have been<br />

staying at the same resort.<br />

18. How many pronouns?<br />

When we could, our family would have dinner with<br />

them.<br />

19. Question, command or statement?<br />

I'd like to go back to the same place next year<br />

20. Add the correct relative pronoun.<br />

The resort owner,<br />

daughter is the<br />

same age as me, was very welcoming and friendly<br />

to the guests.<br />

1. Circle the correct word. emergincy emergency<br />

2. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

100 × 10. dsahtuon<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. neither niether<br />

4. Add the letters that make the k sound.<br />

unlo a use ti et li id<br />

5. The underlined word is a synonym/antonym for wild.<br />

tame savage domesticated<br />

6. The suffix ness changes these adjectives to:<br />

verbs nouns foolish thick<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

They’d already been to that restaurant, so we chose<br />

a different one.<br />

8. Write the homophone for nose.<br />

9. Circle the word with the fewest syllables.<br />

beautiful fantastic great amazing<br />

10. Write the missing word. Two of scissors.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

what was your score out of a hundred in the science<br />

test<br />

12. Add commas and semicolons.<br />

We had to answer questions about space and the<br />

planets plants and animals and solids liquids and<br />

gases.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

Jamies very good at science and he said the test<br />

wasnt very hard, though I dont agree.<br />

14. Underline the subject of the sentence.<br />

Our science teacher is quite funny and entertaining.<br />

15. The underlined words are the subject/object.<br />

Our last experiment created a huge mess!<br />

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spent 15 minutes cleaning up the mess.<br />

17. seen or saw?<br />

We all had to write about what we<br />

experiment.<br />

during the<br />

18. How many determiners?<br />

One boy forgot to wear his safety glasses and was<br />

splashed in the face with some gooey red liquid!<br />

19. Which verb fits? gasped stood<br />

The others in the class<br />

he was fine.<br />

20. Add the correct interrogative pronoun.<br />

, but thankfully<br />

‘ book is this?' the teacher enquired.<br />

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UNIT 11<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

I think I may have pulled a mussle on the trek<br />

through the forest.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. vegtible vegetable<br />

3. Which word has no oi (boy) sound?<br />

unemployed appointment abattoir<br />

4. Add eer, er or ear. Mum was f ful of hitting a<br />

d and s iously damaging our car.<br />

5. An antonym for comical is .<br />

funny tragic real entertaining<br />

6. Add a prefix to make the words mean do again.<br />

think<br />

7. The contraction who’s can mean:<br />

or<br />

8. Write the homophone for sauce.<br />

number<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

supermarket worldwide newspaper<br />

10. One deer. Two .<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. the poor foxs tail had<br />

become stuck in the wire fence<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

Look at the fox! Mimi exclaimed. Let's free it!<br />

13. Add apostrophes for contraction or possession.<br />

We havent got any tools to cut its tail free but lets try<br />

our best to help it.<br />

14. How many nouns?<br />

On our walk we spotted a squirrel, two owls, a baby<br />

deer and three rabbits.<br />

15. Circle the possessive determiner. The animals all<br />

retreated to their hiding places as we passed by.<br />

16. The underlined words are: verb groups noun phrases<br />

Red and white spotted toadstools and lush green<br />

clumps of clover covered the forest floor.<br />

17. Underline the adverbial of duration.<br />

For several hours, we wandered through the forest<br />

and admired its beauty.<br />

18. The underlined words are: determiners pronouns<br />

Mum said she felt at peace in the forest and I agreed<br />

with her.<br />

19. Circle the conjunctions.<br />

We love to go for walks in the forest, but Dad and<br />

James prefer to stay home and watch the football.<br />

20. Circle the adverb.<br />

They cheer raucously when we're out.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

I'll need your signiture please, sir, on the line.<br />

2. Circle the incorrect spelling. queue quyou<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. vehicel vehicle<br />

4. Add oi, oy or uoy. The swimmer was overj ed<br />

to find a lifeb to hold onto for a rest so she<br />

could av d becoming overtired.<br />

5. The underlined word is the synonym/antonym for<br />

destroy. ruin restore revisit<br />

6. The suffix ible changes the verbs to:<br />

adjectives nouns digest convert<br />

7. The contraction that’d can mean:<br />

or<br />

8. eliminate or illuminate? We need to win this match<br />

to<br />

that team from the league.<br />

9. Number the words in alphabetical order.<br />

Friday friends friction<br />

10. their or there? Have they got tickets?<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

would you say youre a good swimmer<br />

12. Add commas to the list.<br />

Pools lakes rivers and the ocean are all suitable<br />

places for swimming <strong>practice</strong>.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes. Greg wasnt a very good<br />

swimmer, but practising in his friend Kurts pool has<br />

seen him improve a great deal.<br />

14. How many nouns?<br />

Regular training in any sport improves your strength<br />

and fitness.<br />

15. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

Mum was upset to hear Jara accidentally left her<br />

swimming costume on the bus. It was brand new!<br />

16. The underlined words are: verb groups noun phrases<br />

Sarah's stroke was improving because she was<br />

training regularly.<br />

17. Underline the adverbial of manner.<br />

Her parents cheered her on loudly and excitedly<br />

during the race.<br />

18. The underlined words are: determiners pronouns<br />

The competitor who won the championship couldn't<br />

take the smile off of his face.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction.<br />

Because the sun was out in force, children were<br />

continually reminded to apply sunscreen.<br />

20. Circle the adverb. When the winners were announced,<br />

the winning team cheered proudly.<br />

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1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

She hadn’t seen her cousin in years and she<br />

almost didn’t reconise him.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

The family reunion was held in a local rsantuatre.<br />

3. The underlined word is correct:<br />

Yes No soldier soldure<br />

4. The underlined word has the y (yes) sound.<br />

Yes No younger opinion physical<br />

5. A synonym for immature is .<br />

childish grown-up mature<br />

6. Add a prefix to make the words mean not.<br />

certain kind happy<br />

7. The contraction she’d can mean:<br />

or<br />

8. Write the homophone for pause.<br />

9. Number the words in alphabetical order.<br />

length lesson layer laser<br />

10. One foot. Two .<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

family members travelled from far and wide to be at<br />

the annual browns family reunion<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

Wow! Look how much you've grown! Aunt Mavis<br />

exclaimed.<br />

13. Add an apostrophe for contraction or possession.<br />

Uncle Johns voice boomed across the hall.<br />

14. Write the missing pronouns.<br />

had come all the way from America with<br />

wife and children.<br />

15. Which is correct? people’s voices peoples’ voices<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. eat<br />

Speeches were given after we had .<br />

17. then or than?<br />

I liked the potato salad better<br />

salad.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple past tense.<br />

We will take photos.<br />

the pasta<br />

1. Rewrite the word correctly. sujjest<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. rhythm ryhthm<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. stomach stomick<br />

4. Add ge, s or si. There was confu on on our street<br />

after our neigbours discovered trea<br />

under their gara .<br />

ure buried<br />

5. The antonym for gigantic is .<br />

minuscule enormous generous<br />

6. The suffix ly changes the adjectives to:<br />

verbs adverbs clever polite wise<br />

7. Write the missing word. Two of jeans.<br />

8. advice or advise? I need some , please.<br />

9. The underlined word comes first in alphabetical order.<br />

Yes No justice jungle junk judge<br />

10. red or read? Have you that book?<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

historically pirates were known for burying their<br />

treasure to keep it safe<br />

12. Add commas to the list. The pirate gathered his rusty<br />

compass his trusty parrot the crumpled map and his<br />

telescope and set off to find the treasure.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

The pirates ship wasnt in the best shape—it was<br />

very old and rickety.<br />

14. The underlined words are the subject/object of the<br />

sentence.<br />

The ragged pirate paid his crew with rum.<br />

15. The underlined words are the subject/object of the<br />

sentence.<br />

The rowdy crew were hoping for a share of the<br />

treasure.<br />

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16. Underline the parenthesis. The pirate's parrot, called<br />

Horace, squawked incessantly.<br />

17. he’s or his? When happy he joyfully sings<br />

favourite songs.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple present tense.<br />

The sea was very rough.<br />

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When's the next reunion going to be<br />

20. The underlined clause is main or subordinate.<br />

Although I had a great time at the reunion, I was<br />

very tired after all of the chatting and eating!<br />

19. Which verb—whispered or announced?<br />

‘Let's try to make off with the treasure’, one sneaky<br />

crewman .<br />

20. Add the correct possessive determiner. The crew<br />

retired to<br />

hammocks for the night.<br />

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DAY 105 DAY 106<br />

UNIT 11<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

The hite of the tallest building in the city was<br />

impressive.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

Many large tchyas were docked in the bay.<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. determined determind<br />

4. Circle the word with a silent consonant.<br />

laziness lamb finished<br />

5. Separate straightened into syllables.<br />

6. The root dent as in dentist and denture means:<br />

mouth tooth doctor<br />

7. Write weather and whether in the correct places.<br />

Do you know<br />

will be warm tomorrow?<br />

the<br />

8. Which word comes directly before computer in<br />

alphabetical order? cost collect contain cold<br />

9. Circle two words that can be built from fire.<br />

backfired fireness fireside firely<br />

10. One batch. Two .<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

do you know which city the worlds tallest building<br />

is in<br />

12. Add brackets to enclose the parenthesis.<br />

The Empire State Building in New York City was<br />

once the tallest building in the world.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

When its dark the city lights illuminate the streets.<br />

14. The underlined words are common nouns/gender<br />

nouns. The hero and heroine in the film held hands<br />

and jumped from building to building.<br />

15. How many auxiliary verbs?<br />

I felt like I could have been blown away by the wind<br />

when I was walking across the bridge.<br />

16. Circle the modal verbs.<br />

If you visit New York, you must see the Statue of<br />

Liberty, and should visit Central Park, too.<br />

17. Circle the adverbial of duration.<br />

We stayed in the city for two and a half weeks.<br />

18. Circle the reflective pronoun.<br />

Dad was proud of himself when he sang karaoke.<br />

19. Circle the adverbs.<br />

Tourists took photos hastily as the bus slowly drove<br />

by each attraction.<br />

20. Circle the preposition.<br />

Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge was a highlight<br />

for me.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake. screem whisper<br />

2. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

a dress-up outfit. mectuso<br />

3. Circle the word with no th (thin) sound.<br />

mythical hundredth those<br />

4. Add letters that make the zh (vision) sound.<br />

lei ure explo on<br />

5. The underlined word is the plural of kiss. Yes No<br />

kisses<br />

kiss’<br />

6. The root graph in autograph and biography means:<br />

speak write type<br />

7. heard or herd? I haven’t this song<br />

before.<br />

8. The underlined word comes first in alphabetical order.<br />

Yes No phone photo phoney phobia<br />

9. What is the base word of treatment and<br />

mistreated?<br />

10. serial or cereal?<br />

Do you like to eat<br />

for breakfast?<br />

11. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No What are<br />

you dressing up as for the party? Daria asked me.<br />

12. Add a comma to clarify meaning.<br />

While I was thinking the cat walked into the room.<br />

13. Add brackets to enclose the parenthesis.<br />

Catwoman a character from Batman would be good<br />

to dress up as.<br />

14. Circle the count nouns. There were witches, ghosts,<br />

vampires and even a clown at the party.<br />

15. Circle the abstract nouns.<br />

I got a fright when I went to the bathroom and saw a<br />

ghost; it was quite a surprise!<br />

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16. Write the auxiliary verb.<br />

I wish I chosen a scarier costume—<br />

no-one was afraid of Catwoman!<br />

17. Write the comparative or superlative form for scary.<br />

My friend Lena’s costume was the .<br />

18. Circle the determiners. My friend was dressed as a<br />

zombie and his costume was impressive!<br />

19. Circle the coordinating conjunction.<br />

It was difficult for the judges to decide on the best<br />

costume, so they asked the guests to cast a vote for<br />

their favourite.<br />

20. Circle the preposition.<br />

During the party, I made many new friends.<br />

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1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

A police officer was in pursute of a thief.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. continue contineu<br />

3. Which word has no ear sound?<br />

fiercely cereal heartily<br />

4. Add i or y. In my op nion it’s rude to awn<br />

without covering<br />

our mouth.<br />

5. The underlined word is the synonym/antonym for<br />

gloomy. cheery depressing exciting<br />

6. Add prefixes to make the words mean not.<br />

possible<br />

regular<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

I thought she’d make it to the meeting on time.<br />

8. Write the homophone for allowed.<br />

9. Circle three words that can be built from eat.<br />

uneaten re-eat ate eated edible<br />

10. One sheep. Two .<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

stop that thief the police officer called out<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

Can you tell me what was stolen please, sir? the<br />

officer requested.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

That rotten thiefs stolen my wallet, keys and phone. I<br />

wasnt watching my things at the time.<br />

14. Underline the object noun phrase.<br />

The same thief had stolen many other items, too.<br />

15. Circle the adjectives.<br />

The slightly portly officer had great trouble keeping<br />

up with the nimble thief.<br />

16. Circle the verb groups.<br />

The thief had been targeting people who were<br />

distracted by the street performers.<br />

17. Add a preposition.<br />

The thief stored his spoils<br />

coat’s special pockets.<br />

his large<br />

18. Is the underlined word a pronoun or determiner?<br />

Do you know of anyone in the area who has had<br />

their belongings stolen?<br />

19. Write the conjunction. but so<br />

We are always careful in public places<br />

won’t be targeted by thieves.<br />

we<br />

20. How many verb groups?<br />

He jumped over the people who were sitting on the<br />

grass as he ran from the police.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

What you’re wearing isn’t sootable for this<br />

establishment.<br />

2. The underlined word is<br />

correct/incorrect. allready already<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. surprised suprised<br />

4. Add oi or oy. The r al family enj ed p nting<br />

out the beautiful sights on their river v<br />

age.<br />

5. The antonym for ingratitude is .<br />

ungratefulness thankfulness appreciation<br />

6. The suffix en changes the adjectives to .<br />

light sweet<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

When’s the best time to call you?<br />

8. current or currant?<br />

Would you like a<br />

bun?<br />

9. What is the base word of outline and linear?<br />

10. bow or bough?<br />

Do you need to<br />

princess?<br />

when you meet the<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

is there a royal family in the country where you live<br />

12. The red comma is correct. Yes No<br />

We toured the palace and saw exquisite artworks,<br />

antique furniture, beautiful jewels, and many<br />

tourists!<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

The queens children werent allowed to attend the<br />

ceremony as theyre too young.<br />

14. Write the missing pronouns. The prince gave<br />

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15. Which is correct?<br />

childrens’ clothes<br />

listened intently.<br />

children’s clothes<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. bring<br />

Have you<br />

your camera with you?<br />

17. didn’t or doesn’t? He remember to<br />

bring it.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple future tense.<br />

We saw the queen!<br />

19. Question, exclamation or statement?<br />

Her dress and crown were beautiful<br />

20. The underlined clause is main/relative.<br />

The Queen of England, who has four children, married<br />

in 1947.<br />

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DAY 109 DAY 110<br />

UNIT 11<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

A distructive tornado destroyed many homes and<br />

businesses.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

Fortunately, no-one was lrsuiosey injured in the<br />

disaster.<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. surface serface<br />

4. Circle the word with no ear sound.<br />

disappear serial researching<br />

5. The underlined word is a synonym/antonym for trivial.<br />

crucial unimportant important<br />

6. Add prefixes to make the words mean the opposite.<br />

familiar<br />

polite<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

Who’s coming to the picnic with us?<br />

8. Write the homophone for no.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest syllables. Yes<br />

guessing ridiculous healthily No<br />

10. One tooth. Two .<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. tornadoes are common in<br />

the central areas of the united states of america<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

Are we all ready to evacuate? Dad asked.<br />

13. Add apostrophe(s).<br />

Fortunately, there wasnt much damage caused by<br />

the tornado. Homes and buildings were still standing<br />

when we emerged.<br />

14. Write the missing pronouns.<br />

Our garden was a mess and<br />

together to clean it up.<br />

had to work<br />

15. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

Look what I found! my brother called out as we were<br />

working.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. sweep<br />

Dad<br />

the deck while I raked the leaves.<br />

17. whose or who’s? A woman dog went<br />

missing during the tornado was very upset.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple past tense.<br />

We will look for the dog.<br />

19. Question, command or statement?<br />

Do you think he’ll be found alive<br />

20. Circle the pronoun and the noun(s) it refers to.<br />

The woman was astonished to hear the dog had<br />

been seen and it was alive and well.<br />

1. Rewrite the word correctly. patato<br />

2. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means a<br />

plan or timetable. ldehsuce<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. issue ishue<br />

