Daily Language Review Day 1
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Grammar & DLR Unit 3 Name _________________________________ # ______ 1 The Marble Champ Grammar Day 1 TG. 273M Introduce Action Verbs Action Verbs An action verb is a word that expresses action. It tells what the subject does or did. A direct object is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb. It answers the question what? Or whom? after the verb. Underline the action verb. Circle the direct object. The coach congratulated us with a big grin. We ran to the store. Our class likes to play in the snow. Write a sentence of your own and underline the action verb and circle the direct object. _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Daily Language Review Day 1 Add a noun that receives the action. 1. Lupe found some _________________________. 2. She squeezed an _________________________. 3. She exercised her ______________________. 2 The Marble Champ Grammar Day 2 TG. 273M Review Direct Objects The noun or pronoun that follows a verb is called the direct object of the verb. Write two sentences with examples of with direct objects. Underline the verb. Circle the direct object and draw an arrow from the direct object to the verb. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ List Action Verbs Direct Objects _______________ ________________ _______________ ________________ _______________ ________________ _______________ ________________ _______________ ________________ Daily Language Review Day 2 Add a noun that receives the action.(Direct Object) 1. Lupe kicked the __________________________. 2. She scored a ____________________________. 3. She helped the other ______________________. 3 The Marble Champ Grammar Day 3 TG. 273N Underline the action verb. Circle the direct object. Lupe blew her nose and studied the angles. Learn from Literature Read p. 267 of The Marble Champ and list the action verbs and their direct objects on this page. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Daily Language Review Day 3 Add a noun that receives the action. 1. Lupe’s father encouraged ___________________. 2. They ate _________________________________. 3. Lupe invited ______________________________. The Marble Champ Grammar Day 4 TG. 273N Review Action Verbs List from the Daily Language Review: Subjects Verbs Direct Objects _______________ ________________ ___________________ _______________ ________________ ___________________ _______________ ________________ ___________________ 4 Mechanics and Usage: Commas in a Series A comma tells the reader to pause between the words it separates. Use commas to separate three or more words in a series. Do not use a comma after the last word in a series. Example: She knelt, aimed, and shot the marble. My example: _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Daily Language Review Day 4 Add a noun that receives the action. 1. Lupe beat her first __________________________. 2. Lupe blasted two ___________________ out of the circle. 3. Her opponent stamped her ___________________. The Marble Champ Grammar Day 5 TG. 273N Daily Language Review Day 5 1. The referee stopped the _________________________. 2. A gust of wind blew _______________________ in her eyes. 3. She hugged her ________________________________. 5 Grammar - The Paper Dragon – Day # 1 Verb Tense A verb in the present tense tells what happens now. In the present tense, you must have subject-verb agreement. Add –s to most verbs if the subject is singular. DO not add –s when the subject is I, you, or plural. Circle the subject and the verb in the Daily Language Review Subject Verb __________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Daily Language Review Day 1 Correct the sentences. 1. The author always tell good tales. 2. Mi Fei paint every day. 3. The paintings looks good all the time Grammar - The Paper Dragon – Day # 2 Verb Tense A verb in the past tense tells about an action that already happened. Add –ed to most verbs to show past tense. A verb in the future tense tells about an action that is going to happen. To write about the future, use the special verb will. 6 Label each sentence in your Daily Language Review present, past, or future tense. Present Past Future ______________ ________________ __________________ ______________ ________________ __________________ ______________ ________________ __________________ ______________ ________________ __________________ Daily Language Review Day 2 Correct the sentences. 1.The men wanted help now. 2. Mi Fei help them tomorrow. 3. He walks outside yesterday. Grammar - The Paper Dragon – Day # 3 Learn Form Literature Highlight the past-tense verbs. In morning’s orange glow, he again unrolled his scrolls, one after another. Mi Fei stared at one, a hero’s rescue of a beautiful princess lost in the hot desert, then nodded. Read pages 294 and 295 of The Paper Dragon and list past tense verbs ending in -ed along with their subjects. Subjects ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Past Tense Verb _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ 7 Daily Language Review Day 3 Correct the sentences. 1. Long ago a dragon appear. 2. Today it climb up the mountain. 3. Mi Fei face the dragon later. Grammar The Paper Dragon – Day # 4 Mechanics and Usage: Spelling Changes If a verb end is s,ch,sh,x,or z, add –es in the present with a singular subject. If a verb ends with a consonant and y, change y to I before adding –es or – ed. If a verb ends with e, drop the e before adding -ed. If a verb ends with one vowel and one consonant, double the consonant before adding –ed. Present Tense Past Tense Future Tense _________________ _________________ _____________________ _________________ _________________ _____________________ _________________ _________________ ______________________ _________________ _________________ ______________________ _________________ _________________ ______________________ Daily Language Review Day 4 Correct the sentences. 1. A boy watched as he paints. 