Great White Shark - Practice #6

The reason for this assignment is for you to learn how to change a verb from present to past.  These are special verbs.  They are called irregular verbs.  The word, irregular, means it is different or not normal.  Normally, we change a present verb like play to played.  We just add an ed.  For irregular verbs, we don't do that.  We change the word to a very different word.

Examples:  say  >>  said                   or                   find  >>   found

Please complete these problems:

 

Directions: Write on a piece of binder paper, the past tense of the word.  You do not have to write the whole sentence.

 

1)  The lady __________  breakfast for her family.   (make)

2)  Last year, I ___________ how to draw a rectangular prism.  (know)

3)  The student _____________ a dinosaur in second grade.  (draw)

4)  On Friday, the principal announces who _________ the yellow ticket prize.  (win)

5)  Yesterday, during P.E., the students __________ around the track two times.  (run)

6)  When Ms. Bhopla read the story, the students ________ quietly on the carpet.  (sit)

7)  When they __________ the bell, they walked out of the door. (hear)

8)  The dad _______ he was planning a surprise birthday party for his son.  (say)

9)  The paleontologists ___________ fossils with tools.  (find)

Great White Shark - Practice #5

In this assignment you will match words that rhyme.  Remember that rhyming words sound alike.  Sometimes, they sound the same, but they have a different spelling pattern.  For example, play and weigh.  See how they sound the same, but they don't have the same spelling pattern?  When you want to decide which words are rhyming, say them outloud to find the same sound.

Please complete these problems:

Directions: Write the whole list of words.  Then circle the TWO or THREE rhyming words.

 

1)  weigh     well    cook     stay    done

 

2)  gel    grade    pen   raid   tie   shoe

 

3)  pan   same   draw   brain  again

 

4)  taught  shy   trick   bought   hot

 

5)  fright    snow   white    tall    height

 

 

Great White Shark - Practice #4

In this assignment you will review the use of prepositions.  Say the word outloud now, PREPOSITIONS.  PREP-O-SI-TIONS.  They show the location of an object.  The object can be a person, place or thing.  Example:  The letter goes inside the envelope.  The preposition word is inside.
 
Please complete these problems:

 

Directions: Write on a piece of binder paper, the preposition from each sentence.

 
1)  Please put the dirty dishes ____ the sink.

2) I am going to move you ___________ the board so you can see.

3) Never place your hand ____________    of the Elmo.

4) Place your backpacks ______________ your chair.

5) I live _____________ my elementary school.

6) Airplanes fly _____________  the buildings.

8) There are many sea creatures that live _______________the surface of the ocean.

9)  The teacher is standing ____________ me.

10)  When it rains we stay _______________ during recess.

 

Here are some examples of prepositions.  You may use these to complete the questions.

in/on/under
next to
in front of/behind
on the right/on the left
near (to)/close to/far from
opposite
above/below
by/beside
beneath
inside/outside

Great White Shark - Practice #3

The reason for this assignment is to practice the meaning of fact and opinion.  A fact is always true, and cannot ever be proven wrong.  Also, Fact has the letter t, t for true.  For example:  The student was born on February 7, 1999.   That is a fact.  An opinion is a statement that is the writer's belief.  If it is a belief, it is not a fact.  For example:  The color green is the best color of the rainbow.  This statement is an opinion, because a second person could say that the color red is the best.

Please complete these problems:

Directions: Write on a piece of binder paper, the answer fact or opinion.  Write just the word fact, or opinion.

1) The multipurpose room is the best place to eat lunch.

2)  There are exactly 184 tissues in this Kleenex box.

3)  Math is the best subject.

4)  Flying in an airplane can be a lot of fun.

5)  Eating a good breakfast in the morning is the best for good health.

6) Drinking water directly from the faucet can harm your health.

7) The students kicked the soccer ball so hard, it landed on another field.

8)  Your computer is old.  It's time for an upgrade.

9)  My computer is old, but it still gets the work done.

10) My mom's cooking is absolutely, delicious!

Great White Shark - Practice #2

This assignment will help you practice you're and your.  Remember, the contraction always is made up of two words squashed together, one vowel taken out, and an apostrophe added.  You're is a contraction made from you and are.  Your without an apostrophe is not a contraction.

When you want to decide between you're and your, think of the sentence with you are.  If it makes sense, then it is the contraction.  Your is the word used to show possession.  Possession means something belongs to someone.

Examples:  You're the top student in the entire school.  >>  This means:  You are the top student in the entire school.

Your backpack is very heavy.  >>  This means:  The backpack that belongs to you, is very heavy.

Please complete these problems:

Directions: Write on a piece of binder paper, the answer you're or your.  You do not need to write the whole sentence.

1)  Please put ________ pencil down.

2)  _____________ joke made me laugh so much that I fell off of my chair.

3)  Please tell me where ____________ going.

4)  There is no need to wear_______________ sunglasses indoors.

5)  If ____________ not feeling well, go to the office to see the nurse.

6)  ______________  a great reader.

7)  The math problems that _____________ doing are very fun.

8)  Please pick up _____________ water bottle.

9)  _____________ boots look like Batman boots.

10)  ____________ on time everyday.