DROPS IN THE BUCKET Name

Score LESSON D 3

HOMONYMS / SPELLING

4. Do youl

2. _

lives in the ocean, but must surface to breathe

glasses?

hoarse - horse

where - wear

dough - doe

whale - wail

PUNCTUATION

5. Margo asked What ten-letter word starts with gas.__

6. After a while Nicole said _J give up___

7. Suddenly Al exclaimed gleefully__it's automobile__ COMMAS

8. I had brought in the newspaper picked up the mail watered the plants and fed

all the pets before Dad got home. VERBTENSE

9. Every evening we watch eagles in the canyon soaring on the wind currents.

future present past FACT OR OPINION?

10. My computer's screen saver has blue bubbles on it.

11. A blue screen saver is more attractive than a green one. POSSESSIVES

12. My three decided to share an apartment. I brothers I 13. You'll find my apartment on West Elm Street. brother's

14. My oldest car is parked there now. brothers'

15. already learned to swim, but I

He had had not r ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB?

16. Lenore worked her lessons.

17. We enjoy being around an person like you.

enthusiastic enthusiastically ROOT WORDS

18. The root word in unwise and wisely is

P

19. The handmade wooden toys in the craft shop were made of

metal pine plastic

20. The suffix -en in words like wooden and woolen means

made of looking like near

DROPS IN THE BUCKET Name LESSON D 4

HOMONYMS / SPELLING

S II,f where - wear

steal - steel

bear - bare

3. Did some dirty crook Shirley's billfold? hair - hare 4. The grass had died and the trees were

1 II rIr ..

5. "What do you find in the middle of Paris_ asked our geography teacher_ 6. "Is it the 984 foot, steel-framed Eiffel Tower Quinn confidently__ 7. Mrs. Rigby smiled sweetly and said it's the letter r -

8. Christopher O'Hara's latest address is 260 West San Pablo Drive Tallahassee Florida 35420.

VERBTENSE

9. Both of the culprits denied everything.

future present past OR OPINION?

10. Watermelon is a nutritious and delicious treat.

11. Watermelons grow on vines.

12. Our neighborhood has a club. moms

13. All the voted to elect my mom president! mom's

14. My responsibility is to lead the organization moms'

RACTIONS

15. If it

in the gym, then

the karate class? is not

where's R ADVERB?

16. We can carry our own luggage.

17. Do you think it will be to decorate this cake?

easy easily ease p r,nrrn ir lint ORDS

18. The root word in instructions and instructor is

PREFIXES & SUFFIXES

19. In science class we got to use a microscope to look at a distant galaxy dinosaur movie drop of water

20. In microscope, microwave, and microphone the prefix micro- means very small far away hot

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