September 8: Sentence Practice

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Sentence Practice

 

Directions: Read each group of words. Decide if the words are a sentence. If they are, write “YES” on the line and add a period to the sentence. If they are not, write “NO” on the line. Rewrite these so they are a sentence. Make sure you add a period to each new sentence.

 

1.         My favorite time of the day

 

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2.         The best dog a kid could have

 

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3.         We loved the movie

 

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4.         Most kids went home early

 

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5.         Do not ask me again

 

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6.         The bottom step is broken

 

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7.         I listened to the music

 

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8.         It is cold

 

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9.         When we find the key

 

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10.       Most kids liked

 

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EXTRA TIME? Try this: Use one of the complete sentences above to write a story. Make sure your story contains full sentences.

 

Answers and possible complete sentences: 1. NO, Morning is my favorite time of the day. 2. NO, Spot is the best dog a kid could have. 3. YES, 4. YES, 5. YES, 6. YES, 7. YES, 8. YES, 9. NO, We can leave when we find the key. 10. NO, Most kids liked the game.

Sample Morning Work #MWS3

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Verb Tense Practice 

Directions: The passage below tells about something that is happening right now. It is written in the present tense. Rewrite the passage and change the verbs to the past tense to show that this story happened yesterday. Make sure your new passage makes sense – you won’t have to change every verb.

 

                                        BIG DOG LOST

 I wait for Tommy at the bus stop. He walks up with tears in his eyes.

 “What’s the problem?” I ask him. I am not sure if I should pat him on the back or stay far back.

 “My dog,” he says.  “My dog is missing. Mom says I have to get on the bus. She will look for Sport before she goes to work.” Tommy is crying now. He is crying hard and his whole body is shaking. I pat him on the back. Two first graders are at the bus stop now and they are looking at us.

 “Are you talking about a big brown dog?” one of the little kids asks.  She moves her hands to show how big she means. “A big brown dog with a white spot on an ear?”

 Tommy looks up. “Yes,” he says. “That sounds like Sport.” Tommy is smiling now.

 “That dog is in our backyard right now,” the girl says. “My father thinks it belongs to someone on our street. It looks lost.”

 Tommy gets on the bus. The girl uses Tommy’s phone to call her father. It’s going to be a good day after all. 

 

EXTRA TIME? Try this: Write a paragraph telling how Tommy may have lost Sport in the first place.

 

[Answers: 24 errors]

 I waited for Tommy at the bus stop. He walked up with tears in his eyes.

 “What’s the problem?” I asked him. I was not sure if I should pat him on the back or stay far back. 

“My dog,” he said.  “My dog is missing. Mom says I have to get on the bus. She will look for Sport before she goes to work.” Tommy was crying now. He was crying hard and his whole body was shaking. I patted him on the back. Two first graders were at the bus stop now and they were looking at us.

“Are you talking about a big brown dog?” one of the little kids asked.  She moved her hands to show how big she meant. “A big brown dog with a white spot on an ear?”

 Tommy looked up. “Yes,” he said. “That sounds like Sport.” Tommy was smiling now.

 “That dog is in our backyard right now,” the girl said. “My father thinks it belongs to someone on our street. It looks lost.”

 Tommy got on the bus. The girl used Tommy’s phone to call her father. It was going to be a good day after all.