COLEGIO WILLIAM JAMES

PRIMARY
Guides 6th Grade
Block 3

Grammar.

I. Write the correct word who, whose, where, which, that.

1. The girl, _____________ is wearing pink dress, is my sister.

2. This is the store _____________ I bought my video game.
3. The backpack, _____________ has a sticker is mine.
4. This is the _____________ car is broken down.
5. Those are the notebooks _____________ we need to study.
6. She is the doctor _____________ saved my life.
7. Do you know anybody _____________ wants to climb a mountain?
8. The woman _____________ keys are on the floor has left.
9. This is the museum _____________ we saw a famous picture.
10. That is the magazine _____________ I’ve read many times.

II. Underline the non-relative clause in each sentence.

1. Ulan Bator, which is the capital of Outer Mongolia, is a place I’d like
to visit.
2. My teacher, whose name is Mrs. Anders, is extremely intelligent.
3. This machine, which someone invented a long time ago, looks old
fashioned.
4. A scanner, which copies documents, is useful to have.
5. Beethoven, whose compositions are beautiful, is famous worldwide.
6. Many people eat fast food, which isn’t very healthy.
7. That boy, whose name is Timothy, was my partner in gym class.
8. Baseball, which is a very popular sport, isn’t one that I enjoy.
 III. Change the active sentences into passive sentences.

1. Someone has eaten my sandwich.

A: _______________________________________________________

2. Someone bought the plane tickets.

A: _______________________________________________________

3. Someone has opened the door.

A: _______________________________________________________

4. Someone assigns the homework.

A: _______________________________________________________

5. No one answered the phone.

N: _______________________________________________________

6. Someone closes the store.

N: _______________________________________________________

IV. Write passive sentences. Use the noun and verb combinations.

1. homework/correct

A: ________________________________________________________

2. floor/sweep

A: ________________________________________________________

3. lights/switch off

A: ________________________________________________________

4. computer/restart

A: ________________________________________________________

5. window/opened
A: ________________________________________________________
Writing

I. Complete chart

Base Form Past Tense Past Participle Meaning

1. think
2. sang
3. laughed
4. die
5. asked
6. forgotten
7. had
8. drink
9. sent
10. chosen
11. say
12. spoke

II. Underline the correct form of the verb and complete sentences with
verbs.

1. Please ______________ sugar to the coffee.

a) add b) ask c) answer

2. I have ______________ the apples for the pie.

a) think b) cut c) laugh

3. Sue will be __________________ the questions.

a) answering b) cutting c) adding

4. How much the book _________________?

a) says b) speaks c) costs

5. Did you _______________ your keys?

a) find b) cost c) answer

6. She _____________ next to my grandma.

a) earns b) sings c) lives

7. They had _______________ a lot of money.

a) earned b) drank c) meant
 8. My sister always _______________ her English book.
a) cuts b) forgets c) earns

9. The bill was _______________ yesterday morning.

a) paid b) cost c) meant

10. What does “choreographer” _______________ ? I don’t understand.

a) said b) drank c) mean

III. Read the paragraph. Then paraphrase in your own words.

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IV. Check the sentences that include a connector that shows contrast. Then
underline the connectors.
Vocabulary

I. Find the words. And then write the correct word under the picture.
II. Complete the paragraph.

III. Circle the correct word.

1. When I forgot to do my homework, my mom showed her disapproval/refusal.

2. We couldn’t see the gifts because they were transmitted/concealed behind a
curtain.
3. The horse looked as if it were in distress/disapproval when it broke its leg.
4. As the play was about to start, the manager raised/concealed the curtain.
5. You can transmit/group messages all around the world via Internet.
IV. Unscramble the words and complete the sentences.

