Nelson English UNIT 3 I Wouldn’t

Pupil Book 2

There’s a mouse house

In the hall wall
With a small door
By the hall floor
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Where the fat cat And do they
Sits all day, Come out and play
Sits that way When the fat cat
All day Asks them to?
Every day
Well, would you?
Just to say,
“Come out and play” John Ciardi

To the nice mice

In the mouse house
In the hall wall
With the small door
By the hall floor.
 Comprehension Vocabulary
A Answer these questions about the poem. Rhyming words
1 Where is the cat sitting?
Rhyming words often have the same
2 Where is the small door? letter patterns.
3 How long does the cat sit waiting for the mice? mouse   house
4 Does the cat really want to play with the mice?
A Copy the words below. The first one has
Beside each word, write another word from been done to
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the poem on pages 18 and 19 that rhymes. help you.

1 mouse house 2 floor 3 nice

4 fat 5 wall 6 say

B Choose three of the pairs of words in Activity A.

Write another rhyming word for each pair.

Punctuation
Capital letters, full stops and question marks

B For each question, copy the statement that is true.
1 The cat is fat.
The cat is thin.
2 The cat wants to play with the mice.
The cat wants to catch the mice.
C Discuss these questions with a friend.
A You have read the poem ‘I Wouldn’t’.
1 If you were one of the mice, would
you come out? Why?
2 What do you think it is like in the
‘mouse house’?
3 How do you think the cat is feeling?
A sentence starts with a capital letter.
A telling sentence ends with a full stop.
There’s a mouse house in the wall.
Some sentences end with a question mark.
These are asking sentences.
Will you come out to play?
1 Make up a telling sentence about Remember the
the poem. full stop or
question mark.
2 Make up an asking sentence about
the poem.
 Spelling Writing
Soft c Rhymes

Say these words aloud.   cat  mice Most poems have rhyming words.
What do you notice about the c sound ‘I Wouldn’t’ is a rhyming poem.
in each word?
The c in mice is called a soft c. 1 Copy the lines with rhyming words below.
It sounds more like an s! Use the correct word from the box to fill each gap.
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A Copy the words with a soft c. Say the words aloud. door   mouse   cat   wall
That will help you!

cat  mice  fact  city  rice  computer  race In the hall In the house

There’s a ____________. There’s a ____________.
cave  actor  face  circle  crocodile  icy  spicy

B Look at the words you have copied for Activity A.

1 Underline the letter that follows the soft c in each word.
2 Which three letters usually follow the soft c?

Grammar
Making verbs using am, is and are
A Copy and complete each sentence with am, is or are.
Near the floor On the mat
The words am, is and are help to make lots of doing words.
There’s a ____________. There’s a ____________.
am  + verb family name + ing   I am waiting for the mice.
is  + verb family name + ing   The cat is sitting by the door.
are + verb family name  + ing   The mice are staying in the
house. Doing words are
called verbs.
1 We ________ reading a poem. 2 The mice ________ hiding.
3 The cat ________ waiting for I ________ enjoying the
4 
the mice. poem.
5 We ________ playing a game.
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Workbook 2 Spelling
Soft c

Say these words aloud.

Vocabulary cat mice
Rhyming words What do you notice about the c sound in each word?
The c in mice is called a soft c.
A Each word from the box rhymes with It sounds more like an s!
Remember, rhyming
another word from the box.
words often have the
Write the rhyming pairs. A Write the soft c words.
same letter patterns.
The first has been done to help you.
1      2     3    
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floor nice house play cat mice
mouse wall fat hall door say

floor       
 1         door   2                3             
f j m
 4                5               6             

B Write one pair of words from Activity A in a sentence. 4     5     6    

Punctuation
r r i
Capital letters, full stops and question marks
B Add the soft c words to the table.
A sentence starts with a capital letter. Sort them by looking at the letter that comes after the soft c.
A telling sentence ends with a full stop.
 There’s a mouse house in the wall. race icy price
city cinema pencil
Some sentences end with a question mark.
cereal spicy cycle
These are asking sentences.
 Will you come out to play?
ci ce cy

A Put full stops at the end of the telling sentences.

Put question marks at the end of the asking sentences.

