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Grammar and
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Louis Fidge
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Contents
Unit Page
1 Capital letters and full stops 4
2 Nouns 6
3 Writing sentences 8
4 Proper nouns 10 '
5 Verbs 12
6 Joining sentences 14
7 Asking questions 16
8 Matching verbs with nouns is
9 More sentences 20
10 Commas 22
11 Verbs (past tense) 24
12 Singular and plural 26
13 More questions 28
Progress Unit 30
Unit
Capital letters and full stops
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Every sentence should begin with a capital letter .
Most sentences end with a full stop .
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Monkeys live in trees.,
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This sentence begins with a capital letter . It ends with a full stop .
Getting started
Write these sentences correctly.
Put in the missing capital letters and full stops.
1. the farmer had some cows
2. clowns make us laugh
3. lemonade is fizzy
4. elephants have two tusks and a trunk
5. bluebells grow in the woods
6. children like to play marbles
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Now try these
Write a sentence about each person.
Use the words from the box to help you write how they feel.
The first one has been done to help you.
happy sad sleepy surprised frightened
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girl boy
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The girl is sad .
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Practise your punctuation .
1 . Copy this story.
Put in all the missing capital letters and full stops.
two children went to the park j
they took their dog
the dog chased some squirrels
the dog got lost
the children were worried
they did not know what to do
2. Write three more sentences to finish the story.
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Words that name things are called nouns .
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They are names
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Choose the correct noun to complete each sentence.
Write the sentences.
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sacks sticks socks apples bananas oranges
These are Here are some
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Play a game of ‘1 spy ’. Look at the picture.
Write two nouns beginning with each letter.
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1 . Copy these sentences.
Put in the missing capital letters and full stops.
a) a boy is writing in his book
b) the teacher is sitting on a chair
c) some girls are painting a picture
d) the mouse is in its cage
e) the man is mending the door
2. Now underline the two nouns in each sentence.
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Writing sentences
A sentence is a group of words that makes sense .
The words must be in the correct order .
x The girl a book is reading .
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This sentence does not make sense .
Some words are in the wrong order .
/ The girl is reading a book.
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This sentence makes sense .
The words are in the correct order .
Getting started
Write these sentences so that they make sense.
1 . Dogs bark can.
2. Fish live water in.
3. My cat milk likes.
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4 The horse fast runs.
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5. A kangaroo hopping likes. c
Now try these
These sentences do not make sense.
Write them correctly.
1 . The postman bit the dog.
2. The football kicked the boy. ©
3. A blue dress wore the girl.
4. The ladder fell off the builder.
5. A guitar was playing the pop star.
6. The television was watching the woman.
7. The grass cut an old man.
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8 Some fruit ate the children.
Practise your punctuation •5
Write these sentences correctly.
Remember the capital letters and full stops.
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1 bones eating my likes dog
2. sky blue the is
3. cream i ice like pQ
4. to it rain began
5. the going park we to are
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Names of people are a special kind of noun.
They are called proper nouns .
Proper nouns always begin with a capital letter .
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Getting started
Write the names of these characters.
Begin each name with a capital letter .
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little boy blue red riding hood jack
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The names of the days and months are also proper nouns.
They begin with capital letters too.
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1 . Write the names of the days correctly.
Put them in the correct order .
monday thursday Saturday Wednesday
Sunday friday tuesday
2. Write the names of these months in the correct order .
March June January April February May
3. Now write the names of the last six months of the year
in the correct order.
Practise your punctuation •9 • •
Punctuate these sentences correctly.
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1 dan likes Wednesday best because he has art
2. emma’s birthday is in april
3. march comes before October
4. shanaz lives in brendon avenue
5. france is bigger than ireland
6. mr and mrs grant went to Spain on holiday in july
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Doing words are called verbs .
The tiger hides in the bushes.
Verbs tell us what someone or something is doing .
Getting started
Write a sentence for each picture.
Use the verbs from the box to say what is happening.
The first one has been done to help you.
eating jumping flying sleeping crying reading
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The boy is reading.
