8546 New wave English skills practice teachers guide Middle

New wave English skills practice

teachers guide (Middle)

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Foreword

New wave English in practice is a series of six workbooks, written to provide a comprehensive and structured

daily English program in primary schools.

The series is designed to:

• help children practise and understand a range of English skills and concepts previously taught

• develop and reinforce problem-solving strategies within an English context

• develop and maintain children’s speed of recall

• reinforce a range of English terms and language.

This teachers guide has been designed to accompany the New wave English in practice series. This guide

contains:

• teacher notes explaining the set up of the workbooks

• whole-class and individual concept error tracking checklists

• scope-and-sequence chart giving a broad overview of the concepts covered over the full 160 days

• weekly overviews showing the English concepts covered each week

• answers for the practice questions, daily activities and the revision days for each year level

• additional week of review, targeting the skill focuses that have been covered in each group of eight weeks

• assessment for each group of eight weeks, which assesses children’s understanding of the seven focus

concepts covered

• comprehensive glossary of terms for teacher reference, which explains and gives examples of concepts

covered in the daily activities.

Contents

Introduction............................................................iv

How the children use the workbooks........................iv

Suggested program for using the workbooks............vi

Book C

Individual recording – concept-specific....................2

Whole-class recording – concept-specific................3

Scope and sequence: workbook overview................4

Skill focus overviews.............................................10

Skill focus reviews.................................................22

Skill focus assessments........................................30

Answers...............................................................38

Book D

Individual recording – concept-specific..................50

Whole-class recording – concept-specific..............51

Scope and sequence: workbook overview..............52

Skill focus overviews.............................................58

Skill focus reviews.................................................70

Skill focus assessments........................................78

Answers...............................................................82

Glossary...............................................................93

Notes.................................................................101

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Introduction

Daily practice sessions ensure children consolidate a wide range of English skills and concepts. They are able

to recall information quickly and easily for use in more lengthy English activities.

The New wave English in practice series of workbooks is built on repeated practice of already-taught concepts

and skills. Teachers should ensure that children have been exposed to all concepts covered in each daily

activity before allowing them to commence the questions. (To ensure this has happened, teachers should refer

to the overviews for each week.) Where constant errors occur, New wave English in practice enables teachers

and children to identify difficulties and gaps in learning to inform future teaching and learning activities.

New wave English in practice provides a valuable resource to extend children who already have a sound

knowledge of English concepts. Children can challenge themselves to better each daily score, or complete

activities more quickly and accurately.

New wave English in practice is a comprehensive program that covers most areas of English—spelling,

grammar, word study and punctuation.

A friendly witch character is used throughout the New wave English in practice series to align with the wizard

character used in our complementary New wave mental maths series. The easy-to-identify character appears

on the cover of each workbook and features occasionally throughout the workbooks to introduce new skills,

demonstrate concepts and provide important reminders.

How the children use the workbooks

Each workbook contains 160 days of questions which are grouped in days of five. A skill focus is provided at

the start of the week to support children with the revision of skills that will follow. Only a selection of the more

challenging punctuation, word study and grammar concepts that are covered in the workbooks have a skill

focus section. There are many other English skills that are introduced over the course of the workbooks, so it

is recommended that teachers view the week overview and look though the week of questions to ensure that

children understand all the skills that are covered in a given week.

WEEK 19

Skill focus Day 1

Why do we add mis- and disto

words?

Sometimes, groups of letters are added to the

beginning of words.

This makes a new word which has a different

meaning from the base word.

A base word is a word that doesn’t have any word

parts added to it.

The word part mis means bad or wrong.

behave misbehave spell misspell

The word part dis means not. They make the base

word its opposite.

approve disapprove appear disappear

Not all word parts can be added to the beginning

of every word.

To help you decide whether to use mis or dis, try

adding them both to the base word.

Then, read each word aloud to decide which one

sounds right.

Practice questions

1. Add mis or dis.

spell

2. Is the word used correctly?

yes no

I am good at spelling. I misspell

many words.

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1. Add mis or dis. respect

2. Is the underlined word used

correctly? yes no

The man was very polite to the

woman. He disrespected her.

3. Write the jumbled word correctly.

Light the ndleca carefully, we

need some light!

4. Circle the letters left out of these

shortened words. he’ll it’ll they’ll

ca no wi

5. poison + ous =

6. Change the ending to make this

word mean the most angry.

angrier

7. The opposite of

lost is .

8. shore or sure?

Are you it’s

cooked?

9. Add speech marks.

Where are you going? questioned

my mum.

10. Who is speaking?

‘Can we go to the pool now,

Mum?’ Ben asked.

11. Circle the missing verb. typed type

My grandpa said I can

really fast.

12. Circle the proper noun.

Venus was visible.

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Day 5 Skill focus review

1. Add the word with the correct

spelling. ordinry ordinary

He seems a very

man.

2. Circle the two rhyming words.

flare car wear

3. Circle the word you can add to

sun.

week flower

4. Make this word mean the opposite.

mis un dis

honest

5. Change the ending to make this

word mean the most tasty.

tastier

6. Circle the opposite of float.

suck sink seek

7. Circle the word closest in meaning

to shore.

mountain coast city

8. Which word? too to two

Take cupcakes.

9. Who do the paws belong to?

the cats a cat

The cats’ paws.

10. Add punctuation.

dont forget to put the bin out!

Mum reminded me

11. Circle the verb group.

They are going home soon.

12. Circle the noun.

The sad and lonely boy looked

miserable.

1. Rewrite the misspelt word correctly.

‘That’s enuff TV for tonight’,

said Mum.

2. Circle hadn’t or couldn’t.

Sarah see the screen

properly.


vein cane dine


il im ir in

formal

5. Add ly to make a new word.

crazy count cash

6. The opposite of early is

7. Add a comma.

My pen pal lives in San Diego

California.

8. Add an apostrophe after the s to

show more than one owner.

The rabbits hutches.

9. Who do the cats belong to?

the girls a girl

The girls’ cats.


I can’t wait to get home! said

Liam excitedly. It’s my birthday!

11. Circle the conjunction.

I will be late for school unless I

can be ready in five minutes.

12. Underline the words that tell where

Jill lived.

Jill lived near the school.

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How the children use the workbooks cont.

Each day, children will complete the ‘skill focus’ questions before completing a series of mixed practice

questions. At the end of the eight weeks, teachers have the flexibility to choose whether children will

complete a single day of revision covering the seven skill focuses or a full week of revision to consolidate

these concepts. This may be followed by the corresponding skill focus assessment to further test children’s

understanding of the topics covered and revisit difficult concepts before moving on.

The workbooks contain different numbers of questions per week for the different year groups:

Book A has 8 questions: 1 skill focus and 7 mixed practice (to allow for a stronger emphasis on

phonemic awareness, phonics and sight words rather than punctuation, word study and grammar).

Book B has 8 questions: 2 skill focus and 6 mixed practice.

Book C and Book D have 12 questions: 2 skill focus and 10 mixed practice.

Book E and Book F have 15 questions: 2 skill focus and 13 mixed practice.

The children complete the questions independently. Answers are marked using the teachers guide. Teachers

may either call out the answers for the whole class or collect the workbooks to mark individual work. The child

records their score in the circle at the bottom of the page.

At the end of each group of eight weeks, children may complete the relevant revision days (contained in the

teachers guide) in the same manner.

If desired, teachers may ask children to record specific concept errors in the individual recording sheet

(Book C – page 2, Book D – page 50); for example, if the question refers to plural nouns, children record

this in the concept error column with the week, day, date and question number. This assists children to identify

common concept errors that need individual revision and practice.

A whole-class concept error tracking checklist (Book C – page 3, Book D – page 51) allows teachers

to record and track errors. This assists teachers to gauge common errors that may need more whole-class

teaching or question phrasing that may need explaining.

Day 1

Day 5 Skill focus review

1. Circle the errors and write them correctly.

Farming baren land is tuff.

Week 7

Skill focus

Rules for adding endings

Often, endings are added to base words to make a

new word.

base word +

endings beginning

with consonants

-tion

-s -sion

-ful -ship

-ly -ness

-less -ment

-ty endings beginning

with vowels

-es -est

-ed -er

-ing -y

-ous -ish

-able -ible

= new word

These are some of the rules that most words follow

when an ending is added.

Consonant and vowel endings + base words ending

in consonant then y

Change y to i then add the ending:

copy i + ed = copied

We don’t do this when we add ing.

Vowel endings + base words ending with silent e

Drop the e then add the ending:

vacate + ion = vacation

Vowel endings + base words ending with a short

vowel then consonant

Double the consonant before adding the ending:

hop (+p) ing = hopping

For two syllable words, only double the final consonant

if the final syllable is stressed (e.g. begin or forget not

garden or visit).

Practice questions

1. Add ing to these words.

(a) cry (b) wave

(c) stop (d) garden

2. Add ness to these words.

(a) happy (b) rude

(c) sad

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1. lazy + ly =

2. try + ing =

3. Circle the error and write it correctly.

He’s an inportant man.

4. Write a word that sounds the same as bear but is

spelt differently.

5. An opposite of strength is

weakness power straightforward

6. Which word is second in alphabetical order?

believe business build bicycle

7. Tick the meaning of the word imagine.

• to form a picture in your mind

• to make a copy of something

8. Write the verb.

I play the guitar.

9. Circle the noun phrase.

My dad surprised me with a new electric guitar.

10. Circle the correct word.

He went into town and brought/bought it for me.

11. Write the correct word.

We usually encounter/practise at my friend’s

house.

12. Tick the sentence that has the correct punctuation.

• ‘Wow, it’s amazing!’ I exclaimed.

• ‘Wow, it’s amazing! I exclaimed.’

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2. Add ly to final and natural.

3. Circle the singular words.

Hint: Many nouns ending in is change to es when

plural.

oasis/oases emphasis/emphases

4. Is the next alphabetical order word music or

muscle?

munch, mural, murder, ,

5. Tick the meaning of the word oasis.

• a meeting place

• a place in the desert with water

6. Add did or done.

I don’t know who it.

7. Is the verb in the past, present or future tense?

My dad rode on a camel with me.


The camel was walking awkwardly through the

hot sand.

9. Circle a conjunction to join these two sentences.

although or after

It was hot. The camels didn’t need water.

10. Cross out the word which does not belong.

The camel has walked through the sand with long,

slow steps.

11. Add the word needed to complete the sentence: in,

under or along.

We went for a camel ride the

beach at sunset.

12. Add the missing punctuation.

‘That was great When can we do

it again ’ I asked.

1. Rearrange the letters to spell a word that means an

Irish game played with a small ball.

h l u r g i n h

2. Does the pre in precook and prepay mean before

or after?

3. Write the plural of axis.

4. Which word can have the pre taken off and still be

a base word?

prepare preplay precise


My friend bought/brought a new computer.

6. Cross out the word that does not belong.

He already has a computer but he’s is not going

to use it.

7. Circle the collective noun.

This suite of furniture is so comfortable.

8. Write the pronoun that shows the owner.

The computer is his.


My mum said that I could get a new computer if I

do extra chores.


although or because

I will work hard. I would really like a new

computer.

11. Add the word needed to complete the sentence:

to, for, on or at.

