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Authors Juan J. Rodríguez González, Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University Curriculum & Instruction and Language & Literacy Catherine A. Toro Full Professor of English University of Puerto Rico - Bayamón Linguistic and Technical Revision Catherine A. Toro

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Table of Contents

Unit 1 The Sentence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Unit 2 Nouns, Pronouns and Articles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Unit 3 Present Tense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Unit 4 Past Tense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Unit 5 BE, HAVE and DO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Unit 6 Present Continuous Tense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Unit 7 Adjectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Unit 8 Prepositions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Unit 9 Adverbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Unit 10 Punctuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Unit

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Unit 1: The Sentence

The Sentence A Sentence has a Subject and Predicate In some books the predicate is referred to as the verb.

A verb shows action or state of being.

Examples: The boy ran.

The boy is here.

The subject tells who or what about the verb.

Examples: The boy ran.

The boy is here.

★★ Let’s Practice A. Underline the subject once and the predicate twice.

Example: Carla drinks cold milk.

1. Julia helps her mother.

2. Milly bakes cookies every week.

3. I want a kite for my birthday.

4. Anabel has a new doll.

5. He plays baseball.

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Examples: he went to the park.

He went to the park. she drank chocolate milk She drank chocolate milk. bob is a good boy Bob is a good boy.

1. rina cleaned the house _______________________________________________________________________ 2. sally plays checkers _______________________________________________________________________ 3. Jorge walks on the sand _______________________________________________________________________ 4. luis is here now. _______________________________________________________________________ 5. christian has a blue shirt _______________________________________________________________________

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Unit 1: The Sentence

B. What is wrong with these sentences? Can you fix them? Rewrite the sentences in the spaces provided. Follow the examples.

Unit 1: The Sentence

C. Find the subject and the verb in the following sentences. Underline the subject once and the verb twice.

Example: Carla eats fruit everyday.

S

V

1. Ben gives me the book!

2. John calls me at night.

3. Fela takes the dog for a walk.

4. Daniel closes the door.

5. Pedro swims in the swimming pool.

D. Fix the sentences.

1.

I have a black fish i have an orange fish.

I have a black fish and an orange fish

2.

this is Tween tween is a little bird.

Tween likes to sing

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Unit 1: The Sentence

3.

Max is a big cat Max is fat. max is a big fat cat

E. Draw a circle around the words with a capital letter. cat

Ana

doll

Juan

Marta

ball

tree

milk

apple

Max

bird

Julia

book

Tom

Jill

F. Copy the words with capital letters in the spaces provided.

1. ________________________ 2. ________________________ 3. ________________________ 4. ________________________ 5. ________________________ 6. ________________________ 7. ________________________

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G. Cut out a picture of a dog from a magzine. Glue the picture in the space below. Write a sentence about the picture. Underline the Subject and the Predicate.

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Unit 1: The Sentence

Punctuation This is a question mark: ?

Put a question mark at the end of a sentence that asks a question.

What is your name ?

Where do you live ?

How old are you ?

★★ Let’s Practice A. Listen to your teacher read the sentences. If the sentences tell something, put a period at the end. If the sentences ask a question, put a question mark at the end.

1. Bob is a little boy __

6. Where is the pencil __

2. What time is it __

7. Carla has a puppy __

3. Who is the doctor __

8. How are you today __

4. Carlos is absent __

9. Ana is eating __

5. When is Mirta coming __

10. Luca has a top __

B. Look at the picture and select the correct sentence or question. Draw a circle around it.

1.

Anibal is jumping anibal is jumping.

Anibal is jumping.

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What is Sandra doing What is Sandra doing? what is Sandra doing?

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What is that? what is that what is that?

4.

Lisa likes ice cream.

Lisa likes ice cream lisa likes ice cream.

C. Subjects and Predicates. Underline the subject once and underline the predicate twice in the following sentences.

Example: Dennis has a new puppy.

1. Ana has brown eyes.

2. We like to play outside.

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Unit 1: The Sentence

3. Carlos has a cold.

4. Flowers are beautiful.

5. Sandra and Marie ride their bikes in the park.

Let’s Review What is a sentence?

