▲■WORKBOOK PLUS70 Grade 6: Unit 4 Modifiers (Use with pupil book pages 180–182.)
Skill: Students will use adjectives in sentences and in phrases.
A Letter
Suppose you and your family are pioneers. It is 1850, and you are traveling bycovered wagon across the North American continent. Write a letter to a friend in theEast, describing your trip west. Use at least five adjectives in your letter. Underlinethe adjectives.
silly filly
Elaborating Sentences 1–12. Rewrite these paragraphs. Add adjectives to modifyeach underlined noun. Use details in the picture and what you already know aboutlakes and woods.
I’ll always remember ourvacations at Lake Hampton. Everysummer my parents would take mybrother and me to our cottage onthe lake. We loved to sit by the lakeand watch the ducks swim by. Mybrother and I would then hop into
our rowboat and row for hours.On cool days we would hike
along the trails in the woods. Wewould listen to the birds and otheranimals as they moved among thetrees. I will never forget thosetimes with my family.
▲■WORKBOOK PLUS72 Grade 6: Unit 4 Modifiers (Use with pupil book pages 183–184.)
Skill: Students will use adjectives to combine sentences.
Revising Strategies: Sentence FluencyName
Writing with Adjectives (continued from page 71)
Combining Sentences 13–18. Combine the details in each group of underlinedsentences to make a single sentence. Write the new sentences on the lines below.
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Simple sentences
Combined sentence
The agent put an interesting ad in thenewspaper. The ad was informative.The agent put an interesting andinformative ad in the newspaper.
OPEN HOUSE THIS SUNDAY
Come see this new house just on the market. The house is fabulous. It has
three bedrooms. The master bedroom overlooks a lake. This bedroom is large.
It is bright. It has a private bath as well. There are two bedrooms across the
hall. They are cozy. They are quiet too.
The living room is the largest room in the house. It is also the most
comfortable. It has a high ceiling. There is a brick fireplace in this room. It is
red. It is tall. And don’t miss the most impressive room of all. The kitchen has
been completely remodeled. It is modern. It is cheery.
Write the correct article in parentheses to complete each sentence.
1. One of animals we have studied is the cassowary. (an, the)
2. The cassowary is very large and mean bird. (a, an)
3. You might mistake cassowary for ostrich. (a, an)
4. Is bird excellent runner? (an, the)
5. It can run at speeds up to thirty miles hour. (a, an)
6. Usually strange bird is a timid animal. (an, the)
7. Yet it is considered most dangerous bird of all. (a, the)
8. A kick from a cassowary can damage auto or truck. (a, an)
Write the correct demonstrative adjective in parentheses to complete each sentence.
9. strange animal is a platypus. (That, Those)
10. animals come from Australia and nearby islands. (This, These)
11. odd beast has a bill shaped like a duck’s. (This, These)
12. webbed feet also look like a duck’s feet. (That, Those)
13. webbed feet make the platypus a superb swimmer. (This, These)
14. The platypus is one of few mammals that lay eggs. (that, those)
15. People once hunted bizarre creature for its fur. (this, these)
16. practice is now forbidden by law. (That, Those)
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Articles
Demonstrativeadjectives
A cassowary is like the ostrich. It is aninteresting bird.This bird looks like that one. Thoseostrich eggs are larger than these eggs.
Grade 6: Unit 4 Modifiers (Use with pupil book pages 185–187.)Skill: Students will use articles and demonstrative adjectives correctly.
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GrammarName
(continued)
Discover what lies off the northeast coast of Australia. Color the spacescontaining nouns that can be used with the article or the demonstrativeadjective at the beginning of each row.
Articles and Demonstratives (continued from page 73)
▲■WORKBOOK PLUS74 Grade 6: Unit 4 Modifiers (Use with pupil book pages 185–187.)
Skill: Students will use articles and demonstrative adjectives in sentences and in phrases.
A Description
The local zoo has just received a very strange animal. Write six sentences,describing the animal. Use an article or a demonstrative adjective in each sentence.
Write the opposite for each adjective listed below. Use the same form of the adjective.
