Connect to Writing: Articles and Vocabulary Review

Intro (red) Unit 1

Articles: Words that identify nouns

What is a noun?– A person, place or thing

He saw a boy. (person)The city is small. (place) I ate rice. (thing)

Use a or an to talk about one person, place or thing in general.

He saw a boy. (He doesn’t know this boy.)

Articles: Words that identify nouns

What is a noun?– A person, place or thing

Use a or an to talk about one person, place or thing in general.

Do not use a or an before nouns you cannot count.– I ate rice.

– My friend likes soup.

– Cereal is a breakfast food.

Articles: Words that identify nouns

What is a noun?– A person, place or thing

Use a or an to talk about one person, place or thing in general.

Do not use a or an before nouns you cannot count.

Use the to talk about one or more specific persons, places or things.– The city is small.

– I am wearing the necklace he gave me.

– The girl over there is very shy.

Articles: Words that identify nouns

Use the to talk about one or more specific persons, places or things.

Do not use articles in front of names of places, months, days or languages.

We will visit Mexico during spring break.

In July, we have two days off.

We have a test on Monday.

The teacher speaks Spanish and Gujurati.

Practice: Put a, an, the or an X (for nothing) in the blanks.

_____bananas in this store are brown. In _____ Australia, _____ English is spoken.There is _____ garbage can near ____ desk by the

teacher.The boys have ____ uncle in _____Mongolia.____ Intuit traveled by kayaks.We road camels in _____ desert in ____ May.Who eats _____ soup for lunch? I found ______ seashell in _____ sand.

The

X X

a the

an XThe

the X

X

a the

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Buffalo

Buffaloes

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kayak

kayaks

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camel

camels

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journey

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tent

tepee

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grassy plain

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herd

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prehistoric

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nomads

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desert

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tribes

yurt

Intuit, Sioux

Groups of native people who live together. a Mongolian tent

Practice: Write the missing vocabulary word and article if needed in the blank.

______ is a round Mongolian tent.People who move from place to place together

are called _________.A temporary house for who move from place to

place is called __________.An animal that can live without food or water in

the desert is _________.Anything referring to the times of cave paintings

and cave men is __________.Large open, dry land with sand and few plants is

called ___________.

Practice: Write the missing vocabulary word and article if needed in the blank.

______ is a round Mongolian tent.People who move from place to place together

are called _________.A temporary house for who move from place to

place is called __________.An animal that can live without food or water in

the desert is _________.Anything referring to the times of cave paintings

and cave men is __________.Large open, dry land with sand and few plants is

called ___________.

A yurt

nomads

a tent

a camel

prehistoric

a desert

Practice: Write the missing vocabulary word and article if needed in the blank.

_____________ is a large area of open land with grasses.

The Sioux Indians hunted __________.Animals that move together in a group are

called __________.Moving from one place to another is

__________.

A grassy plain

buffaloes

a herd

a journey

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a princess

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nonfiction

A piece of writing that is true.

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jewel

jewels

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to welcome

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daughter

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earring

earrings

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fiction

a piece of writing that is made up, not true

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uncle

the brother of my father or mother

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nephew

the son of a brother or sister

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curious

another word for interested and questioning

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interrupt

Another word for when you start talking while someone else is talking and not waiting for them to stop.

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generous

Another word to describe a person who gives a lot and is not selfish.

Practice: Write the missing vocabulary word and article if needed in the blank.

Diana was _______________ of Wales._______________ of my grandmother is my

mother.The son of my sister is my ___________.My sister is ___________ with her time and

money. It is wrong to __________ the teacher when she

is talking.The teacher _______________ the students at the

beginning of class every day.

the princessThe daughter

nephew

generous

interrupt

welcomes

Practice: Write the missing vocabulary word and article if needed in the blank.

_________ in the necklace sparkles in the sunlight.

The brother of father is my __________.My sister likes to wear __________ with jewels on

her ear.Readings for social studies are

_______________________.Folktales are __________________.He was _______________about the present and

wanted to open it.

The jewel(s)

uncle

earrings

nonfictionfiction

curious