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YOUR GRAMMAR SO FAR
After working through Activity 1 and Activity 2 on grammar, you should be able
to answer ‘yes’ to all the statements. Tick or check YES next to the statement if
you can do what it says. Otherwise, leave the space blank.
STATEMENT YES I CAN
I can explain in my own words why grammar is important.
I can use connectives to make complex sentences.
I can describe how to use different prepositions of place.
I can replace nouns with pronouns in a text extract.
I can explain when to use their, there or they’re.
I understand when to use the articles a, an and the.
ALL IN ONE PLACE BASE CAMP
ENGLISH GRAMMAR ACTIVITY 3
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‘WHAT’S COMING UP IN THIS ACTIVITY?’
Good question! You will revise your knowledge and understanding of
● connectives
● pronouns
● prepositions of place
● articles
Also, you will extend what you have learnt at school about
● prepositions of time
● prepositions of movement
● the zero article
● parts of speech
● types of nouns
● possessive nouns
● verbs and adverbs
JUMP 1
Angel and Zavier have each written four sentences using different connectives.
Each of their first sentences are correct. They have made mistakes using
connectives in two of their other three sentences.
As a quick connectives revision exercise, you need to
● identify the sentences in which they have used connectives incorrectly
● rewrite these sentences correctly in your workbook
● rewrite SENTENCE 1 and SENTENCE 5 each as two simple sentences
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Angel writes
SENTENCE 1
I thought Gran’s card was lost in the post but
it finally arrived two days after we
celebrated her special day.
SENTENCE 2
Paintball can be fun and Mum and Dad
think it’s too dangerous.
SENTENCE 3
Xavier said he would help me with algebra
so I cleaned his room until it was spotless.
SENTENCE 4
I refused to clean Xavier’s room although it
would take me more than a day to do a
good job.
Xavier writes
SENTENCE 5
Gran’s birthday was great fun until her
poodle bit my leg!
SENTENCE 6
We need to take Mum and Dad paintballing
and they’ll understand how exciting it can
be.
SENTENCE 7
Angel’s algebra will improve as soon as she
cleans my room and does my homework.
SENTENCE 8
My room is as neat as a pin while I
persuaded Angel to be my slave!
Use these connectives to help you correct Angel’s and Xavier’s sentences. You
do not need to use two of the words.
yet as long as since because then if unless but
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JUMP 2
Circle the correct pronoun to replace the underlined word or words in each
sentence.
Sam gobbled his sandwich and then went to
play football.
he
him
his
Their classmates think Reese and Mary are
talented musicians and artists.
them
they
they’re
Rory liked Amy’s new sweater, it was colourful
and warm.
his
her
she
There was almost a riot when the crowd spotted
Justin at the premier.
them
they
we
Claire was furious – somebody had spilt tea all
over Claire’s new scarf.
her
she
its
The puppy barked all night and was ashamed
when the neighbours complained.
he
she
it
The puppy barked all night and was ashamed
when the neighbours complained.
them
they
we
At first, Roz was nervous when she met the five
boys; she disliked meeting strangers.
them
us
they
The party started an hour late and everybody
thought it was cancelled.
that
it
it’s
The party started an hour late and Tom, Tammy
and I thought it was cancelled.
we
they
them
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JUMP 6
Each sentence contains an article. Write the article and decide if the article is
correct or if the zero article should be used. Write C for correct and Z for zero
article. The example shows you what to do.
SENTENCE ARTICLE C or Z
Brad is a kind and genuine classmate. a C
Emmy saved the money to buy a new sweater.
The tigers are usually dangerous and fierce.
People say that a true love can be difficult to find.
A football team is called a soccer team in the USA.
Olive’s an obsession with XBox was like an addiction.
Emile’s story about seeing a ghost was a pack of lies.
Zander is amusing and has a sharp wit.
The doctor gave patients the advice on healthy diets.
How much of the electricity in Spain comes from coal?
The Republic of Chile is the official name of the Chile.
A cupboard can contain unknown, mysterious objects.
The crowds at World Cup Finals must be controlled.
The mice don’t like the cheese and prefer fruits.
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JUMP 7
In exercise Jump 3, you revised your understanding of prepositions of place. In
this exercise, you are going to expand your understanding of prepositions of
time.
