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Important update from TheSchoolRun
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Year 4 English worksheets
Free worksheets: Word puzzles, KS2, Y4
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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.
Formal and informal language
In everyday life we often to choose to write in formal or informal language, depending on what we’re writing and who we’re writing to. Look at the two letters below. Discuss which bits of each letter are formal and informal with an adult. Can you underline and label certain features?
Adding is / am / are / was / were to sentences
Look at the following sentences. Can you choose a verb from this list to put in each gap?
Year 4 Cloze test: time outdoors
Little Women is an American novel written by Louisa May Alcott in 1868. It is about the lives of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. This passage is describes Laurie (their next-door neighbour) following them and finding them sitting outdoors. Look at the words at the bottom of the page. Can you work out where they should be inserted into the text?
Year 4 Cloze test: Jo and Meg’s Christmas
Little Women, an American novel written by Louisa May Alcott in 1868, is about the lives of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. This passage is about two of the girls waking on Christmas Day. Look at the words at the bottom of the page. Where do you think they should be inserted into the text?
Year 4 Cloze test: Beth’s dolls
Little Women is an American novel written by Louisa May Alcott in 1868. It is about the lives of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. This passage is about the sister called Beth and how she cares for her dolls. Look at the words at the bottom of the page and see if you can work out where they should be inserted into the text.
Reading comprehension: The party
Little Women is an American novel written by Louisa May Alcott in 1868, about the lives of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. Read this passage is about the girls going to a party and then answer the questions below.
Reading comprehension: the no-presents Christmas
Little Women is an American novel by Louisa May Alcott about the lives of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. In this passage the girls discuss their plans for Christmas. Read the passage and then answer the questions below.
Reading comprehension: the dolls’ hospital
Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women, a novel about four sisters growing up during the American Civil War, in 1868. This passage is about Beth, the second youngest of the family. Read the passage and then answer the questions below.
Reading comprehension: the disastrous lunch
Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott, is a novel about the lives of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. In this passage one of the sisters, Jo, is cooking a meal for her friends and family. Read the passage and then answer the questions below.
Reading comprehension: Jo and Aunt March
Little Women is a novel about the lives of four sisters (the Marches) growing up in the 1860s, during the American Civil War. In this passage one of the sisters, Jo, has found employment caring for an old aunt. Read the passage and then answer the questions below.
Reading comprehension: neighbours
Little Women is an American novel written by Louisa May Alcott in 1868. It is about the lives of four sisters (the Marches) growing up during the American Civil War. In this passage one of the March sisters, Jo, is visiting her neighbour, Laurie. Read the passage and then answer the questions below.
Reading comprehension: friends in high places
Little Women is a classic novel about the lives of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. In this passage Meg, the eldest, has made friends with Annie from the rich Moffat family. Read this passage and then answer the questions below.
Reading comprehension: Christmas morning
In this passage from Little Women, an American novel written in 1868, the four March sisters (Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy) wake up on Christmas morning. Their father is away fighting in the American Civil War and their Christmas is very different to all previous ones. Read the passage then answer the questions below.
Reading comprehension: an afternoon outing
In this passage from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott the March sisters’ friend and neighbour, Laurie, sees the girls going off to sit in the sun and follows them. Read the passage then answer the questions below.
Reading comprehension: Amy and Aunt March
Little Women is an American novel about the lives of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War in the 1860s. In this passage the youngest sister, Amy, is working as a carer to her aunt (a job previously done by her older sister, Jo). Read this passage and then answer the questions below.
KS2 creative writing toolkit
Does your child long to write stories? Our KS2 creative writing toolkit is packed with writing prompts to inspire them and gorgeously-illustrated pages to write on.
Using collective nouns
A collective noun is a noun used to refer to a group of things. For each green collective noun below, there are two purple nouns that could go with them. Can you cut out all the cards and match them up?
Expanding noun phrases
A noun phrase is a group of words that act in the same way as a noun. Expand these noun phrases by filling the gaps with interesting, powerful words to make the sentences more descriptive.
Adverbial phrases in sentences
Adverbial phrases at the start of a sentence are called fronted adverbials. Cut out these sentence starters and see if you can match them with the correct adverbial phrases.
Understanding alliteration
Alliteration is the repetition of an initial letter or sound in closely connected words. Cut out the words in the table and sort them so that they are in groups according to their first letter. Now see if you can work out where they go in these sentences.