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WS1 2nd-Writing Worksheet
WS1 2nd-Writing Worksheet
Find one mistake in each sentence. Cross out the mistakes and rewrite the sentences.
My Best Friend
Tom harrison and I are best friends. We go to Cherry hill Elementary School. Tom is Smart and
funny. he likes to play computer games. We play games Together. tom also likes to play basketball. he is
good! I am happy to have Tom as my best Friend.
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Think about your best friend. Answer the questions in complete sentences.
Now write a paragraph about your best friend. Use your sentences above. Add some new
ideas, too.
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Find one mistake in each sentence. Cross out the mistakes and rewrite the sentences.
New Rollerblades
Kelly have new rollerblades. She like them a lot. They is purple and green. She bring them to
school. She show them to her friend, Jane. Jane have rollerblades, too. She say, “Let’s rollerblade after
lunch.” Kelly think that is a good idea. Kelly say, “OK!” Kelly and Jane has fun on their rollerblades.
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Think about something new you have. Answer the questions in complete sentences.
Now write a paragraph about your new item. Use your sentences above. Add some new
ideas, too.
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Find one punctuation mistake in each sentence. Cross out the mistakes and rewrite the
sentences.
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Think about your favorite museum. Answer the questions in complete sentences.
Now write a paragraph about your favorite museum. Use your sentences above. Add some
new ideas, too.
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Find one mistake in each sentence. Cross out the mistakes and rewrite the sentences.
Matt’s Rocks
Matt collecting rocks. He looking at his rocks now. The rocks is lying around him. He is smile
happily. He is knowing a lot about rocks. He are holding a big, black rock. He is tell his little brother
about the rock. His little brother are listening carefully.
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Choose a picture in a magazine or from the Internet. There must be people in the picture.
Answer the questions in complete sentences. Ideas
1. How many people are in the picture? park shoes
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hat coat
2. What are the people wearing? shirt museum
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mall party
3. What are they doing?
shopping picnic
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4. Where are the people? Why are they there? Are they having a good time?
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Now write a paragraph about the picture. Use your sentences above. Add some new ideas,
too.
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Check your sentences. Did you use the present progressive tense correctly?
Find eight pronoun mistakes. Cross out the mistakes and rewrite the sentences.
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Think about something you lost for a short time. Answer the questions in complete
sentences.
Now write a paragraph about your missing item. Use your sentences above. Add some new
ideas, too.
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My _______________ is missing. ___________________________________________________
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Find eight mistakes with adjectives. Cross out the mistakes and rewrite the sentences.
Happy Birthday
It is Monica’s birthday. Monica sad is. There are no presents pretty at home. At school, her
friend best doesn’t say “Happy Birthday.” This is terrible a birthday. After school, there is no food
special. There are tasty no treats. Monica is very sad. Then she hears music loud. She goes outside. She
sees her friends. “Surprise! Happy birthday, Monica!” Now she happy is.
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Think about a surprise you had. Answer the questions in complete sentences.
Ideas
1. How do you feel before the surprise?
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excited nervous
2. What is the surprise for? afraid surprised
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for fun for my birthday
3. Who surprises you?
passing an exam
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friends family
4. How do you feel after the surprise? teacher brother/sister
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Now write a paragraph about your surprise. Use your sentences above. Add some new
ideas, too.
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Find one mistake in each sentence. Cross out the mistakes and rewrite the sentences.
Pizza Party
Kristen is having a pizza fun party for her birthday. There are cheesy, three, delicious pizzas.
There are exciting, many, new games at the party. Kids throw balls into small and medium and large
baskets. The music is loud, great! Everyone is having a good, time.
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Think about your family vacations. Answer the questions in complete sentences.
Now write a paragraph about a vacation you had with your family. Use some of the
sentences above. Add some new ideas, too.
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my family!
Find six mistakes. Cross them out and rewrite the sentences.
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Now write a paragraph about your favorite sport, playing it, and your favorite athletes
who play it. Use your sentences above. Add some new ideas, too.
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Find the six words with missing apostrophes (’). Circle them and rewrite the sentences
using apostrophes.