4. Add oi or oy. My sister was disapp nted when<br />

her ch ce of tabl d newspaper was sold out.<br />

5. The antonym for vague is .<br />

connected clear spiteful harsh<br />

6. The suffix able changes the verbs to .<br />

teach notice<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

‘What’s your mother already told you?’ Dad warned.<br />

8. except or accept? I like all animals for<br />

snakes because they frighten me.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

curiosity generosity excitedly<br />

10. then or than? I need to go to the bank,<br />

to the post office.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

which newspaper do you like to read we were asked<br />

12. Add commas.<br />

The newspaper included sections for employment<br />

entertainment motoring and dining.<br />

13. Add apostrophe(s). Newspapers arent as popular as<br />

they once were because people often access the<br />

internets many news sites instead.<br />

14. Underline the subject noun phrase.<br />

Computers, tablets and e-readers have replaced<br />

books, magazines and newspapers for many people.<br />

15. The underlined noun phrase is the sentence subject/<br />

object.<br />

My dad still buys the newspaper every Saturday.<br />

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I like to read the film reviews, though sometimes I<br />

don’t agree with the critic’s opinion.<br />

17. Write the comparative or superlative form: interesting<br />

I find this article<br />

than that one.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple present tense. We bought the<br />

paper.<br />

19. Which verb best expresses the meaning—skimmed or<br />

perused?<br />

She quickly<br />

through the paper.<br />

20. Add the pronoun. Dad asks us to leave<br />

alone when he reads the newspaper.<br />

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DAY 111 DAY 112<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

We watched the lightining from our window.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. fysical physical<br />

3. Which word has no s (see) sound?<br />

cinema except machinery<br />

4. Add ou, ow or ough. The farmer pl ed the<br />

gr nd and planted many rows of fl ers.<br />

5. A synonym for obvious is .<br />

correct apparent different<br />

6. Add prefixes to make the words mean the opposite.<br />

loyal<br />

pronounce<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

When’s the train due to arrive at the station?<br />

8. Write the homophone for missed.<br />

9. pair or pear?<br />

Someone’s left a<br />

10. Write the singular of leaves.<br />

of shoes behind.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

a huge variety of flowers was growing including<br />

gerberas roses tulips and daffodils<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

Wow! Fin exclaimed. Look at all the colourful<br />

flowers!<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

When its sunny, many visitors come to see the<br />

flowers and to eat lunch in the cafe.<br />

14. Write the missing pronoun.<br />

When the vehicles arrive to take flowers to the<br />

florists,<br />

have to wait to be loaded.<br />

15. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

The driver said the wait time was annoying.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. cut<br />

Workers must wear gloves when they are<br />

17. they’re or their?<br />

The workers have<br />

the flowers.<br />

lunch at 12 pm.<br />

18. Rewrite as a negative. He gives her flowers.<br />

19. Exclamation, command or statement?<br />

I can’t believe how many roses we are selling<br />

20. Circle the pronouns and the noun they refer to.<br />

The florist was very busy so she asked a friend to<br />

come in and help her.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

We purchased an expensive pirfume from the shop.<br />

2. Circle the incorrect spelling. famose famous<br />

3. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means to be<br />

inquisitive and interested. crusiuo<br />

4. Add oo, ou, u or o. The w man sh ld’ve tasted<br />

a mouthf<br />

l of the soup she made using her<br />

new c kb k before she served it up.<br />

5. The underlined word is a synonym/antonym for<br />

offend. please upset delight insult<br />

6. The suffix ful changes these nouns to:<br />

verbs adjectives.<br />

forget cheer waste<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

I thought he’d already brushed his teeth.<br />

8. Write the homophone for sell.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

autobiography athletics heatwave<br />

10. Write the plural of try.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

whats your favourite reality cooking show on<br />

television<br />

12. Add commas to the list.<br />

I watched the chef cook an appetiser an entree a<br />

main course and two desserts.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

The guests on the show werent impressed with the<br />

entree; one mans face showed his disgust.<br />

14. Underline the subject noun phrase.<br />

The enthusiastic host kept the audience entertained.<br />

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15. Write the relative pronoun and circle the relative clause.<br />

One contestant, specialised in desserts,<br />

was brought to tears during the show.<br />

16. Circle the adverbial of frequency.<br />

My family gathers at 7 pm each Monday night to<br />

watch the show.<br />

17. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to. Dad thinks<br />

he could do better than some of the contestants.<br />

18. How many determiners?<br />

A difficult challenge the contestants faced was<br />

catering for a group of teenagers.<br />

19. What does the phrasal verb mean? exploded kicked<br />

One contestant accidentally blew up the microwave.<br />

20. Steaming hot dishes. or Hot steaming dishes.<br />

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UNIT 12<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

We suffered through the swellterring heat on our<br />

holiday.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

Areas close to the equator experience high levels<br />

of dtyihmui.<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. det debt<br />

4. Circle the word with a z (zoo) sound.<br />

business watches division<br />

5. The synonym for peculiar is .<br />

strange normal enough<br />

6. Add prefixes to make the words mean the opposite.<br />

complete<br />

decided<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

What’s been decided since I’ve been away?<br />

8. Write the homophone for choose.<br />

9. Which word comes directly before overcast in<br />

alphabetical order?<br />

overdone overact overbearing<br />

10. Write the plural of flower.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. the northern hemisphere<br />

and the southern hemisphere are separated by an<br />

imaginary line called the equator<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

Our teacher explained, Most countries near the<br />

equator experience warm and humid weather all<br />

year long.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

‘Whos travelled across the equator before? Ive<br />

been across it many times!’ she said.<br />

14. Write the relative pronoun. Indonesia,<br />

is made up of over 17 000 islands, is one country<br />

located on the equator.<br />

15. Are quotation marks needed?<br />

We crossed the equator on a Yes No<br />

cruise ship, one child shared.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. find<br />

We<br />

out many facts about the equator<br />

for our project.<br />

17. breath or breathe? When it is very humid it<br />

sometimes feels hard to<br />

18. Rewrite as a negative. I travel very often.<br />

properly.<br />

19. Exclamation, command or question?<br />

You must finish your project by tomorrow<br />

20. The underlined clause is main/relative.<br />

The wet season, which usually lasts for about six<br />

months, brings torrential rains to the region.<br />

1. Rewrite the word correctly. pollite<br />

2. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

erase or remove. telede<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. tawt taught<br />

4. Add c, sc or st. Li en carefully to your ience<br />

teacher’s instructions; she will repeat them twi e.<br />

5. The synonym for persuade is .<br />

complain convince force<br />

6. The suffix ly changes these adjectives to:<br />

verbs adverbs<br />

happy sweet quiet<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

Who’s got a sandwich for lunch today?<br />

8. Write the homophone for gait.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

cleverness excitable friendliest correction<br />

10. Write the singular of horses.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

the disgusted students didnt want to dissect the frog<br />

in their science class<br />

12. Add commas.<br />

The lab assistant set up for the experiment with a<br />

bunsen burner solutions and powders test tubes and<br />

beakers and safety equipment.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

Scientists discoveries continue to improve the lives<br />

of humans everywhere.<br />

14. Underline the subject of the sentence.<br />

Biology is the study of life and living things.<br />

15. The underlined words are the subject/object.<br />

The teacher told the students to tidy up the lab.<br />

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The tomatoes we grew, which were the largest in the<br />

class, tasted delicious.<br />

17. isn’t or aren’t? We supposed to be in the<br />

lab without a teacher or an adult present.<br />

18. Rewrite as a negative. I enjoy science classes.<br />

19. Which adjective fits best? interested bored<br />

The<br />

students were on the edge of<br />

their seats during the experiment.<br />

20. Add the correct relative pronoun.<br />

One of the classrooms,<br />

is in an older<br />

part of the school, isn’t very suitable as a science lab.<br />

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1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

The child was asked to translait for her parents, as<br />

they couldn’t speak <strong>English</strong>.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

Although she was a bit svernou, she did a good job.<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. degree digree<br />

4. Circle the word with three silent consonants.<br />

whistle knight rhythm<br />

5. Separate energetic into syllables.<br />

6. The part of the words that means bend is:<br />

reflex flexible inflexibility<br />

7. Write won and one in the correct places.<br />

of the girls who an art award had<br />

her picture taken for the local newpaper.<br />

8. Which word comes directly before service in the<br />

dictionary? sermon serve serpent serious<br />

9. Circle two words that can be built from break.<br />

breaked break-up breaken unbroken<br />

10. Complete the simile. As brave as a l .<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

becoming fluent in another language requires many<br />

years of <strong>practice</strong><br />

12. Add brackets to enclose the parenthesis.<br />

My friend’s father who speaks six languages fluently<br />

works as an interpreter.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

Its useful to learn to say some basics in other<br />

languages when travelling overseas.<br />

14. Write the relative pronoun.<br />

Switzerland, is surrounded by five other<br />

countries, has four official languages.<br />

15. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

Which foreign languages are taught at your school?<br />

he asked.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. speak<br />

Mandarin is<br />

17. shore or sure?<br />

by over 900 million people.<br />

Are you<br />

that’s how you say it?<br />

18. Which tense? past present future<br />

My grandparents spoke Italian and French.<br />

19. Exclamation, command or statement?<br />

I’ve been learning Japanese at school for three<br />

years<br />

20. The underlined clause is main/relative. Our teacher,<br />

who spent many years studying in Japan, always<br />

makes our lessons interesting.<br />

1. Circle the correct spelling. cawse effect<br />

2. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

to fight or disagree. gaure<br />

3. Circle the word with no g (go) sound.<br />

message struggle wagging<br />

4. Add letters that make the oo (good) sound.<br />

w lf w ld w llen<br />

5. Circle the plural of guess. guess guesses<br />

6. The root civ- in civillian and civilisation means:<br />

citizen city citrus<br />

7. mist or missed? Because of the morning<br />

we were running late and<br />

the ferry.<br />

8. Number the words in alphabetical order.<br />

noisy nomadic nocturnal<br />

9. What is the base word of celebratory and<br />

uncelebrated?<br />

10. Complete the simile. As b as a beaver.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

i havent studied ancient civilisations before because<br />

they dont interest me<br />

12. Add a comma to avoid ambiguity.<br />

Ancient Egyptians worshipped many animals built<br />

impressive pyramids and invented many things.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

Peoples interest in the Ancient Egyptians way of life<br />

means they always want to learn more.<br />

14. Underline the subject of the sentence.<br />

Leaders of Ancient Egypt were referred to as<br />

Pharaoh.<br />

15. The underlined words are the subject/object.<br />

The students learned a lot during their museum<br />

visit.<br />

16. Circle the relative clause. John Hayes, who is in my<br />

class, said he’d like to be an archaeologist.<br />

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17. rain or reign?<br />

Cleopatra was the last pharaoh to<br />

the people of Egypt.<br />

18. Which tense? past present future<br />

We will be visiting Egypt next year.<br />

19. Which adverb fits best? actively unwillingly<br />

The eager children searched for information.<br />

.<br />

20. Add a relative pronoun.<br />

The fact<br />

about burials.<br />

over<br />

they found most interesting was<br />

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DAY 117 DAY 118<br />

UNIT 12<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

My temperature was taken with the themomater.<br />

2. Is the underlined word correct? Yes No<br />

tissue<br />

tishoo<br />

3. Which word has no ow (cow) sound?<br />

throughout powerless unknown<br />

4. Add the letters that make the s (see) sound.<br />

le on ircular ychic<br />

5. The synonym for optimistic is .<br />

doubtful hopeful precise<br />

6. The suffix less changes the words from<br />

to adjectives.<br />

sleep fear beard<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

I think he’s going to fail his exams.<br />

8. Write the homophone for wore.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

exclusively terribly convincingly<br />

10. Write the plural of sponge.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

if a persons body temperature becomes too high or<br />

low there can be serious health risks<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

The nurse explained, Close to 37 ºC is a normal,<br />

healthy temperature.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

The childs temperature wasnt in the normal range,<br />

so she was admitted for treatment.<br />

14. Write the relative pronoun. The sick child,<br />

mother was frantically worried, was well cared for.<br />

15. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

The child’s mother asked if she would be ok.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. bite<br />

The doctor guessed she had been<br />

a spider.<br />

17. two or too? The observant doctor spotted<br />

tiny marks on the girl’s ankle.<br />

18. Which tense? past present future<br />

‘She was playing outside’, her mother explained.<br />

19. Exclamation, question or statement?<br />

‘Your daughter’s going to be fine’, the doctor<br />

assured<br />

20. The underlined clause is main/relative.<br />

The anti-venom, which was administered quickly,<br />

saved the girl’s life.<br />

by<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Is the information you found ackurate?<br />

2. Is the underlined word correct? Yes No<br />

fewer<br />

fuwer<br />

3. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

to hurt or harm. dnwuo<br />

4. Add s, ss or z. I gave Jan, who likes scrapbooking,<br />

a pair of ig ag sci ors as a pre ent.<br />

5. The antonym for plentiful is .<br />

enough scarce wealthy<br />

6. Adding the suffix ly changes the to adverbs.<br />

rude safe swift<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

When’s the bus supposed to be coming?<br />

8. Write the homophone for right.<br />

9. Complete the simile. As s as a dog.<br />

10. brought or bought? Have you over<br />

the new clothes you<br />

to show us?<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

do you have any crafty hobbies she asked me<br />

12. Add commas to the descriptions. The friendly fasttalking<br />

and bubbly woman showed us her large<br />

well-organised and inviting work room.<br />

13. The apostrophes are for: possession contraction<br />

She’s been scrapbooking for years and she’s always<br />

collecting more craft supplies.<br />

14. Underline the subject of the sentence.<br />

The visitors were impressed with her <strong>skills</strong>.<br />

15. The underlined words are: noun phrases/verb groups<br />

The woman had been giving scrapbooking lessons<br />

for two years.<br />

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16. Circle the relative pronoun.<br />

The group of children, who had been working hard,<br />

stopped for a break.<br />

17. seen or scene? One of the pages in the book<br />

recreated a beautiful beach .<br />

18. Which tense? past present future<br />

They will attend classes for eight weeks.<br />

19. Which verb fits? mumbled chatted<br />

They<br />

books.<br />

20. Add the correct relative pronoun.<br />

happily as they worked on their<br />

My scrapbook,<br />

I worked on for many<br />

weeks, turned out really well.<br />

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DAY 119 DAY 120<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

The astrnort heading the space mission was<br />

formerly a jet pilot.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

In case of ceynregme, call the police immediately.<br />

3. Is the underlined word correct? Yes No<br />

celebrate<br />

celibrate<br />

4. Does the underlined word have the g (go) sound?<br />

Yes No gorgeous ghostly dangerous<br />

5. A synonym for optional is .<br />

compulsory voluntary forbidden<br />

6. Add prefixes to make the words mean the opposite.<br />

agree<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

It’s going to be very hot tomorrow.<br />

8. Write the homophone for hour.<br />

painted<br />

9. Complete the simile. As pl as day.<br />

10. Write the singular of breaths.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

the shuttle launch wasnt broadcast on television<br />

until the following day<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said. Would<br />

you like to go into space? my brother asked me.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

Space doesnt really interest me, and besides, I dont<br />

think itll ever be affordable to travel there.<br />

14. Write the missing interrogative pronoun. did<br />

someone first walk on the moon?<br />

15. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

Mum said that she remembers watching the moon<br />

landing in 1969.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. watch<br />

‘It was a moment in time when the whole world<br />

seemed to be<br />

17. foreword or forward?<br />

Neil Armstrong bounced<br />

moon’s surface.<br />

’, Mum explained.<br />

on the<br />

18. How many pronouns?<br />

He was joined by his colleague, Buzz Aldrin who<br />

also walked on the moon.<br />

19. Add the correct relative pronoun. The moon,<br />

has been walked on by 12 people in total, hasn’t<br />

been visited since 1972.<br />

20. Question, command or statement?<br />

Why haven’t people landed on the moon since<br />

1972<br />

1. Rewrite the word correctly.<br />

dangerose<br />

2. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means a<br />

bad dream. reamhgitn<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. flavor flavour<br />

4. Add the letters that make the oo (good) sound.<br />

sh ldn’t watchf l baref t<br />

5. The underlined word is a synonym/antonym for<br />

preserve. destroy keep catch<br />

6. The suffix ness changes these adjectives to .<br />

sad great<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

It’s been very hot now for a whole week!<br />

8. Write the homophone for great.<br />

9. Circle the word with the fewest syllables.<br />

suspicious inventory screeching completely<br />

10. Write the missing word.<br />

flock herd A of sheep.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

have you ever had the same dream more than once<br />

12. Add commas. People can have nightmares about<br />

being chased losing their teeth falling being lost<br />

and many other things.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

The childs cries didnt wake her parents, so they<br />

werent there to comfort her when she woke up from<br />

her bad dream.<br />

14. Underline the noun phrases. The small puppy was<br />

whimpering as it slept on the broken old chair.<br />

15. The underlined words are a: noun phrase/verb group<br />

Some people can fly in their dreams.<br />

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16. Circle the subordinate clause. When I am having a<br />

bad dream, I try to pinch myself so I will wake up.<br />

17. fort or fought?<br />

I once<br />

a large bear in a dream I had.<br />

18. How many determiners?<br />

Many films and stories end with the character<br />

waking up to find out that what happened was only<br />

a dream.<br />

19. Which verb fits? snore talk<br />

Many people in their sleep but they<br />

usually don’t make sense.<br />

20. Add the correct interrogative pronoun.<br />

time did you go to bed last night?<br />

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DAY 121 DAY 122<br />

UNIT 13<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Each individule envelope must be addressed and<br />

then stamped.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. rhime rhyme<br />

