Writing Process Steps

STEP 1 STEP 3
Brainstorm Ideas Write a Paragraph

• Write down all the ideas that
come into your mind.
• Don’t stop to think about what
you write. Just keep writing.
STEP 2
Organize Your Ideas
• Put your ideas into groups. Each
group will be a paragraph.
• A paragraph is a group of sentences
that are about one main idea.
Remember, the main idea is usually
the first sentence in a paragraph
• Decide what you want to say first,
next, and last.
• Remember to organize your ideas
before you write your paragraph.
• Write your topic sentence first.
This tells the reader what your
paragraph is about.
• Then write three or four sentences
that support your topic sentence.
STEP 4
Revise Your Work
• After you write your paragraphs, read
them again.
• Are your topic sentences clear?
• Are your supporting sentences strong
and in the correct order?
• Are your grammar and spelling correct?

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Brainstorming and Organizing
Make charts like these to organize your ideas before writing.
What happened? Topic

Who was there?

Main Idea
First
Why did it happen?
When did it happen?
Second
Where did it happen?
Supporting Details

Ideas Ideas Third

Topic Fourth
Ideas Ideas

Fifth

Ideas Ideas
Conclusion

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Parts of Speech

Part of Speech Description Examples

Verb an action I like to work. She is singing.

Noun a person, place, or thing Tim is my friend. The school is in London.

Adjective describes a noun I have two trees. The trees are big.

describes a verb, an
Adverb Jen runs quickly. Meg works quietly.
adjective, or an adverb

Pronoun replaces a noun She wants a snack. It looks great!

links a noun to a The bookstore is up the street.

Preposition location or to another
word We went to school on Monday.

joins parts of sentences I like fruit, and I like vegetables.

Conjunction
or words I like fruit, but I don’t like vegetables.

I like to work. I like to work, too.

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“Like” is a verb.
“Work” is a verb, too.

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Regular and Irregular Verbs
Learn Regular Verbs Learn Irregular Verbs

Most verbs are regular. Add -ed to Some verbs are irregular. We don’t use -ed
form the past tense of regular verbs. to form the past tense. We have to learn the
I was amazed. past tense form of each verb. Below is a list of
We played games together. common irregular verbs.

Base Verb Simple Past Base Verb Simple Past Base Verb Simple Past
be was, were fly flew read read
beat beat forget forgot ride rode
become became freeze froze ring rang
begin began get got rise rose
bend bent give gave run ran
bite bit go went say said
blow blew grow grew see saw
break broke hang hung sell sold
bring brought have had send sent
build built hear heard shut shut
burn burned hide hid sing sang
buy bought hit hit sit sat
catch caught hold held sleep slept
choose chose hurt hurt speak spoke
come came keep kept spend spent

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cost cost know knew stand stood
cut cut lay laid swim swam
dig dug lead led take took
do did learn learned teach taught
draw drew leave left tear tore
dream dreamed let let tell told
drink drank lie lay think thought
drive drove lose lost throw threw
eat ate make made understand understood
fall fell mean meant wake woke
feel felt meet met wear wore
fight fought pay paid win won
find found put put write wrote

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Verb Tenses
Present
Learn Simple Present
We use the simple present tense to talk about
things that happen regularly.
Learn Present Continuous
We use the present continuous tense to talk
about things that are happing right now.
Past
Learn Simple Past
We use the simple past tense to talk about
things that happened in the past.
Learn Past Continuous
We use the past continuous tense to talk about
what was going on during a time in the past.
Future
Learn Simple Future
We use the simple future tense to talk about
future facts or plans to do something.
Conditionals
Learn Present Real Conditional
We use the present real conditional to
talk about something that happens
and causes another thing to happen.
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I eat dinner at 6 p.m.
She plays basketball.
They go to Paris in the winter.
I am eating lunch.
He is playing the violin.
They are going to Paris.
I ate an orange.
He played tennis.
They went to a concert.
I was eating breakfast.
She was playing in the park.
They were going to a festival.
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I will eat dinner at 6 p.m.
He will play soccer tomorrow.
They will go to a restaurant.
If I am hungry, I eat a snack.
When she is bored, she plays a game.
When they are tired, they go to the hotel.