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Common and Proper Pronouns.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Singular and Plural Pronouns.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Action Verbs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Present- and Past-Tense Verbs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
The Verb Be.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Main Verbs and Helping Verbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Linking Verbs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Subjects and Predicates.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Adjectives.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Articles and Other Adjectives.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Possessive Nouns.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Subject and Object Pronouns.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Possessive Pronouns.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Compound Subjects and Predicates.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

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Contractions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Using Punctuation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Irregular Verbs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Answer Key.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

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A statement is a sentence
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1. How crumb did carry the ant the?
How did the ant carry the crumb?

She carried it herself.

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A.  Rewrite each sentence correctly.  
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4. we got on the elevator
We got on the elevator.

5. should I push the elevator button
Should I push the elevator button?

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2. You have to go, too.

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3. Wait at the airport.

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4. It snows all the time!

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5. Alligators live in the sewers!

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6. Look at the horse.

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7. That’s a great-looking horse!

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8. Write a letter to Seymour.

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A sentence tells a complete
thought. It tells who or what,
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2. I like to ride horses. 

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not a sentence;  I want to be a subway driver.

3. Subway driver. 

4. There are horned toads. 

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Plural

fence

fences



train

trains



gate

gates



cow

cows

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1. April has a brother and a sister.

2. Their names are Julius and May.
3. Their parents were born in Taiwan.
4. April goes to school on Saturday.
5. She is learning a language called Mandarin.
6. May read a book about the Middle Ages.
C.  Underline the common nouns. Circle the proper nouns. Then write  
them on the chart in the correct category.
1. Last August David went to camp.

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2. I have visited

. (place)

3. My favorite food is

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4. My family lives in

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5. My favorite author is
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8. My favorite holiday is

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. (historical event)
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Plural
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She is a good writer.

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S or P

3. He kicked the ball back to her.

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1. Ms. Stone gave __________________ a funny assignment.  (we, us)
2. She asked __________________ to tell a funny story.  (I, me)
3. Ray and Pete brought __________________ a book of jokes.  (she, her)
4. She thanked __________________.  (them, they)

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5. Dina acted out a story with __________________.  (him, he)
C.  Write one sentence using it as a subject pronoun.  
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tell what the subject of the
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5. He emptied the buckets.
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1. The villagers (walked, paraded ) across the floor.
2. Father (whispered, talked ) to the baby.
3. The puppy (ate, gobbled ) down his food.
4. The girl (skipped, went ) to her chair.
5. The ball (fell, bounced ) down the stairs.
C.  Write an action verb from the box to complete each sentence.

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whispered      laughed      sighed
1. We

laughed

at the playful kittens.

2. She

sighed

deeply and fell asleep.

3. Megan

whispered

to her friend in the library.
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Action verbs are words that
tell what the subject of the
sentence does. Some action
verbs help to paint a clearer
picture in the reader’s mind.

Action Verbs

A.  On the line, write the action verb in ( )  
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1. The bus driver blew the horn.

honked

2. The girl got her books.

grabbed

3. She said, “Good-bye,” to her family.

shouted

4. She went to the bus.
5. The bus moved down the bumpy road.

ran
bounced

1. We dashed into the house.
2. I tiptoed past the sleeping baby.
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the first sentence. Use the word tiptoed in the second sentence.  
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3. She enjoys puzzles, too.
4. Tom picked out the border pieces.

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5. He dropped a puzzle piece on the floor.

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6. I looked for the flower pieces.

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7. Dad likes crossword puzzles better.

present

8. My little sister watches us.

present

9. Mom hurries us before dinner.

present
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10. We rushed to finish quickly.

B.  Underline the verb in each sentence. Then rewrite the sentence.  
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The man crossed the river.

2. He rowed his boat.
He rows his boat.

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back on the last trip. (go, goes)

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looked

for the hidden picture. (look)

2. He

stared

at it for a long time. (stare)

3. Ana

walked

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helped

by. (walk)
solve the puzzle. (help)

C.  Write three sentences. Use the verb in ( ) in your sentence.
1. (play)

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subject of a sentence is or
was. Am, is, and are tell about
someone or something in the
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about someone
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5. The scientists were amazed by the remarkable fossil.
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write past on the line. If it is in the present tense, write present.
past

1. Mary Anning was a real person.
2. I am interested in fossils, too.

present

3. There are many dinosaurs in the museum.

present
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4. The exhibits were closed yesterday.

present

5. This is a map of the first floor.

C.  Write the form of be that completes each sentence.
am        is        are



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1. I

am

2. Buses
3. The bus driver

on the bus with my mother and father.
are

fun to ride.
is

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