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Now try these
Match the nouns with the verbs
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The first one has been done to help you.
1. Fish swim.
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1 . Fish slither.
2. Birds scamper.
3. Snakes
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6. Elephants slide.
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8. Lions lumber .
Practise your punctuation •5
1 . Write these sentences correctly.
a) the frog splashed in the pond
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b) you cut paper with scissors teased
c) karen and raza watched television
d) gary plays his guitar well
e) mrs green walked to the shops
f) mr burton hums while he peels the potatoes
2. Now underline the verbs in each sentence.
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Joining sentences
We conjoin two short sentences together to make
one longer sentence.
Jack went to the market. + He sold his cow.
Jack went to the market and sold his cow.
The two sentences have been joined with and .
Getting started
Make each pair of sentences into one sentence using and.
The first one has been done to help you.
1. I went to the park. I saw my friend.
I went to the park and saw my friend.
2. Tess brushed her teeth. She went to bed.
3. Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall. He had a great fall.
4. Sarah has fair hair. She has blue eyes.
5. The dog barked. It chased the burglar.
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Sometimes we join sentences with but .
Gran is old. + Leanne is young.
Gran is old but Leanne is young.
We use but because old is the opposite of younc
Join each pair of sentences with but.
The first one has been done to help you.
1 . The red door is shut. The green door is open.
The red door is shut but the green door is open.
2. The lorry was slow. The racing car was fast.
3. Sara’s jeans were cheap. Shireen’s jeans were expensive.
4. Mr Naik’s bag was heavy. Mrs Naik’s bag was light .
5. Dean is good at maths. Dean is not good at spelling.
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Write your own ending for each sentence.
Remember to punctuate each sentence correctly.
I. kate likes swimming and . ..
2. tuhil went to the shop but . . .
3. the squirrel ran up the tree and ...
4. the kangaroo hopped away and ...
5. shireen fell over but ...
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7 Asking questions
A question is a special kind of sentence.
We ask questions to find out things .
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A question begins with a capital letter .
It ends with a question mark .
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1 . Write these questions correctly.
Put in the capital letters and question marks.
a) when is your birthday
b) where do you live
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d) what number comes before twenty
e) why do you go to school
2. Now write an answer for each question.
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1 . Write each question correctly.
a) what is Sam wearing
b) who is Sam with
c) where are the boys going
d) how did they get to the shop
e) what can they buy in the shop
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f) when does the shop close
2. Use the picture to help you
write an answer for
each question.
3. Now make up two questions of your own about
the picture.
Practise your punctuation •5
Punctuate these sentences correctly.
Put in the capital letters, full stops and question marks.
1 . how many children are there in your class
2. some children keep pets at home
3. the toy shop was shut
4. is it raining today
5. who is your best friend
6. do you have a favourite sport
7. the game was fun
8. do you like reading
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A sentence must make sense.
The verb must match the noun .
^ The dog eat his dinner.
The noun and the verb do not match.
The dog eats his dinner.
The noun and the verb do match.
Getting started
Choose a verb from the box to complete each sentence,
roars bark hiss moo trumpets neigh
1 . Cows
2. Dogs
3. Horses
4. A lion _
5. Snakes
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Now try these
In each sentence the underlined verb is wrong.
Write each sentence correctly.
1 . The bell are ringing.
2. There are an apple in
my bag.
3. Every day I walks
to school.
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5. Aeroplanes lands on
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6. I draws with a pencil.
7. Birds is singing in
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8. The children is running.
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Match the beginning and ending of each sentence.
Write the complete sentences.
Remember to punctuate each sentence correctly.
1. a rocket is
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2. the monster get out of bed
3. in the morning i made of metal
4. my cat ride a bike
5. i can scares me
6. i need chases birds
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Often the second part of a sentence tells us more about
the first part.
Tom is going to play football
when he gets home from school.
The word when tells us the time Tom is going to play football.
Jacob can't go and play football
because he has to tidy his room.
The word because tells us the reason Jacob can’t play football.
Getting started
Join these sentences with when or because.
