Language Arts Cheat Sheet

Everything you need for the test, Helô! ⭐

📖 Test: Wednesday, April 22
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📖 Reading & Comprehension

  • Find text evidence — use clues from the story to support your prediction.
  • Describe characters: who they are, what they do, how they feel.
  • Identify plot elements: beginning → middle → end, problem, solution.
  • Use clues: words, pictures, context.
When a question asks "why?", point to the exact sentence that proves your answer.
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✍️ Writing & Creating

  • Mind Maps — plan your ideas before writing.
  • Biographies — real person, real facts, in chronological order (birth → childhood → achievements → today).
  • Writing stages: Plan → Draft → Revise → Edit → Publish
Biography rule: start with birth, end with "today" or "now". Use past tense!
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🎤 Listening & Speaking

  • Join discussions — build on what your friends say.
  • Perform dialogues with good pronunciation.
  • Retell a story using facts & descriptive details.
  • Stories to remember: The 3 Gifts, Stone Soup, The Elephant Shepherd.
Listen first, think, then speak. "I agree with... and I'd like to add..."
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🔤 Grammar Power-Ups

🔮 Will vs. Be Going To

Will = decision right now, promise, or prediction.

I'm thirsty. I will drink water.

Be going to = plan decided before, or clear evidence.

Look at those clouds! It is going to rain.

⏪ Regular Verbs (Past)

Just add -ed:

NowYesterday
playplayed
walkwalked
dancedanced
studystudied
stopstopped

🎲 Irregular Verbs (Past)

They change completely. Memorize!

NowYesterday
gowent
eatate
seesaw
havehad
comecame
dodid
makemade
taketook
writewrote
readread (same spelling!)

💬 Quotation Marks

Used for dialogue — what a person says.

Mom said, "Time for dinner!"
"I love pizza," said Helô.

Rules: capital letter starts the quote. Comma or period goes inside the marks.

👑 Possessives ('s)

Shows ownership — who owns what.

This is Helô's book.
The dog's tail is wagging.

Plural ending in -s? Just add apostrophe:

The boys' ball (many boys).

⏰ Adverbs of Frequency

How often?

always100%
usually90%
often70%
sometimes50%
rarely10%
never0%
I always brush my teeth.

Adverbs of intensity: very, really, quite, extremely.

Position trick: frequency adverbs go before the main verb, but after the verb "to be". → She is always happy / She always plays.