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Morning Work:
5 Days of ELA Practice
5 Worksheets

Sheet 1: Homonym Practice

Sheet 2: Sentence/Sentence Fragment Practice

Sheet 3: Proper/Common Noun Practice

Sheet 4: Number Writing Practice

Sheet 5: Verb Tense Practice

Name: ____________________________________________________
Sentence Practice

Directions: Read each group of words. Decide if the words are a sentence. If they are, write
“YES” on the line and add a period to the sentence. If they are not, write “NO” on the line.
Rewrite these so they are a sentence. Make sure you add a period to each new sentence.

1. My favorite time of the day

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2. The best dog a kid could have

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3. We loved the movie

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4. Most kids went home early

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5. Do not ask me again

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6. The bottom step is broken

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7. I listened to the music

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8. It is cold
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9. When we find the key

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10. Most kids liked

EXTRA TIME? Try this: Use one of the complete sentences above to write a story. Make sure
your story contains full sentences.
Name: ____________________________________________________
Verb Tense Practice

Directions: The passage below tells about something that is happening right now. It is written in
the present tense. Rewrite the passage on the back of this page. Change the verbs to the past
tense to show that this story happened yesterday.

Make sure your new passage makes sense – you won’t have to change every verb.

BIG DOG LOST

I wait for Tommy at the bus stop. He walks up with tears in his eyes.

“What’s the problem?” I ask him. I am not sure if I should pat him on the back or stay far back.

“My dog,” he says. “My dog is missing. Mom says I have to get on the bus. She will look for
Sport before she goes to work.” Tommy is crying now. He is crying hard and his whole body is
shaking. I pat him on the back. Two first graders are at the bus stop now and they are looking at
us.

“Are you talking about a big brown dog?” one of the little kids asks. She moves her hands to
show how big she means. “A big brown dog with a white spot on an ear?”

Tommy looks up. “Yes,” he says. “That sounds like Sport.” Tommy is smiling now.

“That dog is in our backyard right now,” the girl says. “My father thinks it belongs to someone
on our street. It looks lost.”

Tommy gets on the bus. The girl uses Tommy’s phone to call her father. It’s going to be a good
day after all.

EXTRA TIME? Try this: Write a paragraph telling how Tommy may have lost Sport in the first
place.
Name: ____________________________________________________
Homonym/Homophone Practice

Directions: Read the paragraph. Circle the errors. Then rewrite the paragraph with the errors
corrected.

COUSIN TROUBLE

Danny wanted to enjoy his new school. He made knew friends on the bus the vary first day.

He liked his new teachers. TheIr were kids outside at recess who liked too play kickball. Danny

liked everything about his knew school accept that his cousin Jill was in his class. Jill was a big

pain.

“Danny fell off his bike last night and cried for ten minutes,” Jill told her friends one day. She

spoke so loud that everyone in the room could here her.

“Danny got in trouble with his dad for not cleaning up his room,” Jill said another day. Her

friends moved closer to here why.

It was won thing that Danny had to move two a new school, but it was quite another thing that

Jill was trying to ruin his life. Danny thought and thought. He finally came up with a good plan.

EXTRA TIME? Try this: Finish the story with a good solution to Danny’s problem.
Name: ____________________________________________________
Proper and Common Noun Practice

Directions: Read each sentence. Underline each proper noun and circle each common noun.

1. John wants to fly to Florida with his mother and father.

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2. Banks often close at noon on Saturdays.

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3. Lenny likes apple pie with ice cream, which is served at the Park Place Café.

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4. We plan to hire the Rocking Rollers to play the music at our party on Saturday.

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5. Mike is laughing at the clown with the huge feet.

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6. We are going to see if there is a nice dog at the pound.

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7. Mary told Bob that his car had a flat tire and a broken window.

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8. My computer is too heavy to bring to school.

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9. That Ford was parked in our driveway yesterday too.

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10. My teacher read us part of the first chapter of that new book.

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EXTRA TIME? Try this: Rewrite each sentence, changing one common noun.
Name: ____________________________________________________
Number-Writing Practice

Directions: When you write a sentence, numbers one through nine should usually be written in
words. We see five cardinals in that tree. Higher numbers should be written as the number: I saw
13 robins in my backyard.
Any sentence that begins with a number, no matter how large, has that number written out in
words: Four hundred three tickets were handed out for the soccer game.
Read each sentence. Rewrite it using the number in its correct form.

1. I may invite ___ friends to go with me to the meeting. (2)

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2. ____ dollar bills were found scattered around the road. (546)

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3. We caught ____ fish when we added up our trips all summer. (34)

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4. Each player will be given ___ shirts and ___ pairs of uniform pants. (3, 2)

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5. All ___ of my neighbors were without power last night. (17)

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6. ____ students will be going on the field trip on Thursday afternoon. (166)

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7. The hospital reported that ___ babies were born this year on January first. (18)

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8. The tickets cost __ dollars unless you are going to volunteer at the event. (13)

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EXTRA TIME? Try this: Write an imaginary 10-sentence email using one of the statements
above.
 ANSWERS

--Sentence Answers and possible complete sentences: 1. NO, Morning is my favorite time of
the day. 2. NO, Spot is the best dog a kid could have. 3. YES, 4. YES, 5. YES, 6. YES, 7. YES,
8. YES, 9. NO, We can leave when we find the key. 10. NO, Most kids liked the game.

--Verb Tense Answers: 24 errors

I waited for Tommy at the bus stop. He walked up with tears in his eyes.

“What’s the problem?” I asked him. I was not sure if I should pat him on the back or stay far
back.

“My dog,” he said. “My dog is missing. Mom says I have to get on the bus. She will look for
Sport before she goes to work.” Tommy was crying now. He was crying hard and his whole
body was shaking. I patted him on the back. Two first graders were at the bus stop now and they
were looking at us.

--Homophone/Homonym Answers: 10 errors

Danny wanted to enjoy his new school. He made new friends on the bus the very first day. He
liked his new teachers. There were kids outside at recess who liked to play kickball. Danny liked
everything about his new school except that his cousin Jill was in his class. Jill was a big pain.

“Danny fell off his bike last night and cried for ten minutes,” Jill told her friends one day. She
spoke so loud that everyone in the room could hear her.

“Danny got in trouble with his dad for not cleaning up his room,” Jill said another day. Her
friends moved closer to hear why.

It was one thing that Danny had to move to a new school, but it was quite another thing that Jill
was trying to ruin his life. Danny thought and thought. He finally came up with a good plan.

--Proper/ Common Noun Answers: 1. John, Florida (P); mother, father (C); 2. Saturdays (P),
banks, noon (C); 3. Lenny, Park Place Café (P); pie, ice cream (C); 4. Rocking Rollers, Saturday
(P), music, party (C); 5. Mike (P); clown, feet (C); 6. dog, pound (C); 7. Mary, Bob (P); car, tire,
window (C); computer, school (C); 9. Ford, Monday (P); driveway; 10. teacher, chapter, book

Number-Writing Practice Answers: 1. two; 2. Five hundred forty-six, 3. 34; 4. three, two; 5.
seventeen, 6. One hundred sixth-six, 7. 18, 8. 13