We will be looking for a new computer

Wednesday.

12. Add an apostrophe.

My new computer will be better

than my mums.

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Suggested program for using the workbooks

Although the design of the workbooks allows teachers to flexibly use them in any manner they wish, the

following provides a general outline of how to make the most of each workbook’s format.

The workbooks are designed so that each group of eight weeks can be completed in a term. The additional two

weeks per term account for program interruptions or can be used as an opportunity to provide further teaching

on any missed concepts at the end of the eight weeks, after completing the review and assessment.

WEEKS 1–7

Skill Focus

Each week starts with a new skill focus. Spend a brief amount of time (approximately 10 minutes) reading

through the skill focus as a class, checking for understanding and clarifying any concept errors as necessary.

Have children complete the practice questions, then mark them as a class, again checking for any

misconceptions. You may also wish to do a walk through of the remaining questions for the week, reminding

children of any key terminology and how to complete the questions (e.g. tick, circle, write).

Days 1–5

Before children complete the remaining days of practice, remind them to refer to the skill focus to help them

complete the practice questions at the beginning of each day. After completing each day, mark the questions

and have children record any errors on their individual recording sheet. The teacher should identify and

address any concepts that require further teaching.

WEEK 8

There is no skill focus for this week. No new concepts will be introduced. This gives children an opportunity to

consolidate the skills they have been taught in the previous weeks.

Days 1–5

Before children complete the week of practice, guide them through the questions for the week, reminding them

of any key terminology and how to complete the questions (e.g. circle, tick, write). After completing each day,

mark the questions and have children record any errors on their individual recording sheet. The teacher should

identify and address any concepts that require further teaching.

Review

A single review day is found at the end of Week 8. This gives children an opportunity to practise all the skill

focuses before completing an optional assessment. If preferred, an additional four days of review (found in

Book 3 – page 22, Book 4 – page 70) may be used before completing the assessment.

WEEK 9

This may be used as a review week, using the review questions on (Book 3 – page 22, Book 4 – page 70).

At the end of the week, the relevant assessment is completed (this may be over two days for younger children).

After identifying any whole-class misconceptions, additional teaching can take place as part of the regular

English program.

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Individual recording – concept-specific

Name:

Week

number

Day

number

Question

number

Date

Concept error(s)

Week

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Whole-class recording – concept-specific

Child

Week

number

Day

number

Question

number

Date

Concept error(s)

3


Scope and sequence: workbook overview

Word level

Spelling

Book C

Weeks 1–8 Weeks 9–16

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Correcting spelling words • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Selecting correctly spelt words • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Unjumbling words • • • • • • • • • • • •

Letter and word study

Identifying vowels and consonants

•

Alphabetical order • • • • • • • •

Rhyming words • • • • • • • •

Prefixes • • • • • • • • • • • •

Prefixes: rules for adding in-

Suffixes: no change to base word • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Suffixes: change y to i rule • • • • • • •

Suffixes: drop the e rule • • • • •

Suffixes: double final consonant rule • • • • •

Suffixes: rules for adding -ly

Antonyms • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Synonyms • • • • • • • • • • • •

Homophones • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Compound words • • • • • •

Contractions • • • • • • • • • • •

Verb choices • • • • • • • • • • • •

Word choices • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Word building and word families • •

Root and base words • • •

Inflections

Verbs

Verbs: tense and agreement

(-ed & -ing, no change to root word)


(-ed & -ing, change to root word)


(-s and -es for third person singular)

• • • • • •

• • • •

• • • • •

Verbs: tense and agreement (irregular) • • • • • • • • •

Nouns

Nouns: plurals (-s) • • • • • •

Nouns: plurals

(-es, no change to base word)

• • • •

Nouns: plurals (-es, change y to i) • • • • •

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Nouns: plurals (-es, change f to v rule) • • • •

Nouns: irregular • • • • •

Adjectives

Adjectives: superlative and

comparative (-er & -est)

• • • • • •


comparative (irregular)

Parts of speech

Nouns

Common nouns • • • • • • • • •

Proper nouns • • • • • • • • • • •

Plural nouns • • • • • • • • •

Verbs

Verbs • • • • • • • • • • •

Verb groups • •

Negative form • • •

Verb tense • • • • • • • • •

Subject-verb agreement • • • • • • •

Adjectives

Common adjectives • • • • • • •

Comparative & superlative adjectives • • • • • •

Adverbs

Manner

Time

Pronouns

Personal • • •

Prepositions

Place

Conjunctions

Coordinating conjunctions (and, or, but)

Subordinating conjunctions (because,

since, unless, when, if)

Determiners

Indefinite articles (a/an)

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Punctuation

Book C


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Capital letters

Start of sentences • • • • • • • • • • • •

Proper nouns • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Pronoun ‘I’ • • • • • •

End of sentences

Full stops • • • • • • • • • • •

Question marks • • • • • • • •

Exclamation marks • • • • • • • •

Apostrophes

Contractions • • • • • • • • • • •

Possessive (singular) • • • • • •

Possessive (plural)

Commas

Lists • •

Places

Speech marks

Enclosing speech

Two sentences, same speaker

Sentence level

Sentences

Sentence structure

Simple sentences • • • • • • • • • • • •

Compound sentences

Types of sentences

Statements • • • • • • • • • • • •

Questions • • • • • • • • •

Exclamations • • • • • • • • • •

Tense

Identifying sentence tense • • • • • • •

Speech

Identifying speaker

Editing

Identifying incorrectly used words

Identifying unnecessary words

•

Ordering words in a sentence

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Word level

Spelling

Correcting spelling words • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Selecting correctly spelt words • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Unjumbling words • • • • • • • • • •

Letter and word study

Identifying vowels and consonants

Alphabetical order • • • • • •

Rhyming words • • • • • • • • • •

Prefixes • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Prefixes: rules for adding in- • • • • •

Suffixes: no change to base word • • • • • • • • • • •

Suffixes: change y to i rule • •

Suffixes: drop the e rule • • • • • • • •

Suffixes: double final consonant rule

•

Suffixes: rules for adding -ly • • • • •

Antonyms • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Synonyms • • • • • • • • • • • •

Homophones • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Compound words • • • • • •

Contractions • • • • • • • • • •

Verb choices • • • • • • • • • • •

Word choices • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Word building and word families • • • • •

Root and base words • • • • • •

Inflections

Verbs


(-ed & -ing, no change to root word)


(-ed & -ing, change to root word)


(-s and -es for third person singular)

• •

• •

• • • • •

Verbs: tense and agreement (irregular) • • • • • • • • •

Nouns

Nouns: plurals (-s) • • • • •

Nouns: plurals


• •

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Nouns: plurals (-es, change y to i) • • •

Nouns: plurals (-es, change f to v rule) • •

Nouns: irregular • • • •

Adjectives


comparative (-er & -est)



• • • • •

• • •

Parts of speech

Nouns

Common nouns • • • • • •

Proper nouns • • • • • • •

Plural nouns • • • • • • • • •

Verbs

Verbs • • • • •

Verb groups • • • • • •

Negative form • • •

Verb tense • • • • • • • •

Subject-verb agreement • • • • • •

Adjectives

Common adjectives • • •

Comparative & superlative adjectives • • • • • • •

Adverbs

Manner • • • • •

Time • • • •

Pronouns

Personal • • • •

Prepositions

Place • • • •

Conjunctions

Coordinating conjunctions (and, or, but) • • • • •

Subordinating conjunctions (because,

since, unless, when, if)

• • • • • • •

Determiners

Indefinite articles (a/an) • • • •

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Punctuation

Capital letters

Start of sentences • • • • • • • • • • • •

Proper nouns • • • • • • • • •

Pronoun ‘I’ • • • •

End of sentences

Full stops • • • • • • • • • • • •

Question marks • • • •

Exclamation marks

Apostrophes

Contractions • • • • • • • • • • •


Possessive (plural) • •

Commas

Lists • • • • •

Places • • • •

Speech marks

Enclosing speech • • • • • • • • • •

Two sentences, same speaker • • •

Sentence level

Sentences

Sentence structure

Simple sentences • • • •

Compound sentences

Types of sentences

Statements • • • • •

Questions • • • •

Exclamations • •

Tense

Identifying sentence tense • • •

Speech

Identifying speaker • •

Editing

Identifying incorrectly used words • •

Identifying unnecessary words • • • • •

Ordering words in a sentence • • •

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Weeks 1–8 overview – Book C

Week/area Skill focus Spelling/phonics Inflections Punctuation Word study Grammar

1 Structure

and types of

sentences

• Spelling words

(should, year,

would, could,

night)

• Nouns: singular and

plurals (-s, -es)

• End of sentences:

full stop,

question mark,

exclamation

mark

• Identifying vowels and consonants

• Prefixes (un-)

• Suffixes (-ed, -ing, -y, no change to base

word)

• Homophones (see/sea; to/too/two; be/

bee; bye/buy/by; fore/for)

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Rhyming words

• Verb choices (is/are; has/have; did/

done)

• Identifying types of sentences to add

correct punctuation

2 Common and

proper nouns

• Spelling

words (before,

board, blanket,

because, true)


plurals (-s, -es)

• Capital

letters: start of

sentences, proper

nouns


full stop,

question mark,

exclamation

mark

• Prefixes (un-)

• Suffixes (-ing, no change to base word)

• Homophones (four/for; knows/nose;

rode/road; night/knight; here/hear)

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Rhyming words

• Verb choices (has/have/having; did/

done; was/were; is/are)


correct punctuation

• Identifying common nouns

• Identifying proper nouns

3 Verbs and

tense (past,

present,

future)

• Spelling words

(know, order,

during, climb,

everyone)


plurals (-s, -es)

• Verbs: tense

and agreement

(identifying past or

present forms of

regular verbs)

• Capital

letters: start of

sentences, proper

nouns


full stop,

question mark,

exclamation

mark

• Prefixes (un-)

• Suffixes (-y, no change to base word)

• Homophones (sauce/source; to/too/two;

eye/I; by/buy; won/one)

• Synonyms

• Antonyms



• Identifying verbs

• Identifying sentence tense

4 Common,

comparative

and

superlative

adjectives

• Spelling words

(square, circle,

course, double,

mouth)

• Verbs: tense and

agreement (changing

verbs to past or

present tense; adding

correct forms to

sentences)

• Adjectives:

comparative and

superlative (adding

suffix -er or -est,

no change to base

words)

• Capital

letters: start of

sentences, proper

nouns, pronoun I

• Suffixes (-er, no change to base word)

• Compound words

• Rhyming words

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Verb choices (go/goes/gone; is/are)

• Word choices (his/he’s)

• Choosing the most suitable nouns

• Identifying the correct verb forms in

sentences


• Identifying verbs and changing to

past tense

• Adding correct adjective forms in

sentences

10




5 Rules for

adding

suffixes

(change y to

i rule, drop

the e rule,

double final

consonant

rule)

• Spelling words

(season, kettle,

party, crowd,

tonight)

• Verbs: tense

and agreement


present forms of

irregular verbs)

• Capital

letters: start of

sentences, proper

nouns, pronoun I


full stop,

question mark,

exclamation

mark

• Suffixes (-y, -ing, -ed, change to base

word)