The Game
Ryan and Justin are at Ryans house. They are playing a game. Justins cards are better. Ryans
mom brings a snack over. Yum! Justins cookies are chocolate. Ryans are vanilla. Ryan loves this card
game. It’s Ryans favorite game. He is so happy that Justin likes the game too!
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Think about your brother or sister’s favorite thing. Answer the questions in complete
sentences.
Ideas
1. What is your brother or sister’s favorite thing?
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blue statue
2. What color is it?
toy train red
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3. Why do you like it? desk yo-yo
fun to use fun to play with
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do tricks play a game
4. What do you do with it?
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Now write a paragraph about things in your house. Use your sentences above. Try to use
apostrophes. Add some new ideas, too.
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_______________________. We have fun playing with my __________’s ____________!
Find five mistakes with can and can’t. Cross them out and rewrite the sentences.
Chimpanzees
Chimpanzees are very smart animals. In fact, they can to do almost everything people do! They
can living in groups and help each other. They use can computers. They are kind to each other. Mother
chimpanzees feed their babies when the babies cant do it themselves--just like people. I hope I can sees
a chimpanzee one day!
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Think about what you can and can’t do. Answer the questions in complete sentences.
1. What can you do now that you couldn’t do last year? Ideas
Now write a paragraph about you can do, and what you want to do. Use your sentences
above. Add some new ideas, too.
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Check your sentences. Did you use “can” and “can’t” correctly?
Find the verb mistake in each sentence. Circle them and rewrite the sentences using the
simple past tense.
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Now write a paragraph about something that happened in the last year. Use your sentences
above. Add some new ideas, too.
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Check your sentences. Did you use the simple past tense correctly?
Find six preposition mistakes and circle them. Rewrite the sentences using the correct
prepositions.
My Bedroom
I love my bedroom. It is next from my sister’s room. I keep my books over my bookshelf. I do
my homework under my bedroom. There is a window below my bed and the bookshelf. It is such a nice
room. My bedroom is across to the kitchen. When my mom cooks food, I can smell it behind my room!
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Now write a paragraph about your house. Use your sentences above. Try to use
prepositions. Add some new ideas, too.
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Find five incorrect prepositions of time. Rewrite the sentences using the correct
prepositions.
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Think about your day at school. Answer the questions in complete sentences.
Now write a paragraph about your day. Use your sentences above. Add some new ideas,
too.
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Find five mistakes. Rewrite the sentences using the correct comparative and superlative
words.
Classmates
My classmates at school are all good at something. Tom is the smarter. Jamie is best than Tom
at sports. I study hardest than everyone else. Kristen is the worse at math. But she is the most good at
English! Tom helps Kristen with math, and Kristen helps Tom with English.
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Now write a paragraph about your classmates. Use your sentences above. Try to use
comparative and superlative words. Add some new ideas, too.
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Check your sentences. Did you use comparative and superlative words correctly?
Find the four incorrect transition words. Cross them out and rewrite the sentences with the
correct transition words.
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Think about a field trip you liked. Answer the questions in complete sentences.
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Now write a paragraph about your dream field trip. Pretend it just happened. What did
you do? What happened first, second and third? Use what you learned above to write a
short paragraph. __________________
Find the five incorrect verb forms. Cross out the mistakes and rewrite the sentences.
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Think about a dream job. What do you want to do? Answer the questions in complete
sentences.
Ideas
1. What is your dream? to become to have
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scientist doctor
2. What are you going to do to get your dream?
work hard study
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3. What do you hope to do with it? help people make money
do good things be lazy
_________________________________________________ a big house a happy family
a lot of money a nice car
4. What else do you hope to have?
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Now write a paragraph about you in the future. What are you hoping for? Use your
sentences above. Add some new ideas, too.
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Check your sentences. Did you use “going to” and “hope to” correctly?
Answer Key
Unit 1
Tom Harrison and I are best friends. We go to Cherry Hill Elementary School. Tom is smart and
funny. He likes to play computer games. We play games together. Tom also likes to play basketball. He is
good. I am happy to have Tom as my best friend.