3. Which word has no short i (ship) sound?<br />

business mythical twilight England<br />

4. Add u, o, ou or oo. Dean lost his c mpass in the<br />

j<br />

ngle and he became very afraid when he saw a<br />

y ng jaguar with bl d dripping from its mouth.<br />

5. An antonym for plausible is .<br />

real unbelievable funny generous<br />

6. Add a prefix to make the words mean do again.<br />

paint load heat<br />

7. who is or who has? My grandma,<br />

written me a letter every week since I was five, is in<br />

the hospital at the moment.<br />

8. Write the homophone for ewe.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

inquisitiveness intelligence curiosity<br />

10. One salmon. Two .<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. whats the busiest time of<br />

year for the postal service<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

He answered, The Christmas season is very busy.<br />

13. Add apostrophes for contraction or possession.<br />

I havent received any letters recently but Dads<br />

always getting lots.<br />

14. How many determiners?<br />

A large parcel arrived on our doorstep on Monday;<br />

it was my brother’s book.<br />

15. Circle the possessive determiner.<br />

He ordered the book online using his computer.<br />

16. The underlined words are: noun phrases/verb groups<br />

While we were waiting for the tickets to be<br />

delivered, we were watching television.<br />

17. Underline the adverbial of time.<br />

Last week, I received a postcard from my friend who<br />

lives in Japan.<br />

18. Circle the pronouns. I think she will bring it with her.<br />

19. Circle the conjunctions.<br />

Everything in the letterbox was either a bill or a<br />

catalogue.<br />

20. How many adverbs?<br />

Dad seldom gets excited, but yesterday he<br />

accidentally tripped when he rushed downstairs to<br />

check the post.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Have you had a thurugh look for your passport?<br />

2. Circle the incorrect spelling. embarase embarrass<br />

3. Rearrange tlameprian to make a word that means a<br />

place where politicians meet.<br />

4. Add th, tt or ed.<br />

I had forgo en to add yme to the recipe<br />

last time I cook it; this time it’s much tastier!<br />

5. The underlined word is the synonym/antonym for<br />

clear. murky transparent opaque<br />

6. The suffix er changes the verbs to:<br />

teach explore rob<br />

7. that had or that would? I think<br />

be a great idea.<br />

8. aloud or allowed? You will not be to<br />

leave the country unless you find that passport.<br />

9. Number the words in alphabetical order.<br />

support supply suppose<br />

10. it’s or its? When time for the flight, make<br />

sure your bag has<br />

get lost.<br />

tag attached so it doesn’t<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

my dads passports got a lot of stamps from many<br />

countries in it<br />

12. Add commas to the list. Last year he visited China New<br />

Zealand Colombia South Africa and Indonesia.<br />

13. Is an apostrophe needed? Yes No<br />

The girls in the line were chatting.<br />

14. How many pronouns?<br />

Dad buys me magnets when he travels and I have a<br />

huge collection of them.<br />

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15. Circle the noun the underlined pronoun refers to.<br />

Dad says I can travel as much as he did when I grow<br />

up.<br />

16. The underlined words are: verb groups/noun phrases<br />

The traffic on the congested runway was very bad.<br />

17. Underline the adverbial of duration.<br />

He was away for almost two months on his last trip.<br />

18. The underlined words are: determiners pronouns<br />

He is always glad to see us waiting for him at the<br />

airport.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction.<br />

Dad takes me travelling with him whenever he can.<br />

20. Circle the adverbs. Once I got to briefly visit Hawaii<br />

with him, and soon we’ll go to Japan.<br />

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1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

It’s important to indickate with hand signals when<br />

riding a bike.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

Our dog is very arsevigesg towards cats.<br />

3. The underlined word is correct: Yes No<br />

ockupy<br />

occupy<br />

4. The underlined word has the th (this) sound.<br />

Yes No breathless breathing weather<br />

5. A synonym for synthetic is .<br />

natural artificial expensive<br />

6. Add a prefix to make the words mean not.<br />

broken able like<br />

7. she had or she would? I know that<br />

been wanting a new bike for a while.<br />

8. Write the homophone for clause.<br />

9. Number the words in alphabetical order.<br />

money month monster monk<br />

10. colony or plague? A of ants.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

the tour de france is an annual cycling race which<br />

has been held since 1903<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

Watch out! the cyclist yelled as he sped past. You’re<br />

in the way!<br />

13. Add apostrophes for contraction or possession.<br />

The bikes front tyre clipped anothers rear tyre and<br />

caused an accident.<br />

14. Write the missing pronoun. The cyclists,<br />

come from all over the world, ride in teams.<br />

15. Which is correct? cyclists’ voices cyclists’s voices<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. ridden<br />

The cyclists<br />

ranges.<br />

through two mountain<br />

17. isn’t or aren’t? The race just held in France;<br />

sometimes it has legs in neighbouring countries.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple future tense.<br />

I trained for the race.<br />

19. Question, exclamation or statement?<br />

There have been many doping scandals surrounding<br />

the race over the years<br />

20. The underlined clause is main or subordinate.<br />

Lance Armstrong, a former seven-time winner of the<br />

tour, was stripped of his titles after it was proven he<br />

had cheated.<br />

1. Rewrite the word correctly. norty<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. aplaud applaud<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. oportunity opportunity<br />

4. Add y, ui or u. The detective worked b sily to<br />

solve the m stery and find out who was g lty.<br />

5. The antonym for wonderful is .<br />

amazing impressive ordinary<br />

6. The suffix en changes the adjectives to: verbs<br />

moist loose wide adverbs<br />

7. Write the missing word. A of scissors.<br />

8. chord or cord?<br />

Please mind you don’t trip on the .<br />

9. The underlined word comes first in alphabetical order.<br />

Yes No represent repeat replay repent report<br />

10. made or maid? Has the already<br />

the beds?<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

whats the most interesting case youve ever worked<br />

on the child asked the detective<br />

12. Add a comma.<br />

When collecting evidence detectives must ensure<br />

they don’t contaminate the crime scene.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

If there arent any fingerprints to collect, a<br />

detectives job is to find other clues.<br />

14. The underlined words are the subject/object of the<br />

sentence. The crime scene was cordoned off with<br />

police tape.<br />

15. The underlined words are the subject/object of the<br />

sentence. The only witness gave his statement to<br />

the detective.<br />

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16. Underline the parenthesis. The detective, who had<br />

been with the department for 25 years, had never<br />

seen anything like it.<br />

17. was or were? The children fascinated<br />

as they listened to the detective explain his job.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple past tense.<br />

The detective will catch the criminal.<br />

19. Which adverb—dejectedly or hopefully?<br />

The detective explained<br />

were absolutely no leads on the case.<br />

20. Add the correct possessive determiner.<br />

The police tracking dog wagged<br />

followed the scent.<br />

that there<br />

tail and<br />

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UNIT 13<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

My sister has made a remarckable improvement in<br />

her handwriting.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

I’m sorry but I can’t ptcace your invitation as I’m<br />

busy.<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. orkward awkward<br />

4. Circle the words with a silent consonant.<br />

autumn design goggles would cause<br />

5. Draw syllable breaks in exacerbate.<br />

6. The root dict- as in dictation and predict means:<br />

write speak translate<br />

7. Write breathe and breath in the correct places.<br />

Take a deep in then out<br />

through your nose.<br />

8. Which word comes directly before prince in<br />

alphabetical order?<br />

prune present practical predict<br />

9. Circle two words that can be built from show.<br />

shower unshow showman showroom<br />

10. clutch or swarm? A of bees.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

invitations are given out for events such as parties<br />

weddings and christenings<br />

12. Add brackets to enclose the parenthesis.<br />

An RSVP originally a French phrase is given to the<br />

host so they know who will be attending.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

We had a great time making invitations for my<br />

younger sisters birthday party.<br />

14. The underlined words are modal/helper auxiliary<br />

verbs. You should RSVP by the requested date so<br />

the host can be prepared for the event.<br />

15. How many auxiliary verbs?<br />

We were looking for a present but we couldn’t find<br />

anything and my brother was being annoying!<br />

16. Circle the modal verbs. I might go back to the shops<br />

tomorrow without my brother; he can stay at home!<br />

17. Circle the adverbial of frequency.<br />

George has a huge birthday party every year—it’s<br />

always a great event!<br />

18. Circle the pronouns.<br />

My sister and I wrapped all of the presents neatly<br />

and we were proud of ourselves.<br />

19. Circle the adverbs.<br />

The invitations were methodically written and<br />

addressed before being sent across the world.<br />

20. Circle the prepositions.<br />

All of the guests were able to make it except for<br />

Jody, who had another event to attend.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake. thum finger<br />

2. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

10 × 8. teihgy<br />

3. Circle the word with no u (up) sound.<br />

touching grandson pollute husband<br />

4. Add letters that make the i (ship) sound.<br />

anton m d v sion reb lt w men<br />

5. The underlined word is the plural of emphasis.<br />

Yes No emphases emphass<br />

6. The root hydr- in dehydrate and hydrant means:<br />

ice water oxygen sweat<br />

7. for or four? It takes me minutes to<br />

make a cup of tea<br />

myself.<br />

8. The underlined word comes first in alphabetical order.<br />

Yes No psycho psalm psoriasis psychic<br />

9. What is the base word of methodology and<br />

methodical?<br />

10. dye or die? Will our plants if we put<br />

coloured in their water?<br />

11. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

Our teacher said he was pleased with our work.<br />

12. Add a comma to clarify meaning.<br />

While the teacher was talking a knock on the door<br />

interrupted the class.<br />

13. Add brackets to enclose the parenthesis.<br />

Our principal Mr Kane wanted to speak with a class<br />

member, Dan Prince.<br />

14. Circle the non-count nouns.<br />

Some advice before your exams: drink lots of water,<br />

do all of your homework and get plenty of sleep.<br />

15. Circle the abstract nouns. It’s not about luck, but about<br />

staying calm and having belief in your ability.<br />

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16. Write the modal verb. You study for each<br />

exam so you are well prepared.<br />

17. Write the comparative or superlative form for hard.<br />

I found the mathematics exam the !<br />

18. Circle the determiners.<br />

Our school achieved some of the highest exam<br />

results in the country! There was an article in the<br />

newspaper.<br />

19. Circle the coordinating conjunction.<br />

I’m relieved that our exams are over, but I’m also<br />

sad to be finishing school forever.<br />

20. Circle the preposition. Since the exams finished I<br />

have been anxiously waiting for my results.<br />

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1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

The restaurant revew in the magazine was<br />

interesting.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. alltogether altogether<br />

3. Which word has no u (up) sound?<br />

countries another putrid<br />

4. Add ai or a. The girl h d pl ts in her hair, a red<br />

h t, nd was wearing a pl d skirt.<br />

5. The underlined word is the synonym/antonym for<br />

calm. peaceful turbulent choppy<br />

6. Add prefixes to make the words mean not.<br />

patient<br />

definite<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

When’s the critic expected to arrive?<br />

8. Write the homophone for bawl.<br />

9. Circle three words that can be built from do.<br />

doable down did dome doesn’t<br />

10. kangaroos or wolves? A pack of .<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

do you know which country haggis kilts bagpipes<br />

and the loch ness monster come from<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

I think they all come from Scotland, am I right? she<br />

answered uncertainly.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

My Dads from Scotland, but he doesnt play the<br />

bagpipes; he says theyre very difficult to play.<br />

14. Underline the subject noun phrase.<br />

The tourist took many photographs of the beautiful<br />

landscape.<br />

15. Circle the adjectives.<br />

The rocky hills were covered in lush green grass and<br />

dotted with large and shaggy Highland cows.<br />

16. Circle the verb groups.<br />

The bus had been travelling for many hours and the<br />

travellers were weary.<br />

17. Add a preposition. The group crossed an old<br />

bridge and listened to the water rushing below.<br />

18. Circle the pronoun.<br />

Which city is the capital of Scotland?<br />

19. because or although? I’d like to visit Edinburgh<br />

I am interested in the capital’s history.<br />

20. How many verb groups?<br />

Edinburgh’s famous castle has overlooked the city<br />

since the 12th century.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

The semetary in the small town had some very old<br />

gravestones in it.<br />

2. Circle the incorrect spelling. occur occurr<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. mosquito mosqueeto<br />

4. Add ou, oo, o or u.<br />

My c sin who lives in L ndon told us there has<br />

been unseasonal s mmer fl ding.<br />

5. The antonym for wealth is .<br />

success kindness poverty<br />

6. The suffix er changes the to nouns.<br />

juggle paint design<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

It’s going to be raining all weekend!<br />

8. rose or rows? I picked a red out from the<br />

of colourful flowers.<br />

9. What is the base word of inflated and<br />

inflatable?<br />

10. wheel or we’ll? I think need to replace<br />

that old bicycle<br />

, as it’s buckled.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. mosquitoes are arguably the<br />

most dangerous animals on earth because of the<br />

bloodborne diseases they can transmit<br />

12. Is the red comma correct? Yes No<br />

Malaria is a disease which can be contracted from<br />

mosquitoes in tropical Africa, Asia, and Central, and<br />

South America.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

A mosquitos life cycle has four stages, like all flies.<br />

Most species lay their eggs near water.<br />

14. Write the missing pronoun. Female mosquitos feed<br />

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skin and suck the blood with a proboscis.<br />

15. Which is correct? men’s families mens’ families<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. have<br />

Have you already<br />

your travel vaccinations?<br />

17. did or done? I have my research and I’m<br />

prepared for the trip of a lifetime!<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple future tense. I left on Monday.<br />

19. Question, statement or command?<br />

Not all species of mosquito feed on blood<br />

20. The underlined clause is main or relative.<br />

The child, who had many mosquito bites,<br />

would not stop scratching.<br />

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1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

A profeshional dancer came to our school to give<br />

us lessons.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

‘Can you edibscre her costume for me?’ Mum<br />

asked.<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. thought thourght<br />

4. Circle the word with no th (the) sound.<br />

then Thursday themselves leather<br />

5. The underlined word is a synonym/antonym for thrive.<br />

win flourish fail melt<br />

6. Add prefixes to make the words mean among and<br />

under. national marine<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

Do you know what’s being built around the corner?<br />

8. Write the homophone for stationery.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest syllables. Yes<br />

Saturday November Monday June No<br />

10. coven or flock? A of witches.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

latin ballroom contemporary ballet and<br />

breakdancing are different styles of dance<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

The teacher asked her class, Would you like to learn<br />

the steps of this dance?<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

It wasnt difficult to get the hang of the steps after a<br />

few minutes of <strong>practice</strong>.<br />

14. Write the missing pronouns.<br />

twirled her sparkling skirt as<br />

gracefully around the room.<br />

glided<br />

15. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

That was a lot of fun! one boy exclaimed<br />

enthusiastically.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. step<br />

One of the boys kept<br />

partner’s feet.<br />

on his poor<br />

17. seen or saw? We the dancers compete<br />

on the television.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple past tense. We will practise<br />

the steps.<br />

19. Question, command or statement?<br />

Many cultures have their own traditional dances<br />

20. Circle the pronoun and the noun(s) it refers to.<br />

When she was on the stage, the ballet dancer<br />

performed brilliantly.<br />

1. Rewrite the word correctly.<br />

marvelose<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. ocean ocaen<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. lenght length<br />

4. Add letters that make the u (up) sound.<br />

en gh fl ding p blic an ther<br />

5. The antonym for adequate is .<br />

opposite enough insufficient ample<br />

6. The suffix able changes the to .<br />

believe laugh admire<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

‘You’d better not have mud on your shoes!’ Mum<br />

said.<br />

8. effect or affect? The rain had no on the<br />

players; they were used to playing in it.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

westernmost northerly southern<br />

10. then or than? We’ll visit Sarah and David<br />

because her house is closer his to here.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

the worlds oceans cover over 70% of the planet and<br />

the pacific ocean is the largest<br />

12. Add one or more commas.<br />

Cape Agulhas South Africa is the place where the<br />

Atlantic and Indian oceans meet.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

In some places, the different oceans waters dont<br />

mix due to differences in their density.<br />

14. Underline the subject noun phrase.<br />

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest on Earth.<br />

15. The underlined clause is: main subordinate<br />

The Arctic Ocean, the world’s smallest and<br />

shallowest, is mostly frozen during the winter.<br />

16. Underline the adverbial of time. Last summer, my<br />

friends went on an Indian Ocean cruise.<br />

17. Write the comparative or superlative form of warm.<br />

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Fortunately, the weather was during our<br />

holiday than it usually is at home.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple present tense. We looked out<br />

over the horizon.<br />

19. Which adverb best expresses the meaning?<br />

excitedly furiously<br />

The child screamed<br />

during his<br />

tantrum.<br />

20. Add the pronoun. When we go on holiday we try<br />

not to take too much with .<br />

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1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

I’ll just check my scedule and see if I can fit you in.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. equipment ecwipment<br />

3. Which word has no w sound?<br />

quickly choir cute wheel<br />

4. Add wr, rh, r or rr. The song iter hu ied to<br />

finish the ly ics to go with the ythm.<br />

5. A synonym for ambitious is .<br />

lazy driven indifferent<br />

6. Add prefixes to make the words mean the opposite.<br />

behave<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

Who’s got the time please?<br />

8. Write the homophone for patients.<br />

tangle<br />

9. Sum or Some? mathematical<br />

calculations are more difficult than others.<br />

10. Write the singular of hippopotami.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

gina frosts secretary was always very busy<br />

scheduling her appointments<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