• Rhyming words

• Homophones (four/for; hour/our; bye/

buy/by; flower/flour)

• Word building: Identifying base words,

identifying incorrect use of prefixes and

suffixes


correct punctuation


sentences



past tense

• Identifying adjectives


sentences

• Choosing best comparative

adjectives in sentences

6 Contractions • Spelling

words (metre,

honey, season,

amount, busily)


plurals (-s)

• Adjectives:

comparative and

superlative (changing

suffix -er to -est,

no change to base

words)

• Capital letters:

proper nouns


full stop, question

mark

• Prefixes (un-)

• Suffixes (-ing, -ed, change to base word)

• Contractions

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Compound words

• Homophones (break/brake; dear/deer;

hear/here)

• Word meanings

• Word choices (there/their/they’re; you’re/

your)

• Verb choices (is/are; has/have; was/

were)

• Word building: Identifying words that

can be built from base words



• Identifying types of sentences

(statement, command, question)


past tense



7 Alphabetical

order (same

and different

initial letters)

• Spelling words

(washed,

friend, heavy,

February,

wrong)

• Verbs: tense

and agreement

(continuing pattern

using correct subjectverb

agreement)

• Apostrophes for

contractions

• Suffixes (-ing, -ness, change to base

word)

• Alphabetical order (same and different

initial letters)

• Contractions

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Word choices (your/you’re; it’s/its)

• Verb choices (has/have/having; was/

were)

• Word meanings

• Word building: Identifying base words





• Adding the correct verb forms in

sentences


sentences


• Choosing best adjectives in

sentences

11




8 • Spelling words

(instead,

ahead, shout,

pencil, heart)

• Verbs: tense

and agreement


present forms of

regular or irregular

verbs)

• Adjectives:

comparative and

superlative (changing

suffix -er to -est,

no change to base

words)

• Capital

letters: start of

sentences, proper

nouns, pronoun I


full stop, question

mark

• Apostrophes for

contractions

• Alphabetical order (same initial letters)

• Contractions

• Antonyms

• Prefixes (un-, under-, super-)

• Suffixes (-ing, change and no change to

base word)

• Homophones (sell/cell; bury/berry)

• Compound words

• Verb choices (seen/saw; is/are; was/

were; play/plays)

• Word choices (your/you’re; there/their/

they’re)


• Choosing most suitable nouns




Review • Spelling words

(laugh)

• Verbs: tense

and agreement


present forms of


verbs)


proper nouns


question mark,

exclamation

mark


• Contractions

• Suffixes (-er, -est, change to base word)

• Word choices (there/their/they’re)



• Identifying nouns




• Choosing best adjectives in

sentences

12




9 Possessive

apostrophe

(singular)

• Spelling words

(where, children,

watch, straight,

break)

• Possessive

apostrophes

(singular)


start of sentences,

proper nouns,

pronoun I


full stop, question

mark

• Alphabetical order (same two initial

letters)

• Contractions

• Prefixes (un-, pre-, post-)

• Suffixes (-ing, -y, change to base word)

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Word choices (your/you’re; there/their/

they’re)

• Homophones (to/too/two; by/bye/buy)

• Identifying possessors in sentences



• Choosing best nouns in sentences


10 Verb

groups and

tense

• Spelling words

(early, future,

famous, Australia,

afraid)

• Possessive

apostrophes

(singular)


start of sentences,

proper nouns,

pronoun I


letters)

• Contractions in sentences

• Compound words

• Suffixes (-ly, -ing, no change to base word)

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Homophones (whole/hole; son/sun; fare/

fair)

• Verb choices (was/were; is/am/are; seen/

saw)

• Identifying verb groups





sentences

11 Rules for

making

plural

nouns

(change

y to i rule,

change f

to v rule,

irregular

plurals)

• Spelling words

(weigh, buying,

wheat, Wednesday,

stopped)

• Nouns: singular

and plurals (-ies,

-ves, irregular)

• Possessive

apostrophes

(singular)


full stop,

exclamation mark,

question mark


letters)

• Contractions

• Prefixes (un-)

• Suffixes (-ly)

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Rhyming words

• Homophones (bare/bear; four/for)

• Word choices (your/you’re; it’s/its; there/

their/they’re)

• Verb choices (was/were; is/are; go/goes/

gone; brought/bought)



present tense

13




12 Prefixes reand

sub-

• Spelling

words (height,

earthquake, weak,

quick, health)

• Nouns: singular

and plurals (-ies,

-ves, irregular)


proper nouns


start of sentences,

proper nouns


exclamation mark


letters)

• Suffixes (-ful, -ness)

• Prefixes (un-, sub-, re-)

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Homophones (chews/choose; meat/meet;

hour/our)

• Rhyming words

• Verb choices (was/were; is/are)

• Word choices (your/you’re)




• Adding correct verb forms in

sentences


13 Negative

verb form

• Spelling words

(choice, heights,

chair, ocean,

machine)

• Nouns: singular

and plurals (-ies,

-ves, irregular)

• Apostrophes for

contractions

• Possessive

apostrophes

(singular)


start of sentences,

proper nouns

• Contractions

• Synonyms

• Compound words

• Rhyming words

• Homophones (ate/eight; piece/peace)

• Prefixes (re-, sub-)

• Suffixes (-ful, -ness, -less)

• Verb choices (seen/saw; is/are; was/were)

• Changing verbs to negative forms in

sentences



sentences


• Choosing best adjectives

14 Pronouns

(personal

and

possessive)

• Spelling words

(hungry, station,

square, dairy,

spare)

• Apostrophes for

contractions

• Possessive

apostrophes

(singular)


start of sentences,

proper nouns


full stop

• Prefixes (re-)

• Suffixes (-ful, -ness, -less)

• Compound words

• Contractions

• Word choices (must have/should not/are

not)

• Rhyming words

• Homophones (made/maid; horse/hoarse;

whole/hole; plain/plane; weather/whether)

• Choosing correct personal pronouns

in sentences

• Choosing pronouns to replace the

nouns


sentences



• Choosing best verbs in sentences

14




15 Commas

for lists

• Spelling words

(broken, hairy,

different, thirteen,

caravan)

• Nouns: singular

and plurals (-ies,

-ves, irregular)

• Verbs: tense

and agreement

(identifying past

or present forms

of regular or

irregular verbs)

• Commas for lists

• Apostrophes for

contractions


start of sentences,

proper nouns,

pronoun I


full stop, question

mark, exclamation

mark


letters)

• Contractions

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Verb choices (can/can’t)

• Word choices (who’s/whose)

• Identifying unnecessary words in

sentences


in sentences


nouns

• Identifying correct verb forms in

sentences


(business,

opposite, laugh,

bruise, teach)

• Nouns: singular

and plurals (-ies,

-s, irregular)



start of sentences,

proper nouns


full stop

• Prefixes (un-, re-, sub-)

• Suffixes (-ed, -ing, -ly, change to base

word)

• Verb choices (can/can’t; haven’t/wasn’t;

was/were; is/are)

• Word choices (it’s/its; your/you’re)

• Antonyms


in sentences

• Adding correct personal pronouns in

sentences




(square)

• Nouns: singular

and plurals

(irregular)

• Possessive

apostrophes

(singular)


• Synonyms

• Suffixes (-ing change and no change to

base word)

• Prefixes (sub-, re-)

• Contractions




sentences


in sentences


nouns

15



Week/

area

Skill focus Spelling/phonics Inflections Punctuation Word study Grammar

17 Irregular

verbs

• Spelling words

(return, church,

sizzle, physical,

pleasure)

• Verbs: tense

and agreement


present forms of

irregular verbs)

• Nouns: singular

and plurals (-es,

-s)

• Possessive

apostrophes

(singular)


• Capital letters: start

of sentences


full stop


letters)

• Prefixes (re-, un-)

• Suffixes (-ation, change and no

change to base word)

• Antonyms

• Synonyms

• Word choices (he’s/his; your/you’re; its/

it’s; there/their/they’re)


sentences

• Adding negative forms of verbs to

sentences


in sentences


18 Speech

marks

• Spelling words

(wealthy, guest,

tongue, guess,

colour)

• Speech marks


start of sentences,

proper nouns


full stop, question

mark, exclamation

mark

• Apostrophes for

contractions

• Compound words

• Rhyming words

• Suffixes (-ation, change to base word)

• Prefixes (re-, un-)

• Word building: identifying the base

words

• Antonyms

• Synonyms (not the opposite)

• Word choices (have/of; every/only;

before/after/while)

• Homophones (to/too/two, by/bye/buy,

meat/meet)

• Identifying speakers

• Unjumbling sentences

• Identifying incorrect verb forms in

sentences


• Choosing best adjectives in sentences


in sentences


nouns

19 Prefix misand

dis-

• Spelling

words (candle,

centimetre,

probably, yesterday,

careful)

• Nouns: singular

and plurals (-es,

irregular)

• Adjectives:

comparative

and superlative

(changing suffix

-er to -est, change

and no change to

base words)

• Verbs: tense

and agreement


present forms of


verbs)

• Speech marks


start of sentences,

proper nouns


full stop

• Prefixes (mis-, dis-)

• Suffixes (-ous, change and no change

to base word)

• Contractions

• Compound words

• Antonyms

• Word choices (have/of)

• Homophones (shore/sure; hour/our;

blue/blew)

• Identifying speakers

• Choosing correct verb forms in

sentences


present or past tense


• Adding the correct nouns to phrases

16



Week/

area


20 Irregular

adjectives

(good,

better, best/

bad, worse,

worst)

• Spelling words

(evening, cleaning,

using, youth,

beauty)

• Nouns: singular

and plurals (-s, -es,

-ies, -ves)

• Verbs: tense

and agreement

(identifying past

forms of irregular

verbs and present

tense verb groups)

• Speech marks

• Adding

punctuation

to unjumbled

sentences


letters)

• Rhyming words

• Prefixes (un-, mis-, dis-)

• Suffixes (-ation, -tion, -able)

• Word building: adding multiple suffixes

• Verb choices (was/were; seen/saw)

• Synonyms

• Homophones (great/grate; sail/sale;

seen/scene; meddle/medal; plain/

plane)

• Adding irregular adjectives in correct

forms to sentences


sentences



21 Adverbs

(manner

and time)

• Spelling words

(thunder, although,

leather, soldier,

magic)

• Adjectives:

comparative

and superlative

(changing suffix

-er to -est, change

and no change to

base words)

• Possessive

apostrophes

(singular)

• Apostrophes for

contractions


start of sentences,

proper nouns


full stop

• Rhyming words

• Prefixes (dis-)

• Suffixes (-able, -ion)

• Antonyms

• Verb choices (is/are; seen/saw; has/

have/having; might have/must have/

mustn’t have)

• Word choices (who’s/whose; your/

you’re)

• Adding correct adverbs of time to

sentences

• Identifying adverbs of manner

• Adding negative forms of verbs to

sentences


forms to sentences



sentences




• Identifying past and present tense

forms of verb groups

22 Conjunctions

(and,

or, but,

because)

• Spelling words

(mystery, number,

catalogue, gather,

yacht)

• Nouns: singular

and plurals (-s,

irregular)


• Speech marks


letters)

• Rhyming words

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Suffixes (-ing, -ed, -ous, -ation)