Unit 2
Sam and Julie are at the museum of music. They are looking at a piano. A museum guide is
telling them about the piano. It is very old. It is from 1795. Julie wants to play the piano. She asks, “Can I
play a song on the piano?” The answer is no. The piano is too old.
Unit 3
Matt collects rocks. He is looking at his rocks now. The rocks are lying around him. He is
smiling happily. He knows a lot about rocks. He is holding a big, black rock. He is telling his little brother
about the rock. His little brother is listening carefully.
Unit 4
Kelly has new rollerblades. She likes them a lot. They are purple and green. She brings
them to school. She shows them to her friend, Jane. Jane has rollerblades, too. She says, “Let’s
rollerblade after lunch.” Kelly thinks that is a good idea. Kelly says, “OK!” Kelly and Jane have fun on
their rollerblades.
Unit 5
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Justin rides the bus to school and listens to his MP3 player. At school, he puts his MP3
player in his desk. Later, he can’t find it. He looks in his desk. He looks in his backpack. Kayla knows
where it is. She is smiling. She says, “I love this song! Do you want to listen?” Justin laughs. Kayla has his
MP3 player.
Unit 6
It is Monica’s birthday. Monica is sad. There are no pretty presents at home. At school, her best
friend doesn’t say “Happy Birthday.” This is a terrible birthday. After school, there is no special food.
There are no tasty treats. Monica is very sad. Then, she hears loud music. She goes outside. She sees her
friends. “Surprise! Happy birthday, Monica!” Now she is happy.
Unit 7
Kristen is having a fun pizza party for her birthday. There are three delicious, cheesy
pizzas. There are many exciting, new games at the party. Kids throw balls into small, medium, and large
baskets. The music is loud and great! Everyone is having a good time.
Unit 8
Today is sports day at my school! We are watching closely. Megan jumps very high. Bill is
swimming hard. Tom runs fast. Look at him go! Oh, Tom is winning the race! He is smiling happily. He
runs well. That was fun to watch. I can’t wait to give Tom a high five!
Unit 9
Ryan and Justin are at Ryan’s house. They are playing a game. Justin’s cards are better.
Ryan’s mom brings a snack over. Yum! Justin’s cookies are chocolate. Ryan’s are vanilla. Ryan loves this
card game. It’s Ryan’s favorite game He is so happy that Justin likes the game too!
Unit 10
Chimpanzees are very smart animals. In fact, they can do almost everything people do! They
can live in groups and help each other. They can use computers. They are kind to each other. Mother
chimpanzees feed their babies when the babies can’t do it themselves--just like people. I hope I can see
a chimpanzee one day!
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Unit 11
Last weekend, my dad and I went to the park. We went there by bus. We sat on the
bench together. It was nice. We brought lunch. We had sandwiches and juice. We threw the ball. Other
kids wanted to play with us. We played with them too! It was fun.
Unit 12
I love my bedroom. It is next to/across from my sister’s room. I keep my books in/on my
bookshelf. I do my homework in my bedroom. There is a window between my bed and the bookshelf. It
is such a nice room. My bedroom is across from the kitchen. When my mom cooks food, I can smell it in
my room!
Unit 13
Today was such a busy day! I had to wake up at exactly seven o’clock. From eight o’clock to
three o’clock, I was at school. At school, I had a lot of fun. Before school, at four o’clock in the afternoon,
I had a piano lesson. During my lesson, I made a lot of mistakes. I was really tired. Next time, I’ll do
better.
Unit 14
My classmates at school are all good at something. Tom is the smartest. Jamie is better
than Tom at sports. I study harder than everyone else. Kristen is the worst at math. But she is the best at
English! Tom helps Kristen with math, and Kristen helps Tom with English.
Unit 15
Yesterday we went on a field trip to the science museum. It was really fun! First, we got
on the bus at about nine o’clock. Second/Then/Next, we went to the museum. We spent a lot of the day
looking at exhibits. We expected to be bored. However, they were really fun, and I could use my hands!
We wanted to stay. But,/However it was time to go home.
Unit 16
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have to learn a lot, so he is going to study hard. He is going to learn about outer space. I hope I can visit
my brother on Mars!
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