Your next client is here, Mrs Frost, she announced<br />

over the intercom.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

It wasnt uncommon for the employees to work<br />

through their lunch breaks.<br />

14. Write the missing pronoun. ‘How can I help ?’<br />

the receptionist asked me politely.<br />

15. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

The visitor announced he had an appointment with<br />

Mrs Frost.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. take<br />

The receptionist<br />

down the client’s<br />

details to enter into the database.<br />

17. there or their?<br />

‘Please wait over<br />

’, she instructed.<br />

18. Rewrite as a negative. She likes her job.<br />

19. Question, command or statement?<br />

When will my next client be arriving<br />

20. Circle the pronouns and the noun they refer to.<br />

When the new client arrived she was offered a<br />

tea or coffee to drink while she waited.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

As you get older your eyesite generally deteriorates.<br />

2. Circle the incorrect spelling. froaz froze<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. caught cought<br />

4. Add kn, gn, n or nn.<br />

On my way to the<br />

etball courts, I tripped on a<br />

arled tree root and ski ed my ee.<br />

5. The underlined word is a synonym/antonym for aid.<br />

assist hinder help destroy<br />

6. The suffix ion changes the verbs to: adverbs nouns<br />

elect decide explode<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

It’s been snowing heavily for a whole week!<br />

8. Write the homophone for farther.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

intolerant substantial incredible<br />

10. Write the plural of berry.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

fred hollows was a highly respected ophthalmologist<br />

who came from new zealand<br />

12. Add commas. The Fred Hollows Foundation<br />

established in 1992 helps to restore sight to people<br />

across Australia Asia and Africa.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

Charities are organisations which help people in the<br />

areas of health and education and they generally<br />

rely on peoples donations for funding.<br />

14. Underline the main clause. Where possible, aid is<br />

provided to developing countries, war-torn regions<br />

and areas affected by disasters.<br />

15. Write the relative pronoun and circle the relative clause.<br />

The aid worker, worked as a teacher in<br />

the village school, was from England.<br />

16. Circle the adverbial of time. After the devastating<br />

Boxing Day Tsunami of 2006, nations all over the<br />

world provided over $14 billion dollars in aid.<br />

17. Circle the pronouns and the noun they refer to.<br />

Demi felt good about herself when she donated<br />

some money.<br />

18. How many determiners?<br />

I have made a resolution to work for a volunteer<br />

organisation one day a week this year.<br />

19. What does the phrasal verb mean? found phoned<br />

I looked up prospective organisations to work for.<br />

20. Add the correct possessive determiner.<br />

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the charity.<br />

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1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

We needed to seperate the two dogs, as they kept<br />

fighting.<br />

2. Circle the incorrect spelling. auther author<br />

3. Is the underlined word correct? Yes No<br />

dollar<br />

doller<br />

4. Circle the word with no f sound.<br />

laughing symphony of<br />

5. The synonym for complex is .<br />

simple complicated combined<br />

6. Add prefixes to make the words mean the opposite.<br />

known even pure<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

Dad’s been learning Japanese for two years now.<br />

8. Write the homophone for where.<br />

9. Which word comes directly after petite in alphabetical<br />

order? petal petition petty pesticide<br />

10. Write the plural of pharmacy.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

famous novelists from english speaking countries<br />

include charles dickens mark twain and miles<br />

franklin<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

What’s your favourite novel? he asked. Of all time?<br />

13. Add apostrophes.<br />

The childrens book authors husband was the<br />

illustrator of her stories.<br />

14. Write the relative pronoun. One novel<br />

is famous throughout the world is Mary Shelley’s<br />

Frankenstein.<br />

15. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

I asked Mum what her favourite book was and she<br />

said it was Jane Eyre.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. write<br />

The prolific writer has<br />

hundreds of novels.<br />

17. foreword or forward? The book’s<br />

acknowledged the author’s family and friends.<br />

18. Rewrite as a negative. I like to read.<br />

1. Rewrite the word correctly. umpyre<br />

2. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means the<br />

taste of something. vruofal<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. onion unyon<br />

4. Add h or wh. I prefer olemeal bread as it is<br />

ealthier than white bread.<br />

5. The antonym for condense is .<br />

compress enrage expand<br />

6. Add the suffix ion to these verbs.<br />

collide collect<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

Sarah’s been to Thailand, India and China before.<br />

8. Write a homophone for sew.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

considerable independence hesitancy<br />

10. Write the singular of summaries.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

china and india the worlds two most populated<br />

countries are located on the asian continent<br />

12. Add commas.<br />

Karachi Pakistan and Mumbai India are two cities<br />

with over 12 million inhabitants.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

Indonesias island of Java is the worlds most<br />

populous island with over 130 million inhabitants.<br />

14. Underline the noun phrases. The Philippines has a<br />

population nearing 100 million people.<br />

15. Underline the verb groups. China’s government<br />

decided to develop population control measures<br />

which have been in effect since 1979.<br />

16. Circle the relative clause.<br />

It is predicted that India, which doesn’t have such<br />

measures in place, will eventually overtake China as<br />

the world’s most populated country.<br />

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Mongolia in central Asia very populated,<br />

with fewer than 3 million inhabitants.<br />

18. Rewrite as a negative. Gordon speaks Mandarin.<br />

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This novel is funny, entertaining and sometimes<br />

sad<br />

20. The underlined clause is main/relative.<br />

The little mermaid, written by Hans Christian<br />

Anderson, is a famous fairytale.<br />

19. Which adjective fits best? quietest busiest<br />

Singapore has one of the world’s<br />

ports with thousands of ships passing through it<br />

each year.<br />

20. Add the correct relative pronoun.<br />

My friend Sania,<br />

parents are from<br />

Malaysia, can speak three languages.<br />

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1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

The explanashion you gave for being late won’t do.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

The small children htgouf over the popular toy.<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. pichure picture<br />

4. Circle the words with two silent consonants.<br />

whistle thumb wrestle yolk column<br />

5. Separate company into syllables.<br />

6. The part of the words that means life is .<br />

biography biology biochemistry<br />

7. Write would and wood in the correct places.<br />

I chop some but I’ve hurt my<br />

hand.<br />

8. Which word comes directly before muscle in the<br />

dictionary? murder murmur muse mural<br />

9. Circle two words that can be built from watch.<br />

watchmaker offwatch wristwatch watchs<br />

10. Complete the simile. As bold as br .<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. toys are important for<br />

childrens development and are found across all<br />

countries and cultures around the world<br />

12. Add brackets to enclose the parenthesis.<br />

Lego a Danish invention has been a popular toy for<br />

over 50 years.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

Electronic toys have become increasingly more<br />

popular over the years, although they havent replaced<br />

traditional toys entirely.<br />

14. Write the relative pronoun.<br />

The popular children’s toy Barbie,<br />

has<br />

been produced since 1959, was created by Ruth<br />

Handler.<br />

15. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No Have you<br />

seen my new toy? my little cousin asked excitedly.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. pay<br />

Jin saved up and<br />

for the new game<br />

herself.<br />

17. ensure or insure? If you are travelling you should<br />

that you<br />

your belongings<br />

in case they are lost or stolen.<br />

18. Which tense? past present future<br />

The toy fair is being held next year in January.<br />

19. Exclamation, command or statement?<br />

I’d really love that new toy for my birthday<br />

20. The underlined clause is main/dependent.<br />

The children aren’t very good at packing away their<br />

toys, unless they are given an incentive.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake. arive depart<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. deside decide<br />

3. Circle the word with no d sound.<br />

dined washed timed<br />

4. Add letters that make the m sound.<br />

nu ed colu nist ha ered<br />

5. Separate submarine into its syllables.<br />

6. The root phon in telephone and phonics means:<br />

sound picture movement<br />

7. Write advise and advice in the correct places.<br />

‘I took Mum’s and I’d you to<br />

do the same’, my sister lectured.<br />

8. Which word comes directly after sinister in the<br />

dictionary? singular sinus single sister<br />

9. Circle two words that can be built from recognise.<br />

recognition<br />

recogniser<br />

recognisement<br />

recognisable<br />

10. litter or gang? A of pups.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. the new editor for the<br />

evening chronicle will be announced on monday<br />

12. Add commas.<br />

The newspaper included a sports section an<br />

employment section a lift-out TV guide and the<br />

general news section.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

The jounalists teamwork was rewarded when their<br />

article appeared on the papers front page.<br />

14. Underline the noun phrases.<br />

The long and boring article covered the whole page<br />

and had no photographs.<br />

15. Underline the verb groups. The writer had been<br />

working on her article for many hours and she<br />

decided she needed to have a well-earned break.<br />

16. Circle the relative clause. One particular paper that<br />

writes a lot about celebrities is always being sued.<br />

17. right or write? It is imperative that you get all of<br />

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a newspaper.<br />

18. Which tense? past present future<br />

Janelle is always reading as many articles as she<br />

can.<br />

19. Which adverb fits best? reluctantly gladly<br />

The tired celebrity posed for fan photos<br />

.<br />

20. Add a relative pronoun. One journalist,<br />

career had taken her to many war-torn regions,<br />

was awarded for her work.<br />

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1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Some ancient societies would sacrefise animals for<br />

the gods.<br />

2. Is the underlined word correct? Yes No<br />

mirra<br />

mirror<br />

3. Which word has no w sound?<br />

quarter squeal whose question<br />

4. Add the letters that make the f sound.<br />

s ere o en ha trou<br />

5. The synonym for feeble is .<br />

strong weak productive<br />

6. The suffix ness changes the words from<br />

to nouns.<br />

polite clever swift<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

My brother’s going to be a lawyer when he<br />

graduates.<br />

8. Write the homophone for paws.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

essential confidential partial artificial<br />

10. Write the plural of butterfly.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

there are many thousands of species of butterflies<br />

and moths including the monarch butterfly and luna<br />

moth<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

What do butterflies eat? the small child enquired.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

A butterflys diet typically consists of liquids,<br />

including nectar from flowers and juices from<br />

rotting fruits.<br />

14. Write the relative pronoun. A caterpillar<br />

has wrapped itself in a cocoon is called a chrysalis.<br />

15. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

I asked how long it takes to transform into a<br />

butterfly.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. fly<br />

The butterfly had<br />

finger.<br />

from the flower to my<br />

17. to or too? It then flew a nearby tree branch.<br />

18. Which tense? past present future<br />

The photographer is a keen butterfly enthusiast.<br />

19. Exclamation, question or statement?<br />

Wow! Look at the colourful butterflies over there<br />

20. The underlined clause is main/dependent.<br />

When I visited the zoo, I saw many beautiful<br />

butterflies in the Butterfly House.<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

If you need extra help, you can work with a tuetor.<br />

2. Circle the correct word. flavor flavour<br />

3. Rearrange lnacubmae to make a word that means<br />

a vehicle for transporting patients.<br />

4. Add r, rr or wr. The estler was wo ied about<br />

his next fight as his opponent was so la<br />

ge.<br />

5. The antonym for feasible is .<br />

doable impossible practical<br />

6. Adding the suffix ly changes the to<br />

. bright proud nervous<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

Joanne’s been having bad dreams this past week.<br />

8. Write the homophone for rays.<br />

9. Complete the simile. As q as lightning.<br />

10. bizarre or bazaar? We spotted some<br />

items for sale when we visited the .<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

the bazaar district in cairo egypt is a major<br />

attraction for tourists and locals<br />

12. Add commas to the descriptions. The wide-eyed<br />

curious tourists were surprised to see so many<br />

colourful shiny and interesting items for sale.<br />

13. The apostrophes are for: possession contraction<br />

The vendors’ voices carried though the market’s<br />

many passageways.<br />

14. Underline the verb groups. Mum was looking for many<br />

hours trying to find the perfect gift for Grandma.<br />

15. The underlined words are: verb groups noun phrases<br />

We purchased a decorative tea set and some mint<br />

tea.<br />

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16. Circle the pronouns.<br />

We took our purchases back to the hotel and used<br />

them to make ourselves tea.<br />

17. through or threw? Mum accidentally out my<br />

ticket so I had to look<br />

the rubbish for it.<br />

18. Which tense? past present future<br />

We won’t be returning home until next week.<br />

19. Write the missing verb in its correct form. drink<br />

We<br />

a lot of the tea; it was delicious.<br />

20. How many determiners?<br />

This holiday has been my favourite so far—the<br />

pyramids were amazing.<br />

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DAY 139 DAY 140<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

The brave young boy didn’t hesetate before jumping<br />

into the freezing water.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

I need to wnere my membership at the local gym.<br />

3. Is the underlined word correct? Yes No<br />

welfair<br />

welfare<br />

4. Does the underlined word have the f sound? Yes<br />

telegraph gravity softening No<br />

5. A synonym for hospitable is .<br />

surgery welcoming unfriendly<br />

6. Add prefixes to make the words mean the opposite.<br />

pronounce<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

Where’s the race being held?<br />

8. Write the homophone for led.<br />

perfect<br />

9. Complete the simile. As o as the hills.<br />

10. Write the singular of dictionaries.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

oyster farms have been operating on frances<br />

atlantic coast since the 1700s<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said. What do<br />

oysters taste like? he asked. Are they gross?<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

Oysters are farmed for pearls and for their meat. An<br />

oysters life can span up to 20 years.<br />

14. Write the missing interrogative pronoun.<br />

kind of habitat do oysters live in?<br />

15. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

Dad told me that he’s never eaten an oyster in his<br />

life.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. grow<br />

The oysters in the farm<br />

rapidly.<br />

17. further or farther? ‘How much away<br />

is the hotel?’ the children asked.<br />

18. How many pronouns?<br />

When the farmer went out to work he took his young<br />

son with him.<br />

19. Add the correct relative pronoun. Pearls,<br />

can take from months to years to fully form, are<br />

popular additions to jewellery items.<br />

20. Question, command or statement?<br />

Can oysters produce more than one pearl at a<br />

time<br />

1. Rewrite the word correctly.<br />

vuepoint<br />

2. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

a large rock. lebodur<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. watchfull watchful<br />

4. Add the letters that make the n sound.<br />

ome eumonia owledge<br />

5. Circle an antonym for humiliate.<br />

embarrass honour discuss<br />

6. The suffix ant changes these verbs to .<br />

tolerate observe<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

Travis’s going to study hard for his <strong>English</strong> exam.<br />

8. Write the homophone for hear.<br />

9. Circle the word with the fewest syllables.<br />

reliable frequency decency special<br />

10. Write the missing word: bed school<br />

A of oysters.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

gold mining ghost towns can be found in remote<br />

areas of australia and the united states of america<br />

12. Add commas. Many major gold rushes took place<br />

across parts of Australia Brazil Canada South Africa<br />

and the United States of America in the 1800s.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

Thousands of people relocated to try to make their<br />

fortunes; unfortunately, however, many didnt find what<br />

they were looking for.<br />

14. Underline the noun phrases.<br />

The hard-working miner sat heavily on the creaky<br />

old stool and enjoyed his icy cold drink.<br />

15. The underlined words are: verb groups/noun phrases<br />

The small group were searching for many days<br />

when they finally happened to notice something that<br />

looked promising.<br />

16. Circle the subordinate clause.<br />

When it was too hot, the miners sought shelter<br />

under the spindly trees.<br />

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18. How many determiners?<br />

Most of the miners found nothing and lost all of<br />

their money trying to find the precious metal.<br />

19. Write the missing verb in its correct form. find<br />

‘What have you ?’ the excited crowd asked.<br />

20. Add the correct interrogative pronoun.<br />

did the gold rushes finish?<br />

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DAY 141 DAY 142<br />

UNIT 15<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

The graysful ballet dancers glided across the room.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. worf wharf<br />

