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1st grade · English Language Arts · Unit 11 of 17

Word Jobs

Past, now, future and joining words

What your child practices

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

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 1.11(D) · past and present verbs and joining words

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. -ed often tells about the past: I jumped.
  2. “Will” tells about the future: I will read.
  3. Joining words like and, or and but link ideas.

Example: Which joining word fits? Do you want milk ___ juice? You pick one or the other. That word is “or”. Answer: or

Word Jobs in Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 11 of 17 in 1st grade English Language Arts, after Kinds of Sentences and before Sound Play.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Texas Education Agency (TEA)

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 sentence tells about right now?

    • I painted a picture.
    • I will paint a picture.
    • I paint a picture.

  2. Question 2

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

    • walk
    • walked
    • will walk

  3. Question 3

    Which word fits? Last night we ___ a movie.

    • will watch
    • watched
    • watch

  4. Question 4

    Which word tells about the future?

    • played
    • will play
    • plays

  5. Question 5

    Which joining word fits? I want a snack, ___ I am hungry.

    • but
    • or
    • because

  6. Question 6

    Which joining word fits? We stayed in ___ it was raining.

    • or
    • but
    • because

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