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<strong>English</strong> <strong>skills</strong> <strong>practice</strong> (<strong>Book</strong> E)<br />
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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 />
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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 />
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Days 111–120.................................... 57–61<br />
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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DAY 7 DAY 8<br />
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 />
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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16. Circle the possessive determiner.<br />
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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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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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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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 />
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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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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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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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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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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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17. The underlined words make a noun phrase. Yes<br />
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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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 />
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15. Circle the relative pronoun.<br />
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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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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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 />
for<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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17. Which tense? past present future<br />
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 />
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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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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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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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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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1. Correct the spelling mistake.<br />
What is the temprichure going to be today?<br />
1. Correct the spelling mistake. sertain doubtful<br />
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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 />
is behind my house is<br />
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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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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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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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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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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 />
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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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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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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 />
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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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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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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 />
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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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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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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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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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15. The underlined words are the subject/object.<br />
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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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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15. The underlined words are the subject/object.<br />
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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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 />
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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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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 />
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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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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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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 />
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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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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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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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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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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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19. Exclamation, statement or question?<br />
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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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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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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17. Its or It’s? difficult work looking for gold!<br />
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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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 />
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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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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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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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 />
or wrong when you<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 />
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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 />
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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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