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Answer the following questions.    1. Where do penguins live?    _________________________________________________________________________      2. What do penguins eat?    _________________________________________________________________________   Circle the correct answer and write the sentence on the line.    1. Penguins (are - are not) excellent swimmers.    ________________________________________________________________________________      2. They live in large (south - colonies).    ________________________________________________________________________________       3. The female penguin lays (three - one) egg.    ________________________________________________________________________________      4. Penguins are amazing (dogs - birds).    ________________________________________________________________________________      5. They can't (sleep - fly).    ________________________________________________________________________________      6. They spend most of their life in (water - grass).    ________________________________________________________________________________      7. They can live for more than (22 - 20) years.    ________________________________________________________________________________

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Complete the following sentence.    Penguins are ___________________________________________________________________,    but they can't _____________________________________________________________________.   Write the correct answer.    Mention two differences between penguins and other birds.    1. ______________________________________________________________________________      2. ______________________________________________________________________________     Story   A story is a narrative of real or fictitious events. A story tells about a problem that a person or a group of people solves. It has a beginning, middle, and an end. A story should answer the following questions: Who? Where? When? What? Why? How?   Letters and Sounds When C and G are followed by the vowels e, i, or y, they usually have a soft sound. When they are followed by the vowels a, o, or u, they usually have a hard sound.    Examples: ceiling, circus, cypress, car, coat,                      gem, giraffe, gymnast, gave, gobble   Match the words that begin with the same sound.      __ 1. circus    __ 2. coat    __ 3. giraffe    __ 4. garden   A. cat B. goat C. cent D. gymnast

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	Cross out the word that does not belong.    1. certain, circus, carry    2. gold, gym, gem    3. class, cent, case    4. giraffe, gobble, green   Read the first word and circle the words that have the same sound. 1. ceiling voice certain come act   2. car carry notice coat face   3. giraffe again change courage got   4. goat gobble giraffe song angry
Page 4     Read the words out loud and then classify the sound.          notice / courage / discourage / hang / can / change / police / ugly   soft sound   hard sound                   The letter s can have four different sounds: s, z, sh, and zh. The letter s can sound like sh at the beginning of some words.    Examples: sure, sugar   When the letter s is followed by y, i, or u in middle of a word, it may be pronounced like sh or zh.    Examples: measure, fissure   The letter s can sound like a z, particularly at the end of a word.    Examples: rose, is, hers, his, dogs, dessert, reason, wisdom Read the words aloud and cross out the words with the s sound that do not belong. 1. sweet, secret, class 2. kids, miss, as 3. listen, noise, please 4. sun, sure, sugar 5. always, Mars, days 6. sit, sure, sorry 7. television, answer, treasure 8. some, rose, nose     Page 5
	Classify the words as a s sound or z sound.     silly  nose  hers  person  planes  closet    S   Z               The letter x can sound like z, eks, or ks.    Examples: xerox, x-men, fox   Match the x words with the proper sounds.  toxic   taxi   fox   xylophone   fox   wax   six   Xena   anxiety   box   Xenon   tuxedo   fix   Xerox   mix   x-ray   z   eks   ks                                               Types of Sentences There are four types of sentences, each with a special job.   Statements state facts and always end with a period (.).    Example: We want our teacher back.   Questions ask for an answer and end with a question mark (?).    Example: What can I do for you?   Commands express orders or requests. They ask the listener to do something. They end with a period (.) or an exclamation point (!).    Example: Find her, please!   Exclamations show strong emotion and end with an exclamation point (!).    Example: Thank you!
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	Read the sentences and match them to the correct category.      __ 1. Do you like to read?   A. statement      __ 2. Settle down!   B. question      __ 3. It is time for story hour.   C. command      __ 4. What a great story!   D. exclamation     Label the sentences S- statement, Q- question, C- command, E- exclamation.      __   1. Do you know where Miss Nelson is?    __   2. Maybe something terrible happened to her!    __   3. That doesn't seem likely.    __   4. Let's go ask Detective McSmogg for help.    __   5. That's a great idea!    __   6. Can he help us find her?    __   7. Of course he can!    __   8. I don't think he'll be much help.    __   9. Be quiet!    __ 10. What is your name?    __ 11. He wants to be an astronaut.    __ 12. Open your books.    __ 13. I wish I were a detective!
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	Clear Water    Clear water is about two boys, Andy and Alex, who help save a river. They live in a quiet village in Canada. Then, a chemical company builds a factory near the river. Chemicals from the factory pollute the river. Many fish and animals die.    Andy and Alex are very angry and they write a letter to the company. The company doesn't answer. The boys have a meeting with other people from the village, and they all protest outside the factory. During the protest, television stations come and interview the boys. Finally, the company listens and stops polluting the river.   Look up in the dictionary.    1. chemical: _________________________________________    2. factory: ___________________________________________    3. protest: ___________________________________________   Answer.    1. What is the chemical company doing to the river?    _________________________________________________________________________    2. What is happening to the fish and animals?    _________________________________________________________________________    3. What actions do Andy and Alex take?    _________________________________________________________________________   We can predict that, when the company stops polluting, the river will ...    _____________________________________________________________ and the animals    _________________________________________________________________________.
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