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.

Question 1
Which word tells how someone moves? Ana runs quickly.
- Ana
- quickly
- runs
Show answer
quickly
Hint: Quickly tells us how Ana runs.
Question 2
Which sentence is written correctly?
- my friend ravi lives here.
- My friend Ravi lives here.
- My friend ravi lives here.
Show answer
My friend Ravi lives here.
Hint: A sentence starts with a capital, and so does a person's name.
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.
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.
Question 5
Which word fits? Right now the dog ___ a bone.
- chewed
- chews
- will chew
Show answer
chews
Hint: Right now means it is happening now.
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.