1. bright
2. fat
3. narrower
4. harder
5. looser
6. largest
7. high
8. slow
9. wetter
10. lighter
11. smoother
12. flattest
On the line below, write the letters from the shaded boxes.
Unscramble the letters to discover the name of the national park that includesthe most spectacular part of the Teton Mountains. In winter this park is thefeeding ground of the largest American elk herd in the world.
Comparing with Adjectives (continued from page 75)
▲■WORKBOOK PLUS76 Grade 6: Unit 4 Modifiers (Use with pupil book pages 188–190.)
Skill: Students will write the comparative and the superlative forms of adjectives.
A Letter
Government officials have selected an area near your home to be turned into anational park. Write a letter to a government official, telling why you agree ordisagree with this selection. Use a comparative or superlative form of an adjective ineach sentence.
valuable much little good badmore valuable more less better worsemost valuable most least best worst
least
Suppose that you are planning a trip to Europe. You have a choice of threetours. Compare the tours by writing the comparative or superlative forms ofthe adjectives in parentheses.
1. Globe Tour is than ABC Tour. (expensive)
2. Euro-Tour is the tour of all. (expensive)
3. Euro-Tour’s travel plan is the of all. (detailed)
4. ABC Tour’s departure date is than Globe Tour’s. (definite)
5. Globe Tour’s hotels are than ABC Tour’s hotels. (elegant)
Choose one tour, and on another piece of paper write a short advertisementfor it. Compare this tour to the others. Use a comparative or superlative formof much, little, good, and bad in your advertisement.
Comparing with more and most (continued from page 77)
▲■WORKBOOK PLUS78 Grade 6: Unit 4 Modifiers (Use with pupil book pages 191–193.)
Skill: Students will write the comparative and the superlative forms of adjectives.
A Paragraph
Write a paragraph that compares where you live to a place that isvery different. If you live in a city, compare your home to a small town. If you livein the country, compare your home to a big city. Use a comparative or superlativeform of an adjective in each sentence.
ABC TOUR EURO-TOUR GLOBE TOUR
DEPARTURE second week August 12 sometime of August in August
HOTELS Class B Class AAA Class A
TRAVEL PLAN London London (2 nights) London Paris Paris (3 nights) ParisRome Milan (1 night) Florence
Florence (3 nights) RomeRome (5 nights) Naples
COST $900 $2400 $1200
Proper Nouns Endings Proper Adjectives
Spain -ish I am learning about my Spanish ancestors.Canada -ian The Canadian government helped us.China -ese The Chinese festival lasted three days.France I am studying French literature.
The local shopping center shown below has stores that feature products fromforeign countries. The floor plan gives each store number and the type ofproduct that is sold. Write a list of the products, using proper adjectives. Writeeach product beside its store number. Use your dictionary if you need help.
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108
Write the boxed letters.
Unscramble the letters to find the name of the mall.
▲■WORKBOOK PLUS80 Grade 6: Unit 4 Modifiers (Use with pupil book pages 194–196.)
Skill: Students will use proper adjectives in sentences and in phrases.
A Program
You are writing the program for a United Nations Day celebration. Thecelebration will include activities from many different countries. Make a list of tenactivities for your program. Use a different proper adjective for each activity.
▲■WORKBOOK PLUS82 Grade 6: Unit 4 Modifiers (Use with pupil book pages 197–198.)
Skill: Students will identify and will use adverbs.
A Description
Write a paragraph where you describe either the experience of playing a sport orwatching a sport. You can also include the history of the sport, if you wish. Use atleast four adverbs in your paragraph. Underline your adverbs and draw a line to theverbs they modify. Draw a picture to illustrate your writing.
Grade 6: Unit 4 Modifiers (Use with pupil book pages 199–200.)Skill: Students will use adverbs to modify adjectives or other adverbs.
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Write the word that each underlined adverb modifies. Then label the word adjective or adverb.
