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Irregular past tense verbs wordsearch
A fun and free activity created by an experienced teacher with the aim of teaching KS2 children about irregular past tense verbs. Each of the sentences on the worksheet includes an incorrect past-tense verb. Circle the incorrect verb and then find the correct form of the verb in the wordsearch.
Y4 criss-cross word puzzle
A criss-cross puzzle has a grid like a crossword, but there are no clues. Instead you must fit given words into the grid. Can you put these Y3/Y4 spelling words into the correct slot on the criss-cross grid?
Word colouring: nouns and pronouns
Colour the squares with nouns in green. Colour the squares with pronouns in brown. Leave the blank squares empty, then work out what the picture is.
Mini word Sudoku 6 x 6
Put the letters from the word GRUMPY in the squares so that each column, row, and mini-grid contains all the letters that make up the word.
Apostrophes for singular and plural possession
When we show that something belongs to someone else, we use an apostrophe. When we talk about lots of things belonging to one person or lots of people, the placing of the apostrophe changes. Look at these sentences and see if you can add in the missing apostrophes.
Writing lists and using colons
Make a list of all of the different things in your living room. Use them to finish this sentence (and remember your colon!). Now make a list of all of the different things that might be in a wizard’s spell room. Use the list to finish the sentence below.
Using apostrophes for omission
Some of the apostrophes have gone missing from this passage. Can you add them back in? Then write each of the incorrect words in their uncontracted (unshortened) form in the grid below. Can you arrange the yellow letters to form word related to using apostrophes?
Spot incorrect capital letters
Jennifer has gone a bit capital-letter-mad writing a letter about her interests and hobbies! Circle the words that shouldn’t have a capital letter, then find them in the wordsearch.
Sorting time connectives
Time connectives are words or phrases used in writing or speech to explain WHEN something is happening. Can you sort these time connectives from regular connectives?
Irregular past tense verbs wordsearch
A fun and free activity created by an experienced teacher with the aim of teaching KS2 children about irregular past tense verbs. Each of the sentences on the worksheet includes an incorrect past-tense verb. Circle the incorrect verb and then find the correct form of the verb in the wordsearch.
Commas after fronted adverbials
A fronted adverbial is used at the start of a sentence to explain more about the verb. It tells us where, when or how the verb is done. After a fronted adverbial, we often need a comma. Can you place the missing commas correctly in these sentences?
Football maths and soccer English for KS1 and KS2
Make the most of World Cup fever and give grammar, division and spelling practice a football twist with our soccer-themed worksheets for KS1 and KS2 children.
Using colons to introduce a list
Colons are often used in writing to introduce a list. Where do you think colons should go in these sentences?
Spelling patterns: the prefix inter-
The prefix inter- means ‘between’ or ‘among’. Can you complete these sentences with the correct words from the box?
Fronted adverbials: examples and meaning
A teacher-created, fronted adverbial worksheet that provides an explanation of what a fronted adverbial is, with examples and a football-themed activity. Cut out these parts of sentences. Can you match the fronted adverbial to the correct sentence ending?
Choosing connectives
Look at these sentences. Can you find appropriate connectives in the word bank below to go in the gaps?
Optional SATs papers: Y4 English set B
Exclusively available to TheSchoolRun subscribers, this Year 4 English practice optional SATs paper has been written by a primary-school teacher to mirror the old optional SATs papers used in schools up to 2015 to assess pupils' progress at the end of the KS2 school year.
Optional SATs papers: Y4 English set A
Exclusively available to TheSchoolRun subscribers, this Year 4 English practice optional SATs paper has been written by a primary-school teacher to mirror the old optional SATs papers used in schools prior to 2016 to assess pupils' progress at the end of the KS2 school year.
WordMaths: synonyms
The words in this puzzle all correspond to a number. Take the letters in the grid and do the maths to decipher the new word. The two words will be synonyms (they have the same meaning). If the letter in the new word is the same as the letter in the first word, there will be no maths to do.
Word split: compound words
A mix and match puzzle created by teachers, using compound words, to support primary school literacy and demonstrate examples of compound words.
Word speed challenge
Print off a copy of the challenge sheet for every person. Who can fill the grid with nouns, verbs and adjectives the fastest?
Word colouring: nouns and pronouns
Colour the squares with nouns in green. Colour the squares with pronouns in brown. Leave the blank squares empty, then work out what the picture is.
Prepositions x-words
Prepositions are linking words in a sentence, used to explain where things are in time or space. Can you place the words in the rows so that the green letters going diagonally spell a preposition from top to bottom?