• Word choices (its/it’s; your/you’re;

there/their/they’re)

• Word building: identifying words that


• Identifying conjunctions

• Choosing correct conjunctions in

sentences

• Adding correct forms of verbs to

sentences


• Adding correct adverbs of time to

sentences

17



Week/

area


23 • Indefinite

articles

(a/an)

• Spelling words

(January, light,

breath, ahead,

fuel)

• Adjectives:

superlative and

comparative

(irregular)

• Apostrophes for

contractions

• Speech marks


proper nouns


question mark

• Compound words

• Contractions


• Antonyms (not similar)

• Suffixes (identifying incorrect use of

-ing, -ful, -ed)

• Prefixes (sub-)

• Homophones (meat/meet; clause/

claws; which/witch; allowed/aloud;

dye/die)

• Verb choices (am/is/are)

• Word building: identifying words that


• Choosing correct articles in sentences

• Choosing correct words to fit articles

in sentences




• Identifying adverbs of time



forms to sentences


(measure, though,

first, February,

knew)


start of sentences,

proper nouns

• Possessive

apostrophes

(singular)


full stop

• Speech marks

• Rhyming words

• Prefixes (dis-, un-)

• Suffixes (-ous)

• Homophones (to/too/two; sale/sail;

pear/pair; so/sew; weight/wait)

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Verb choices (go/goes/gone)


sentences

• Identifying incorrect verb forms in

sentences


in sentences


• Choosing correct words to fit the

articles in sentences



• Identifying past tense forms of verb

groups

• Identifying verbs in verb groups and

changing to present tense form


(probably)

• Adjectives:

superlative and

comparative

(irregular)

• Verbs: tense

and agreement


present forms of

irregular verbs)

• Speech marks • Rhyming words


• Suffixes (-ations)

• Homophones (hour/our)

• Antonyms


• Adding the correct verb forms in

sentences

• Using correct comparative and

superlative adjectives

• Identifying adverbs

• Choosing the best adjectives in

sentences

18



Week/

area

Skill focus

25 Sub–

ordinating

conjunctions

(since,

unless,

when, if)

26 Rules for

adding suffix

-ly

27 Prepositions

of place

Spelling/

phonics

• Spelling

words (juice,

chemist,

window,

suddenly,

princess)

• Spelling

words

(character,

question,

little, women,

scissors)

• Spelling

words (obey,

straight,

narrow,

enough,

among)

Inflections Punctuation Word study Grammar

• Nouns: singular

and plurals (-s,

irregular)


of sentences, proper

nouns, pronoun I

• End of sentence

punctuation: full stop

• Speech marks

• Contractions

• Rhyming words

• Antonyms

• Word choices (there/their/they’re; your/

you’re; its/it’s; have/of)

• Verb choices (was/were; did/done)

• Prefixes (inter-, super-)

• Suffixes (-ment, -less)


• Choosing the correct conjunctions in

sentences

• Choosing the correct adjectives to fit

the articles in sentences


• Nouns: singular

and plurals (-ies,

-es)

• Punctuating

unjumbled

sentences

• Possessive

apostrophes

(singular)

• Apostrophes for

contractions

• End of sentence

punctuation: full stop,

question mark


of sentences

• Suffixes (-ly, -ion, change to base word)

• Prefixes (mis-, inter-, super-, auto-, anti-)


• Antonyms (not similar in meaning)

• Contractions

• Homophones (be/bee; tale/tail; rose/rows;

rain/reigh; where/wear)

• Verb choices (go/goes/gone; was/were;

seen/saw; am/is/are)

• Word building: identifying incorrect use of

suffixes




sentences

• Adjectives:

comparative

and superlative

(changing suffix

-er to -est,

change to base

words)

• Possessive

apostrophes

(singular)


• Suffixes (-ly, change to base word,

identifying incorrect use of suffixes)

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Homophones (line/lion; some/sum)

• Word choices (where’s/where’ll; hadn’t/

couldn’t; didn’t/don’t)

• Word building: adding multiple suffixes

• Identifying prepositions of place

• Choosing the correct prepositions in

sentences


sentences


sentences


• Adding the correct nouns to phrases

• Choosing the correct words to fit the


19



Week/

area

Skill focus

Spelling/

phonics

28 Prefix in- • Spelling

words (hello,

suppose,

concert,

surprise,

tried)

29 Using

commas for

places

• Spelling

words

(station,

group, crept,

often, eighth)

30 Speech

marks

(speech

continuing

in a second

sentence)

• Spelling

words

(enough, true,

proof, learn,

Earth)

31 Possessive

apostrophe

(plural)

• Spelling

words (until,

century,

together,

sometimes,

wanted)


• Adjectives:

comparative

and superlative

(changing suffix

-er to -est,

change and no

change to base

words)




nouns

• End of sentence


• Rhyming words

• Compound words

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Homophones (cereal/serial; air/heir; tea/

tee; weak/week; hour/our)

• Prefixes (in-, im-, il-, ir-)

• Suffixes (-ly, change to base word)

• Verb choices (was/were)

• Adding the correct forms of irregular

verbs to sentences

• Choosing the correct personal

pronouns in sentences



sentences

• Identifying tense of sentences

• Nouns: singular

and plurals

(-ves, irregular)

• Verbs: tense

and agreement

(identifying past

tense form of

irregular verbs)

• Commas for places




nouns

• End of sentence

punctuation: full stop,

question mark

• Contractions

• Rhyming words

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Homophones (to/too/two; there/their/

they’re; by/bye/buy; pale/pail)

• Verb choices (didn’t/don’t/hasn’t/hadn’t/

wasn’t/couldn’t)

• Prefixes (in-, im-, il-, ir-)

• Choosing the correct forms of verbs in

sentences

• Identifying past or present tense forms

of verb groups

• Identifying past tense forms of

irregular verbs




• Nouns: singular

and plurals (-s)

• Speech marks

(where speech

is written as two

sentences)



nouns



• End of sentence



• Rhyming words

• Synonyms (not opposite meaning)

• Antonyms (not similar meaning)

• Homophones (knead/need; toe/tow;

heard/herd; pair/pear; right/write)

• Prefixes (in-, im-, il-, ir-, re-, mis-, un-,

dis-)

• Suffixes (-er, -ous)

• Verb choices (did/done; was/were)


• Nouns: plurals

(-ies)

• Verbs: tense

and agreement

(identifying past

or present forms

of irregular

verbs)

• Possessive

apostrophes (plural)



nouns, pronoun I


• Speech marks

(where speech

is written as two

sentences)

• End of sentence



• Compound words

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Homophones (pause/paws; raise/rays;

would/wood; flower/flour; plane/plain)


• Prefixes (il-, un-, identifying incorrect use

of prefix in-)

• Word choices (didn’t/don’t; am not/isn’t/

aren’t)

• Identifying more than one possessor

in sentences


• Choosing the correct words to fit the




20



Week/

area

Skill focus

Spelling/

phonics

32 • Spelling

words

(believe,

disappear,

happened,

arrive,

ordinary)

Review • Spelling

words

(enough)


• Adjectives:

comparative

and superlative

(changing suffix

-er to -est,

change and no

change to base

words)

• Nouns: plurals

(-es)

• Apostrophes for

contractions

• Possessive




nouns, pronoun I

• Speech marks

• Rhyming words

• Contractions

• Compound words

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Homophones (to/too/two)

• Word choices (was/were)

• Prefixes (mis-, dis-, un-, re-)



in sentences


• Adding adverbs of manner and time

to sentences



• Possessive


• Speech marks

(where speech

is written as two

sentences)

• Rhyming words

• Antonyms (not similar in meaning)

• Verb choices (hadn’t/couldn’t)

• Prefixes (il-, im-, ir-, in-)



in sentences



21


Day 1 Day 2

Book C – Weeks 1–8 review

1. Circle and rewrite the misspelt word.

Circle troo or false after each

statement.

2. Write these words in alphabetical

order.

began because behave

3. Circle the letter left out to make it’s.

a i w

4. Write the correct spelling for come

+ ing.


The salt is on the shelf bvoae your

head.

2. Number the words in alphabetical

order.

cousin

couple

country

3. Circle the letter left out to make

the shortened word you're.

u e a

4. shine + ing =

5. your or you’re?

Don’t forget

6. Punctuate. . or ?

Let's go to the park

7. This sentence is a:

statement

question

hat.

We will go to the park after school

today.

8. Circle the noun.

A large, white bird flew over us.

9. Rewrite the two words that need

capital letters.

We will fly from cork to london.

10. Circle a present tense form of

talked.

talker talkes talks

11. Circle the tense this sentence is

written in.

past present future

Kelly took her little brother to the

park to play.

12. Circle the adjective.

The film was scary.

5. there, their or they’re?

I don’t think

coming anymore.

6. Punctuate. ? or !

Have you got a spare pencil


command

question

Which piece of fruit would you

like?

8. Circle the noun.

The big dog was barking.

9. Circle the word that needs a

capital letter.

february wrong instead

10. Circle the verb.

Zara danced at the concert.

11. Add the correct form of drop in

the sentence.

Mum was upset when I

her photo frame.

12. Circle the missing adjective.

ripe

rainy

The fruit was too .

22


Day 3 Day 4


There was a partee in our street

last night.

2. Write these words in alphabetical

order.

taught teach taste

3. Which words make the shortened

word I'm?

I am I have I will

4. Write the correct spelling for empty

+ ed.

5. its or it’s?

Take a jacket,

cold outside.

6. Punctuate. . or ?

Louise is a responsible child


statement question

She is not a very nice person.

8. Circle the noun.

He is a great artist.

9. Rewrite the two words that need

capital letters.

Tomorrow, we are visiting jan and

phil.


I haswed Mum and Dad’s car at

the weekend.

2. Number the words in alphabetical

order.

poison

people

person

3. Circle the letter left out to make

the shortened word they're.

u e a

4. big + est =

5. there, their or they’re?

I don’t know

daughter.

6. Punctuate. ? or !

Stop or I will call the guard


command

question

Ask Mum where we are going.

8. Circle the noun.

My friend is coming over to play

with me.


Jim tells funny jokes.

10. Circle the verb.

Mum looked closely at the words

on the paper.


10. Circle a present tense form of threw.

throw throwed threwed

11. Circle the tense this sentence is

written in.

past present future

Jamie sat next to me during our

art lesson.

12. Circle the adjective.

The beautiful flowers grew quickly.

11. Add the correct form of write in

the sentence.

I

sent it to my class.

a postcard and

12. Circle the missing adjective.

clean

dirty

Put those

the washing machine!

socks in

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Day 1 Day 2



The train finally pulled into the

tinosat.

2. Which word is NOT close in

meaning to cook?

eat boil fry

3. Add ness to make a new word.

1. Circle and rewrite the misspelt

word.

We are bying a new car.

2. Circle two words close in meaning.

hairy furry bald

3. live + ing =

4. Write the singular of puppies.

dark

far

4. Write the plural form of leaf.

5. Add sub or re to make a new

word.

way

6. Shorten have not.

7. Circle the missing word. cats cat’s

My

and glossy.

8. Add a comma.

fur is silky

We will buy bread milk and eggs

at the shop.


He is going home for lunch.

10. Add the negative form of was to

the sentence.

