English Homework Activities - CBC

Grade 1
Exercise 1
Fill in the missing letters

1. M___rn___ng
2. Af___ern___ ___n
3. E__ e ___ing
4. N___gh___

Match the pictures with words

Fill the gaps with "am", "is" and "are"

5. I _______ six years old

6. This _______ a box
7. These _______ my fingers
8. The boys _______ playing with a ball
9. That baby _______ eating
10. the man _______ walking
11. My mother _______ cooking
12. We _______ playing with the baby

Write in small letters

13. FATHER ____________________

14. HOUSE ____________________
15. CHAIR ____________________
16. RULER ____________________
 17. TREE ____________________
18. TEACHER ____________________

My School
Exercise 2
Name these pictures

Write in plural

9. boy ______________
10. bed ______________
11. deer ______________
12. apple ______________
13. duster ______________
14. beak ______________
15. dog ______________
16. tree ______________

Write words that begin with these sounds

18. th ______________
19. b ______________
20. cl ______________
21. h ______________
22. s ______________

My Family
Exercise 3
Read the story below

My nam is John. I am a boy. My parents are Mr and Mrs James. They are so
loving. My grandparents are Mr and Mrs. Oteino. they are old but look young.
My brother is aAndrew. My sister is Linet.
 1. Mr James is John's F__th__r
2. Mrs Otieno is John's g_________________
3. Linet is John's _______________________
4. Mrs James is John's m_________________
5. Andrew is John's b____________________
6. ____________________ are my brother
7. ____________________ is my sister
8. ____________________ will show me your father
9. ____________________ are my family
10. This is Ann. ____________________ is my sister
11. ____________________ are going to see my parents.

Home
Exercise 4
Name these things found at home.

Draw the following

9. Knife 10. Spoon 11. bucket 12.Plate

Copy the words below three times

13. brown ____________________ ____________________

____________________
14. book ____________________ ____________________ _________________
___
15. basin ____________________ ____________________
____________________
 16. bag ____________________ ____________________
____________________
17. boat ____________________ ____________________
____________________

Time
Exercise 5
Fill in the gaps

1. ____________________ is the first day of the week

2. ____________________ is the last day of week
3. We raise the flag on F____________________ and on M____________________
4. We go to church on ____________________

Fill in the gaps with the correct words

5. My mother ____________________(go, goes) to the market

6. I ____________________(brush, brushes) my shoes.
7. Our teacher ____________________(marks, mark) the register.
8. We ____________________(plays, play) at break time.
9. The head teacher ____________________ (speaks, speak) at parade.
10. Mike ____________________ to school at 7 O'clock (go, goes)
11. We ____________________ story books in the library.(raed, reads)
12. I ____________________ lunch at 1 O'clock (eats, eat)

Weather and Environment

Exercise 6

Add-ing

Example walk- walking

4. eat ______________________
5. sleep __________________
6. cry __________________
7. go __________________
 8. plant __________________
9. play __________________
10. cook __________________
11. write __________________
12. run __________________
13. fly __________________

Add-ing to make correct sentences

14. The boy is __________________ in his book (write)

15. The baby is __________________(sleep)
16. The teacher is __________________(teach) grade one
17. We went __________________(swim) yesterday.
18. My mother was __________________(sweep) when I got home.

Hygiene
Exercise 7
Use the correct word from the box to fill in the gaps

fetched washed combed brushed cooked jumped

1. They __________________ water from the river

2. We __________________ our clothes
3. She __________________ our clothes
4. I __________________ my teeth
5. Susan __________________ the food
6. He __________________ over the fence
7. Find these words in the puzzle

8. He __________________(jump) over the rope yesterday

9. They __________________(move) the car from here
10. The doctor __________________(treat) her with medicine.

My Other Family
Exercise 8
Use the correct word to complete the sentences.

Mother nephew cousin uncle

grandfather

1. The brother of my mother is my __________________

2. The son of my sister is my __________________
3. The father of my mother is my __________________
4. The female parent is my __________________
5. The daughter of my uncle is my __________________

Safety

use in, on, and, under, between, to fill the gaps provided.

6. This is cup is __________________ the chair.

7. The dog is __________________ the table.

8. The milk is __________________ the glass

9. The boy is standing __________________ the tree.

10. The girl is standing __________________ the boys.

Community Leaders
Exercise 9
Fill in the gaps using "ee" and then read.

