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Free Ant Quiz with the Suffix -ant

FREE Printables: Recognising Facts – Consider the Ant

What is your opinion of the humble ant? How much do you think you know about the amazing  (tiny) world of ants? How much do you really know about them?

Can you tell true facts from false facts and suppositions from opinions?

Improve your knowledge of ants and practice recognising facts with our brand new free printable worksheets.

Instructions: cut out the cards, mix them up, then match together the sentence halves. Put each sentence into one of four categories: a) True Facts, b) False Facts, c) Suppositions, d) Opinions. Say how you know this in each case.

Finally, after learning so much about ants, discuss whether your view of them has changed in any way.

Recognising Facts – Consider the Ant 1

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Recognising Facts – Consider the Ant 2

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Which Ant…? Quiz – Answers:

1. insignificant
2. pregnant
3. antiperspirant / deodorant
4. exuberant
5. decongestant
6. immigrant
7. distant
8. somnambulant
9. abundant
10. relevant
11. observant
12. constant
13. restaurant
14. accountant
15. pleasant
16. elegant
17. dominant
18. elephant
19. arrogant
20. ignorant
21. militant
22. extravagant
23. flippant
24. brilliant
25. vigilant
26. buoyant
27. instant
28. tolerant
29. truant
30. pedant


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Repeated Actions in the Past with Used to

FREE Printables: Repeated Actions in the Past with Used to

  • We need used to + infinitive to compare the past with the present: ‘I used to eat fish, but now I don’t.’ We use it to discuss repeated actions (habits) and states in the past which are not true now.
  • Time: completed actions in general past – not a specific time: ‘I used to play the piano last Friday / in 1989.’
  • Positive: used to  /  Negative: did not use to  /  Question: did you use to? (auxiliary verb: did)
  • Note: use to sounds the same as used to because of connected speech, but we should write use to.
  • The second clause is often present simple or present perfect, e.g. ‘I used to like Uno, but I haven’t played in ages.’
  • If nothing has changed, we can use still: ‘I used to like pasta and I still do.’
  • Can be used as an alternative to past simple; not connected with verb ‘to use’ or the construction ‘get / be used to’.
  • We can use would in a similar way to used to – especially to tell a story – but not with past states, e.g. be, have, etc.
Repeated actions in the past with used to

Repeated actions in the past with used to

Practice using used to + infinitive with the free printable worksheets below:

Repeated Actions in the Past with Used to – Free Worksheet 1:

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Repeated Actions in the Past with Used to – Free Worksheet 2:

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Repeated Actions in the Past with Used to – Blank:

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