Long Vowels
This letter is usually silent at the end of a word, but it makes the first vowel say its own name.
e
Use this connecting word when you want to show a choice between two things, like milk _____ juice.
or
If your pencil is on the floor, it is ________ the desk. (Preposition of location)
below
under
underneath
This large mode of transportation drives on roads, stops at designated corners, and brings many students to school.
This punctuation mark goes at the end of a regular statement sentence.
period
The vowel sound you hear in the words "cake" and "tape"
a
Use this word to show you are not able to do something (like fly like a bird)
can't
cannot
This command tells someone to move toward their left side.
Turn left.
Take a step to your left.
Go left.
In American English, we write dates in this specific order of three elements.
Month Day year
This specific, single-letter pronoun must always be capitalized, no matter where it is in a sentence.
I
True or false: Both of these words have a long vowel sound - Rinse, Rice
The connecting word used to show a difference or contrast in this sentence: "I want to go outside, _____ it is raining."
but
If an apple is between an orange and a banana, the apple is in the ________.
middle
Instead of saying "May twenty-two," we use this type of number to say "May twenty-______."
second
Name two types of words (like days of the week) that always need a capital letter because they are proper nouns.
MINTS
True or False: The word "home" has a long O sound, but the word "hop" does not
true
This type of word describes a noun. In English, it usually goes before the noun (e.g., "the ______ backpack").
adjective
When giving directions, we start sentences with action words like "Go," "Turn," or "Stop." These types of sentences are called ________.
commands
If you do not have a car, a bike, or a bus, you have to travel "on _______."
foot
by walking
This is the punctuation mark missing from the end of this sentence: "Where is the English classroom"
?
question mark
Change the short vowel word "cub" into a long vowel word by adding one letter to the end.
cube
Fix the word order error in this sentence: "I saw a bird blue in the tree."
I saw a blue bird in the tree.
Adjective comes before the noun
Look at this sentence: "The library is next to the park." This word is the exact preposition meaning "beside."
next to
Say this date out loud correctly using English rules: 10 / 03 / 2026 (October 3rd).
October third two thousand and twenty-six
or
October third twenty twenty six
Find all three capitalization mistakes in this sentence: "last friday, i went to school."
Last Friday, I went to school.