Ben

sharing the

swings with the other children.

11. we or us?

Our naughty dog ran away from

12. Circle the word that can replace

the underlined words.

they

we

Mum and I cook together; Mum

and I like baking.

.


word.

fill

6. Which words make isn’t?

is not has not it is

7. The comb belongs to

Adrian’s comb is on the table.

8. Add two commas.

My dogs’ names are Brutus Benji

Bob and Baxter.


My aunt is having a baby next

month.

10. Add the negative form of do to the

sentence.

I

this work!

11. they or them?

When did

here?

know how to do

get


the underlined words.

They

We

Mike and I are friends. Mike and I

like to play tennis.

.

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Day 3 Day 4


We were draifa during the big

storm.

2. Which word is NOT close in

meaning to courage?

brave coward heroic

3. Add ful to make a new word.

joy sing


My mum has four chidrn.

2. Circle two words similar in

meaning.

light dim bright

3. guess + ing =

4. Write the singular of children.


4. Write the plural of baby.


word.

title

6. Shorten should not.

7. Circle the missing word. pens pen’s

I lost the

8. Add two commas.

lid.

At the zoo, we saw elephants

monkeys giraffes and zebras.


Tim was reading the newspaper.

10. Add the negative form of will to

the sentence.

I

11. she or her?

go to bed!

Give the book to .


the underlined ones.

they

we

Kit and Deb bake cakes; Kit and

Deb make a good team.


word.

play

6. Which words make wasn't?

was not will not won't not

7. The scissors belong to

Did you return Ava’s scissors after

you used them?

8. Add two commas.

There will be popcorn chocolate

juice and cake at the party.


We are playing football tomorrow.

10. Add the negative form of can to

the sentence.

I

shoes anywhere!

11. we or us?

When will

new house?


they

we

find my

get to see your

When Tom and I go swimming,

Tom and I like to race each other.

.

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Day 1 Day 2

Book C – Weeks 17-24 review


We used the treme stick to

measure the length of the room.


cue new cute

3. Add mis or dis to make a new

word.

fortune


We need to meshure my room.

2. Circle the rhyming words.

tune spoon room

3. Add mis or dis to make a new word.

honest

4. Write the plural of orange.

4. glamour + ous =

5. its or it’s?

The puppy whined for

mother.

6. Circle a word similar in meaning to

crying.

yelling laughing weeping

7. Who is talking?

‘Please open your books’, the

teacher asked the class.

8. Write the adjective in the correct

form.

good

Jimmy was the

player in his team.

9. Circle the word that tells when they

will do the dishes.

They will do the dishes later.

10. a or an?

circle

11. Circle the joining word.

Most children like chocolate, but

I prefer to eat fruit.

12. Circle a past tense form of buy.

buyed boughted bought

5. Add the words buy and by in the

correct places.

You will need to

ticket

a

six o’clock.

6. Circle the opposite of fun.

boring funny interesting


Get out of my room! yelled Ben.

8. Which word should replace the

underlined words? worse

worst

Eva has the most bad behaviour.

9. Write the word that tells how his

arm was broken.

The boy’s arm was badly broken.

10. Which word correctly completes

the sentence?

rude angry small

Sam is not an


boy.

Please look after your shoes

because you only have one pair.

12. Add the correct past tense form of

grow to the sentence.

The flowers

quickly.

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Day 3 Day 4


Fish can thbreae under water.


fridge bridge cage

3. Add mis or dis to make a new

word.

lead


The empty box was very lite.


stew due using

3. Add mis or dis to make a new word.

agree

4. Write the singular form of bottles.

Book C – Weeks 17-24 review

4. fright + en + ed =

5. Who’s or Whose?

coming to the park?

6. Circle a word with similar meaning

to jacket.

T-shirt coat jeans

7. Who is talking?

‘Good morning Mr Green!’ said

the class cheerfully.

8. Write the adjective in the correct

form.

good

My handwriting is getting

9. Circle the word that tells when they

are going to the cinema.

Tonight we are going to the

cinema.

10. a or an?

error


My mum looks after us and she

goes to work.

12. Circle a past tense form of wear.

wored wore wear

.

5. hour or our?

The meeting will take an .

6. Circle the opposites.

average boring fun


The old man grumbled, Get out of

the way!

8. Which word should replace the

underlined words?

better

best

My sick dog is getting more good.

9. Write the word that tells how they

coloured.

The children coloured the pictures

neatly.

10. Which word correctly completes

the sentence?

frightened adorable anxious

I saw a

mouse run into the bushes.


The dentist was unhappy

because I haven’t been looking

after my teeth.

12. Add the correct past tense form of

feed to the sentence.

We

the cat before

we went to school.

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Day 1 Day 2



The baby tryed to stand before

falling on his bottom.

2. Circle the word that rhymes with

gym.

dim jump ram


screen and burn.

sun

smoke


proper il im ir in

5. What is the correct spelling for

comic + ly?

6. Which word is NOT similar in

meaning to opinion?

fact thought belief

7. Add a comma.

I visited my grandmother in Paris

France.

8. Add an apostrophe to show more

than one owner.

The dogs bones.

9. Who do the hutches belong to?

the rabbits

a rabbit

The rabbits’ hutches.


Would you like an orange? asked

the lady. It’s my last one!

11. Circle the word needed to finish

the sentence.

if unless since

You may have free time

you finish all your work.

12. Circle the better word.

off

behind

I hid

the wall.


The children shared the sweets

enewteb them.


didn’t

don’t

My mum and dad

rap music.

like


bubble trouble bubbled


visible

il im ir in


beautiful begin beat

6. The opposite of enemy is

7. Add a comma.

Hockey is a popular sport in

Vancouver Canada.


than one owner.

The fire engines hoses.

9. Who do the wheels belong to?

the cars

The cars’ wheels.

a car


Why aren’t you ready? asked

Mum. We are going to be late!


Mum said we could stay at the

park longer since we don’t have

school tomorrow.


the papers are.

The papers are on Mum’s desk.

.

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Day 3 Day 4


Please close the wyndoe.

2. Circle two rhyming words.

money jungle funny


body and thing.

busy

any


legal

il im ir in

5. What is the correct spelling for

careful + ly?


Dad put lemon joose in his tea.


hasn’t

It

wasn’t

cold last night.


bean jeans scene


replaceable

il im ir in


late leave line


6. Which word is NOT similar in

meaning to explain?

describe hide tell

7. Add a comma.

Most of the Amazon Rainforest is

located in Brazil South America.


than one owner.

The boys sandwiches.

9. Who do the hoses belong to?

the fire engines

The fire engines’ hoses.

a fire engine


Help! shouted the lost boy. Have

you seen my dad?

11. Circle the word needed to finish

the sentence.

when unless so

I didn’t do my homework,

I finished it quickly before school.

12. Circle the better word.

on

under

I kicked my ball

roof.

the

6. The opposite of float is

7. Add a comma.

Pizza was originally from Naples

Italy.


than one owner.

The cats paws.

9. Who do the phones belong to?

the workers

The workers’ phones.


a worker

Do you know what my favourite

colour is? I asked my friend. It’s

green!


It makes me happy when my

teacher gives me a sticker.


the birds flew.

The birds flew above the trees.

.

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Skill focus assessments

Book C – Weeks 1–8

1. Number the words in alphabetical order.

feathers

fur

2. Add the endings to these words.

(a) try + ed =

fins

(b) time + ing =

(c) hug + ed =

3. Shorten these words.

(a) it + is =

(b) they + are =

(c) you + will =

(d) we + are =

4. Circle the correct word for each sentence.

(a) I put my hat in my bag, but its/it’s not there anymore.

(b) I hope there/they’re coming to my party.

(c) Do you know where your/you’re going?

(d) Mum said were/we’re having pasta for dinner.

5. Add ., ? or ! to the end of each sentence.

(a) I am so angry with you

(b) Did you go to the shop

(c) My best friend’s name is Will

6. Tick the type of sentence.

(a) Finish your work. Statement Command Question

(b) Do you need help? Statement Command Question

(c) I am going to bed now. Statement Command Question

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7. Circle the nouns and write how many.

The young boy used a small stone he had found to play hopscotch with

his friends.

8. Add capital letters for the proper nouns.

On christmas day, we will visit my aunty karen who lives in dublin.


9. Circle the verb.

The children politely listen to their teacher’s instructions.

10. Tick the tense each sentence is written in.

(a) We lost our dog yesterday.

Past Present Future

(b) Annie sings sweetly to her baby sister.

Past Present Future

11. Circle the adjectives and write how many.

The fierce wind howled through the dark and creepy forest.

12. Change the ending of each adjective so it fits the sentence.

(a) brave:

The doctor said I was the

(b) small:

A mouse is

than an elephant.

patient he had ever seen.

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1. Write who these items belong to.

(a) Josie likes to play on her sister’s new computer.

The computer belongs to .

(b) Liam got a lift to school today in his dad’s car.

The car belongs to .

2. Tick where the apostrophe is used correctly.

(a) two cupcake’s

(b) the dog’s bone

(c) the horse’s saddle


The clumsy child has tripped over the step.

4. Add the correct verb to make a verb group. am is are

(a) Our class

(b) I

(c) We

playing a game of football at lunch.

organising the teams.

going to have a lot of fun!

5. Circle the plurals of these words.

(a) two loafs/loaves of bread

(b) a bowl of blueberrys/blueberries

(c) two smelly feet/foots

6. Add sub or re to make new words.

(a)

marine

(b)

pack

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7. Shorten these words to make negative forms.

(a) is + not =

(b) will + not =

(c) have + not =


8. Add the negative form of can to this sentence.

I

believe you left your new bag on the bus!

9. Which word can replace the underlined words? it they

The small dog played happily with its ball. Then the small dog had a rest.

10. Circle the missing word. he she

My mum said

will take me to school this morning.

11. Add two commas.

I have four cats. Their names are Fluffy Scrappy Snowflake and Mittens.

12. Put a dot where the word or should go.

I would like to go to France, Spain Italy for our next holiday.

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1. Add the correct form of blow to the sentence.

The wild wind

2. Tick the tense each sentence is written in.

furiously last night.

(a) My aunt bought a new car. Past Present Future

(b) We like her new car. Past Present Future

(c) I hope we will get a new car one day. Past Present Future

3. Answer the questions about the picture.

(a) Add speech marks.

Do you want to play football, James?

asked Emma.

(b) Who is speaking?

Emma

James

4. Answer the questions about the picture.

(a) Add speech marks.

Mum asked Dad, What would you like for dinner?.

(b) Who is speaking?

5. Add mis or dis.

Mum

Dad

(a)

(b)

behave

agree

6. Is the underlined word used correctly? yes

no

That lid does not match that pen. They are mismatched.

7. Use the adjective in its correct form.

(a) My grandfather tells me the

(b) I am feeling

stories.

than I did yesterday.

good

bad

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8. Which word should replace the underlined words?

(a) I am getting more good at doing multiplication problems.

better best

(b) I have been having the most bad luck recently.

worse worst

9. Write the word needed to finish the sentence.


recently

We

suddenly

moved to a new house.

10. Read the sentence.

The dog ran happily towards the small boy.

(a) Circle the verb.

(b) Write the word that tells how the verb was done.