Prepositions of time tell us when something happens. There are only three
prepositions of time but you need to use them correctly.
AT We use at for clock times, festivals,
holidays and specific times periods
including ‘at night’.
EXAMPLES
● at four o’clock
● at lunchtime
IN We use in when referring to months,
seasons, years, centuries and also
general times of the day.
EXAMPLES
● in the afternoon
● born in 2006
ON We use on to specify days of the
week, specific dates and special
days.
EXAMPLES
● on her birthday
● on Christmas day
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A preposition of time is missing from each sentence. Complete each sentence
by writing either at, in or on. The example shows you what to do.
Jamie enjoys fishing by the lake in summer.
Sue’s birthday falls January.
Sue’s birthday is Friday.
Sue’s birthday party starts three o’clock.
The school holidays end Monday
Alex enjoys reading the school holidays.
My aunt is visiting the family Christmas.
My aunt stayed for a while and left Easter Sunday.
Many birds migrate autumn and spring.
Jenny is going bowling Friday afternoon.
Kendal gets up early the morning.
Kevin goes to bed late night.
My parents were teenagers the 1980s.
Mum says that I need to visit the dentist two weeks time.
You know that in, on and at are also prepositions of place.
For example, you can be in London, on Oxford Street and in a coffee shop.
Next to the pictures on the next page, write sentences showing how in, on and
at are both prepositions of place and time. You need to include some
information from the picture.
The examples show you what to do, but do you own work. Get the grammar
right!
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EXAMPLES using AT
Preposition of place sentence
● Ricky and Chris were at the ice hockey rink.
Preposition of time sentence
● Ricky and Chris started ice hockey practice at six o’clock.
AT Preposition of place sentence
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Preposition of time sentence
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IN Preposition of place sentence
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Preposition of time sentence
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ON Preposition of place sentence
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Preposition of time sentence
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IDEAS TO HELP YOU WRITE YOUR SENTENCES
● LENGTH: keep your sentences quite short – this helps to make the meaning
clear.
● YOUR WORK: be original – don’t adapt sentences from a book or another
piece of text.
● CHECK: check your work – how could you improve each sentence and make
it more interesting to read? Does each sentence use the verb + adverb
combination correctly?
● SHARE: read your sentences to a friend or family member – do they like your
work and find it fun, interesting and well written? Ask them for any ideas that
could make your work better next time.
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JUMP 9
Read the lyrics to ‘ACE PARTS of SPEECH’, currently Number 1 on the UK Top 40,
the Billboard Hot 100 and the first hit for no glee gramrr. Their next song,
‘Invention Interjection’ is coming soon!
‘ACE Parts of Speech’
INTRO
Let’s go nouns and verbs
And other words
You learn and teach
Let’s go Ace parts of speech
Nouns are cool, things we see
Person, place, animals like bees
Hey Ace ideas and feelings
Abstract for your curiosity
Hey Ace adjectives describe nouns
Cool and cold, warm and hot
You’re cool Ace got the lot
Let’s go nouns and verbs
And other words
You learn and teach
Let’s go Ace parts of speech
Let’s go verbs and action stuff
The more you do, never enough
Walk or run, swim or tan
So many things to do man
Casey walks slowly, Tracey runs
quickly
These ‘ly’ words are adverbs
Go Ace adverbs, more about verbs
Place, movement and time
Prepositions aren’t a crime
Casey’s at home, you know her hood
Tracey jumps into her food, not good
Hey Ace what about time
See you at six, the clock will chime
Let’s go nouns and verbs
And other words
You learn and teach
Let’s go Ace parts of speech
Connect with connectives next
Because you’re the best
Hey Ace what about me
Am I he or she
Hey man, you’re not an it
Pronouns do a noun bit
END
Let’s go Ace
We’ve got the base
With Ace we reach
Parts of speech
Ace my man
Give us a grammar plan
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The questions are about
‘ACE PARTS of SPEECH’.
Write your questions to the
questions – this time you don’t
need to write full sentences. You
can write a word or a phrase as
an answer.
QUESTION YOUR ANSWER
What is the topic or theme of this song?
How many parts of speech are mentioned in
the song?
JUMP 10
Your class is learning about possessive nouns in grammar. Possessive nouns are
used to show ownership. The examples will make ownership clear.
