Unit 3
Spelling
For verbs ending in ‘sh’, ‘tch’, ‘x’ add ‘ es ’ in the present tense. she wash es she catch es she mix es For go and do also add ‘ es ’: she go es she do es
Choose verbs from the box to complete the story.
watch
brush
switch
do
wash
go
relax
does
Every day Grandma a lot of housework. She ________ the clothes, and she ________ the floor. Then she ________ shopping. In the evening she ________ with Grandpa. She ________ on the television and ________ her favourite programme.
Word work: using a dictionary
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
In a dictionary words are listed in alphabetical order . The word book comes before the word computer .
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Which words come first in a dictionary?
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1 story, poem 2 librarian, computer
3 student, teacher 4 turtle, spider
5 football, basketball 6 week, day
If words begin with the same letter, we look at the second letter to put them in alphabetical order. The word pl ay comes before po em.
2 Which of these words come first in a dictionary? 1 poem, prayer 3 blackboard, backpack 2 school, student 4 information, important
26 • Word work: Show students examples of words in alphabetical order, in a dictionary or in an index like the one at the back of this book. Discuss why we write words in alphabetical order ( to make them easier to find ). • Remind students that we look at the first letter of each word to work out which comes first.
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