3. Which word has no you sound?<br />

queue ruler feud view knew<br />

4. Add our, ore, aw, augh or ough. I th t that<br />

now you are f you wouldn’t be n ty<br />

and dr on the walls anym !<br />

5. An antonym for generous is .<br />

kind selfish unhappy welcoming<br />

6. Add the prefix meaning corrective.<br />

histamine biotic septic<br />

7. she is or she has? After eaten, she<br />

needs to have a bath.<br />

8. Write the homophone for heir.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

confidential nutritiously malicious<br />

10. One man. Two .<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

birds such as swans peacocks and seagulls were<br />

once served at banquets held by britains royal<br />

families<br />

12. Add dashes to show the parenthesis.<br />

Queen Victoria who reigned over Britain for almost<br />

64 years became queen at the age of 18.<br />

13. Add apostrophes for contraction or possession.<br />

Victoria wasnt the first Queen of England. Mary I,<br />

who didnt rule for very long (1553–1558), was.<br />

14. How many pronouns?<br />

The Queen, who always looked her best, took her<br />

jewels with her whenever she went.<br />

15. Circle the possessive determiner.<br />

The Queen’s guards must take their job very<br />

seriously.<br />

15. The underlined words are verb groups/noun phrases.<br />

A huge, sparkling, glistening diamond shone from<br />

the ring on the princess’ slender finger.<br />

17. Underline the adverbial of frequency. Every winter,<br />

the Royal Family move to their winter palace.<br />

18. Circle the determiners.<br />

One of the largest and most spectacular palaces is<br />

Madrid’s Royal Palace.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction. Because of a security risk the<br />

royal family had to stay in their palace.<br />

20. How many adverbs?<br />

Hesitantly, the small prince peeked out of the<br />

window and was told sternly to move away.<br />

MY SCORE<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

The junior lawyer aspired to become a partnar.<br />

2. Circle the incorrect spelling. business busness<br />

3. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

haven’t remembered. nfotgorte<br />

4. Add ough, oa, o or oe. When my model b t<br />

g s down the stream it m stly<br />

fl ts; th this time it sank!<br />

5. The underlined word is the synonym/antonym for<br />

gather. scatter collect grow<br />

6. The suffix able changes the verbs to .<br />

respect notice move<br />

7. he had or he would? The boy was tired because<br />

been training for hours.<br />

8. pedal or peddle? I had to replace one<br />

on my bike after it broke.<br />

9. Number the words in alphabetical order.<br />

exercise exceptional examination<br />

10. it’s or its?<br />

The chicken scratched around in pen.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

luxury yachts are commonly seen docked in ports<br />

along the mediterranean coast<br />

12. Add commas. The cities of Cannes France and Split<br />

Croatia are popular places to visit as are the Greek<br />

Islands of Corfu Mykonos and Ios.<br />

13. How many apostrophes?<br />

The Mediterranean islands beautiful beaches are<br />

popular tourist attractions.<br />

14. Is the underlined word a verb or an adjective?<br />

One interesting attraction in the region is the active<br />

volcano, Mt Etna.<br />

15. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

After the yacht docked, it was replenished with fuel<br />

and supplies.<br />

16. The underlined words are: verbs adjectives<br />

The tour guide was interested to hear what the<br />

people had learned about the region.<br />

17. Underline the adverbial of time. In 79 AD, the eruption<br />

of Mount Vesuvius led to the destruction of Pompeii.<br />

16. The underlined words are: verbs adjectives<br />

The learned guide had a wealth of interesting<br />

information to share with the group.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction. Although the tour was<br />

interesting, there was a lot of information to take in!<br />

20. Circle the adverbs. One amazingly beautiful day<br />

recently, we hiked leisurely up the mountain.<br />

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DAY 143 DAY 144<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

It is nesesary to peel an orange before you can eat<br />

it.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

I won’t be balaviael to meet with you until next<br />

week.<br />

3. The underlined word is correct: Yes No<br />

intefere<br />

interfere<br />

4. The underlined word has the sh sound. Yes No<br />

machinery tension catastrophe unsure<br />

5. A synonym for monotonous is .<br />

similar boring interesting<br />

6. Add the prefix meaning external.<br />

post side board<br />

7. I had or I would?<br />

like to be a better speller.<br />

8. Write the homophone for plain.<br />

9. Number the words in alphabetical order.<br />

numeracy numb number numerical<br />

10. pod or family? A of dolphins.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

two species which are endangered are the yangtze<br />

and the amazon river dolphins<br />

12. Add commas to show the parenthesis. The Amazon<br />

River dolphin which is a distinctive pink colour has<br />

been threatened by pollution to its habitat.<br />

13. Add an apostrophe for contraction or possession.<br />

A dolphins blowhole is used to draw breath and also<br />

expel air.<br />

14. Write the missing pronoun. A dolphin that becomes<br />

separated from its pod must fend for .<br />

15. Which is correct? dolphin’s noses dolphins’ noses<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. frolic<br />

The dolphins were<br />

playfully through the<br />

waves.<br />

17. wasn’t or weren’t? One dolphin shy,<br />

coming very close to the swimmers.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple present tense. They jumped<br />

from the water.<br />

19. Question, exclamation or statement?<br />

Did you know that a dolphin’s diet consists mainly<br />

of fish and squid<br />

20. The underlined clause is main/subordinate.<br />

Dolphins, recognised as highly intelligent, have<br />

been trained and used as search and rescue<br />

animals.<br />

MY SCORE<br />

1. Rewrite the word correctly. relevent<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. haunted hawnted<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. corispond correspond<br />

4. Add ew, ui, oe or ough. As we paddled our can s<br />

thr the canyon we looked at the fr t<br />

trees that gr by the river’s edge.<br />

5. The antonym for scrawny is .<br />

skinny chubby gaunt<br />

6. The suffix ise changes the nouns to: verbs adverbs<br />

terror vapour colony<br />

7. pride or pack? A of lions.<br />

8. dual or duel?<br />

Is the road a carriageway?<br />

9. The underlined word comes first in alphabetical order.<br />

Yes No prognosis pregnancy present prairie<br />

10. eliminate or illuminate?<br />

A detoxification diet claims to<br />

toxins<br />

from your body.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

oranges are grown in brazil plums are grown in<br />

china and pineapples in the philippines<br />

12. Add one or more commas.<br />

Fruit needs water sunlight nutrients and the right<br />

climate to grow.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

A strawberrys seeds are on the outside of the fruit<br />

and a tomatos are on the inside.<br />

14. Is the underlined word a verb or an adjective?<br />

The fruit was growing quickly and would soon be<br />

ready for harvest.<br />

15. Is the underlined word a verb or an adjective?<br />

The growing boy was encouraged to eat fruit<br />

regularly.<br />

16. Underline the parenthesis.<br />

Tomatoes, commonly referred to as vegetables, are<br />

botanically classified as a fruit.<br />

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18. Rewrite in the simple past tense. The lemons will fall<br />

from the tree.<br />

19. Which adverb—keenly or lazily?<br />

The interested students tended to their school’s<br />

vegetable garden .<br />

20. Add the correct possessive determiner.<br />

The plum tree had dropped fruit all over the<br />

ground below.<br />

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DAY 145 DAY 146<br />

UNIT 15<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

You must evacuate the building imediatly in case of<br />

fire.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

indsorua fossils have been found on every<br />

continent.<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. passed pased<br />

4. Circle the words with a silent consonant.<br />

island whether television calculator<br />

5. Draw the syllable breaks in autobiography.<br />

6. The root dorm- as in dormant and dormitory means:<br />

room bed sleep<br />

7. Write principal and principle in the correct places.<br />

The school’s<br />

explained that the main<br />

of the camp was team building.<br />

8. Which word comes directly before stone in<br />

alphabetical order? stair steep stay still stuck<br />

9. Circle two words that can be built from hurt.<br />

hurtful yoghurt unhurt hurtling<br />

10. clutch or group? A of eggs.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. the adventure camp located<br />

in the forest by the blackwood river was visited by<br />

the school children each may<br />

12. Add brackets to show the parenthesis. The children<br />

who were in their last year of primary school<br />

chatted excitedly as they settled into their rooms.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

There wouldnt be much time to rest, as every days<br />

schedule was packed with activities.<br />

14. The underlined word is a modal/helper auxiliary verb.<br />

Can you help me unpack when you have finished<br />

making your bed?<br />

15. How many auxiliary verbs?<br />

I was looking forward to abseiling and kayaking, as<br />

I had never tried either before.<br />

16. Circle the modal verbs.<br />

The teacher couldn’t praise the childrens’ teamwork<br />

enough, and he believed they should all be<br />

rewarded on their return to school.<br />

17. Circle the adverbial of time. On Thursday evening<br />

there was a special dinner and a disco.<br />

18. Add a relative pronoun. The activity was the<br />

scariest was the flying fox.<br />

19. Circle the adverbs.<br />

Some children who were very afraid of heights were<br />

too afraid to go on the flying fox.<br />

20. Circle the prepositions.<br />

Beyond the grounds of the camp was a national<br />

park which spread across to the coast.<br />

MY SCORE<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

When I was torte to read I found it very difficult.<br />

2. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means a<br />

leafy salad vegetable. cetulte<br />

3. Circle the word with no k sound.<br />

technique technology fetching acquaintance<br />

4. Add letters that make the er (bird) sound.<br />

j nal G many c cular<br />

5. The underlined word is the plural of business.<br />

Yes No businesss businesses<br />

6. The root hydr- in dehydrate and hydrant means.<br />

ice water oxygen sweat<br />

7. profit or prophet? The company has announced its<br />

largest<br />

to date.<br />

8. The underlined word comes first in alphabetical order.<br />

Yes No greenery grocery greatest<br />

9. Which word can follow all these words?<br />

cup over surf white<br />

10. did or done? What have you ?<br />

11. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

Nutrition experts recommend that we eat five serves<br />

of vegetables each day.<br />

12. Add commas to clarify meaning.<br />

Eating vegetables we were told can protect against<br />

a number of diseases.<br />

13. Add brackets to enclose the parenthesis.<br />

Leafy green vegetables high in fibre, iron and<br />

calcium can help to keep eyes, teeth and bones<br />

healthy.<br />

14. Circle the non-count nouns.<br />

Drinking water regularly, as well as receiving<br />

regular (safe) exposure to sunlight, also keeps<br />

people healthy.<br />

15. Circle the abstract nouns. A person’s health<br />

is dependent on many factors and is heavily<br />

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16. Write the auxiliary verbs. ‘ I to eat my<br />

vegetables?’ the child whined.<br />

17. Write the comparative or superlative form of easy.<br />

One of the<br />

meals to prepare is a salad.<br />

18. Circle the determiners. I need these vegetables for<br />

my recipe: five potatoes, a cucumber, some beans,<br />

two onions and a few tomatoes.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction. After we eat we can clean up.<br />

20. Circle the preposition.<br />

The cabbage in the pot was boiling.<br />

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1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

I like to browse through toy sale katalogues.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. sinserely sincerely<br />

3. Which word has no long i (my) sound?<br />

classify capsize mitigation hindsight<br />

4. Add ie, ei, i, y or e. H was happ to rec ve a<br />

un que p ce of mach ner for the mus um.<br />

5. The underlined word is the synonym/antonym for<br />

serene. peaceful disturbed hysterical<br />

6. Add the prefix meaning beyond.<br />

ordinary<br />

curricular<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

Poor James’s been caught in the rain so many<br />

times!<br />

8. Write the homophone for medal.<br />

9. Circle four words that can be built from be.<br />

was is can have are were<br />

10. school or club? A of fish.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. stilt fishermen who fish off<br />

sri lankas south coast sit or stand on wooden poles<br />

that protrude from the reef<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said. Wow!<br />

He’s caught a big one! the observer exclaimed.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

One of Chinas traditional fishing methods involves<br />

a cormorant (bird) catching fish for a human. The<br />

birds neck has a string tied around it so it cant<br />

swallow large fish.<br />

14. Underline the subject noun phrase.<br />

Sustainable fishing <strong>practice</strong>s are important so that<br />

fish stocks are not completely depleted.<br />

15. Circle the adjectives.<br />

The smelly, rickety old boat had been gradually<br />

falling apart before it was destroyed in the severe<br />

storm.<br />

16. Circle the verb groups.<br />

The fisherman had been catching fish from the old<br />

boat for many years before it was destroyed.<br />

17. Add a preposition. The fish was too big for the child<br />

to reel<br />

alone.<br />

18. The underlined word is a pronoun. Yes No<br />

Which is the best eating fish?<br />

19. Because or Although? I like to eat<br />

fish, I don’t like to catch them!<br />

20. Add the correct possessive determiner.<br />

The fish fought for<br />

snapped the line.<br />

life and eventually<br />

MY SCORE<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Place each animal card into a kategory it can<br />

belong to.<br />

2. Circle the incorrect spelling. comedy komedy<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. commitee committee<br />

4. Add ey, ay, ai, aigh or eigh. Our n bours<br />

str t across the road from us p nted<br />

their drivew light gr .<br />

5. The antonym for turmoil is .<br />

tranquility commotion disturbance<br />

6. The suffix er changes the to .<br />

manage gamble speak<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

Where’s the cat food? In the cupboard?<br />

8. sea or see? Can you the from there?<br />

9. What is the base word of unforgettable and<br />

forgotten?<br />

10. whether or weather? Do you know the<br />

will be nice for your holiday?<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

the red sea which separates asia and africa is a<br />

popular sea with divers<br />

12. The red comma is correct. Yes No<br />

The sea has beautiful, brightly coloured fish, corals<br />

and, sea creatures.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

The Red Seas shoreline borders many countries.<br />

14. Write the missing pronouns. In a Bible story, Moses<br />

was responsible for leading his people out of Egypt.<br />

parted the Red Sea for all of<br />

15. Which is correct?<br />

women’s flippers womens’ flippers<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. live<br />

The Red Sea has many species of fish<br />

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in it.<br />

17. was or were? The divers very impressed<br />

with what they saw beneath the water’s surface.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple past tense. They dive daily.<br />

19. Question, statement or command?<br />

Hughada in Egypt is a popular Red Sea resort town<br />

20. The underlined clause is main/relative.<br />

Visitors to the town who come to enjoy the warm<br />

weather and the sea have many hotels to choose<br />

from.<br />

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UNIT 15<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Artifishal limbs can be created for people who are<br />

amputees.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

A conedfnit young singer was the star performer in<br />

the talent show.<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. special speshal<br />

4. Circle the word with no ch (chair) sound.<br />

butcher manufacture machinery righteous<br />

5. The underlined word is a synonym/antonym for<br />

vicious. kind ferocious tame rough<br />

6. Add prefix meaning beneath or below.<br />

arm<br />

shirt<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

She’d have to be the best runner in the school.<br />

8. Write the homophone for whole.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest syllables. Yes<br />

ecstatic obedient conscious No<br />

10. Complete the simile. As mad as a h .<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. whale sharks found<br />

throughout the worlds tropical warm and temperate<br />

seas are the worlds biggest fish<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said. Can<br />

people swim with whale sharks? I asked my teacher.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

Exmouths Ningaloo Reef, off Australias west coast,<br />

is visited by many migrating whale sharks between<br />

April and July each year.<br />

14. Is the underlined word a verb or an adjective?<br />

The excited tourists were looking<br />

forward to seeing the magnificent whale sharks.<br />

15. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

The guide explained, You mustn’t touch the animals<br />

or get too close.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. watch<br />

Everyone was<br />

animals.<br />

out for a sign of the<br />

17. seen or saw? Finally someone one!<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple past tense. We will enter the<br />

water.<br />

19. Question, command or statement?<br />

Tourists flock to the region to dive and snorkel with<br />

the giant whale sharks<br />

20. Circle the pronoun and the noun(s) it refers to.<br />

One enormous whale shark had a baby swimming<br />

next to it.<br />

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1. Rewrite the word correctly. essenchal<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. cautious cortious<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. visable visible<br />

4. Add letters that make the long a (day) sound.<br />

ch n ob str ten st k<br />

5. The antonym for abbreviate is .<br />

shorten lengthen cut enough<br />

6. The suffix ant changes the to .<br />

observe tolerate expect<br />

7. Expand the contractions. 1. 2.<br />

After it’s been in the oven for 20 minutes, check to<br />

see if it’s ready.<br />

8. advice or advise? What is your ?<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

hesitancy frequency confidentiality<br />

10. then or than? I ate my meat and my<br />

vegetables because I like them better meat.<br />

11. Punctuate. the ancient aztec capital tenochtitlan is<br />

the present day site of mexico city<br />

12. Punctuate. before being conquered by the spanish<br />

conquistadores there were many societies in central<br />

and south america including the maya aztec and<br />

mixtec<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

It wasnt long before the population was drastically<br />

reduced due to foreign diseases.<br />

14. Is the underlined word a verb or an adjective?<br />

The Spanish colonisers treated the<br />

peoples of the Americas very badly.<br />

15. Is the underlined word a verb or an adjective?<br />

Treated wood is resistant to<br />

insects and fungal infestations.<br />

16. Underline the adverbial of manner. The Portuguese<br />

and Spanish conquistadores looted and destroyed<br />

the ancient cities ruthlessly and greedily.<br />

17. Write the comparative or superlative form of large.<br />

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One of the<br />

temples still standing is<br />

in Coba, Mexico.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple future tense. I visited the<br />

ruins.<br />

19. Circle the determiners.<br />

The leader of the Aztec civilisation, Montezuma II,<br />

was killed in a battle with the Spanish.<br />

20. Circle the prepositions.<br />

Many things came from the Americas to the old<br />

world, including tomatoes, corn and chocolate.<br />

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1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

It takes eight minites for light from the sun to reach<br />

Earth.<br />

2. The underlined word is correct. Yes No<br />

adress<br />

address<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. answer anser<br />

