Year 1 Grammar: Make Words and Sentences Work
Key Stage 1 • Ages 5–7 • Intermediate
Instructions: Read each item carefully and write your answers in the boxes. Check that your words and sentences make sense when you read them aloud. Remember to use and to join ideas, -s or -es to make some nouns plural, and un- to make some words mean the opposite.
Join Ideas with and
Join each pair of ideas to make one sentence. Write and in the box. Read the whole sentence aloud to check that it makes sense.
1. Ben has a kite. Ben has a ball. Ben has a kite a ball.
2. The dog ran. The dog jumped. The dog ran jumped.
3. I can sing. I can dance. I can sing dance.
4. Mum made soup. Mum made bread. Mum made soup bread.
5. The sun came out. The clouds went away. The sun came out the clouds went away.
Make Nouns Plural with -s or -es
Write the plural form of each noun in the box. Most nouns take -s. Nouns ending in s, x, ch or sh often take -es.
1. one cat, two ___
2. one bus, two ___
3. one fox, two ___
4. one dish, two ___
5. one book, two ___
6. one lunch, two ___
Add the Prefix un-
Add un- to the word in each sentence. The new word means the opposite. Write the whole new word in the box.
1. The box is not shut. It is ___ .
2. The knot is not tied. It is ___ .
3. The glass is not full. It is ___ .
4. The answer is not right. It is ___ .
5. The toy is not safe. It is ___ .
Choose the Sentence That Makes Sense
Read both choices in each question. Write the letter of the sentence that makes sense in the box. Look for words that fit together in meaning.
1. A. The fish swims in the water. B. The fish reads a shoe.
2. A. I put my hat on my head. B. I put my hat in the sky.
3. A. The baby drinks a book. B. The baby drinks milk.
4. A. We sit on a chair. B. We sit on a sandwich.
5. A. The bird flies in the sky. B. The bird flies under a pencil.
Fix the Sentence
One word in each sentence does not make sense. Choose a better word and write it in the box. Read the corrected sentence aloud.
1. I brush my teeth with a ___ . (Choose: toothbrush / sock)
2. A bird can ___ in the sky. (Choose: fly / swim)
3. We eat soup with a ___ . (Choose: spoon / shoe)
4. I wear boots on my ___ . (Choose: feet / hands)
5. The cat drinks ___ from its bowl. (Choose: milk / sand)
Activity 1: and ; and ; and ; and ; and
Activity 2: cats ; buses ; foxes ; dishes ; books ; lunches
Activity 3: unshut ; untied ; unfull ; unright ; unsafe
Activity 4: A ; A ; B ; A ; A
Activity 5: toothbrush ; fly ; spoon ; feet ; milk
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