Knowledge Quest English 1 Workbook & Game

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MODULE 1 GRAMMAR 1

TOPIC 1 NOUNS 2

Worksheet 1 Common nouns 4

Worksheet 2 Proper nouns 5

Worksheet 3 Concrete nouns 6

Worksheet 4 Abstract nouns 7

Nouns wrap-up 8

TOPIC 2 PRONOUNS 10

Worksheet 5 Personal pronouns 12

Worksheet 6 Possessive pronouns 13

Worksheet 7 Relative pronouns 14

Worksheet 8 Question pronouns 15

Pronouns wrap-up 16

TOPIC 3 ADJECTIVES 18

Worksheet 9 Quantity adjectives 20

Worksheet 10 Opinion adjectives 21

Worksheet 11 Factual adjectives 22

Worksheet 12 Comparing adjectives 23

Worksheet 13 Classifying adjectives 24

Worksheet 14 Articles 25

Worksheet 15 Pointers 26

Worksheet 16 Possessive adjectives 27

Adjectives wrap-up 28

TOPIC 4 VERBS 30

Worksheet 17 Action verbs 32

Worksheet 18 Saying verbs 33

Worksheet 19 Sensing verbs 34

Worksheet 20 Relating verbs 35

Worksheet 21 Existing verbs 36

Worksheet 22 Past and present participles 37

Worksheet 23 Helping verbs: do, be and have 38

Worksheet 24 Modal helping verbs 39

Worksheet 25 Present simple tense 40

Worksheet 26 Past simple tense 41

Worksheet 27 Present continuous tense 42

Worksheet 28 Past continuous tense 43

Worksheet 29 Future tense 44

Worksheet 30 Present perfect tense 45

Worksheet 31 Subject–verb agreement in number 46

Worksheet 32 Subject–verb agreement in person 47

Verbs wrap-up 48

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TOPIC 5 ADVERBS 50

Worksheet 33 Adverbs of place 52

Worksheet 34 Adverbs of time 53

Worksheet 35 Adverbs of manner 54

Worksheet 36 Adverbs of cause or reason and adverbs of degree 55

Adverbs wrap up 56

TOPIC 6 CONJUNCTIONS AND PREPOSITIONS 58

Worksheet 37 Coordinating conjunctions 60

Worksheet 38 Subordinating conjunctions 61

Worksheet 39 Common prepositions 62

Worksheet 40 Compound prepositions 63

Conjunctions wrap-up 64

Prepositions wrap-up 65

TOPIC 7 PHRASES AND CLAUSES 66

Worksheet 41 Noun phrases 68

Worksheet 42 Noun phrases in apposition 69

Worksheet 43 Adjectival phrases 70

Worksheet 44 Verb phrases 71

Worksheet 45 Adverbial phrases 72

Worksheet 46 Independent clauses 73

Worksheet 47 Dependent clauses 74

Worksheet 48 Relative clauses 75

Phrases wrap-up 76

Clauses wrap-up 77

TOPIC 8 SENTENCES 78

Worksheet 49 Simple sentences 80

Worksheet 50 Compound sentences 81

Worksheet 51 Complex sentences 82

Sentences wrap-up 84

MODULE 2 PUNCTUATION 86

Worksheet 52 Sentence boundaries 88

Worksheet 53 Commas 89

Worksheet 54 Colons 90

Worksheet 55 Semicolons 91

Worksheet 56 Brackets and dashes 92

Worksheet 57 Ellipses 93

Worksheet 58 Quotation marks 94

Worksheet 59 Hyphens 95

Worksheet 60 Apostrophes showing possession 96

Worksheet 61 Apostrophes showing a contraction 97

Punctuation wrap-up 98

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MODULE 3 SPELLING 100

Worksheet 62 Base words 102

Worksheet 63 Prefixes 103

Worksheet 64 Suffixes 104

Worksheet 65 Greek and Latin word roots 105

Worksheet 66 Word families 106

Worksheet 67 Singular and plural forms 107

Worksheet 68 Regular spellings 108

Worksheet 69 Irregular spellings 109

Worksheet 70 Silent letters 111

Worksheet 71 Doubling final consonants 112

Worksheet 72 Hard and soft c and g 113

Spelling wrap-up 114

MODULE 4 VOCABULARY 116

Worksheet 73 Synonyms 118

Worksheet 74 Antonyms 119

Worksheet 75 Homographs 120

Worksheet 76 Homophones 121

Worksheet 77 Similes 123

Worksheet 78 Metaphors 124

Worksheet 79 Personification 125

Vocabulary wrap-up 126

MODULE 5 READING COMPREHENSION 128

Worksheet 80 Literal facts and details 130

Worksheet 81 Prior knowledge 132

Worksheet 82 Main idea 136

Worksheet 83 Visual elements of texts 138

Worksheet 84 Sequence of events 140

Worksheet 85 Fact and opinion 142

Worksheet 86 Using context clues 144

Reading comprehension wrap-up 146

Quick reference

Glossary 150

Prepositions 153

Usage troubleshooting guide 154

A guide to spelling 155

Singular and plural forms 156

Greek and Latin roots 157

Prefixes and suffixes 158