4. Which word does not have a short a sound?<br />

channel bracket stranger assembly<br />

5. Is the underlined word a synonym for contented?<br />

Yes No satisfied considered miserable<br />

6. Add a prefix to make the words mean the opposite.<br />

employed<br />

7. Write you would as a contraction:<br />

8. Write the homophone for peace.<br />

REVISION DAYS 1–10<br />

natural<br />

9. The underlined word has three syllables. Yes No<br />

weather probably sunshine<br />

10. Write the plural of person.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

is the sun 150 million kilometres from earth<br />

12. Add a comma or commas.<br />

The sun emits light heat and other radiation.<br />

13. Add an apostrophe to show possession.<br />

Earths atmosphere protects us from harmful rays.<br />

14. Circle the common nouns.<br />

The sun is a huge ball of exploding gases and is<br />

responsible for our weather and climate.<br />

15. Circle the proper nouns.<br />

Besides Earth, other planets include Mars, Venus,<br />

Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune.<br />

16. Circle the noun phrase. Our blue planet is habitable.<br />

17. Circle the adjectives.<br />

The sun is so large, it has an extremely powerful<br />

gravitational pull.<br />

18. How many nouns?<br />

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are the four planets<br />

closest to the sun.<br />

19. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

The sun is so large that 1 300 000 Earths could fit<br />

inside it!<br />

20. Circle the two pronouns.<br />

It pulls all other objects in the solar system around<br />

itself.<br />

21. The underlined word is correct. Yes No<br />

fourty<br />

forty<br />

22. Write the jumbled word correctly.<br />

thuAlhgo water covers 70 per cent of the Earth, only<br />

three per cent is fresh water.<br />

23. Circle the incorrect spelling. speshial special<br />

24. Circle the words with a silent consonant.<br />

doubt known because sign<br />

25. Is the underlined word an antonym for cease? Yes<br />

continue remain cancel No<br />

26. Add the suffix ed to occur.<br />

27. Expand the contraction they're.<br />

28. What is the homophone for threw?<br />

29. Circle the word with more syllables than roadside.<br />

shadow treatment celebrate<br />

30. What is the plural of shelf?<br />

31. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

the pacific ocean is the largest on earth<br />

32. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

What is the longest river on our planet? she asked.<br />

33. Circle the concrete nouns.<br />

People can survive for weeks without food but only a<br />

few days without water.<br />

34. How many abstract nouns?<br />

Agriculture and industry generally use the most<br />

water, not households.<br />

35. Circle the collective noun.<br />

A team of scientists was sent to study the Mariana<br />

Trench in the Pacific Ocean.<br />

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36. The underlined words make a noun phrase. Yes<br />

This is the deepest known point in the No<br />

world's oceans.<br />

37. Circle the adjectives.<br />

Water is a clear, colourless liquid that is also<br />

odourless and drinkable.<br />

38. Which is correct? better best<br />

It is<br />

to turn off taps tightly than let them drip.<br />

39. Circle the superlative adjective.<br />

Water is our most precious resource.<br />

40. Is the underlined word an interrogative pronoun? Yes<br />

Everybody needs to use water wisely, as No<br />

fresh water is becoming more scarce as<br />

the world's population grows.<br />

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REVISION<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Are you comming to watch the basketball game?<br />

2. The underlined word is correct. Yes No<br />

revize<br />

revise<br />

3. Circle the incorrect spelling. interesting intresting<br />

4. The underlined word has a long o sound. Yes No<br />

October dough unknown foremost<br />

5. Write the synonym for correct.<br />

wrong accurate convince<br />

6. In the word reproduce, the prefix re means:<br />

real again above<br />

7. Expand the contraction can’t.<br />

8. Write could have or could of. He wishes he<br />

REVISION DAYS 11–20<br />

come and watched the game.<br />

9. Draw lines to show the syllables in audience.<br />

10. What is the plural of knife?<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

the basketball game was scheduled to be played on<br />

saturday 14 march<br />

12. Circle the sentence that needs quotation marks.<br />

When does it start? he asked.<br />

He asked when it started.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

Each teams supporters cheered in their seats.<br />

14. Circle the verbs.<br />

The players stretched their muscles and practised<br />

throwing, catching and bouncing a ball.<br />

15. Circle the auxiliary (helping) verb.<br />

In basketball, all players are allowed to play on any<br />

part of the court.<br />

16. Circle the verb group.<br />

Any player can shoot the ball from anywhere on<br />

court.<br />

17. Which tense? past present<br />

The term ‘dribbling’ means a player is running while<br />

bouncing a ball with one hand.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple past tense (with 1 verb).<br />

He is dribbling the ball.<br />

19. Circle the adverb. One player fell awkwardly over<br />

another player’s foot.<br />

20. The adverb quickly is one of:<br />

degree place manner<br />

He recovered quickly and continued playing.<br />

21. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

to die out. xnctiet<br />

22. Circle the incorrect spelling. sciense science<br />

23. Which word is incorrect? begining beginning<br />

24. Circle the word with no sh (shake) sound.<br />

chef ocean machine children<br />

25. The underlined word is an antonym for careful. Yes<br />

considerate rough reckless No<br />

26. Add ly, to change the adjective to an adverb.<br />

gentle<br />

27. Write it has as a contraction:<br />

28. bought or brought? I’m glad I my<br />

camera with me to take some photos.<br />

29. Separate population into syllables.<br />

30. Complete the simile—bone or rock.<br />

As solid as a .<br />

31. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

what animals are found in antarctica<br />

32. Add a comma or commas.<br />

Some examples are whales seals penguins and<br />

other birds and crustaceans like krill crabs and<br />

shrimp.<br />

33. The underlined sentence needs quotation marks.<br />

Do polar bears live there? she asked. Yes No<br />

She asked if polar bears live there.<br />

34. Circle the auxiliary verb. He replied that polar bears<br />

are found only in the Arctic.<br />

35. Circle the modal verb. We could see a colony of<br />

Gentoo penguins on the rocky shore.<br />

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36. Circle the verb group. Gentoo penguins’ nests are<br />

built using mainly grass and other vegetation.<br />

37. Which tense? past present<br />

The female Gentoo penguin laid two eggs three<br />

days apart.<br />

38. Write the missing verb in its correct form. take<br />

Gentoo eggs are often<br />

skua.<br />

by a bird called a<br />

39. How many adverbs?<br />

The first Antarctic explorers mistakenly thought<br />

penguins were fish instead of birds!<br />

40. Circle the adverbial of manner.<br />

Penguins can propel themselves at great speed.<br />

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1. Circle the correct spelling. definetely definitely<br />

2. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Dolphins have the abillity to communicate with<br />

humans.<br />

3. The underlined word is incorrect. Yes No<br />

eighth<br />

eithgh<br />

4. Add f, ff, ph or gh to complete the words.<br />

o ten dol in rou ly gira e<br />

5. In the word autobiography, the prefix auto means:<br />

automatic self write<br />

6. Write who has as a contraction.<br />

7. Which word comes first in alphabetical order?<br />

flinch fling flimsy flight<br />

8. breath or breathe? A dolphin has to come to the<br />

water’s surface to .<br />

9. The base word of historical is .<br />

10. What is the singular of wives?<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. do dolphins live only in the<br />

pacific ocean and atlantic ocean<br />

12. Add two commas.<br />

The killer whale also known as ‘orca’ is actually a<br />

type of dolphin.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

Dolphins predators are mainly large sharks, but the<br />

Orca also feeds on dolphins.<br />

14. How many nouns?<br />

Dolphins are mammals that live in oceans or rivers<br />

and breathe through a blowhole on top of their head.<br />

15. The underlined word is a: pronoun determiner<br />

A dolphin dives hundreds of metres below the surface<br />

to catch its prey.<br />

16. Circle the two determiners that are articles.<br />

A bottle-nose dolphin has a curved mouth which<br />

makes it look as if it is smiling at you!<br />

17. How many adjectives?<br />

Dolphins are intelligent animals and can be taught<br />

complicated tricks.<br />

18. Circle the noun phrase.<br />

They enjoy performing for their dedicated trainers.<br />

19. Circle the conjunction.<br />

Although they do not actually speak, dolphins<br />

communicate by a series of clicks and whistles.<br />

20. Question, exclamation or statement?<br />

Dolphins are amazing creatures<br />

REVISION DAYS 21–30<br />

21. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

My favorite Olympic sport is the athletics.<br />

22. Circle the correct word. oposite opposite<br />

23. Circle the incorrect word. nintey ninety<br />

24. Circle the words that have a zh (measure) sound.<br />

erosion leisure zip confusion<br />

25. Add the suffix ment to one word to make a new word.<br />

hope argue<br />

26. Expand the contraction they’ll.<br />

27. a or an? The athlete said it was honour to<br />

represent his country.<br />

28. wandered or wondered? The diver<br />

what score the judges would award her.<br />

29. The base word of undecided is decided. Yes No<br />

30. The plural of thief is .<br />

31. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

in 2008 the olympic games was held in beijing<br />

china<br />

22. Circle the abstract nouns.<br />

Athletics, although billed as one sport, consists of<br />

four disciplines.<br />

33. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

Mens and womens teams compete in hockey at the<br />

Games.<br />

34. Circle the collective nouns.<br />

A team of security officers surrounded the crowd of<br />

noisy spectators.<br />

35. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

The marathon runner drank some water from a bottle<br />

then poured the rest of it over his head to keep cool.<br />

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36. Circle the three determiners.<br />

Each marathon runner did their best to finish the<br />

race.<br />

37. Circle the comparative adjective.<br />

The talented hurdler ran a faster time than expected.<br />

38. The underlined words make a noun phrase. Yes No<br />

A track cyclist wears a special streamlined helmet.<br />

39. Circle the two possessive determiners.<br />

The rhythmic gymnast performed her floor routine<br />

in front of the judges, who recorded their scores on<br />

computers.<br />

40. Question, command or statement?<br />

How many times has the Olympic Games been<br />

held in London<br />

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REVISION<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

A cactus is a particuler kind of plant that can grow<br />

well in hot desert regions.<br />

2. The underlined word is correct. Yes No<br />

enuogh<br />

enough<br />

3. Circle the incorrect word. definite definate<br />

4. Add ay, eigh or ey to complete the words.<br />

st surv n bours t ob<br />

5. Add a prefix to make the antonym of each word.<br />

place<br />

6. rowed, road or rode?<br />

He<br />

plants.<br />

spell<br />

through the desert to see the cactus<br />

7. A synonym for completely is .<br />

always entirely partly<br />

8. Which word comes second in alphabetical order?<br />

scribble scratching screeched<br />

9. The base word of explosion is .<br />

10. Are the syllables in sun/flow/er correct? Yes No<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

mexico which is south of the united states has more<br />

than 500 species of cactus<br />

12. Circle who is speaking. ‘Do cactus plants live only in<br />

desert areas?’ queried the girl.<br />

13. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

The botanist replied, Desert or semi-desert areas.<br />

14. Circle the verbs.<br />

Cactuses have adapted to grow in areas where very<br />

little rain falls.<br />

15. Which tense? past present future<br />

I’m going to buy Mum a cactus plant she can keep<br />

indoors.<br />

16. Circle the verb group. The stems of an aloe vera<br />

cactus are filled with a soothing gel.<br />

17. Write the missing verb in its correct form. think<br />

It is<br />

that cactuses in full sun have<br />

more spines to protect them from the heat.<br />

18. The underlined word is a preposition. Yes No<br />

The spines you see on a cactus are its leaves.<br />

19. Circle the adverb.<br />

A cactus stem swells as it absorbs water then slowly<br />

contracts as the plant uses the water.<br />

20. Circle the adverbial of place.<br />

Cactus roots soak up any water that falls on the<br />

ground.<br />

REVISION DAYS 31–40<br />

21. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means the<br />

quality of being amusing. ouhrmu<br />

22. Circle the incorrect spelling. artifishial artificial<br />

23. Circle the correct spelling. excitting exciting<br />

24. Circle the word that does not have a k (king) sound.<br />

acquire liquid acclaim precious<br />

25. Add the suffix ion to change the verbs to nouns.<br />

complete<br />

permit<br />

26. to, too or two? The birds were<br />

quick for the stalking cat<br />

catch them.<br />

27. An antonym for reduce is .<br />

reverse magnify magnificent<br />

28. Number in alphabetical order.<br />

comment command commend<br />

29. mist or missed?<br />

We were glad the cat<br />

catch the birds.<br />

the opportunity to<br />

30. Add the prefix un to one word to make a new word.<br />

cooked<br />

drive<br />

31. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

two popular domestic cat breeds are burmese and<br />

siamese<br />

32. The underlined words are direct speech. Yes No<br />

‘Are domestic cats and lions related?’ asked the boy.<br />

33. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

They are more closely related to pumas, answered<br />

the zookeeper.<br />

34. Circle the modal verb.<br />

Many cats will scratch the furniture if a scratching<br />

post is not provided.<br />

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35. Circle the auxiliary verb.<br />

Did you know a group of cats is called a clowder?<br />

36. Write the missing verb in its correct form. fight<br />

Our tomcat<br />

with another last night.<br />

37. The underlined word is an adverb. Yes No<br />

Cats should not be fed solely on dry food.<br />

38. Circle the adverbial of place.<br />

Burmese are ideal cats for an average-sized home.<br />

39. Circle the prepositions.<br />

On average, cats live between 12 to 15 years.<br />

40. Circle the preposition phrase.<br />

There are more than 500 million domestic cats in<br />

the world.<br />

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1. The underlined word is correct. Yes No<br />

occured occurred<br />

2. Circle the incorrect word. temperature tempreture<br />

3. Write the jumbled word correctly.<br />

A vyeiart of animals use camouflage to hide.<br />

4. Circle the words with a ch (chop) sound.<br />

adventure structure machine question<br />

5. The root terra in territory and terrestial means:<br />

giant earth terrible<br />

6. The underlined word is a synonym for least. Yes<br />

lots fewest some No<br />

7. The plural of library is .<br />

8. Write the homophone for medal.<br />

9. Expand the contraction mustn’t.<br />

10. Which word comes first in alphabetical order?<br />

forest forecast foreign<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

many african animals like the lion tiger and leopard<br />

blend in with their surroundings<br />

12. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

The tour guide explained that the camouflage<br />

enabled them to creep up on their prey.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes of possession.<br />

Leopards spotted coats allow them to hide in<br />

sun-dappled areas of the jungle.<br />

14. Circle the nouns.<br />

A butterfly that lives in south-east Asia looks like a<br />

dead leaf to its enemies.<br />

15. Circle the pronouns.<br />

A bark bug’s body makes it look as if it is part of the<br />

tree itself.<br />

16. Circle the pronoun and the noun(s) it refers to.<br />

Arctic owls have thick, white feathers to keep them<br />

warm and safe from predators.<br />

17. Circle four determiners.<br />

A polar bear can sneak up on a seal, as its white coat<br />

blends in with its surroundings.<br />

18. Circle the two noun phrases.<br />

Only a polar bear’s black nose and its black foot pads<br />

are furless.<br />

19. Circle the adjectives.<br />

A viper in Africa has brownish-grey, mottled scales to<br />

hide among dead leaves on the forest floor.<br />

20. Question, command or statement?<br />

Watch where you walk in the forest<br />

REVISION DAYS 41–50<br />

21. The underlined word is incorrect. Yes No<br />

medicin<br />

medicine<br />

22. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Greenland is situated in the Arctic, not near Antartica.<br />

23. Circle the correct spelling. apearance appearance<br />

24. Circle the word with no u (ugly) sound.<br />

cousin flooding discover coupon<br />

25. Add the suffix able to change the verbs to adjectives.<br />

apply<br />

adore<br />

26. An antonym for reluctant is .<br />

willing hesitant helpful<br />

27. Complete the simile. As clear as a .<br />

28. passed or past? If you over Greenland<br />

by air, you would see a land of ice.<br />

29. Write why has as a contraction. .<br />

30. effect or affect? What does<br />

Greenland’s location have on its climate?<br />

31. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

why is greenland called that name when its white<br />

not green<br />

32. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

One theory is that the name makes it sound like a<br />

good place to live, my teacher answered.<br />

33. Add one or more apostrophes where needed.<br />

Greenlands icy environment doesnt make it an easy<br />

place in which to live.<br />

34. Circle the non-count nouns.<br />

Thick ice and snow and steep cliffs make it hard to<br />

travel around.<br />

35. Circle the abstract nouns.<br />

Tourists who visit Greenland enjoy the experience<br />

and the beauty of this white world.<br />

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36. Circle the relative pronoun and the noun to which<br />

it refers. Most of the people who live in Greenland<br />

reside in the coastal areas of the south-west.<br />

37. Circle the quantifying determiner. More people live<br />

there because the climate is not as harsh.<br />

38. Circle the superlative adjective.<br />

Greenland is a huge island; in fact it is the largest in<br />

the world.<br />

39. Circle the conjunctions.<br />

Greenland is so cold as most of it lies within the<br />

Arctic Circle and it’s only 700 km from the North Pole.<br />

40. Exclamation, command or statement?<br />

Greenland is a strange name for a land of ice .<br />

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REVISION<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Our family thinks Japanese food is delshious.<br />

