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Grade 1 · English Language Arts · Unit 6 of 13

Word Jobs

Past, now, future and joining words

What your child practises

Telling past, present and future apart, spotting describing words and action words, and choosing joining words like and, but, or and because.

Ontario Curriculum expectation: B3.2 · verb tenses, describing words, and joining words in sentences

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which word tells how someone moves? Ana runs quickly.

    • Ana
    • quickly
    • runs
    Show answer

    quickly

    Hint: Quickly tells us how Ana runs.

  2. Question 2

    Which sentence is written correctly?

    • my friend ravi lives here.
    • My friend Ravi lives here.
    • My friend ravi lives here.
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    My friend Ravi lives here.

    Hint: A sentence starts with a capital, and so does a person's name.

  3. Question 3

    Which word tells about the past? walked, walk, will walk

    • will walk
    • walked
    • walk
    Show answer

    walked

    Hint: Past action words often end in -ed.

  4. Question 4

    Which joining word fits? I like cake, ___ I do not like pie.

    • and
    • but
    • because
    Show answer

    but

    Hint: But shows that two ideas are different.

  5. Question 5

    Which word fits? Right now the dog ___ a bone.

    • chewed
    • chews
    • will chew
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    chews

    Hint: Right now means it is happening now.

  6. Question 6

    Which word is an action word (verb)? The frog jumps.

    • frog
    • jumps
    • the
    Show answer

    jumps

    Hint: An action word tells what someone does.

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