2. Last night, Mi Fei will beg the dragon to return to sleep. 3. The dragon carried him away before sunrise tomorrow. 8 Grammar The Paper Dragon – Day # 5 Daily Language Review Day 5 Correct the sentences. 1. Mi Fei solved the task next week. 2. Last night, the dragon laughs. 3. The artist always try to help. Grandma Essie’s Wagon Grandma Essie’s Covered Wagon – Grammar Day # 1 Introduce Main and helping Verbs: Main and Helping Verbs The main verb in a sentence shows what the subject does or is. A helping verb helps the main verb show an action or make a statement. Have, has, and had are helping verbs. ( Has is used with a singular subject, while have is used with a plural subject, I, or you.) My mother has helped me with many things. Examples: Underline the main verb. Circle the helping verb. Daily Language Review Day 1 Fill in the correct helping verb. 1. Papa ___________________ decided to go west. 2. Last night, Mama __________________ wished for good weather. 3. We ____________________finished loading the wagon. 9 Grandma Essie’s Covered Wagon Grammar Day 2 TG. 339M Introduce Helping Verbs Helping Verbs Is, are, am, was, and were can be helping verbs. Will, shall, can and could are helping verbs. Use is and was with a singular subject. Use are or were with a plural subject or you. Use am or was with I. Write a sentence for each of the helping verbs to be with the verb talking. Singular subject helping verbs (is, was) Plural subject helping verbs or you (are, were and I (am, was.) Singular and plural helping verbs ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Write a sentence using the helping verbs is, were, will, can, and could. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Daily Language Review Day 2 Fill in the correct helping verb. 1. They _________________playing in the house. 2. We ___________________ travel in the wagon for days. 3. Mama _________________ made curtains for the house. 10 Grandma Essie’s Covered Wagon Grammar Day 3 TG. 339N She’d made rag dolls with button eyes and long yarn braids for us girls, and Papa had carved Kenneth a toy horse and made Jack a wagon. She’d =___________ Rewrite the following paragraph in present tense by changing the helping verbs had and was to has and is. Christmas eve Papa went out and chopped down a small tree with bare branches. __________________________________________________________________ Mama had cut pictures out of the Sears- and Roebuck catalog, and we hung them ___________________________________________________________________ all over till the tree looked alive. She’d made rag dolls with button eyes and long ___________________________________________________________________ yarn braids for us girls, and Papa had carved Kenneth a toy horse and made Jack a ____________________________________________________________________ wagon. After all the popcorn was popped and eaten all our cranberries strung, we ____________________________________________________________________ sang “Away in a Manger.” _____________________ Daily Language Review Day 3 Fill in the correct helping verb. 1. The horse __________________ being wild again. 2. I ______________ help scrub the walls now. 3. The wind _________________ blown hard the past two weeks. 11 Grandma Essie’s Covered Wagon Grammar Day 4 TG. 339N Mechanics and Usage Contractions & Helping Verbs Contractions A contraction is a shortened form of two words. A contraction can be made by combining a verb with the word not. An apostrophe (‘) shows the letter o has been left out. is not ______________________________ were not _______________________________ are not _____________________________ has not ________________________________ was not _____________________________ have not ________________________________ had not _____________________________ will not _________________________________ cannot ______________________________ could not ________________________________ Daily Language Review Day 4 Fill in the correct helping verb and make corrections as needed. 1. the horse _____________covered with flowers 2. You _____________yell if you see a tornado 3. i _____________ dancing to pleas the baby Daily Language Review Day 5 Fill in the correct helping verb and make corrections as needed. 1. he _______________auctioned off the animals already 2. we ______________ bumping down the road again 3. stella ______________ sing for us 12 Going Back Home Going Back Home Grammar Day 1 TG. 371M Introduce Linking Verbs Linking Verbs A linking verb does not show action. It connects the subject to the rest of the sentence. Common linking verbs are am, is, are, was, were, will be, seem, appear, look, taste, feel. Write a sentence using the linking verb am. _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Daily Language Review 1 Correct the sentences. 1. stories is interesting? 2. michelle are an artist 3. i were the little girl in the picture Going Back Home Grammar Day 2 TG. 371M More About Linking Verbs Linking Verbs A linking verb links the subject of a sentence to a noun or an adjective in the predicate. The noun or adjective that follows the linking verb names or describes the subject. Write a sentence using the linking verb is. Circle the noun or adjective that follows the linking verb is. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Daily Language Review 2 13 Correct the sentences. 1. you is the reader of this story 2. they was tired 3. the pictures looks beautiful Going Back Home Grammar Day 3 TG. 371N Learn from the Literature Underline the linking verb, circle the subject and put a rectangle around the adjective or noun that follows each linking verb in the sentences below. Water was important too. It was the source of life-for my family, for their livestock, for the crops. Read the passage below. Underline the linking verbs. Circle the subject and the noun or adjective that the linking verb connects in each one. I was fascinated by my family’s stories. I was the curious one who would listen to the grownups’ tales. As I grew older I tried to piece together my family’s history from the scraps of memories they would share with me. When you look at my art, you will see that I often create quilt-like backgrounds. This is my way of showing how pieces of life can fit together. Because I am an artist, I express my thoughts and feelings visually, through pictures. This picture, “The Family Way,” represents family love and togetherness. When I set out to trace my family tree, my family supported me in every way.Going Daily Language Review 3 Correct the sentences. 