1. In the year 79, Pompeii was a very busy port.
2. Quite suddenly, a volcano near the city erupted.
3. Pompeii’s extraordinarily blue skies were blocked out by the hail and white ashes.
4. People left the city incredibly quickly.
5. Extremely hot ash and lava buried the city.
6. The city lay thoroughly hidden under ashes.
7. Its once lively culture was destroyed.
8. Much later, scientists discovered the city’s ruins.
9. It was surely wonderful to see what lay under the ash.
10. Some of the ruins are absolutely beautiful.
11. The ash had preserved things surprisingly well.
12. There is an amazingly clear record of life in ancient Pompeii.
13. There are objects that quite certainly tell the story of every day Roman life.
14. Some of the objects, such as a tanner’s wheel and household dishes, are in especially good shape.
GrammarName
(continued)
Modifies adjectiveModifies adverb
Pompeii is extremely important.
Its ruins were preserved very well.
An exhibit of objects from the ancient city of Pompeii is on display at a localmuseum. You are writing a review of the exhibit for the newspaper. Completethe review by filling in each blank with an adjective or an adverb.
An ancient civilization has been brought to life at our Historical Museum.
▲■WORKBOOK PLUS84 Grade 6: Unit 4 Modifiers (Use with pupil book pages 199–200.)
Skill: Students will use adverbs to modify adjectives or other adverbs.
(adverb) (adverb)
(adverb) (adjective) (adverb)
(adverb) (adverb)
(adverb) (adverb)
(adverb) (adjective)
(adjective)
A Report
Suppose that you are an archeologist living 2000 years in the future. Whiledigging at a site, you find a perfectly preserved 20th century city or town. Write areport that describes what happened while you were digging out the ruin, how youfelt, and what you found. After looking through the ruin, what do you think 20thcentury life was like? In your writing, include adverbs that modify adjectives andother adverbs. Use the following questions to help you get started:
• Did it take a long time to dig out the ruins?• Who helped you?• How did you feel as you worked? As you discovered objects?• Describe a few of the objects. What do you think they were used for?• How would you describe the people that lived in this city? Why?• What do you think happened to the people?After you have completed your report, read it aloud to a partner. Compare
your report with your partner’s. Did you both choose similar objects todescribe? What did your partner think happened to the people?
Let your partner read your report. Ask your partner to point out theadverbs and say whether they modify adjectives or other adverbs.
Grade 6: Unit 4 Modifiers (Use with pupil book pages 201–202.)Skill: Students will use adverbs to elaborate sentences.
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Elaborating Sentences 1–10. Add adverbs to modify each underlined word. Use what you already know about gathering flowers and details from the picture.
Revising Strategies: Sentence FluencyName
Simple sentenceElaborated sentence
Juan picked the sunflowers.Yesterday Juan quickly picked the sunflowers.
(continued)
Wildflowers cover the meadow.Willie and Miko run through therows of flowers, picking them asthey go. Willie chooses only purpleand red flowers. Miko is carefreeabout which colors she picks. Bothchildren run home after they haveselected their flowers.
At home Willie fills a vase withhis wildflowers. He places the vaseon a table. Miko puts her flowers ina large vase. She decides that shewill take it to school the next day.Miko is proud of the variety offlowers she has gathered.
Combining Sentences 11–18. Combine the details in each set of underlined sentences to make a single sentence. Write the combined sentences on the lines below.
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The children watched thebutterfly in the meadow. It flutteredfrom flower to flower. It flutteredgently. It was a lovely, sunny day.Then clouds appeared. They appeared suddenly. There was nomore time to watch butterflies. Thechildren gathered their belongings.They ran for cover. They ran quickly.Soon they were under the shelter ofa bridge. They watched the rain pourdown. It poured heavily.
The downpour was over. It was
over soon. The children decided tosee if the butterfly was still there.They returned to the meadow. Theyreturned immediately. However, theywere disappointed. The butterfly wasnowhere to be seen. By now it wasgetting late. The children rode theirbikes home. They rode slowly. Beforethey said good-bye, they made anagreement. The children decided toreturn to the meadow. They wouldreturn tomorrow. Perhaps thebutterfly would be there too.
late later latestcarefully more carefully most carefullywell better bestbadly worse worstlittle less leastmuch more most
most
You have been hired to write advertisements for your local newspaper. Here isyour first assignment! For each picture below, write a sentence that will catchthe buyer’s attention. Use the comparative or superlative form of an adverb ineach sentence. Use the sixth box to design and write your own advertisement.