The first one has been done to help you.
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1 I went to the shop Mum needed some milk.
I went to the shop because Mum needed some milk.
2. Tom put on his coat he was cold.
3. The teacher asked for quiet the lesson started.
4. Megan knocked on Nina’s door she was ready.
5. Ali practised hard he wanted to pass his piano exam.
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I . Copy these sentences.
Underline the part of the sentence that Wf; <
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tells us the time something is happening.
The first one has been done to help you.
a) The window was shut before it started to rain.
b) The road was busy after the accident.
c) Ben ate some chocolate before he got home from school .
d) The road was blocked when the river flooded.
2. Copy these sentences.
Underline the part of the sentence that
tells us the reason something is happening.
a) The mouse ran under the chair
as it tried to get away from the cat.
b) Meg fell off her bike because she hit the kerb.
c) Sam had to buy a new ruler as he had broken the old one.
d) Mum bought a big cake because she was hungry.
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Write an ending for each sentence.
Remember to punctuate each sentence correctly.
1 . lily loves pizza because . . .
2. nadeem got out of bed when . .. © ©
3. my dog saw a cat in the garden when ...
4. rosie ran to the shop because . ..
5. the postman walked up the road because . . .
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A comma tells you to pause .
Commas are used to separate things in a list.
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Copy these lists. Put in the missing commas.
1. penguins emus ostriches lions elephants
2. red blue orange yellow green
3. cat dog rabbits mice hamsters
4. curry spaghetti sausages pizza hamburgers
5. guitar drums trumpet piano flute
Now try these
1 . Write some lists. Each list needs five things.
a) things you like to eat
b) things you can buy at a supermarket
c) the names of some friends
d) favourite toys
2. Write a list of the things that belong to each person.
One has been done to help you.
A gardener needs a fork, a spade, gloves and a lawn mower ,
a) A farmer needs
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b) A diver needs
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flippers a wet suit a snorkel
Practise your punctuation •3
Copy these sentences.
Put in the missing punctuation marks and capital letters.
1 . carl has some sandwiches a yoghurt biscuits and an apple
2. grace could see cars lorries buses and a bicycle
3. the first months of the year are january february march and april
4. my birthday presents were a ball books games and a watch
Verbs
(past tense)
Sometimes verbs are written in the past tense .
They tell us what happened some time ago.
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Last week Sita visited a museum.
The verb is in the past tense .
It happened some time ago .
Getting started
Copy these sentences.
Choose the correct verb from the box to fill each gap.
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1 . On Monday Sita to school with Ben.
2. She a packed lunch with her.
3. The class on a trip.
4. The children to the museum on a coach.
5. They lots of interesting things.
6. Afterwards, Sita very tired.
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Copy this story.
Think of a verb to fill each gap.
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Yesterday Hari and Lucy for a walk in the woods.
They a noise. They up and
a squirrel in a tree. Nearby some rabbits playing on
the grass. The birds loudly all around them.
In the afternoon, Hari and Lucy a picnic. On the way
home, they saw an owl. It down to catch a mouse.
Practise your punctuation .
In these sentences the underlined verbs are wrong.
Write the sentences using the correct verbs.
Put in the missing punctuation marks and capital letters.
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1 on monday i runned in a race
2. yesterday tom done four pages of writing
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3 wesley catched the ball easily
4. last night everyone go to bed early
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5 when the man ringed the bell, the dog barked loudly
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6 after emma finish her tea she played in the garden
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We can write nouns in the singular or the plural .
Singular means just one .
Plural means more than one .
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singular noun plural noun
We just add s to the end of many singular nouns
to change them into plural nouns.
Getting started
Copy these words. Then write the plural of each word.
The first one has been done to help you.
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1 bucket • buckets
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2 bird
3. towel
4. hat
5. apple c
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Now try these
1 . Write the singular of each of these plural words.
a) socks
b) jumpers
c) t- shirts
d) skirts
e) coats
2. Copy these sentences.
Add a plural noun from the box to fill each gap.
dogs ducks books balloons crisps
a) The on the pond enjoyed the bread.
b) The children ate their _.
c) Flo’s floated up into the sky .
d) Mr Kelly walked his .
e) Dean found a pile of .