11. Circle the joining words.

(a) We had to go to the shops because we didn’t have any milk

for breakfast.

(b) I was waiting for my friend at the park, but she never came.

12. Write a or an.

(a) We are going on

(b) Do you think we will make

big adventure!

exciting discovery?

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1. Use the joining words to complete the sentences.

since unless if when

(a) We will go to the beach

be too wet for us to swim!

(b) My dad has enjoyed watching football

young.

it starts to rain. Then it would

he was very

(c) I would like an apple

you have any left?

2. Add ly to these words.

(a) terrific + ly =

(b) lazy + ly =

(c) hopeful + ly =

(d) simple + ly =

3. The ending ly is usually added to: nouns verbs adverbs

4. Underline the words that tell where they had a picnic.

We had a lovely picnic under the shade of a large tree.

5. Circle the better word. above over

We had to climb

other side.

the fence to get to the park on the

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6. Make these words mean the opposite.

in im il ir

(a)

(b)

(c)

complete

polite

responsible


(d)

legal

7. Is the underlined word used correctly? yes

That watch costs a lot of money. It is inexpensive.

8. Add a comma.

no

In 2012, the Olympic Games were held in London England.

9. Is the comma used correctly? yes

no

The 2028 Olympic Games will be held in, Los Angeles USA.


Watch out! Tom said to Lara.

There’s a lion behind you!

11. Who do the bottles belong to?

the babies

The babies’ bottles.

a baby

12. Add an apostrophe to show more than one owner.

(a) The sisters mum.

(b) The dogs bones.

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Answers – Book C

Weeks 1–8

Week 1

Practice

1. ?

2. !

Day 1

1. .

2. ?

3. should

4. cars

5. 3 vowels; 6

consonants

6. unfriendly

7. playing; played

8. sea

9. small

10. front

11. trick, brick

12. are

Day 2

1. question

2. .

3. year

4. street

5. 3 vowels; 4

consonants

6. untie

7. grassy

8. two

9. nice

10. low

11. catch, match

12. have

Day 3

1. ?

2. !

3. would

4. dresses

5. 2 vowels; 4

consonants

6. unripe

7. panting; panted

8. bee

9. lots

10. back

11. walk, talk

12. is

Day 4

1. command

2. .

3. could

4. bench

5. 3 vowels; 4

consonants

6. unfair

7. windy

8. by

9. dad

10. slow

11. middle, riddle

12. has

Day 5

1. ?

2. ?

3. night

4. sports

5. 2 vowels; 3

consonants

6. undone

7. winding; winded

8. for

9. hurry, rush

10. crash

11. thing

12. done

Week 2

Practice

1. park

2. We bought our dog

Bruno from a man in

Perth.

Day 1

1. dog

2. When my family

goes to Spain, we

will stay in Madrid.

3. before

4. cousin

5. unlikely

6. four

7. rained, sprinkled

8. less, more

9. try, high

10. !

11. Many lemons and

oranges had fallen

from the trees.

12. has

Day 2

1. Iceland

2. I saw Kate’s dog,

Samson, on

Wednesday.

3. board

4. watches

5. crawling

6. knows

7. minute

8. war, peace

9. another, mother

10. ?

11. .

12. done

Day 3

1. bin

2. Yesterday was

Tuesday, the first of

September.

3. blanket

4. vegetables

5. unable

6. Jo rode her new bike

on the road.

7. began

8. cold

9. blood

10. .

11. Spring is my

favourite season.

12. was

Day 4

1. Cairns

2. Australia has

school holidays

in December and

January.

3. because

4. uncle

5. hearing

6. The brave knight

rode off into the

night on his horse.

7. empty

8. night

9. none

10. ?

11. !

12. are

Day 5

1. Oranges

2. Mum and Emma

caught the train

from Melbourne to

Geelong.

3. true

4. boxes

5. undo

6. I can’t hear you from

over here.

7. seat

8. after

9. nose, goes

10. ?

11. English is spoken

in many countries

around the world.

12. were

Week 3

Practice

1. caught

2. counted

Day 1

1. ran

2. jumped

3. know

4. fox

5. sandy

6. sauce

7. huge

8. last

9. !

10. russia

11. apples

12. Thursday

Day 2

1. play

2. past

3. order

4. dollars

5. unafraid

6. to

7. angry

8. outside

9. !

10. .

11. beans

12. bikes, school

Day 3

1. fell

2. walks

3. during

4. kisses

5. windy

6. ‘I spy with my little

eye’ is a game.

7. woman, lady

8. bitter

9. ?

10. The Swan River is in

Perth.

11. team

12. Sydney

Day 4

1. bought

2. past

3. climb

4. latches

5. unchanged

6. buy

7. child, baby

8. awake

9. ?

10. .

11. rice

12. glass

Day 5

1. Throw

2. slept

3. everyone

4. matches

5. bumpy

6. won

7. theatre

8. give

9. ?

10. christmas

11. acrobat

12. France

Week 4

Practice

1. beautiful

2. darker

Day 1

1. beautiful

2. lighter

3. square

4. talked

5. thing

6. loud

7. tiny

8. gone

9. Yesterday, I visited

John in Manly.

10. bridge

11. draw

12. walked

Day 2

1. massive

2. smallest

3. circle

4. blaming

5. faster

6. right

7. catch

8. are

9. My brother, Jason,

was born in July.

10. hoops

11. present

12. he’s

Day 3

1. slimy

2. taller

3. course

4. covered

5. thing

6. reason, season

7. nasty

8. go

9. I saw Amy and Kate

on Wednesday.

10. netball

11. watch

12. bought

Day 4

1. long, shiny

2. quietest

3. double

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4. died

5. stronger

6. mail

7. stop

8. is

9. I live near the River

Nile in Cairo.

10. chocolate

11. past

12. his

Day 5

1. dangerous, long

2. kindest

3. mouth

4. run

5. room

6. sleep

7. listen

8. goes

9. Let’s go to Mandurah

tomorrow.

10. roast

11. flew

12. ate

Week 5

Practice

1. colour

2. copying

Day 1

1. add

2. shiny

3. season

4. went

5. wenting

6. power, flower

7. four

8. come

9. Yesterday, I

10. describe

11. new

12. lighter

Day 2

1. farm

2. dropping

3. kettle

4. run

5. unwent

6. said

7. for

8. have

9. .

10. present

11. tiny

12. younger

Day 3

1. kick

2. hurried

3. party

4. said

5. fighted

6. ticket, cricket

7. our

8. come

9. Mr Scott is my

football coach.

10. go

11. happy

12. slower

Day 4

1. answer

2. daddy

3. crowd

4. wrote

5. unburn

6. start

7. buy

8. having

9. !

10. past

11. skilful

12. shorter

Day 5

1. shout

2. coming

3. tonight

4. eat

5. happying

6. meeting, cheating

7. flour

8. come

9. Ben Tan

10. watch

11. crunchy

12. greatest

Week 6

Practice

1. they’re

2. you’re

Day 1

1. we’re

2. they’re

3. metre

4. loving

5. unhappy

6. pop

7. Use the brake on

your bike so you

don’t crash and

break something!

8. is

9. I didn’t finish my tea

today.

10. command

11. scored

12. sunny, warm

Day 2

1. he’s

2. You’re

3. honey

4. fences

5. hoped, hopeless,

hopeful

6. hot

7. chilled

8. has

9. thailand

10. puppy, garden

11. past

12. longest

Day 3

1. she’s

2. there

3. season

4. wedding

5. unlock

6. one

7. deer

8. was

9. When is the next bus

coming?

10. question

11. throw

12. heavy

Day 4

1. I’m

2. your

3. amount

4. key

5. helping, helpful

6. start

7. shimmers

8. are

9. june

10. snake, grass

11. past

12. busiest

Day 5

1. that’s

2. They’re

3. busily

4. carried

5. unsafe

6. my

7. Did you hear the

news? Your favourite

band is playing here

next month.

8. have

9. Red is my favourite

colour.

10. statement

11. caught

12. hot, tasty

Week 7

Practice

1. 2, 1, 3

2. yes

Day 1

1. 3, 2, 1

2. yes

3. washed

4. swimming

5. I am

6. your

7. laugh, cry

8. have

9. Do you think she’s

going to be late?

10. James, Adelaide

11. cares

12. shiny

Day 2

1. 1, 3, 2

2. no

3. friend

4. copy

5. that is

6. breath

7. core

8. its

9. question

10. cat, fish

11. slices

12. enormous

Day 3

1. began

2. no

3. heavy

4. happiness

5. It is

6. You’re

7. over

8. was

9. I’m so surprised to

see you here!

10. June

11. ate

12. new

Day 4

1. after, again, any

2. yes

3. February

4. say

5. he is

6. fourth

7. rough

8. it’s

9. statement

10. bottle, table

11. paints

12. huge

Day 5

1. 2, 3, 1

2. yes

3. wrong

4. caring

5. she is

6. your

7. come, go

8. has

9. Can you tell me

what’s wrong?

10. Westburn Road

11. writes

12. kind

Week 8

Day 1

1. instead

2. 3, 1, 2

3. I am

4. uninvited

5. lifting

6. saw

7. your

8. Let me know when

you’re ready to go.

9. cried

10. Gemma

11. past

12. green, blue

Day 2

1. ahead

2. gift

3. a

4. unopened

5. underground

6. is

7. sell

8. My favourite day is

Christmas Day.

9. waited

10. books

11. scored

12. fullest

Day 3

1. shout

2. shore, store, swore

3. I have

4. unclean

5. thinning

6. were

7. there

8. Dad said he’s going

to be late.

9. plays

10. Fridays

11. past

12. funny

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Day 4

1. pencil

2. teach

3. ha

4. unzipped

5. supermouse

6. seen

7. bury

8. I made a card for

Valentine’s Day.

9. shout

10. jumper

11. shut

12. straightest

Day 5

1. heart

2. 2, 1, 3

3. that is

4. unprepared

5. carrying

6. are

7. you’re

8. Do you think they’re

home?

9. sit

10. Laura

11. present

12. old, modern

Skill focus review

1. laugh

2. rash, red, ring

3. I have

4. thinner

5. They’re coming to

show us their car.

6. ?

7. question

8. blanket

9. James

10. swim

11. past

12. dangerous

Weeks 1–8 review

Review day 1

1. true

2. because, began,

behave

3. i

4. coming

5. your

6. .

7. statement

8. bird

9. Cork, London

10. talks

11. past

12. scary

Review day 2

1. above

2. 3, 2, 1

3. a

4. shining

5. they’re

6. ?

7. question

8. dog

9. february

10. danced

11. dropped

12. ripe

Review day 3

1. party

2. taste, taught, teach

3. I am

4. emptied

5. it’s

6. .

7. statement

8. artist

9. Jan, Phil

10. throw

11. past

12. beautiful

Review day 4

1. washed

2. 3, 1, 2

3. a

4. biggest

5. their

6. !

7. command

8. friend

9. Jim

10. looked

11. wrote

12. dirty

Weeks 1–8

assessment

1. 1, 3, 2

2. (a) tried

(b) timing

(c) hugged

3. (a) it’s

(b) they’re

(c) you’ll

(d) we’re

4. (a) it’s

(b) they’re

(c) you’re

(d) we’re

5. (a) !