2. Circle the correct word. ocassionally occasionally<br />

3. Circle the incorrect word. admision admission<br />

4. Circle the word that does not have a silent consonant.<br />

rhythm wrestle yacht yawning<br />

5. Add a prefix to make the antonym of each word.<br />

rational<br />

resistible<br />

6. Write the base word for description.<br />

7. The underlined word is a synonym for thoughtful.<br />

Yes No considerate careful confident<br />

8. Show the syllable breaks in lazily.<br />

9. practise or <strong>practice</strong>? Japanese chefs must<br />

using very sharp knives.<br />

10. Write the singular for scarves.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

we went to the ninja japanese restaurant for dinner<br />

on sunday night<br />

12. Circle the correct sentence.<br />

It was Dad’s birthday.<br />

It was Dads’ birthday.<br />

13. Circle the part that is not direct speech.<br />

‘What would you like to order?’ Mum asked Dad.<br />

14. Circle the prepositions. For entree, he ordered deep<br />

fried bean curd with miso sauce on the side.<br />

15. Write the missing verb in its correct form. choose<br />

I<br />

chicken teriyaki but when I saw Dad’s<br />

prawn tempura, I wish I had<br />

that!<br />

16. Circle the verb groups.<br />

Dad was wondering what to order for dessert<br />

but Mum had organised sweet dumplings with a<br />

birthday candle on his!<br />

17. Which tense? past present future<br />

Next time we come, we’re going to order the<br />

banquet.<br />

18. Add the correct pronoun. I’m going to find a recipe<br />

and make sushi for .<br />

19. Circle the adverbs.<br />

Japanese food is always beautifully presented and<br />

tastes delicious.<br />

20. The underlined words make an adverbial of:<br />

purpose place manner<br />

The prawn tempura was served with a chilli soy<br />

broth.<br />

REVISION DAYS 51–60<br />

21. Circle the incorrect word. permision permission<br />

22. Correct the spelling mistake. Our<br />

ears are one of the extraordinery organs in our body.<br />

23. Circle the correct word. peirce pierce<br />

24. Circle the words with a j (just) sound.<br />

exaggerate photograph soldier bridges<br />

25. Add the suffix ation to change the verbs to nouns.<br />

multiply<br />

populate<br />

26. Circle the two words that can be built from interest.<br />

interestingly interester disinterested reinterest<br />

27. The underlined word is an antonym of exceptional.<br />

Yes No definitely average ordinary<br />

28. Write another homophone for pare and pair.<br />

29. It’s or Its.<br />

a fact we have three parts to our ear.<br />

30. The root tri in triangle and tripod means:<br />

two three ten<br />

31. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

are the three parts the outer ear middle ear and<br />

inner ear<br />

32. Circle the correct phrase.<br />

a person’s hearing<br />

a persons’ hearing<br />

33. Circle the sentence type. direct reported<br />

Our teacher told us the middle ear has three bones<br />

in it.<br />

34. Circle the conjunctions.<br />

They are called the hammer, anvil and stirrup<br />

because that is what they look like.<br />

35. Circle the determiners.<br />

These bones move when sound enters the ear and<br />

pass on the vibration to the inner ear.<br />

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36. Circle the nouns.<br />

Besides the ear, our other sense organs are the eyes,<br />

nose, tongue and skin.<br />

37. The underlined words are: pronouns determiners<br />

These sense organs send messages to our brain.<br />

38. The underlined words are: prepositions conjunctions<br />

The brain is the body’s control centre and sits in our<br />

skull at the top of our spinal cord.<br />

39. The underlined words are: adverbs adjectives<br />

A person’s brain is more powerful and more complex<br />

than any computer.<br />

40. Circle the adverbial and its type.<br />

purpose manner frequency<br />

Our brain is wrapped in three layers of tissue.<br />

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1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Do you know your neighbor across the road?<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. vareity variety<br />

3. Which word has the long a (day) sound?<br />

mistaken particular repairing<br />

4. Add ay, eigh or ai. For her teenth birthd<br />

she was given a trip to Sp n.<br />

5. A synonym for magnificent is .<br />

unattractive glorious plain<br />

6. Add prefixes to make the words mean the opposite.<br />

possible<br />

7. The contraction I’d can mean:<br />

or<br />

8. Write the homophone for serial.<br />

responsible<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

screeched illuminate opportunity<br />

10. Write the plural of country.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

exotic animals are abundant on the african continent<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

Have you ever seen an elephant? she asked me.<br />

13. Add an apostrophe to show possession.<br />

A lions diet consists of meat, including zebra and<br />

giraffe.<br />

14. Circle the common nouns.<br />

The hippopotamus, the crocodile and the lion are<br />

three of Africa’s most dangerous animals.<br />

15. Circle the proper nouns.<br />

Two lions were responsible for killing more than 35<br />

people during construction of the Kenya–Uganda<br />

railway in 1898.<br />

16. The underlined words are: verb groups noun phrases<br />

People must be careful around waterways in Africa,<br />

as crocodiles can attack at any time.<br />

17. Circle the adjectives.<br />

The long and dangerous black mamba is one of the<br />

most venomous snakes in the world.<br />

18. Circle the pronouns.<br />

We took a lot of photos on our African safari holiday.<br />

Can I show you them?<br />

19. Circle the conjunction.<br />

Elephants and buffalo are also dangerous to humans.<br />

20. Circle the preposition.<br />

The snake slithered along the dusty ground.<br />

REVISION DAYS 61–70<br />

21. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Will your team be entering the compitishion?<br />

22. Circle the incorrect spelling. beleef belief<br />

23. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means sure<br />

or positive. nctiare<br />

24. Add ee, ea, y or ie. The hungr young boy<br />

r ched for a p ce of ch se.<br />

25. The underlined word is a synonym/antonym for<br />

cowardice. courage gutlessness fear<br />

26. Add the suffix ous to change the nouns to adjectives.<br />

fame danger poison<br />

27. The contraction he’s can mean.<br />

28. Write the homophone for mourning.<br />

or<br />

29. Circle the word with the fewest syllables.<br />

opportunity scratched occasion<br />

30. Write the plural of baby.<br />

31. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

basketball was first developed in america in 1891<br />

by dr james naismith<br />

32. Add commas to the list.<br />

To play basketball you need a marked court two hoops<br />

with nets and backboards a basketball and five players<br />

in each team.<br />

33. Add an apostrophe or apostrophes to show possession.<br />

One players shoes squeaked noisily on the court.<br />

34. Circle the common nouns.<br />

Spectators feasted on burgers, popcorn and nachos<br />

at the game.<br />

35. Circle the proper nouns.<br />

Basketball is popular in many countries including<br />

the Philippines, Canada, Australia and America.<br />

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36. Circle the modal verb group. You should have seen<br />

my three-pointer shot last night!<br />

37. Circle the adjectives.<br />

The tall, athletic players moved quickly around the<br />

compact court.<br />

38. Circle two pronouns.<br />

Did you notice that our favourite team seems to play<br />

better when they travel for games?<br />

39. The underlined word is a conjunction/determiner.<br />

The team were unbeatable because of their amazing<br />

star player.<br />

40. Add the correct relative pronoun.<br />

The player was recognised as the most<br />

valuable of the match scored 20 points.<br />

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REVISION<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Everyone was dressed beautifully for the occaysion.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

We purchased our medicine from the cemhits.<br />

3. Is the underlined word correct? Yes No<br />

enough<br />

enuff<br />

4. Circle the word with no short e (bed) sound.<br />

leisurely friendliness uniquely<br />

5. The synonym for decay is .<br />

keep rot preserve<br />

6. Add prefixes to make the words mean the opposite.<br />

connect<br />

common<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

He told me he’s running 20 minutes late.<br />

8. Write the homophone of threw.<br />

9. Circle the word with four syllables.<br />

parachute compliment incredible<br />

10. Write the singular of feet.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

almost every summer regional areas in australia are<br />

threatened by bushfires<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

Residents have been urged to evacuate, the reporter<br />

stated.<br />

13. Add two apostrophes to show contraction.<br />

When its particularly hot and dry, residents need to<br />

take extra care and ensure they dont have a lot of<br />

vegetation around their homes.<br />

14. Write the missing pronoun. Unfortunate native animals<br />

are left to fend for<br />

during bushfires.<br />

15. Who is speaking? ’Did you see the<br />

koala drinking water on TV, Jill?’ Sarah enquired.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. fight<br />

The volunteers the devastating blaze for<br />

many hours before they finally got it under control.<br />

17. its or it’s? When very smoky the sun has an<br />

eerie orange appearance.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple past tense (1 verb). They will<br />

leave their home.<br />

19. Question, command or statement?<br />

Is your home fire safe this summer<br />

20. The underlined clause is main/subordinate.<br />

When they returned, the Smiths were devastated to<br />

find their home had been destroyed.<br />

REVISION DAYS 71–80<br />

21. Rewrite the word correctly. couff<br />

22. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means a<br />

decision. ceohic<br />

23. Circle the incorrect spelling. identitee identity<br />

24. Add ar, au or ear. I was l ghing h tily at<br />

Dad’s jokes during out family b<br />

becue.<br />

25. The antonym for attack is .<br />

chase defend follow stalk<br />

26. Add the suffix less and change the nouns to adjectives.<br />

blame child<br />

27. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

You’d have liked the film, it was really funny!<br />

28. Write the homophone of weight.<br />

29. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

special compliment clean approval<br />

30. Write the singular of cherries.<br />

31. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

edinburgh scotland hosts festivals showcasing<br />

drama comedy performance art and dance acts<br />

each summer<br />

32. Add commas.<br />

During the festival we watched three comedians<br />

two plays and many street performers.<br />

33. Add an apostrophe to show possession.<br />

The womans tickets fell from her pocket but<br />

fortunately a kind stranger returned them.<br />

34. Underline the subject of the sentence. Edinburgh<br />

Castle hosts its annual Military Tattoo each August.<br />

35. The underlined words are the subject/object of the first<br />

clause. Spectators take many photos of the highland<br />

dancers and the bagpipe players at the Tattoo.<br />

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36. Circle the subordinate clause.<br />

In the wintertime, many tourists go to Edinburgh<br />

for the Hogmanay Festival held over the New Year<br />

period.<br />

37. Add good in the superlative form. That comedian is<br />

the<br />

I have ever seen.<br />

38. Rewrite in the simple future tense. They watched<br />

the play.<br />

39. Which verb best expresses the meaning—exclaimed or<br />

whispered? ‘We must be quiet’, he .<br />

40. Add the correct relative pronoun.<br />

One street performer really impressed the<br />

crowds was performing unbelievable magic tricks.<br />

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1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

The teacher ruled a horizontil line on the board.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

All of the ships in the brhaour were prepared for the<br />

storm.<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. laundry lawndry<br />

4. Circle the word with a silent consonant.<br />

stream solemn citizen<br />

5. Separate relationship<br />

into its syllables.<br />

6. The root magn as in magnificent and magnify means:<br />

tiny great medium<br />

7. Write break and brake in the correct places. You may<br />

a bone if you don’t use the bike’s<br />

more often.<br />

8. Which word comes directly before fruit in alphabetical<br />

order? fuel fulfil frost<br />

9. Circle three words that can be built from go.<br />

ongoing good went goed undergo<br />

10. Write the singular of ladies.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. the pacific ring of fire<br />

describes a disaster-prone region of the world<br />

12. Add brackets to enclose the parenthesis.<br />

The Ring of Fire which basically borders the Pacific<br />

Ocean indicates regions known for high incidences of<br />

earthquakes and volcanic activity.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes to show possession.<br />

Japans 2011 earthquake and tsunamis impact was<br />

devastating to the country.<br />

14. The underlined words make a common noun/gender<br />

noun. Japan’s prime minister explained that it was<br />

the most difficult crisis for the country since the end<br />

of World War II.<br />

15. Circle the auxiliary verb.<br />

Nuclear power stations were badly damaged in the<br />

tsunami.<br />

16. Circle the modal verb. The destruction of areas could<br />

be seen in satellite photographs.<br />

17. Circle the adverbial of duration.<br />

The clean-up effort lasted for many months.<br />

18. The underlined word is an possessive/relative pronoun.<br />

The disaster, which effected many local people, was<br />

also damaging to Japan’s tourism industry.<br />

19. Circle the adverbs. People hastily tried to reach higher<br />

ground to avoid the quickly approaching water.<br />

20. Circle the prepositions.<br />

The wall of water swept over large areas of Japan’s<br />

northern coastline.<br />

REVISION DAYS 81–90<br />

s<br />

21. Circle the spelling mistake. calm anxshus<br />

22. Circle the correct spelling. precious precoius<br />

23. Circle the word with no sh (ship) sound.<br />

tension attached musician<br />

24. Add letters that make the uh (schwa) sound.<br />

theat particul hum<br />

25. The underlined word is the plural of axe.<br />

Yes No axis axes<br />

26. Add the suffix able to change the verbs to adjectives.<br />

avoid cure enjoy<br />

27. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

They’d be running late because of the storm.<br />

28. Write the homophone for prince.<br />

29. What is the base word of<br />

exclaim and reclaimed?<br />

30. lose or loose? Those clothes look<br />

on you; are they too big?<br />

31. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

How is a vulture different from an eagle? he asked.<br />

32. Add a commas to clarify meaning. Vultures often<br />

referred to as scavengers feed on carrion.<br />

33. Add brackets to enclose the parenthesis.<br />

Carrion meaning dead meat can include prey left<br />

over from other animals, road kill or animals that<br />

died naturally.<br />

34. Circle the count nouns.<br />

A vulture’s feet are weaker than an eagle’s but they<br />

both have very strong, hooked beaks.<br />

35. Circle the abstract nouns.<br />

As vultures are so heavy, it takes a lot of effort for<br />

them to fly; therefore they wait for thermal streams<br />

to soar on so they save energy.<br />

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36. Write the auxiliary verb. A vulture safely<br />

digest very rotten meat in its stomach.<br />

37. Write the comparative or superlative form. fast<br />

Eagles generally fly<br />

need to catch live prey.<br />

than vultures as they<br />

38. Circle the determiners.<br />

Vultures will locate an animal carcass and will wait<br />

in the trees above until the predator leaves the<br />

scene to feast on the remains.<br />

39. Circle the coordinating conjunction. The vultures<br />

feasted on the zebra and giraffe carcasses.<br />

40 . Circle the prepositions.<br />

The vultures waited patiently in the treetops for the<br />

lions to leave.<br />

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REVISION<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

What did you perchise on your holiday?<br />

2. Is the underlined word correct? Yes No<br />

extream extreme<br />

3. Which word has the ir (bird) sound?<br />

luring tourist journalist<br />

4. Add the letters that make the ir (bird) sound.<br />

p l w k p ple<br />

5. The synonym for savage is .<br />

tame friendly wild<br />

6. Add a suffix to make the words mean without.<br />

home pain worth<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

‘Where’s your school report?’ my mother asked me.<br />

8. Write the homophone for raise.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

unkind nervousness brought<br />

10. Write the plural of monkey.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

ubud in bali indonesia is home to the monkey forest<br />

nature reserve<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

One lady asked, Are the monkeys friendly?<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

The crab-eating macaques diet mainly consists of<br />

fruits and vegetables, but it also eats crabs and fish.<br />

14. Write the relative pronoun. One man, was<br />

surrounded by the macaques, was suddenly bitten.<br />

15. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

We were told that the bites can lead to infections<br />

and diseases.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. try<br />

I to shoo the monkeys away, as I was<br />

surrounded!<br />

17. seen or saw?<br />

I hadn’t ever monkeys before; they were very<br />

entertaining to watch.<br />

18. Which tense? past present future<br />

I think I’ll tell my friends to visit the monkey forest.<br />

19. Exclamation, command or statement?<br />

Seek medical treatment if you are bitten by an<br />

animal<br />

20. The underlined clause is main/relative.<br />

One monkey which was much smaller than the<br />

others took somebody’s camera from their hands.<br />

REVISION DAYS 91–100<br />

21. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

She asked me to discribe my new dress to her.<br />

22. Is the underlined word correct? Yes No<br />

gaurd<br />

guard<br />

23. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

to let go or free. selerae<br />

24. Add ch, ck, c or qu. I am very unlu y with<br />

te nology and li id; I have dropped my phone<br />

in the pool and I have spilt water on my<br />

omputer.<br />

25. The antonym for occupied is .<br />

full vacant overflowing<br />

26. Add the suffix ly to change the adjectives to adverbs.<br />

soft glad polite<br />

27. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

She’s got to take her library books back.<br />

28. Write the homophone for flour.<br />

29. Complete the simile. As w as an owl.<br />

30. your or you’re? If late for class you must<br />

apologise to<br />

teacher.<br />

31. Punctuate the sentence. have you ever read a book by<br />

roald dahl judy blume or enid blyton<br />

32. Add commas to the description.<br />

I found the book to be funny in parts exciting in<br />

others and really sad at the end.<br />

33. The apostrophes are for: possession contraction<br />

Sania’s always reading and her mum says she’s<br />

probably going to need glasses soon.<br />

34. Underline the object of the sentence.<br />

Our teacher reads a new story to us each week.<br />

35. The underlined words are the subject/object.<br />

That TV series is based on a best-selling book.<br />

36. Circle the relative pronoun.<br />

The author’s latest book, which was only released<br />

last week, was rapidly flying off the shelves.<br />

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37. weak or week? In my opinion the plot was<br />

and the characters were boring.<br />

38. Which tense? past present future<br />

I love to read as often as I possibly can!<br />

39. Which verb fits? struggled relaxed<br />

The children<br />

as they read silently<br />

and peacefully after their lunch break.<br />

40. Add the correct relative pronoun.<br />

My favourite book,<br />

is Matilda by Roald Dahl.<br />

I have read many times,<br />

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1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

The athlete couldn’t compete as she’d pulled a musle.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

The stdetruecvi winds during the tornado damaged<br />

many buildings.<br />

3. The underlined word is correct: Yes No<br />

persute<br />

pursuit<br />

4. The underlined word has the y (yes) sound. Yes No<br />

youthful yawn physical<br />

5. A synonym for trivial is .<br />

important necessary unimportant<br />

6. Add a prefix to make the words mean do again.<br />

number think enter<br />

7. The contraction what’s can mean:<br />

8. Write the homophone for source.<br />

9. Number the words in alphabetical order.<br />

justice jungle junk judge<br />

10. One tooth. Two<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

chinas great wall which began construction in the 7th<br />

century bc is a popular tourist attraction<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