1 The mouse house has a small door_____

2 Where does the fat cat sit_____
3 The nice mice live in the mouse house_____
4 Does the cat want to play_____
5 Will the mice come out_____ C Add one more word to each column in the table.
 Grammar Writing
Making verbs using am, is and are Rhymes

The words am, is and are help to make lots of doing words. Some poems have rhyming words.
am + verb family name + ing 
 I am waiting for the mice. Doing words are Read these rhymes.
is + verb family name + ing  called verbs.
In the hall In the house
  The cat is sitting by the door.
There’s a wall. There’s a mouse.
are + verb family name + ing 
  The mice are staying in the house.
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A Underline the verb in each sentence. Near the floor On the mat
Remember these verbs
The first one has been done to help you. There’s a door. There’s a cat.
have two words.
1 The cat is waiting for the mice.

2 The mice are hiding in their house.

3 I am visiting the city.

1 Think of your own word to complete each rhyme.
4 You are closing the door. The pictures will help you.
5 That cat is getting fat!

B Complete each sentence with am, is or are.

On the log
1 I         thinking. There’s a           
2 He         sitting.
3 You         talking.
4 We         waiting. In the box
5 She         playing. There’s a           

C Use these verbs in sentences of your own.

2 Write two more rhymes using the same rhyming pattern.
1 are writing 


2 is looking  


3 am going 
 
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Pupil Book and Workbook 2 Answers Workbook Answers Grammar
Vocabulary A
1 The cat is waiting for the mice. [Provided as an
Pupil Book Answers Punctuation
A
example]
1    floor – door [Provided as an example]
Comprehension 2 The mice are hiding in their house.
A 2    nice – mice 3    house – mouse
3 I am visiting the city.
A 1 Example telling sentences: 4    play – say 5    cat – fat 6    wall – hall
4 You are closing the door.
Possible answers: The poem is about a cat and some mice. B
5 That cat is getting fat!
1 in the hall/on the hall floor/by the mouse house/on The mice live in a hole in the wall.
Example answers:
the floor The cat wants them to come out and play. B
The ball rolled in the door and along the floor.
2 Example asking sentences: 1 I am thinking.
2 in the hall wall/by the hall floor Is there a mouse in this house?
Why does the cat want the mice to come out and
3 all day/every day I think the mice are very nice. 2 He is sitting.
play?
4 Individual answers suggesting that cat does not There is a clock on the wall in the hall. 3 You are talking.
Do you think the mice will come out?
want to play with the mice. I saw a fat cat. 4 We are waiting.
What is the mouse house like?
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I called to say that I would like to play. 5 She is playing.
B
1 The cat is fat. C
2 The cat wants to catch the mice. Spelling Example answers:
Punctuation
A
1 We are writing a story together.
C
A 2 The weather is looking very cloudy.
Individual answers, for example: mice city rice race
1 The mouse house has a small door. 3 I am going to see my grandmother.
1 No, I wouldn’t, because I think the cat might want to face circle icy spicy
2 Where does the fat cat sit?
eat me! B
3 The nice mice live in the mouse house.
2 I think it is little and cosy in the mouse house.
1 mice city rice race 4 Does the cat want to play? Writing
3 I think the cat is hungry and really wants to catch
face circle icy spicy 5 Will the mice come out?
the mice. 1
2 e i y On the log
There’s a frog
Spelling In the box
Vocabulary Grammar There’s a fox
A
A 2
A
1 face 2 juice 3 mice Example answers:
1 mouse – house [Provided as an example] 1 We are reading a poem. 4 race 5 rice 6 ice Near the road
2 floor – door 2 The mice are hiding.
B There’s a toad
3 nice – mice 3 The cat is waiting for the mice. In the sky
4 fat – cat ci ce cy There’s a fly
4 I am enjoying the poem.
5 wall – hall, small city race icy
5 We are playing a game.
6 say – day, way, play, they cinema price spicy Near the lake
pencil cereal cycle There’s a snake
B
C On the veranda
Possible answers: Writing There’s a panda
Possible answers:
mouse – douse, spouse, louse
1 ci: circus, recipe, circle, medicine
floor – draw, more, core, store, pour, soar, explore,
before In the hall In the house ce: prince, centre, December, nice, choice
nice – spice, dice, price, rice, slice, twice, ice There’s a wall. There’s a mouse. cy: juicy, cyclone, emergency, cymbal, unicycle
fat – hat, bat, chat, flat, mat, pat, rat, splat, that Near the floor On the mat
wall – ball, call, mall, stall, all, crawl, fall, small, tall, There’s a door. There’s a cat.
recall
say – grey, may, pay, stay, sway, café, okay