(b) ?

(c) .

6. (a) command

(b) question

(c) statement

7. boy, stone,

hopscotch, friends; 4

8. On Christmas Day,

we visit my Aunty

Karen who lives in

Dublin.

9. listen

10. (a) past

(b) present

11. fierce, dark, creepy; 3

12. (a) bravest

(b) smaller

Weeks 9–16

Week 9

Practice

1. the child

2. Helen’s

Day 1

1. Jack

2. Sam’s

3. where

4. 3, 2, 1

5. I’ll

6. unsure

7. moving

8. right

9. your

10. Simon and Anna

went to South Africa.

11. question

12. horse

Day 2

1. the girl

2. John’s

3. children

4. soap, sound, south

5. wi

6. unkind

7. mummy

8. night

9. to

10. .

11. command

12. Mike

Day 3

1. Jenna

2. dogs

3. watch

4. head, heart, heavy

5. what is

6. preview

7. skipping

8. down

9. they’re

10. Next week I’ll see my

friend Peter.

11. question

12. woman

Day 4

1. the school

2. Jim’s

3. straight

4. chips

5. you’ll

6. premade

7. spiny

8. vanish

9. buy

10. ?

11. command

12. India, China

Day 5

1. Kim

2. Jenny’s

3. break

4. parcel, pardon,

parent

5. wi

6. precaution

7. knowing

8. now

9. you’re

10. The Opera House is

a famous landmark

in Sydney.

11. statement

12. bus

Week 10

Practice

1. is starting

2. are

Day 1

1. was fishing

2. were

3. early

4. 3, 2, 1

5. What’s

6. quickly

7. under

8. hole

9. Dan and Jill’s dog is

black and white.

10. I live on the corner

of Green and Brown

Street.

11. phone, bag

12. brighter

Day 2

1. is going

2. am

3. future

4. after

5. who’s

6. sickly

7. below

8. seen

9. cats

10. Saint Patrick’s Day is

in March.

11. May

12. small

Day 3

1. was eating

2. was

3. famous

4. 3, 2, 1

5. What’s

6. slowly

7. new

8. sun

9. My dad’s favourite

meal is spaghetti

and meatballs.

10. Pizza comes from

Italy.

11. Amy, tin, dinner

12. dirtiest

Day 4

1. are going

2. are

3. Thailand

4. book

5. who’s

6. crying

7. bright

8. saw

9. cat’s

10. My mum and I like

to read Harry Potter

books.

11. Liam, Cape Town,

Durban

12. broken

Day 5

1. are learning

2. were

3. afraid

4. quake, quiz, quote

5. Who’s

6. flying

7. swift

8. fair

9. I am going to Jenny’s

house after school.

10. This Thursday, Mr

Rowe is taking his

class to the museum

in Perth.

11. Lions, Africa

12. older

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Week 11

Practice

1. wolves

2. baby

Day 1

1. wives

2. berry

3. weigh

4. they have

5. uneven

6. quiet

7. dance, chance

8. Sarah’s

9. your

10. future

11. made, make

12. bought

Day 2

1. strawberries

2. calf

3. buying

4. we have

5. sadly

6. riches

7. bear

8. !

9. its

10. present

11. were

12. goes

Day 3

1. men

2. tooth

3. wheat

4. shell, smell, spell

5. untested

6. even

7. they, stay

8. Jennifer’s

9. their

10. future

11. watched, watch

12. brought

Day 4

1. elves

2. battery

3. Wednesday

4. they will

5. roughly

6. sip

7. for

8. .

9. it’s

10. past

11. is

12. go

Day 5

1. thieves

2. self

3. stopped

4. we will

5. undone

6. real

7. should, stood

8. Jan’s

9. your

10. future

11. studied, study

12. brought

Week 12

Practice

1. replay

2. recry

Day 1

1. redo

2. subfix

3. height

4. children

5. playful

6. false

7. mist

8. choose

9. Mexico

10. Everybody likes to

celebrate on New

Year’s Eve.

11. your

12. laughs

Day 2

1. submerge

2. rehappy

3. earthquake

4. knives

5. unlucky

6. funny, boring

7. touch

8. wait, straight

9. I’m sorry, I forgot my

homework.

10. question

11. were

12. phone

Day 3

1. react

2. subplay

3. weak

4. teeth

5. sadness

6. steamy

7. tale

8. meet

9. march

10. Athens is the capital

city of Greece.

11. you’re

12. coming

Day 4

1. subway

2. reyoung

3. quick

4. baby

5. unequal

6. give

7. mean

8. tray, weigh

9. I’m happy my team

won.

10. statement

11. are

12. fish

Day 5

1. recount

2. subwalk

3. health

4. shallow

5. cheerful

6. save, spend

7. grown

8. hour

9. paris, january

10. Adam’s, Emily

11. your

12. asked

Week 13

Practice

1. have not

2. mustn’t

Day 1

1. o

2. hasn’t

3. choice

4. rebuild

5. thankful

6. feet

7. skateboard

8. wept, cried

9. no

10. saw

11. past

12. fantastic

Day 2

1. will not

2. I haven’t seen her

new schoolbag.

3. heights

4. refresh

5. happiness

6. ladies

7. peach, teach

8. The eight-tentacled

octopus ate the

prawn.

9. My friend Ella

loves the Harry

Potter series by J. K.

Rowling.; 5

10. are

11. hear

12. heavy

Day 3

1. o

2. couldn’t

3. chair

4. submerge

5. beautiful

6. city

7. rain

8. imprisoned

9. the baby

10. was

11. future

12. graceful, still

Day 4

1. can not

2. I wasn’t ready in time

this morning.

3. ocean

4. renew

5. breathless

6. wolves

7. skipped, slipped

8. I ate a piece of pie at

the march for peace.

9. Flora visited the

Eiffel Tower in Paris,

France.; 5

10. are

11. slices

12. yellow

Day 5

1. o

2. haven’t

3. machine

4. horse, hotel, house

5. wordless

6. fairy

7. body

8. picked, chose

9. yes

10. seen

11. past

12. wet, windy

Week 14

Practice

1. us

2. them

Day 1

1. me

2. He

3. hungry

4. resay

5. careless

6. can’t

7. isn’t

8. care

9. maid

10. children’s

11. puzzle

12. sang

Day 2

1. him

2. it

3. station

4. down hill

5. shapeless

6. have not

7. should not

8. kite

9. horse

10. I didn’t know dogs

ate vegetables.

11. phone

12. sat

Day 3

1. me

2. she

3. square

4. recycling

5. hateful

6. wasn’t

7. weren’t

8. fight, quite

9. hole

10. boy’s

11. park

12. is

Day 4

1. they

2. she

3. dairy

4. timetable

5. loneliness

6. does not

7. must have

8. toys

9. plain

10. Dave wasn’t allowed

to come to the skate

park.

11. pen, paper

12. painted

Day 5

1. I

2. him

3. spare

4. rewent

5. stickiness

6. hasn’t

7. wasn’t

8. where

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9. weather

10. Where’s

11. Athletes, people

12. spoke

Week 15

Practice

1. Mum cooked bacon,

eggs and tomato for

dinner.

2. Would you like

chocolate, vanilla ●

strawberry cake for

your birthday?

Day 1

1. We need to buy

bread, milk and

butter.

2. For Christmas, I

asked for a bike, book

● football.

3. broken

4. 2, 3 ,1

5. do not

6. fish

7. tame, wild

8. who’s

9. Emma isn’t a very

friendly person.

10. thinks

11. you

12. visit

Day 2

1. I packed water, fruit

and a map before

our walk.

2. Would you like to go

to the cinema, shop,

pool ● museum?

3. hairy

4. who is

5. can’t

6. puppy

7. twinkling

8. whose

9. Who hasn’t returned

their homework?

10. sleeping

11. it

12. feels

Day 3

1. We eat popcorn,

chocolate and ice

cream at the cinema.

2. My best friends are

Maggie, Jack ● Kate.

3. different

4. 3, 2, 1

5. are not

6. elves

7. take

8. Who’s

9. Stop! You didn’t ask

to use that!

10. you

11. they

12. wished

Day 4

1. On Friday, we will

visit Tom, Mary, Sam

and Jane.

2. The children could

choose from

nuggets, a burger ●

pasta.

3. thirteen

4. who has

5. can’t

6. leaf

7. clever

8. who’s

9. My dog Patches

won’t play ball with

me.

10. beside

11. he

12. eaten

Day 5

1. Please bring paper,

pencils, an eraser

and a pen.

2. I packed my hat,

sunscreen, towel ●

swimsuit for our trip

to the beach.

3. caravan

4. straight, strange,

strength

5. weren’t

6. stories

7. near

8. who’s

9. Do you think I’ll

get a new bike for

Christmas?

10. chairs

11. it

12. am feeling

Week 16

Day 1

1. business

2. unaware

3. laughed

4. countries

5. can’t

6. pull

7. was

8. it’s

9. Take out the flour,

sugar, butter and

milk.

10. Paris, New York

11. it

12. question

Day 2

1. opposite

2. submarine

3. saving

4. men

5. can’t

6. short

7. are

8. your

9. My favourite colours

are red, blue and

green.

10. Nile, Africa

11. they

12. command

Day 3

1. laugh

2. unload

3. finally

4. people

5. wasn’t

6. dead

7. were

8. It’s

9. Tim, Mandy, Gina

and James are going

to the cinema.

10. Sydney, Parramatta

River

11. it

12. statement

Day 4

1. bruise

2. rewrite

3. writing

4. deer

5. can’t

6. fresh

7. are

8. You’re

9. I have visited Italy,

France and Spain.

10. Tokyo, Japan

11. she

12. question

Day 5

1. teach

2. unfriendly

3. messily

4. adult

5. haven’t

6. fact

7. were

8. its

9. Dad made a roast

with potatoes,

carrots, peas and

gravy.

10. him

11. it

12. command

Skill focus review

1. square

2. hard, challenging

3. sewing

4. teeth

5. rewind

6. will not

7. Ava

8. I like reading books

about dragons,

unicorns and fairies.

9. is having

10. couldn’t

11. him

12. they

Weeks 9–16 review

Review day 1

1. station

2. eat

3. darkness

4. leaves

5. subway

6. haven’t

7. cat’s

8. We will buy bread,

milk and eggs at the

shop.

9. is going

10. wasn’t

11. us

12. we

Review day 2

1. buying

2. hairy, furry

3. living

4. puppy

5. refill

6. is not

7. Adrian

8. My dog’s names are

Brutus, Benji, Bob

and Baxter.

9. is having

10. don’t

11. they

12. We

Review day 3

1. afraid

2. coward

3. joyful

4. babies

5. subtitle

6. shouldn’t

7. pen’s

8. At the zoo, we saw

elephants, monkeys,

giraffes and zebras.

9. was reading

10. won’t

11. her

12. they

Review day 4

1. children

2. light, bright

3. guessing

4. child

5. replay

6. was not

7. Ava

8. There will be

popcorn, chocolate,

juice and cake at the

party.