VI. Write sentences:

1. frustrated __________________________________________________________

2. customary_________________________________________________________

3. respective _________________________________________________________

4. devise ____________________________________________________________

5. radiant ___________________________________________________________
 Spelling

I. Unscramble the words.

1. hrantologistpo ______________ 6. shilotteue ___________

2. llisemhedbe _____________ 7. rikste ___________

3. atfanedsci ____________ 8. bopadckr ___________

4. ophournatojlism ___________ 9. tegycolhno __________

5. noemblan _____________ 10. sintle ____________

II. Circle the correct word.

1. interfere interfire interfer

2. dissorder disorder disordder

3. split spplit esplit

4. depraivation deprivaition deprivation

5. bukle buckle bucle

6. naap napp nap

7. hallucinate halucinate halluscinate

8. patern pattern patternn

9. speculate speciulate spequlate

10. sleepwaking slepwalking sleepwalking

11. cranki cranky kranky

12. dream driam drem

13. rejuvennate rejuvenate rejuvenatte

14. skils eskills Skills

 III. Complete the words.

1. m__ o ___ 6. pr __ t__ en

2. __hil__ho__d 7. la__ght__r

3. i__jur__ 8. me__ori__s

4. t__er__pis__ 9. sc__ner__

5. __irr__r 10. dru__be__t

Reading
The Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal is one of the most famous buildings in the world. This amazing
building is located in Agra, in northern India. It is made of white marble, a type of
rock that people often use to make important buildings and sculptures. Taj Mahal
means “Crown of palaces,” which gives you an idea of just how beautiful it is. It took
22 years to build, and believe it or not, as many as 20,000 people worked on
constructing this palace!
The Story of the Taj Mahal
Why is the Taj Mahal so famous? Well partly because of the story behind it. From
1628 to 1658, a man named Shan Jahan was the emperor, or ruler, of the Mughal
Empire. That’s the country we now call India. Shan Jahan married a beautiful
woman. He called her Mumtaz Mahal. Unfortunately, Mumtaz died in 1631, and
Shan Jahan was heartbroken. He was so sad that he decided to build a beautiful
building in honor of his beautiful wife. He wanted to build an aesthetically beautiful
structure to remember her by. Construction on the Taj Mahal began in 1632, and
although the building is now almost four hundred years old, you can still see it and
visit it today. People call it one of the seven wonders of the modern world.
The Design of the Taj Mahal.
Another reason the Taj Mahal is famous is that it is almost completely symmetrical.
The Taj Mahal was designed according to two main principles. The first of these
was symmetry. When you look at the Taj Mahal, you see that the building is
symmetrical. But then you see that its symmetry extends beyond the building itself.
In front of the palace, there is a long pool of water. In the water, you can see a
perfect reflection of the building. This is called reflection or mirror, symmetry. There
is also reflection symmetry in all the decorations on the walls and floors of the
building.
The second principle behind the design of the Taj Mahal is repetition. If you repeat
something, you make several copies of the same thing, and that’s what Shan Jahan
wanted to do. The main building is cube-shaped, with four identical sides. On each
side of the building, there is an archway, which makes four archways. Then, there
are four minarets (tall towers), one at each corner of the building. The garden around
the Taj Mahal is also divided into four sections. This repetition makes the Taj Mahal
look beautiful and adds to its symmetry.

I. Circle the correct answer.

1. How long did it take to build the Taj Mahal?
a) 20,000 years
b) 12 years
c) 22 years
e) 2 years

2. Who did Shan Jahan want to honor when he built the Tah Mahal?
a) tourists
b) his wife
c) builders
d) other rulers

3. Where can you see the symmetry of the Taj Mahal reflected?
a) in a pool of water
b) in the ocean
c) in a mirror
d) in the sky

4. Why does the Taj Mahal attract so many visitors?

a) It’s large
b) It’s cube-shaped
c) It has a pool
d) It’s beautiful

5. When did Taj Mahal begin its construction?

a) in 1362
b) in 1632
c) in 1532
d) in 1832
II. Read the article about two sisters and answer the questions.

Something very strange happened to Tamara. She never knew she had a twin sister
until she started university!
Tamara was born in Mexico. Her parents could not look after her so she went to live
with a family in Manhattan, USA.
When Tamara was twenty years old, she started university in Long Island. She
enjoyed her university life. But one day she was walking home from class, and a
student smiled at her. “Hello Adriana!” said the student. “I’m not Adriana,” said
Tamara.
This happened to Tamara again and again. People Tamara didn’t know kept calling
her Adriana. It was very strange. One day, when a woman called her Adriana,
Tamara asked “Why do you keep calling me Adriana?”
The woman replied, “You look like my friend Adriana. You have the same face and
the same hair. Is Adriana your sister?” Tamara said that she did not have a sister
called Adriana. But she was interested in this girl Adriana. Finally she asked
someone for Adriana’s email address.
When Tamara wrote to Adriana, she found out that they both had the same birthday,
they looked the same and both of them were from Mexico.When Tamara went to
live with the family in Manhattan, Adriana moved to Long Island to live with a family
there. It had to be true! Adriana and Tamara were twin sisters!
1. Tamara’s parents…
a) moved from Mexico to Manhatan.
b) sent Tamara and Adriana away.
c) are still alive.

2. Tamara and her sister were both born…

a) in Mexico.
b) in Manhattan.
c) in Long Island.

3. Adriana wrote to Tamara

a) after speaking to friends.
b) to reply to an email.
c) to suggest a meet

4. How did the sisters meet?

a) Adriana contacted Tamara.
b) A friend introduced them.
c) Tamara contacted Adriana.

5. Tamara didn't know ...

a) that she was born in Mexico.
b) what day her birthday was
c) that she had a sister

II. Fill in the organizer with the main idea and supporting details.

Math

I. Find the coordinates in the Cartesian Plane.

A (2,2) D (10,5) G (1,3) J (9,0)

B (4,5) E (6,4) H ( 6,10)
C (10,9) F (4,1) I ( 8,7)
II. Write the coordinates.

A( 1 , 5 ) E ( ____, ____) H ( ____, ____)

B ( ____, ____) F ( ____, ____) I ( ____, ____)
C ( ____, ____) G ( ____, ____) J ( ____, ____)
D ( ____, ____) F ( ____, ____) K ( ____, ____)

III. Convert the following quantities.

a) 15 in to cm c) 10 mi to m e) 18 ft to cm

b) 23 ft to cm d) 32 in to cm
Science.

Answer the questions.

1. What is a property of a material?

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2. These are some physical properties of materials.
a) Opaque, transparent, smooth, rigid, flexible.
b) Long, short, big, small.
3. A material is opaque when…
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4. A material is transparent when…
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5. Describe the three kinds of materials.
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6. The mechanical properties of a material are…
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7. Elasticity allows the material to…
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8. Plasticity allows the material to…
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9. Explain the three R’s
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10. What is material degradation?
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11. What is a machine?
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12. Write two examples of simple machines.
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