SINGULAR NOUN POSSESSIVE
● Rebecca’s dress is fashionable.
● Rebecca’s dresses are fashionable.
The first sentence tells you that Rebecca has one fashionable dress. We use ‘‘s
to show that the dress is hers. The second sentence tells you that Rebecca has
more than one fashionable dress – we don’t know how many. The apostrophe ‘s
still shows that Rebecca owns more than one dress.
PLURAL NOUN POSSESSIVE
● The students’ grades are outstanding.
● The owls’ eyes were piercing.
The first sentence tells that more than one student has outstanding grades. The
apostrophe is at the end of the plural students, meaning that more than one
student has ‘ownership’ of good grades. In the same way, the second sentence
tells you there are at least two owls that have piercing eyes. The apostrophe
comes after the plural owls showing more than one owl had piercing eyes.
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Your class is doing a quick test on possessive nouns. Each student has to write
four sentences.
● SENTENCE 1 uses a singular possessive noun and a singular noun.
● SENTENCE 2 uses a singular possessive noun and a plural noun.
● SENTENCE 3 uses a plural possessive noun and a singular noun.
● SENTENCE 4 uses a plural possessive noun and a plural noun.
Although your Amazing Tribe classmates are starting to ace grammar, they find
possessives quite challenging. Two of each of their four sentences are incorrect.
Read what Juniper, Apollo, Saffron and Jaxton have written. Identify their
incorrect sentences.
Juniper writes
SENTENCE 1
The dog’s dinner was too spicy.
SENTENCE 2
The dogs’ dinners were too spicy.
SENTENCE 3
The computer’s keyboard was broken.
SENTENCE 4
Americans’ have different ideals from
Europeans.
JUMP 13
Time to show how great your
grammar skills are with some revision
exercises!
In the next exercises, you are going
to revise some important aspects of
grammar.
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MOVEMENT PREPOSITIONS
Write the correct preposition of movement next to each diagram.
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PARTS OF SPEECH
Read the sentence about cigarette smoking. Find a word from the sentence to
match the parts of speech in the table. Write your word in the space opposite
the part of speech.
Everybody knows that smoking causes cancer and heart disease;
that it can shorten your life by 10 years or more; and that the
disgusting habit means smokers unwisely wastes money each time
they go to the shop to buy a pack of twenty.
Part of Speech Your Word
Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Connective Preposition Pronoun
THE ZERO ARTICLE
Write the answers to the five questions in the table.
Question Answer
What is your best friend’s name?
Which city has a larger area – London
or New York City?
Who is the Prime Minister of the UK?
Which country has a flag with a red
circle in the middle?
Who wrote the play ‘Hamlet’?
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Now write simple sentences in your workbook describing each answer. You
need to use the zero article in each sentence. The example shows what to do
and what not to do!
EXAMPLE
If you think New York City has a larger area than London then
WRITE
New York City is famous for skyscrapers, the Statue of Liberty and Central Park.
DON’T WRITE
The New York City is famous for skyscrapers, the Statue of Liberty and Central
Park.
POSSESSSIVE NOUNS
Read the sentence about the MI6
and the CIA.
Members of MI6 and the CIA
guarded the presidents’ room
and monitored all the
housekeeper’s calls.
Circle either ‘one’ or ‘more than one’
to answer the questions.
How many presidents were there? one more than one
How many rooms were guarded? one more than one
How many housekeepers were there? one more than one
How many calls did the housekeeper make? one more than one
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Cut and paste the CHECK POINT into your workbook.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Write your name in the table and ask a parent, teacher or tutor to decide YES or
NO for each learning outcome or success criterion.
My name is ___________________ and I can
use prepositions of time and movement in writing. YES or NO
describe seven parts of speech. YES or NO
classify common, proper, uncountable and abstract nouns. YES or NO
explain the difference between singular and plural possession. YES or NO
match verbs and adverbs correctly. YES or NO
CHECK POINT
ENGLISH GRAMMAR ACTIVITY 3 My grammar has made _________ jumps after completing this activity.
Remember that a jump of 10 is perfect!
1. Which exercise did you find easy and enjoy? Explain why.
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2. Which exercise was the most challenging? Explain why.
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