Practise your punctuation .
1 . Write these sentences correctly.
Put in the missing punctuation marks.
a) the farmer opened the gate to let the cows out
b) jamie forgot his flippers
c) tilly has the longest legs
d) the boys lost three balls
2. Now underline each plural word.
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We ask questions for lots of reasons.
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Whenever you write a sentence that is a question you must put:
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•a question mark at the end.
Getting started
Copy these lists next to each other.
Match each question to the correct answer .
The first one has been done to help you.
Questions Answers
1 . What colour is the sun? I like orange juice best.
2. When is your birthday? My birthday is in June.
3. Where is London? It is my birthday.
4. What is your favourite drink? It is yellow.
5. Why are you so happy? London is in England.
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Make these sentences into questions.
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The first one has been done to help you.
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That plane Is that
is safe. plane safe?
1 . That plane is safe. Is that plane safe?
2. The pencil is blunt. 3. Someone is at the door.
4. Tom’s birthday was in March. 5. Paris is in France.
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6 The cat was stuck up .
7 It will be time for
the tree. lunch soon.
Practise your punctuation •,
1 . Copy these sentences. Punctuate them correctly.
a) the racing car was red
b) edinburgh is in Scotland
c) in the morning the dragon came back
d) the meal cost five pounds
e) mrs martin looked out of the window
2. Now write a question to match each answer.
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I Punctuate these sentences correctly .
a) crocodiles like to sleep in the sun
b) does a giraffe have a long neck r
c) how many legs has an octopus
d) parrots are colourful birds
e) a lion can run fast
2. These stepping stones have nouns and verbs on them.
Write all the nouns in a list.
Then write all the verbs in a list.
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3. Write this list of nouns.
Put in capital letters where they are needed.
a) april b) girl c) apple d) june e) david
f ) Wednesday g) garden h) river i) friday j) forest
k) november I) boy m) monday n) bird o) jessica
4. Join each pair of sentences to make one sentence.
a) Sharks have sharp teeth.
They live in the sea.
b) You write with a pencil.
You paint with a brush.
c) We played outside.
It started raining.
d) The children shouted. They ran around the playground.
5. Put these words in the correct order to make sentences.
Punctuate the sentences correctly.
a) black are some cats
b) in fly aeroplanes sky the
c) swim can in sea you day on the sunny a
d) for we Spain holiday went to our
6. Copy these sentences.
Underline the part of the sentence that tells us
the time or the reason something is happening.
a) We went to the beach after school.
b) Nina went to Katie’s house as she wanted to surprise her.
c) Dad put the box down because he hurt his back.
d) Ben finished his story before he had lunch.
e) The boys ate sweets when they were talking.
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7. Copy only the singular nouns from the box .
hens hat car rabbits lamb
pens frog schools ruler cats beads
kite tree ponds sharks window
8. The underlined verbs are wrong.
Write each sentence again correctly.
a) A kangaroo hop but snakes slide .
b) Where is you going?
c) Every day I wakes up early.
d) The gardener are digging up the weeds.
9. Copy these sentences. &
Fill each gap with a verb.
a) Yesterday I in the sea.
b) Last week the greedy boy twelve bananas.
c) Last night the wind down a tree.
d) It on the way home.
10. Punctuate these sentences correctly.
a) my favourite colours are red blue green and yellow
b) is art maths spelling or science your favourite lesson
c) i will bring a bat ball swimming trunks and a towel
d) amber’s birthday is on monday tuesday or Wednesday
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Punctuation PRIMARY
Introductory Pupil Book
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Punctuation Pupil Book will help you to use
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from your negatives, your adjectives from your adverbs,
to develop and improve your writing and speaking skills.
Grasp the key points with the help of fantastic illustrations.
Get plenty of practice with lots of challenging activities
to help you through each unit .
Put your punctuation skills to the test with a writing
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