PRIMARY ONE TERM 1 WEEK 5

2018

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Common Nouns A noun is the name of a person, animal, place or thing. Let us

learn the different types of nouns.

Common nouns

Common nouns are words we use to name people,

things, places, plants and animals.

Common nouns of people:

student

teacher

doctor

friend

classmate neighbour

plumber

electrician maid

scientist

musician librarian

burglar

artist nurse

sister

uncle

cousin

policeman

cyclist

photographer

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Common nouns of fruits and vegetables, animals, places and objects.

Fruits and Vegetables

Animals Places Objects

apple

cat

bank

desk

pear

elephant

restaurant

table

cucumber

lion

library

water bottle

watermelon

whale

school

refrigerator

pineapple

owl

hotel

telephone

strawberry

peacock

beach

television

potato

crab

farm

bed

spinach

mosquito

shopping centre

pencil case

cabbage

cockroach

hospital

bicycle

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So you think you’re a grammar guru? Exercise 1: Circle the common nouns in the following sentences.

1. The boy is eating an ice-cream.

2. The girl is waiting for her grandmother at the bus

stop.

3. Please pass me the book and the pencil case.

4. The man is standing between the two ladies.

5. The porridge is too bland. Please add some salt.

6. The woman is wearing a red blouse and skirt.

7. May I be excused to the washroom?

8. Draw a straight line on this piece of paper.

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9. Look at the elephant! It has a long trunk.

10. Wash these cabbages and potatoes.

How did You do?

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So you think you’re a grammar genius?

Exercise 2: List down one noun for every category.

1. Begin each noun with the letter ‘p’.

Fruits and Vegetables

Animals Places Objects

2. Begin each noun with the letter ‘s’.

Fruits and Vegetables

Animals Places Objects

3. Begin each noun with the letter ‘o’.

Fruits and Vegetables

Animals Places Objects

4. Begin each noun with the letter ‘a’.

Fruits and Vegetables

Animals Places Objects

How did You do? __ / 16

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So you think you’re a grammar genius?

Exercise 3: Complete the word puzzle with some common

nouns. Look at the picture clues to help you.

1.

2.

3. 4. 5.

6.

7. 8.

9.

10.

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Vocabulary Cloze (not as simple as you might think!)

Exercise 4: Choose the most suitable word from the words below for each blank. Use each word only once.

Every 1.____________ , my family will have breakfast

together. We love breakfast time as it is the first

2.____________ of the day. My mother will prepare our

3.____________ food. My father loves eggs and bacon

strips. My sister likes toasted bread and eggs. As for me,

nothing can compare to my all-time favourite - cereal with milk.

I love the 4.____________ cereal especially when it is

topped with berries and strawberries. As for our

5.____________, my sister and I prefer fresh orange juice

while my father likes coffee. While we are having breakfast,

we will talk about the plans we have for the day ahead.

favourite crunchy meal beverages morning

How did You do? __ / 5

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Synthesis and Transformation

Exercise 5: Rewrite the given sentence(s) using the word(s) provided. Your answer must be in one sentence. The meaning of your sentence must be the same as the meaning of the given sentence(s). Example:

You can have tea. You can have coffee.

You can have tea or coffee.

1. You can have the pink pen. You can have the blue file.

________________________________________________ or

___________________________________________________.

2. Betsy can go to the zoo. Betsy can go the park.

________________________________________________ or

___________________________________________________.

3. She can study Literature. She can study Geography.

________________________________________________ or

___________________________________________________.

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Comprehension Cloze

Exercise 6: Read the following poem carefully. Fill in each

blank with the most suitable word by rearranging the letters

in the bracket.

Close your eyes and forget the 1.____________(arni)

Dream about the 2.____________ (uns) and heat

A sunny summer day

Dream of waves who sigh

so quiet on the 3.____________ (bcaeh)

The dream of happiness

is more than the dream

A dream about strawberries with cream on

Do not forget the 4. ____________ (rsoes) and violets

that smell so good

Running barefoot in the freshly cut 5. ____________ (garss)

By Ann-Lise Andresen

How did You do? __ / 5

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Grammar Cloze Optional Exercise 7: Read the passage carefully. Then circle the correct word for each bracket.

Once, a famine broke out in a country. Every day, the

children of the city [flock / flocked] at a rich man's house to

get loaves of bread.

As soon as the servants brought out the loaves, they

fought [among / between] themselves and struggled hard to

get them. One little girl did not fight. She waited patiently for

her turn and got the [smaller / smallest] loaf which was all

that was left.

One day, as usual, she brought home the smallest loaf.

When she cut it, she found two rupees [in / on] it. She went

back at once to return the money.

The rich man was pleased at [his / her] honesty. He

gave her not only those two rupees, but two more rupees as

a reward.

by Gayatri Roy