1. your aunt seem old and weary 2. they were farmers next year 3. her family appear strong 14 Back Home Grammar Day 4 TG. 371N Mechanics & Usage Abbreviations An abbreviation is the shortened form of a word. Some abbreviations begin with a capital letter and end with a period. We often abbreviate titles before people’s names and the days of the week. You can also abbreviate many of the names of the months. Examples: Monday _________________________ Tuesday __________________________ Wednesday ______________________ Thursday _________________________ Friday ___________________________ Saturday __________________________ Sunday ___________________________ January ___________________________ February _________________________ March _____________________________ April ____________________________ May _______________________________ June _____________________________ July _______________________________ August ___________________________ September _________________________ October ___________________________ November __________________________ December _________________________ Mister ______________________________ Misses _____________________________ Miss _______________________________ Doctor _____________________________ Others: Correct the sentences. Daily Language Review 4 1. the treats tastes delicious 2. the dress are new 3. he were a preacher 15 Daily Language Review 5 Correct the sentences. 1. we feels safe 2. they am cowboys 3. i are proud A Mountain of a Monument A Mountain of a Monument Grammar Day 1 TG. 381M Introduce Irregular Verbs Irregular Verbs An irregular verb is a verb that does not add –ed to form the past tense. Examples: PRESENT TENSE PAST TENSE write ___________________________ drive ___________________________ ride ____________________________ take ____________________________ fly draw ___________________________ ___________________________ swim ___________________________ throw ___________________________ speak ____________________________ choose ___________________________ drink ___________________________ know ____________________________ wear ____________________________ teach ____________________________ 16 Correct the sentences. Daily Language Review Day 1 1. the Indian chief rided a big horse 2. he fighted for the rights of his people 3. standing bear writed to an artist about making a statue A Mountain of a Monument Grammar Day 2 TG. 381M Review Irregular Verbs List five irregular verbs. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Introduce Special Spellings Irregular Verbs Some irregular verbs have special spellings when used with the helping verbs have, has, or had. Present Tense Past Tense Past Tense with Have, Has, or Had (Past Participle) begin began __________________begun eat ate __________________eaten grow grew __________________grown write wrote __________________written drive drove __________________driven ride rode __________________ridden take took __________________taken fly flew __________________flown 17 draw drew __________________drawn swim swam ___________________swum throw threw ___________________thrown speak spoke ___________________spoken choose chose ____________________chosen drink drank ____________________drunk know knew ____________________known wear wore _____________________worn teach taught _____________________taught Write the verb swim with have, has, or had. ____________________________________________________________________ Correct the sentences. Daily Language Review Day 2 1. they choosed a site for the statue 2. work on the statue has began 3. the artist had drew an outline A Mountain of a Monument Grammar 3 TG. 381N Learn From Literature Identify /underline the past tense verb. Standing Bear wrote, “My fellow chiefs and I would like the white man to know the red man had great heroes, too.” Read the boxed text on p. 377, “Who Was Crazy Horse.” List the past tense verbs. Past Tense Verbs 18 Correct the sentences. Daily Language Review Day 3 1. people had drove to the mountain to tour the museum 2. the sended soldiers 3. we have knew what the statue will look like for years A Mountain of a Monument Grammar Day 4 TG. 381N Review Irregular Verbs: Mechanics & Usage Using Commas Use a comma to set off a person’s name when the person is spoken to directly. Use commas after introductory words such as yes, no, and well. Examples: _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ Correct the sentences. Daily Language Review Day 4 1. it has took many years to carve the face of crazy horse 2. he had rode his horse into battle 3. the statue drawed many visitor Correct the sentences. Daily Language Review Day 5 crazy horse teached us many things 2. i have flew over the statue in an airplane 3. the statue has grew every year 19 A Mountain of a Monument Grammar Day 5 TG. 381N Reteach Present, Past and Past Participle Forms of Verbs Use the word swim and write a simple sentence using the present, past and past participle form of the verb swim. Present:________________________________________________________________________________ Past:___________________________________________________________________________________ Past Participle: __________________________________________________________________________ My List of Regular and Irregular Verbs: Present Correct the sentences. Past Past Participle Daily Language Review Day 5 1. crazy horse teached us many things 2. i have flew over the statue in an airplane 3. the statue had grew every year 20
