Grade 1 Language practice

8 Grade 1 language lessons, including capital letters, special names, end marks, nouns, plurals with -s, is or are? and more. Each one has a short video where Pip explains the idea, a worked example, and endless new practice questions with step-by-step help when a child gets stuck.

Step 1: Capital letters

Use a capital letter at the start of a sentence and for names of people, places and days.

Example: Which sentence uses capital letters correctly?

Tip: Ask: is this the first word? Is it someone's or somewhere's special name?

Step 2: Special names

Special names of people, pets, places and days start with a capital letter: Maya, Toronto, Monday.

Example: Which one is a special name?

Tip: Is it the name of one special person, place or day? Give it a capital.

Step 3: End marks

Every sentence ends with a mark: a period (.) for telling, a question mark (?) for asking, and an exclamation mark (!) for strong feelings.

Example: Which mark ends this sentence? That was so much fun ___

Tip: Read the sentence out loud. Does your voice go up like a question, or sound excited?

Step 4: Nouns

A noun is a person, place or thing.

Example: Which word is a noun?

Tip: Can you put "a" or "the" in front of it? Then it is probably a noun.

Step 5: Plurals with -s

Plural means more than one. For most words, just add -s.

Example: one tree, three ___

Tip: One cat, two cats. One book, three books.

Step 6: Is or are?

Use "is" for one and "are" for more than one: The dog is big. The dogs are big.

Example: Which word fits? The apples ___ red.

Tip: One → is. More than one → are.

Step 7: Yesterday words with -ed

Add -ed to many action words to show it already happened: Today I jump. Yesterday I jumped.

Example: Which word fits? Yesterday I ___ the ball.

Tip: If it happened yesterday, look for -ed.

Step 8: Question words

Who asks about a person. What asks about a thing. Where asks about a place. When asks about a time.

Example: Which question word fits? ___ is the park?

Tip: Who → person. Where → place. When → time. What → thing.

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