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Literacy Activity "Rug Up and Stay Warm" The purpose of this activity is to define what a good website is and then begin to create a checklist of features that make a good website. Complete the following activities: Verbs and Verbs are described as "doing words" because they are words which describe an action. They tell us about the action of a noun. Every sentence must have a verb. There are many different types of verbs. Some verbs are actions we can see. These main verbs are 'doing' words: run, jump, walk, play, sing, dance. Some verbs are actions we cannot see. These verbs include emotions and feelings: need, care, like, hear, smell, taste, see. Some of the verbs we cannot see being done are known as 'to have' verbs e.g. have, had, having. Some of the verbs we cannot see being done are known as 'to be' verbs e.g. am are is. Adverb﻿s Adverbs usually describe a verb telling "how", "when", or "where" but they can also describe adjectives and other adverbs. 1. **How?** (** happily, really, quite, peacefully **)
 * 1) Locate "The Sunday Age" newspaper and read the article on page 7 entitled "Rug up and warm to these hot tips".
 * 2) Go to the website mentioned in this article.
 * 3) Explain in your own words what you think the benefits of this website are?
 * 4) Would you or wouldn't you encourage people to read this website? Why, Why not? Who should read this articles? Justify your answer.
 * 5) Look at the following pages: "Save Energy, Save Water, Reduce Waste, Travel Smart, Take Action and Guides"
 * 6) What are the similarities in the set out of each of these pages?
 * 7) List one fact from each of these pages.
 * 8) If you had to give this website a score out of 10 based on the type of information given, what would it be? Justify your answer.

2. **When?** (** tomorrow, now, yesterday, never **) 3. **Where?** (** here, there, everywhere **) 4. **Why?** (** because he wanted soup **- These adverbs are typically more than one word... like an [|adverb clause]).

CHALLENGE yourself Practice your ADVERB understanding by completing the following activity:

http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/grammar/adverbs.pdf

Nouns and Pronouns Nouns are usually described as naming words, words which name people, places, things, activities, emotions and ideas. **Pronouns** represent nouns: //I, you, he, she, it, we//, and //they// Subject Pronouns ||
 * **Singular** || **Plural** ||
 * I ||  We  ||
 * You ||  You  ||
 * He ||  They  ||
 * She ||^   ||
 * It ||^   ||

Object Pronouns ||
 * **There are also....**
 * **Singular** || **Plural** ||
 * me ||  us  ||
 * you ||  you  ||
 * him ||  them  ||
 * her ||^   ||
 * It ||^   ||

Log into the following page and read each stage carefully

http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Blue%20Level/B4%20Nouns%20and%20Pronouns.html

CHALLENGE yourself http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/grammar/pronoun/balloon_game/

Grammar Challenge http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html

= **Plurals** =

**Plurals of Words Ending in ‘y’** These follow a fairly simple pattern which is easy to follow as long as you remember the difference between a **vowel** and a **consonant.** // (Don’t forget that vowels are ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’, ‘u’!) //

If the word has a **consonant** before the final ‘y’ then the plural ends with ‘ies’:
 * ** Singular **

bully

pony

canary

spy  ||   //becomes//

//becomes//

//becomes//

//becomes//  ||  ** Plural **

bullies

ponies

canaries

spies  ||

If the word has a **vowel** before the final ‘y’ then you just add an ‘s’:
 * ** Singular **

day

delay

survey

toy  ||   //becomes//

//becomes//

//becomes//

//becomes//  ||  ** Plural **

days

delays

surveys

toys  ||


 * ** Singular ** || ** Plural ** || ** Singular ** || ** Plural ** ||
 * donkey ||  || dictionary ||   ||
 * colony ||  || fairy ||   ||
 * essay ||  || Sunday ||   ||
 * story ||  || similarity ||   ||
 * berry ||  || artery ||   ||