▲■WORKBOOK PLUS88 Grade 6: Unit 4 Modifiers (Use with pupil book pages 203–205.)
Skill: Students will write the comparative and the superlative forms of adverbs.
An Advertisement
You are a radio announcer. Write an advertisement for a new record that you willbe playing on your radio show. Use the comparative or superlative form of fivedifferent adverbs in your advertisement.
Grade 6: Unit 4 Modifiers (Use with pupil book pages 206–208.)Skill: Students will correct double negatives.
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Usage Name
(continued)
IncorrectCorrectCorrect
There aren’t no articles about our school in the newspaper. There are no articles about our school in the newspaper.There aren’t any articles about our school in the newspaper.
None of us will ever enjoy lobster like this again.
We guarantee there aren’t no lower car prices than ours.
No kitchen isn’t complete without our microwave oven.
I never go nowhere without an Ace folding umbrella.
Didn’t none of you think about buying your tickets on the web?
Rewrite these sentences, correcting the double negatives.
1. Hasn’t no one ever met the publisher of our local newspaper?
2. Nobody had not toured the newspaper plant until now.
3. We never saw no one idle in the noisy newsroom.
4. Newspapers cannot provide no news without reliable reporters.
5–8. These advertising headlines have four errors with double negatives. Useproofreading marks to correct the headlines.
Example: Don’t you never wonder why your detergent can’t get clothes whiter?
Very little rain has fallen during the past few months. One of the newspapers inthe area is running a campaign to encourage residents to conserve water. Thenewspaper is providing bumper stickers with printed slogans. However, eachslogan contains a double negative. Rewrite the slogan, correcting the error.
▲■WORKBOOK PLUS90 Grade 6: Unit 4 Modifiers (Use with pupil book pages 206–208.)
Skill: Students will use negatives in sentences and will correct double negatives.
A Letter
Your local newspaper ran an editorial about your school. You disagree stronglywith the editorial. Write a letter to the editor, giving your opinion. Use at least fivenegatives. Be certain that you haven’t used any double negatives.
YOU CAN’T HARDLY AFFORDTO WASTE A DROP
NOBODY CAN’T AFFORD A DRIPPING FAUCET
DON’T USE WATER FOR GARDENS NEITHER
TEN-MINUTE SHOWERSWON’T NEVER DO
NEVER BE NO CARWASHER
DON’T WASTE NO WATER
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Adjectives Adverbs
Laura has a powerful voice. Laura sang powerfully.
▲■WORKBOOK PLUS92 Grade 6: Unit 4 Modifiers (Use with pupil book pages 209–211.)
Skill: Students will use adjectives and adverbs correctly.
A Diary
You are the director of a new play. Every day you keep a diary about how the rehearsals are progressing. Today was the dress rehearsal. Write a diary entry,describing the rehearsal. Use at least three adjectives and three adverbs. Include good and well.
Grade 6: Unit 4 Modifiers (Use with pupil book page 212.)Skill: Students will replace repeated adjectives and adverbs
with more exact adjectives and adverbs.
Choosing Different Adjectives and Adverbs
1–10. Replace the overused words good and happily with more exact adjectives oradverbs from the word box. Be sure the expression you choose fits the meaning ofthe sentence.
A good athlete must train for years for an event. Ted, the best athlete in Mrs.
Wigmore’s class, happily practiced his hurdle jumping for the most important race yet.
“He’s good,” said Mrs. Wigmore. Lisa, a strong runner, happily sprinted using long
strides. “She’s good too,” said the teacher.
The slowest racer, Mary happily ran home every day and jumped over low hurdles
when she could. “She’s good.” On the day of the event, Ted slipped and twisted his ankle.
Mrs. Wigmore turned to Lisa and said, “Go to it, kid. This is your good chance.” But
on the way to the field, Lisa tripped and broke a toe.
Scratching her head, Mrs. Wigmore looked at Mary. “Let’s see what you’ve got,” she
said. To her surprise, Mary went home happily that day with the gold medal. Sometimes
