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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 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.
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.
Spelling patterns: the prefix cir-
Can you complete this mini-wordsearch? All the words you need start with the prefix circ- and are below. What do you think circ- means?
Write your own homonyms crossword puzzle
Homonyms are pairs of words that are spelled and pronounced the same way, but have different meanings. Look at these words. Can you work out the two different meanings?
If not, look them up in the dictionary. On the next page you’ll need to create TWO crossword puzzles where the homonyms are the answers. Each word will need two different clues, one for each meaning.
If not, look them up in the dictionary. On the next page you’ll need to create TWO crossword puzzles where the homonyms are the answers. Each word will need two different clues, one for each meaning.
Reading comprehension: THE SHEPHERD BOY AND THE WOLF
Read this passage about a boy who cries wolf, and then answer the questions below.
Reading comprehension: the bride
Great Expectations is a novel written by Charles Dickens in 1861. In this passage the protagonist Pip visits an old lady who lives nearby, Miss Havisham. She was abandoned at the altar by the man she was about to marry and has spent the rest of her life indoors, still wearing her wedding dress.
Year 6 Cloze test: the storm
This is a passage from The Swiss Family Robinson, a novel written in 1812 by Johann David Wyss. It is about a family who are shipwrecked and have to survive on a tropical island and is written from the point of view of the father, William. Some of the words in the text are missing. Can you complete the text by filling in one missing letter per box?
Year 6 Cloze test: the Caterpillar
Alice in Wonderland was written in 1865 by Lewis Carroll. It is a story about a girl called Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world. Some of the words in the text are missing.
Can you complete the text by filling in one missing letter per box?
Can you complete the text by filling in one missing letter per box?
Year 6 Cloze test: Mowgli in the jungle
The Jungle Book was written in 1894 by Rudyard Kipling. It is about a boy called Mowgli, who grows up with wolves. In this passage Baloo, a bear, and Bagheera, a black panther, show him the ways of the jungle. Some of the words in the text are missing. Can you complete the text by filling in one missing letter per box?
Reading comprehension: the stream in the storm
This is a passage from the The Water Babies, written in 1863 by Charles Kingsley. It is about a young chimney-sweep called Tom who falls into a river and becomes a water baby. Read the passage then have a go at answering the questions below.
Reading comprehension: the strange adventure
This is a passage from the The Water Babies, written in 1863 by Charles Kingsley. It is about a young chimney-sweep called Tom who falls into a river and becomes a water baby. Read the passage then have a go at answering the questions below.
Reading comprehension: the man cub
The Jungle Book was written in 1894 by Rudyard Kipling. It is the story of a little boy called Mowgli, who grows up with wolves. He is helped by a black panther called Bagheera. Read the passage then have a go at answering the questions below.
Reading comprehension: the cruel child
This is a passage from the The Water Babies, written in 1863 by Charles Kingsley. It is about a young boy called Tom who works as a chimney-sweep. He falls into a river and becomes a water baby. In this passage, Tom has found a caddis that is growing safely in a cocoon. Read the passage then have a go at answering the questions below.
Reading comprehension: Mowgli and the villagers
The Jungle Book was written in 1894 by Rudyard Kipling. It is about a little boy called Mowgli, who grows up with wolves. In this passage, Mowgli has ventured into the village. Read the passage then have a go at answering the questions below.
Reading comprehension: bad temper
Anne of Green Gables was written in 1908 by Lucy Maud Montgomery. It is a story about an elderly brother and sister called Matthew and Marilla who adopt an orphan girl called Anne. In this passage, Marilla’s friend Rachel has come to see her and is meeting Anne for the first time. Read the passage then have a go at answering the questions below.
Reading comprehension: arriving in London
Great Expectations is a novel written by Charles Dickens in 1861. In this passage the protagonist, Pip, is being taken to see the room that he is renting by Mr Wemmick. Read the passage then have a go at answering the questions below.
Reading comprehension: Anne’s room of dreams
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery is a classic Canadian novel about an orphan adopted by an elderly brother and sister, Matthew and Marilla, who live on a farm called Green Gables. Read the passage then have a go at answering the questions below.
Reading comprehension: Alice and the Caterpillar
Alice in Wonderland is a story about a girl who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world. Read the passage then have a go at answering the questions below.
Year 3 Cloze test: the lean dog and the hungry wolf
Look at the words at the bottom of the page. Can you work out where they should be inserted into the text?
Year 3 Cloze test: the grumpy owl
Look at the words at the bottom of the page. Can you work out where they should be inserted into the text?
Year 3 Cloze test: the dog and the rooster
Look at the words at the bottom of the page. Can you work out where they should be inserted into the text?
Reading comprehension: THE DOG, THE ROOSTER AND THE FOX
Read this passage then have a go at answering the questions below.
Reading comprehension: THE WOLF AND THE LEAN DOG
Read this passage then have a go at answering the questions below.
Reading comprehension: THE WOLF AND THE LAMB
Read this passage then have a go at answering the questions below.