1. F __ __ t
2. Gr __ __ t
3. M __ __ t
4. Sl __ __p
5. Gr __ __ n

use "a" "an" or "the"

6. I have eaten ______________ apple

7. Point at ____________moon
 8. She gave me ____________ doll.
9. Colour ___________sky.
10. We saw ______________elephant at the park.
11. A cat eats _____________rat.
12. Do you have _____________ umbrella?
13. Did the hen lay _____________ egg?
14. They live in _____________ big house.
15. He draws with _____________ pencil.

Living Together.
Exercise 10
Fill in using its , mine my your, our, their, her, his
Example: This is Jen. this is her book.

1. This is Berry. This is _________ puppy.

2. This is John and me. This is _____________ house.
3. Thei is Peter and Wendy. This is _____________ flower.
4. This is me. This is _____________ desk.
5. This is you. This is _____________ cup.
6. This is a kitten. This is _____________ toy.

Fill in the gaps

7. I have _____________ fingers in _____________ hand.

8. Our classroom has _____________ windows.
9. My toy car is colour _____________.
10. My sweater is _____________ in colour.
11. A book looks like a _____________(circle, rectangle)
12. A ball is _____________(square, round)
13. A __ ___ eats grass.
14. Keep your ___ ___ir clean.

Technology
Exercise 11
Fill in the blanks using where, who or what

1. _____________ is your home?

2. _____________ is your friend?
3. _____________ are you doing?
4. _____________ took my pen?
5. _____________ lost his pen?
6. _____________ does a doctor do?
7. _____________ lost his sweater?
8. _____________ did you keep the spoon?
 9. _____________ is the colour of your dress?
10. _____________ do you go after school?

Count and write the numbers.

Literacy
Exercise 12
Name these pictures

Match the greeting with the correct time.

9. Good morning midday

10. Good evening night
11. Good afternoon morning
12. Good night evening.

Exercise 13
Circle the correct answer

1. She ate some __________________(rake, cake, make)

2. The ________________ ate bananas (monkey, mocky, money)
3. I ate cake in a ________________(mate, fate, plate)
4. We can play a ________________(name, game, some)
5. What is your ________________?(fame, tame, name)
6. I am ________________ for the race(late, mate, gate)
7. I see a fake ________________(make, take, snake)
8. We saw inside a ________________(save, cave, gave)
 Use the words in the box to complete sentences

is are am

9. I ________________ a good boy.

10. We ________________ are sitting down.
11. We ________________ talking
12. They ________________ going to the classroom.
13. She ________________ driving a van.
14. He ________________ kicking a ball.
15. I ________________ riding a bike.

Exercise 14
Circle the odd one out.

1 mother came father mat

2 cut neck visit stand
3 want window winner dot
4 meat moon mouth share

Underline the doing words

5. My mother told me to come.

6. I like eating nuts.
7. I can touch my neck
8. The monkey climbs a tree.
9. Linda can clean her nose.
10. Tom knows hows to save money.

Write the sounds of the words below and say them

Example: Cat C a t

11. Lorry __ __ __ __ __
12. Red __ __ __
13. Moon __ __ __
14. Ball __ __ __ __
15. Shoot __ __ __ __ __
16. Bird __ __ __ __

Exercise 15
Draw the following
1. Car 2.Book 3.Cut 4. Chair

Fill in the blank

5. My name is ________________
6. I am in grade ________________
7. I am ________________ years old.
8. My grandfather's name is ________________
9. My mother's name is ________________
10. My brother's name is ________________

Write two words beginning with the following letter sounds

11. s ________________ ________________

12. m ________________ ________________
13. n ________________ ________________
14. b ________________ ________________
15. t ________________ ________________

Exercise 16
Form other words from the word.

Potatoes

1. Pot
2. ________________
3. ________________
4. ________________
5. ________________
6. ________________

Say five words you can form from the sounds in the table below.

su ma u d le
g
fu wa ca tt
a
zi ra ki le li
Example

7. Ugali
 8. ________________
9. ________________
10. ________________
11. ________________
12. ________________

Complete these sentences

13. Mother is ________________ the baby (washing, feeding)

14. Father is ________________ to Kanini. (talking, calling)
15. Kakai is ________________ a book. (writing, reading)
16. The dog is ________________ with a show. (playing, walking)
17. The boy is ________________ food.(cooking, eating)

Exercise 17
Read the story below

Peter's Family

Peter lives with both his father and mother in the city. Peter has one brother
and two sisters. During the holidays, Peter visits his grandparents in the
countryside. He helps them with chores. He also enjoys playing with his
cousins.

