Worksheet on Sequence and Comparison

Which words show time/order (sequence)?

• A. First, then, lastly

• B. popcorn, pizza, first

• C. enjoyed, Friday, then

Before Milton Hershey became a famous candy maker, he tried many different jobs and businesses. He was born in 1857 and had a tough start, as his family didn't have much money. When he was young, he learned to be a printer's apprentice, but he didn't enjoy it. He then started a caramel business, which did okay at first, but it didn’t succeed. Milton didn’t give up, though. He traveled to different places to learn about candy making and kept experimenting with new ideas. After several years of trying and failing, he finally figured out how to make delicious milk chocolate. His hard work and determination helped him achieve success, even though it took time for him to find the right business. Choose the answers that showed Hershey did many things before finding success (choose 3)

• A. He was a printer's apprentice

• B. He made caramels

• C. He traveled to different places

• D. He created the Hershey bar

Which element of a play tells the reader when and where the action takes place?

• A. dialogue

• B. Setting

• C. Scene

• D. Characters

Which is the correct way to change the verb love to an adjective?

• A. loving

• B. lovable

• C. loveable

• D. lovible

Which is the correct way to change the word direct to a noun?

• directable

• direction

• directest

• directible

Which words in the following sentence are homographs (words that have two meanings)? The duck walked slowly along the pond bank.

• walked, pond

• duck, walked

• duck, bank

• slowly, along

Which words are homophones?

• mist/missed

• pause/paws

• cell/sell

• all the above

Which following word is a contraction?

• I'm

• W'ell

• The'll

• He'ad

Which sentences show a preposition that shows time? Choose two.

• I can eat my snack during recess.

• He lost his baseball before the game started.

• She decided to stay in bed all day.

Which comparative adjective completes the sentence? His Pokemon collection is than mine.

• big

• bigger
• biggest