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Classroom objects
A book has pages. A pencil is for writing or drawing. A ruler helps you draw straight lines. A desk is a table for working, and a bag carries things. Say each word, then use it in a sentence.
One object
We often put a or an before one thing: a pencil, an apple. Choose an before a vowel sound, rather than simply a written vowel. Start with an apple and an orange.
Instructions and numbers
Open your book, close your book, listen, read, and write are classroom instructions. Thirteen means 13; thirty means 30. Look carefully at the ending before choosing a number.
Worked examples
This is a ruler.
We introduce one object. A comes before ruler.
I have fourteen pencils.
Fourteen means 14. Pencils ends in s because there is more than one pencil.
Try it yourself
Your turn
Type the missing word, number, or sign. Spaces in large numbers are allowed. Try first, then open the explanation.
Choose four objects around you. Say and write This is a ... for each one.
See an example answer
This is a book. This is a pencil. This is a bag. This is a ruler.
Check your knowledge
Choose one answer for each question. You can revise your answers and check again.
Answer key
- pencil. A pencil is used for writing.
- a bag. Bag begins with a consonant sound.
- 30. Thirteen and thirty have different endings.
- Read.. Read asks someone to read.
- books. Use the plural books for three objects.