1. Where does Pter live? ________________

2. How many brothers and sisters does Peter have? ________________
3. When does Peter visit his grandparents? ________________
4. How does Peter help his grandparents? ________________
5. You are borrowing a sharpener from a friend. What would you
say? ________________
6. What would you say after receiving a gift? ________________
7. What would you say when your mother welcomes you home after
school? ________________

Write eight sentences about this picture

1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
4. ________________________________
5. ________________________________
6. ________________________________
7. ________________________________
8. ________________________________
Answers
Exercise1

1. Morning
2. Afternoon
3. Evening
4. Night
Good morning class
-Bye bye Jim
-Good afternoon Tom
-Welcome home Tim
5. an
6. is
7. are
8. are
9. is
10. is
11. is
12. are
13. father
14. house
15. chair
16. ruler
17. trees
18. teacher

Exercise 2

1. Chair
2. Ruler
3. Bag
4. Bell
5. Book
6. Pencil
7. Ball
8. Flag
9. Boys
10. Chairs
11. Beds
12. Deer
13. Apple
14. Duster
15. Beak
16. Dogs
 17. Trees
18. -22: Accept correct answers

Exercise 3

1. Father
2. Grandmother
3. Sister
4. Mother
5. Brother
6. You
7. She
8. You
9. You
10. She
11. We

Exercise 4

1. Stool
2. Cupboard
3. Lamp
4. Sofa
5. Bed
6. Knife
7. Bucket
8. Television
9. -17 :Optional

Exercise 5

1. Monday
2. Sunday
3. Fridays,Mondays
4. Sundays
5. Goes
6. Brush
7. Marks
8. Play
9. Speaks
10. Goes
11. Read
12. Eat

Exercise 6
 1. Sunny
2. Rainy
3. Windy
4. Eating
5. Sleeping
6. Crying
7. Going
8. Planting
9. Playing
10. Cooking
11. Writing
12. Running
13. Flying
14. Writing
15. Sleeping
16. Teaching
17. Swimming
18. Sweeping

Exercise 7

1. Fetched
2. Washed
3. Combed
4. Brushed
5. Cooked
6. Jumped
7. Puzzle
8. Jumped
9. Moved
10. Treated

Exercise 8

1. Uncle
2. Nephew
3. Grandfather
4. Mother
5. Cousin
6. on
7. under
8. in
9. under
10. between

Exercise 9
 1. Feet
2. Greet
3. Meet
4. Sleep
5. Green
6. an
7. the
8. a
9. the
10. an
11. a
12. an
13. an
14. a
15. a

Exercise 10

1. his
2. our
3. their
4. My
5. your
6. its
7. five, one
8. four -optional
9. blue/green optional
10. optional
11. rectangle
12. round
13. Ash
14. Hair

Exercise 11

1. Were
2. Who/where
3. Where
4. Who
5. Who
6. What
7. Who
8. Where
9. What
10. Where
11. Six balls
 12. Seven rulers
13. Three pencils
14. Four cups
15. Five books
16. Eight tables
17. Two houses
18. One dog

Exercise 12

1. Fish
2. Car
3. Pot
4. Plate
5. Knife
6. Spoon
7. Table
8. Cup
9. Morning
10. Evening
11. Midday
12. Night

Exercise 13

1. Cake
2. Monkey
3. Plate
4. Game
5. Name
6. Late
7. Snake
8. Cave
9. am
10. are
11. are
12. are
13. is
14. is
15. am

Exercise 14

1. came
2. neck
3. want
 4. share
5. mother, come
6. like, eating
7. touch
8. climbs
9. clean
10. knows, save
11. -16: Optional

Exercise 15

-15 optional

Exercise 16

1. Pot
2. Toes/to/pet
3. Tattoo/set/test
4. Pat/at
5. Sat
6. Set
7. Optional
8. Optional
9. Optional
10. Optional
11. Optional
12. Optional
13. Washing
14. Talking
15. Writing
16. Playing
17. Eating

Exercise 17

1. In the city
2. One brother and two sisters
3. During holidays
4. With chores
5. May I borrow your sharpener please?
6. Thank you
7. Thank you