Do you remember the definition of a sentence?

Write your answer in the space provided below. _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________

★★ Let’s Practice A. Read the following sentences.

Circle Yes if the sentence is complete.

Circle No if the sentences is not complete.

Example: Karla has a little kitten.

Yes

No

1. The apple is red.

Yes

No

2. Maria a new toy.

Yes

3. My dog is in the park.

Yes

No

4. Yellow pineapple delicious.

Yes

No

Yes

No

5. Carlos has an orange fish.

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B. Are they sentences? Read the following. Only circle the group of words if it tells you a complete thought.

Example: Mayra bought an ice cream cone.

1. They inside the classroom.

2. We went to the museum.

3. Clown at the party 4. Daniel likes to play basketball.

5. Julia is my sister.

6. Cheese pizza delicious.

7. A frog in the pond.

8. My grandmother is happy.

9. Carlos and Juan friends.

10. My dog likes to run outside.

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Unit

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Nouns, Pronouns and Articles

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Unit 2: Nouns, Pronouns and Articles

Nouns A noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing.

Example:boy, house, book. Nouns often follow words like a, an, and the.

Nouns are classified as proper and common. Proper nouns name a special person, place or thing and begin with capital letters. All other nouns begin with small letters and are common nouns.

Common Nouns

ball

Proper Nouns

house

Janet

Puerto Rico

Common Nouns

Proper Nouns

city

Arecibo

boy

Christian

ship

La Pinta

Examples of common nouns include: city, boy and ship. These could be changed into proper noun forms by naming specifics: Arecibo, Christian and La Pinta.

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Look at the pictures and read the words. If it is a Common Noun draw an X on the C, if it is a Proper Noun draw an X on the P.

a dog

C

Mrs. Soto

P

C

The Statue of Liberty

C

P

Juan

P

C

an apple

C

books

P

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P

C

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★★ Let’s Practice

Unit 2: Nouns, Pronouns and Articles

Singular and Plural Nouns Singular (one)

Plural (more than one)

a pencil

pencils

a kitten

kittens

a chair

chairs

an orange

oranges

a car

cars

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A. Draw a circle around the word that represents the picture. Is it singular or plural?

boy boys

book books

pen pens

kite kites

flower flowers

tree trees

apple apples

banana bananas

chick chicks

kitten kittens

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t-shirt

t-shirts

duck ducks

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★★ Let’s Practice

Unit 2: Nouns, Pronouns and Articles

B. Use the nouns below to complete the sentences.

moon

dog

rope

1. Carmen can jump ____________________.

2. Tonight we can see part of the ____________________.

3. My ____________________ likes to play ball.

ball

Ana

table

4. The book is on the ____________________.

5. ____________________ ate a cookie and drank a glass of milk.

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A pronoun is a word that substitutes a noun or a group of words used as a noun.

Subject pronouns function as the subject of a sentence. They are one of the easiest pronouns to identify in a sentence. These are the subject pronouns we use in English

Subject Pronoun I

You I it

You He She

They She

It

We

We You They

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Pronouns

Unit 2: Nouns, Pronouns and Articles

Listen to your teacher read the sentences. Repeat them after your teacher.

• Miguel went to the park.

• He went to the park.

• Nilda ate a hamburger.

• She ate a hamburger.

• The boys are playing tennis.

• They are playing tennis.

• Luis and Miguel are playing ball.

• They are playing ball.

• Luis, Sara and Cari are playing.

• They are playing.

• The dog is pretty.

• It is pretty.

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Look at the pictures and write the correct pronoun on the lines provided. he she it they

_________________

_________________

_________________

_________________

_________________

_________________

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★★ Let’s Practice

Unit 2: Nouns, Pronouns and Articles

Articles Use a or an Can you figure out when to use a or an? Write your answer in the blanks provided.

_____ cat

_____ house

_____ apple

_____ dog

_____ doll

_____ car

_____ ice cream cone

_____ book

_____ ant

Use a when the following word begins with a consonant.

Use an when the following word begins with a vowel. Š Editorial Panamericana, Inc.

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