Is the wall still in its original state? Hannah asked.<br />

13. Add an apostrophe for contraction/possession.<br />

Many sections of the wall havent been maintained<br />

and are in ruins; however, certain sections have been<br />

restored for tourists to visit.<br />

14. Write the missing pronoun.<br />

During the winter the wall often has snow on .<br />

15. Which is correct?<br />

peoples’ photos<br />

people’s photos<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. bring<br />

I’m really glad I<br />

views are amazing!<br />

17. who’s or whose?<br />

my camera because these<br />

My brother, photos turned out better than<br />

mine, said I could make some copies.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple past tense. We take photos.<br />

19. Question, exclamation or statement?<br />

What time of year did you visit the Great Wall<br />

20. The underlined clause is main/subordinate.<br />

Because of the thousands of steps, our poor legs<br />

were very tired when we returned to the hotel.<br />

REVISION DAYS 101–110<br />

21. Rewrite the word correctly.<br />

skedule<br />

22. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

a musical beat. hthmry<br />

23. Circle the incorrect spelling. vehicle veecle<br />

24. Add eer, ear or er. Did I overh you saying you’re<br />

s ious about a modelling car ?<br />

25. An antonym for tragic is .<br />

comical devastating exciting<br />

26. The suffix able changes the verbs to: nouns adjectives<br />

teach notice<br />

27. The contraction that’d can mean:<br />

28. advice or advise?<br />

What would you<br />

me to do?<br />

29. The underlined word comes first in alphabetical order.<br />

Yes No friends Friday friction freedom<br />

30. red or read? Is that jacket yours?<br />

31. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

a tropical rainforest is a warm wet region which is<br />

green throughout the year<br />

32. Add commas to the list.<br />

Tropical rainforests can be found in Australia Asia<br />

Africa and Central and South America.<br />

33. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

Many acres of South Americas Amazon rainforest are<br />

cleared each year.<br />

34. The underlined words are the subject/object of the<br />

sentence. Machinery and workers clear the rainforest<br />

to create more farming land.<br />

35. The underlined words are the subject/object of<br />

the sentence. The Daintree Rainforest, located in<br />

Queensland, is the largest in Australia.<br />

36. Underline the parenthesis. Orangutans, native to the<br />

rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra, have become<br />

endangered due to deforestation.<br />

37. he’s or his? My little brother once donated<br />

pocket money to a ‘Save the orangutans’ charity.<br />

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39. Which verb? whispered or announced<br />

‘I think you should all donate, too!’ he<br />

at the dinner table.<br />

40. Add the correct possessive determiner.<br />

Layla, a friend of mine, volunteered to work in the<br />

Amazon during<br />

holiday.<br />

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REVISION<br />

1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

A famuos rock star was spotted in our town.<br />

2. Circle the correct spelling. flavore flavour<br />

3. Which word has no s (see) sound?<br />

psychic twice admission<br />

4. Add ou, ow or ough. The pr d prince watched the<br />

farmers pl ing the fields from the t er.<br />

5. A synonym for unusual is .<br />

average peculiar normal<br />

6. Add prefixes to make the words mean the opposite.<br />

agree<br />

decided<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

It’s been a very hot summer with hardly any rain.<br />

8. Write the homophone for choose.<br />

9. won or one? Have you ever a trophy?<br />

10. Write the singular of leaves.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

before the invention of farming machinery animals<br />

were commonly used as workers on farms<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

Our teacher explained, Many animals work on farms<br />

to this day.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

A sheep dogs job is to round up sheep and a<br />

draught horses job is pulling carts.<br />

14. Write the missing pronoun. Animals have also been<br />

trained to work for humans in other areas; it<br />

would be difficult for us to live without .<br />

15. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

Have you heard about the rats who sniff out land<br />

mines in Africa? he asked.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. found<br />

Rescue dogs are trained to<br />

buried under rubble or snow.<br />

people<br />

17. to or too? Homing pigeons were used in the past<br />

deliver messages between people.<br />

18. Rewrite as a negative. I like animals.<br />

19. Exclamation, command or statement?<br />

Animals can also become famous film and TV<br />

stars<br />

20. Circle the pronouns and the nouns they refer to.<br />

My Dad is very good with animals; he trains<br />

them in his job.<br />

REVISION DAYS 111–120<br />

21. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

Did you celibrate your birthday this year?<br />

22. Circle the incorrect spelling. delete deleat<br />

23. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

decipher or decode. stlraneat<br />

24. Add es, s or ss. The bu iness manufactured<br />

sci ors and watch .<br />

25. The underlined word is a synonym/antonym for<br />

apparent. doubtful obvious uncertain<br />

26. The suffix ly changes these adjectives to:<br />

verbs<br />

adverbs<br />

happy safe quiet<br />

27. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

‘Who’s on the phone?’ my Dad asked me.<br />

28. Write the homophone for war.<br />

29. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

excitable terribly energetic<br />

30. Write the plural of breath.<br />

31. Punctuate the sentence. in mexico piñatas papiermache<br />

animals filled with treats are a part of many<br />

childrens birthday celebrations<br />

32. Add commas to the list.<br />

I was very lucky to get money a new bike a helmet<br />

and an mp3 player for my 10th birthday.<br />

33. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

John hadnt had a birthday party since he was five<br />

because he didnt really like parties.<br />

34. Underline the subject noun phrase. The elaborately<br />

decorated cake was covered in candles.<br />

35. Write the relative pronoun and circle the relative<br />

clause. Birthday celebrations, can be very<br />

different among countries, can also vary greatly<br />

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36. Circle the adverbial of frequency. We have many<br />

family birthdays to celebrate each year in July.<br />

37. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

Helena took her friend Mandy with her to buy a<br />

birthday present for her Mum.<br />

38. How many determiners?<br />

The room was a great big mess after the party.<br />

39. What does the phrasal verb mean?<br />

extinguished exploded<br />

I blew out all of my birthday candles.<br />

40. Add the correct interrogative pronoun.<br />

time does the birthday party start?<br />

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1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

The politicians entered the parliment building.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

The psnilfroesoa dancer was marvellous to watch.<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. oportunity opportunity<br />

4. Circle the words with a silent consonant.<br />

autumn design crash would scared<br />

5. Draw the syllable breaks in intelligence.<br />

6. The part of the words that means speak is:<br />

dictation predict dictionary<br />

7. Write breathe and breath in the correct places.<br />

How long can you hold your<br />

you<br />

in deeply?<br />

for after<br />

8. Which word comes directly before month in<br />

alphabetical order? money monkey monster<br />

9. Circle two words that can be built from inflate.<br />

inflater inflation deflated unflated<br />

10. A of wolves. pack flock<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

wolves can be found across north america northern<br />

europe and northern asia<br />

12. Add brackets to enclose the parenthesis.<br />

Wolves which were at one time hunted to extinction<br />

across parts of Europe are now a protected species in<br />

some of those countries.<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

A wolf howls to communicate with its pack; wolves<br />

dont bark as often as dogs do.<br />

14. The underlined words are modal/helper auxiliary verbs.<br />

The hunters could see wolf tracks in the snow so they<br />

decided they should leave the area.<br />

15. How many auxiliary verbs?<br />

The wolf could smell the rabbits so it was following<br />

their scent and would attack when it found them.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. catch<br />

The hungry wolf finally<br />

a rabbit to eat.<br />

17. Circle the adverbial of duration.<br />

Wolves can go without food between kills for days or<br />

even weeks.<br />

18. The underlined word is an interrogative/relative<br />

pronoun. Wolf pups are cared for by the whole pack<br />

until they are old enough to look after themselves.<br />

19. Circle the adverbs. The hungry wolves devoured their<br />

prey quickly and greedily.<br />

20. Circle the preposition.<br />

The mother wolf gave birth to the litter of pups inside<br />

her den.<br />

REVISION DAYS 121–130<br />

21. Circle the correct spelling. nintey ninety<br />

22. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

sound the same. mryhe<br />

23. Circle the word with no u (up) sound.<br />

jungle blood furious compass<br />

24. Add letters that make the i (ship) sound.<br />

b sily m stery g lt<br />

25. The underlined word is the plural of emphasis. Yes<br />

emphases emphasis No<br />

26. The part of the words that means water is:<br />

dehydrated hydraulic hydrant<br />

27. wheel or we’ll? need to buy a new<br />

for the go-kart as that one is buckled.<br />

28. The underlined word comes first in alphabetical order.<br />

Yes No support supply suppose<br />

29. What is the base word<br />

of did and doesn’t?<br />

30. its or it’s? When snowing outside, our cat<br />

stays in warm bed all day!<br />

31. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

Why do people make dams? he asked.<br />

32. Add commas. Dams can be built to store water to<br />

prevent flooding to reclaim land or to generate<br />

power (hydropower or hydro-electricity).<br />

33. Add brackets to enclose the parenthesis.<br />

Hoover Dam constructed during the Great<br />

Depression controls floods and provides<br />

hydro-electric power in the USA.<br />

34. The underlined words are: verb groups/noun phrases<br />

China’s Three Gorges Dam is one of the world’s<br />

largest and spans the Yangtze River.<br />

35. Circle the abstract nouns.<br />

As well as supplying power, dams can provide water<br />

for drought relief and can prevent homelessness in<br />

flood prone areas.<br />

36. Write the missing verb in its correct form. look<br />

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at the beautiful view<br />

surrounding the dam.<br />

37. Write the comparative or superlative form. warm<br />

Is the weather<br />

today than it was<br />

yesterday?<br />

38. The underlined words are: determiners pronouns<br />

We did a project on dams and carried out all of<br />

the research ourselves. Our teacher said she was<br />

impressed with our work.<br />

39. Circle the conjunction. Whenever a dam becomes too<br />

full, water can be released via the spillway.<br />

40. Circle the preposition.<br />

It is not permitted to swim in dams.<br />

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1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

The ambulents sped past us with its siren blaring.<br />

2. Is the underlined word correct?<br />

Yes No author orthor<br />

3. Which word has no f (fish) sound?<br />

laughter trough symphony hooves<br />

4. Add the letters that make the n sound.<br />

arled co ect owledge<br />

5. The synonym for hospitable is .<br />

unfriendly welcoming distant<br />

6. The suffix ion changes the words from to nouns.<br />

explode<br />

decide<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

James’s going to have huge birthday party.<br />

8. Write the homophone for here.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

substantial consider partial artificial<br />

10. Write the plural of pharmacy.<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence. new yorks central park is<br />

north americas most visited urban park attracting<br />

millions of visitors each year<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said. What can<br />

you do there? she asked. Is it always open?<br />

13. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

The parks zoo is a popular attraction, as is the<br />

summer stage, which showcases free performances<br />

throughout the year.<br />

14. Write the relative pronoun. My grandmother,<br />

has been to New York before, told us we must visit<br />

the Statue of Liberty.<br />

15. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

I also heard somebody say that walking across the<br />

Brooklyn Bridge is a ‘must do’.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. pay We<br />

for our meal at the busy cafe’s counter.<br />

17. isn’t or aren’t? It supposed to snow this<br />

week.<br />

18. Which tense? past present future<br />

I’m hoping we can visit Yankee Stadium.<br />

19. Exclamation, question or statement?<br />

Have you ever been to America or Canada<br />

20. The underlined clause is main/dependent.<br />

The Statue of Liberty, located on Liberty Island, was<br />

a gift from France to the USA.<br />

21. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

You should seperate white and coloured items<br />

before washing your clothes.<br />

REVISION DAYS 131–140<br />

22. Is the underlined word correct? Yes No<br />

boulder<br />

buolder<br />

23. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

a referee or judge. reuipm<br />

24. Add rh, r or wr. The iter st uggled to think of<br />

yming words when finishing his poem.<br />

25. The antonym for hinder is .<br />

help distract delay<br />

26. Adding the suffix ant changes the to<br />

observe<br />

.<br />

tolerate<br />

27. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

I think Dad’s been going to bed too late because he<br />

keeps sleeping in.<br />

28. Write the homophone for father.<br />

29. Complete the simile. As o as the hills.<br />

30. threw or through? The child the<br />

ball<br />

the tunnel.<br />

31. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

haiku is a japanese form of poetry characterised by<br />

the number of syllables in each line<br />

32. Add commas to the descriptions. The shy quiet young<br />

girl took the audience by surprise when she read her<br />

beautiful inspiring and well-written poem.<br />

33. The apostrophes are for: possession contraction<br />

My younger sister’s poem about cats was judged the<br />

best in our school’s poetry competition.<br />

34. Underline the verb groups.<br />

I was trying to write a poem for many hours before I<br />

was satisfied with my work.<br />

35. The underlined words are: noun phrases/verb groups<br />

My poem, which was a haiku, was about my friend,<br />

Danny.<br />

36. Circle the pronouns.<br />

When my parents heard about my sister’s award,<br />

they were incredibly proud of her.<br />

37. right or write?<br />

There is no<br />

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38. Which tense? past present future<br />

Dad doesn’t really like poetry as much as we do.<br />

39. Write the missing verb in its correct form. write<br />

My Mum has<br />

many poems over the<br />

years.<br />

40. How many determiners? One of my favourite<br />

poems is Television, by the amazing Roald Dahl.<br />

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1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />

It is essenshal to apply sunscreen when the weather<br />

is hot.<br />

2. Unjumble the jumbled word.<br />

Ensure you have the retvlnae documents to submit<br />

with your application.<br />

3. Circle the correct spelling. patner partner<br />

4. Circle the word with no k sound.<br />

technique machinery acquaintance<br />

5. The underlined word is a synonym/antonym for<br />

peaceful. serene turbulent noisy<br />

6. Add prefixes to make the words mean corrective.<br />

septic<br />

biotic<br />

7. Expand the contraction in context.<br />

After it’s eaten, my pet bird flies around a lot.<br />

8. Write the homophone for principle.<br />

9. The underlined word has the fewest syllables. Yes<br />

confidentiality autobiography No<br />

10. A pod of . fish dolphins<br />

11. Punctuate the sentence.<br />

sun protection is important to reduce the risks of skin<br />

cancers especially during the hot summer months<br />

12. Add quotation marks to show what was said.<br />

What can we do to protect ourselves? he enquired.<br />

13. Add a comma or commas.<br />

Staying in the shade whenever possible applying<br />

sunscreen wearing sunglasses and a hat and keeping<br />

covered up can all help to prevent sunburn.<br />

14. Is the underlined word a verb or an adjective?<br />

The badly burned young man had spent too much<br />

time in the sun without protection.<br />

15. Are quotation marks needed? Yes No<br />

We’ve been told so many times about sun safety.<br />

16. Write the missing verb in its correct form. live<br />

People with light skin who are<br />

in<br />

places with warm weather are prone to sunburn.<br />

17. It’s or Its?<br />

important to re-apply sunscreen if you<br />

have been swimming.<br />

18. Rewrite in the simple past tense. We will stay out of<br />

the sun.<br />

19. Question, command or statement?<br />

Many people believe tanning is healthy, but it is very<br />

damaging to your skin<br />

20. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.<br />

The family remembered to take their hats and<br />

sunglasses with them.<br />

21. Rewrite the word correctly. katigory<br />

REVISION DAYS 141–150<br />

22. Rearrange the letters to make a word that means<br />

man-made or not real. raitfcilai<br />

23. Circle the incorrect spelling. avaleable available<br />

24. Add letters that make the long a (day) sound.<br />

n bours p nted str ten<br />

25. The antonym for selfish is .<br />

stingy generous indifferent<br />

26. The suffix er changes the to .<br />

manage gamble speak<br />

27. Expand the contractions. 1. 2.<br />

When it’s been raining after snowfall, it’s important<br />

to take care you do not slip over.<br />

28. then or than? I’d rather see an action film a<br />

comedy any day.<br />

29. The underlined word has the fewest/most syllables.<br />

malicious nutritious conscious<br />

30. eliminate or illuminate?<br />

Use your phone’s light to<br />

the<br />

door while I unlock it.<br />

31. Punctuate.<br />

silk which comes from silkworms cocoons was first<br />

developed into a fabric in ancient china<br />

32. Punctuate.<br />

china produces the worlds highest volumes of silk<br />

followed by india and then uzbekistan<br />

33. Add one or more apostrophes.<br />

Silks popularity as a fabric comes down to its<br />

beautiful, shiny appearance and luxurious feel. Its<br />

used to make many things, including dresses.<br />

34. Is the underlined word a verb or an adjective?<br />

Silk smells like burning hair when it is burned.<br />

35. Which is correct?<br />

silkworms’ cocoons silkworm’s cocoons<br />

36. Underline the adverbial of manner.<br />

The silkworms devoured the mulberry leaves<br />

hungrily and continually.<br />

37. Write the comparative or superlative form. easy<br />

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way to unravel the silk cocoons is<br />

to submerge them in water and then find the end of<br />

the thread. Unfortunately, this kills the silkworm.<br />

38. Rewrite in the simple future tense. I bought a silk<br />

dress.<br />

39. Circle the determiners. Several beautifully woven silk<br />

tapestries, given to the king by other nations, were<br />

placed around the palace’s walls.<br />

40. Circle the preposition.<br />

The tapestry, placed behind the king’s throne, was<br />

amazingly detailed.<br />

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