9. are playing

10. can’t

11. we

12. we

Weeks 9–16

assessment

1. (a) Josie’s sister

(b) Liam’s dad

2. (b) and (c)

3. has tripped

4. (a) is

(b) am

(c) are

5. (a) loaves

(b) blueberries

(c) feet

6. (a) submarine

(b) repack

7. (a) isn’t

(b) won’t

(c) haven’t

8. can’t

9. it

10. she

11. I have four cats. Their

names are Fluffy,

Scrappy, Snowflake

and Mittens.

12. I would like to go to

France, Spain ● Italy

for our next holiday.

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Weeks 17–24

Week 17

Practice

1. fought

2. drove

Day 1

1. spoke

2. sleeps

3. return

4. fibre, film, first

5. information

6. pieces

7. part

8. your

9. Bobs lunch

10. they

11. berries

12. This book was given

to me but I don’t

want it.

Day 2

1. blows

2. past

3. church

4. can’t

5. unfair

6. whale

7. his

8. its

9. Jim, Kate, Sam and I

are friends.

10. us

11. sheep

12. We took them to the

zoo with us.

Day 3

1. heard

2. brought

3. sizzle

4. phone, phonics,

photo

5. imagination

6. bicycles

7. accept

8. there

9. the bird

10. them

11. computer

12. Jo and I are good

friends; she helps me

with my homework.

Day 4

1. writes

2. past

3. physical

4. weren’t

5. unkind

6. monkeys

7. he’s

8. it’s

9. You will need your

book, scissors and

glue.

10. I saw him when he

was riding past.

11. books

12. We asked them

nicely, but they didn’t

help us.

Day 5

1. brought

2. flew/flies

3. pleasure

4. 2, 3, 1

5. limitation

6. journeys

7. nothing

8. your

9. Conors mum

10. them

11. broccoli

12. Dad likes to sing with

me on stage but I

am very shy.

Week 18

Practice

1. ‘Has anybody seen

the cat?’ asked Mum.

2. Emma

Day 1

1. Mr Murphy asked,

‘Where is your

English book?’

2. Johnny

3. wealthy

4. every

5. sensation

6. sleep

7. ordinary

8. two

9. Jenny Robbins is my

neighbour.

10. holidays

11. short, chubby

12. I

Day 2

1. ‘Can I get a new

football?’ Tom asked.

2. Tom’s mum

3. guest

4. square, there

5. replay

6. see

7. of

8. by

9. Why doesn’t Jim like

dogs?

10. I’m going out.

11. every

12. we

Day 3

1. ‘Watch out!’ the man

shouted.

2. Anna

3. tongue

4. volley

5. preparation

6. sing

7. ask, answer (or

question, answer)

8. two

9. We fed the dogs and

the birds before we

left.

10. read

11. naughty

12. me

Day 4

1. ‘Good evening!’

the lady on the TV

announced.

2. Jill

3. Guess

4. though, show

5. refill

6. meet

7. have

8. buy

9. Jennifer’s leaving

tomorrow.

10. John carefully rides

his bike. /John rides

his bike carefully.

11. while

12. us

Day 5

1. Jim asked, ‘Where is

my pencil case?’

2. Jack

3. colour

4. timetable

5. admiration

6. catch

7. dirty

8. meat

9. Athens, Greece

10. stucks

11. red, shiny

12. I

Week 19

Practice

1. misspell

2. no

Day 1

1. disrespect

2. no

3. candle

4. wi

5. poisonous

6. angriest

7. found

8. sure

9. ‘Where are you

going?’ questioned

my mum.

10. Ben

11. type

12. Venus

Day 2

1. mistreat

2. no

3. centimetre

4. goldfish

5. dangerous

6. ice

7. have

8. our

9. The shy girl asked,

‘Would you like to

play with me?’

10. The highest

mountain in Ireland

is in Kerry.

11. waited; wait

12. pieces of art; grains

of sand

Day 3

1. disagree

2. no

3. probably

4. hadn’t

5. famous

6. lastest

7. laugh

8. shore

9. Mr Jones asked,

‘Who knows the

answer to this

question?’

10. Rosie

11. bring

12. Tea, coffee

Day 4

1. misread

2. yes

3. yesterday

4. rain

5. adventurous

6. sheep

7. of

8. our

9. ‘I’m afraid of

spiders!’ Billy cried.

10. The city of Paris is in

France.

11. walk; walked

12. a piece of paper; a

bar of soap

Day 5

1. dislike

2. yes

3. careful

4. must’ve

5. various

6. greatest

7. never

8. The boy blew a

bubble and his gum

was blue!

9. ‘Who’s coming with

me?’ Dad asked.

10. Thomas

11. drinks

12. Amy

Week 20

Practice

1. worst

2. worse

Day 1

1. best

2. best

3. evening

4. hurry, worry

5. misbehave

6. admiration

7. library

8. was

9. grate

10. ‘Did you look

outside?’ said Mum.

11. and

12. present

Day 2

1. worst

2. worst

3. cleaning

4. wait, wake, waste

5. preparation

6. fasteration

7. languages

8. heroic

9. I bought a cheap

sail for my boat in a

boat sale.

10. ‘What is your name?’

asked the boy.

11. The apple fell from

the tree.

12. caught

Day 3

1. better

2. better

3. using

4. strength, length

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5. disorder

6. carelessly

7. shelves

8. saw

9. seen

10. ‘Do you have the

time please?’ the

stranger asked.

11. was

12. past

Day 4

1. worse

2. worse

3. youth

4. often, oven, over

5. usable

6. respectable

7. bridges

8. invented

9. medal

10. ‘Look at that

rainbow!’ the

children said

excitedly.

11. I saw a helicopter fly

by.

12. is cooking

Day 5

1. best

2. best

3. Beauty

4. laugh

5. misspell

6. invention

7. parties

8. were

9. The seats on the

plane were very

plain.

10. I asked Mum, ‘What’s

for lunch?’

11. then

12. past

Week 21

Practice

1. eventually

2. sadly

Day 1

1. After

2. quickly

3. thunder

4. burst

5. disconnect

6. ugliest

7. is

8. who’s

9. Bobby

10. instant

11. statement

12. is coming

Day 2

1. suddenly

2. slowly

3. although

4. isn’t

5. believable

6. better

7. silly

8. you’re

9. The children weren’t

behaving very well

on the school trip.

10. am

11. might have

12. He is going

Day 3

1. during

2. crossly

3. leather

4. shirt, hurt

5. disobey

6. freshest

7. have

8. whose

9. the dog

10. not

11. command

12. will make

Day 4

1. finally

2. joyfully

3. soldier

4. wasn’t

5. permission

6. worse

7. raw

8. Go and wash your

hands, you’re all

dirty!

9. Declan didn’t eat his

lunch.

10. would

11. mustn’t have

12. She was singing

Day 5

1. after

2. greedily

3. magic

4. ghost, toast

5. disappear

6. scariest

7. seen

8. Who’s

9. Tara’s

10. then

11. question

12. was laughing

Week 22

Practice

1. because

2. and

Day 1

1. and

2. but

3. mystery

4. daughter, water

5. saving

6. making, made

7. person

8. lately

9. It’s

10. Tomorrow, we will

visit Kyle, Norah, Tim

and Colin.

11. listens

12. finally

Day 2

1. or

2. and

3. number

4. July, June, junk

5. mountainous

6. angrily, angrier

7. pyramids

8. everything

9. you’re

10. ‘Where are you

going?’ Ian called

after them.

11. is

12. clumsily

Day 3

1. but

2. and

3. catalogue

4. centre, enter

5. meeted

6. seemingly, seems

7. ski

8. violent

9. there

10. Monkeys eat fruit,

leaves, insects and

flowers.

11. danced

12. finally

Day 4

1. because

2. but

3. gather

4. practise, probably

5. limitation

6. loving, loveliest

7. oceans

8. weeping, sobbing

9. your

10. ‘Brian, why isn’t your

room tidy yet?’ asked

Dad.

11. went

12. easily

Day 5

1. because

2. but

3. yacht

4. sizzle, drizzle

5. facing

6. careful, caring

7. bottle

8. are

9. its

10. This morning we will

be doing spelling,

writing, reading and

art.

11. dreaming

12. sometimes

Week 23

Practice

1. a

2. boring

Day 1

1. an

2. island

3. January

4. book

5. ateing

6. shooting, shot

7. stand

8. meet

9. ‘Where do you think

you’re going?’ the

soldier demanded.

10. this morning

11. because

12. worst

Day 2

1. an

2. vanilla

3. light

4. It will

5. submarine

6. happily, happiest

7. are

8. claws

9. geraldine, thomas

10. cheerfully

11. but

12. jet

Day 3

1. a

2. aunt

3. breath

4. lighthouse

5. useness

6. camped, camping

7. ended

8. witch

9. ‘Why didn’t you

come?’ asked Mary.

10. late

11. or

12. best

Day 4

1. an

2. orange

3. ahead

4. won’t

5. subway

6. tasteful, tasted

7. am

8. Reading aloud is

not allowed in the

library.

9. christmas,

wednesday

10. politely

11. and

12. fangs

Day 5

1. a

2. apron

3. fuel

4. website

5. speaked

6. needy, needs

7. glue

8. die

9. ‘They’re late!’

complained Anna.

10. yearly

11. because

12. earlier

Week 24

Day 1

1. measure

2. flower

3. disobey

4. too

5. green, emerald

6. The River Seine flows

through Paris.

7. ‘Can I come too?’ the

little girl asked.

8. cross

9. me

10. a

11. and

12. were playing, are

playing

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Day 2

1. though

2. tagged, dragged

3. humorous

4. Ron bought a model

sail boat in the toy

sale.

5. gone

6. bird’s

7. ‘Are you the team’s

goalkeeper?’ she

asked.

8. are

9. us

10. amazing

11. or

12. has written

Day 3

1. first

2. steaming

3. unsafe

4. pair

5. shy, outgoing

6. Flora didn’t bring

any money to buy a

ticket.

7. ‘Will you be coming

to my party?’ I asked

my friends.

8. computers

9. me

10. an

11. and

12. was cooking, am

cooking

Day 4

1. February

2. tax

3. outrageous

4. sew

5. go

6. children’s

7. ‘Will the last

remaining

passengers please

go to gate seven?’

the lady announced.

8. in

9. we

10. interesting

11. because

12. was working

Day 5

1. knew

2. tricks, fix

3. ungrateful

4. Lee couldn’t wait

to get on the scales

and check his

weight.

5. frosty, chilly

6. The elephant was

painting a picture

with its trunk.

7. ‘Let’s go for a swim!’

she suggested.

8. cheers

9. I

10. a

11. but

12. was sleeping, is

sleeping

Skill focus review

1. probably

2. their, hair

3. disinfect

4. information

5. hour

6. question

7. Nelly warned the old

lady, ‘Watch out for

that step!’

8. worst

9. peacefully

10. sleepy

11. and

12. flew

Weeks 17–24

review

Review day 1

1. metre

2. cue, new

3. misfortune

4. glamorous

5. its

6. weeping

7. the teacher

8. best

9. later

10. a

11. but

12. bought

Review day 2

1. measure

2. tune, spoon

3. dishonest

4. oranges

5. You will need to

buy a ticket by six

o’clock.

6. boring

7. ‘Get out of my room!’

yelled Ben.

8. worst

9. badly

10. angry

11. because

12. grew

Review day 3

1. breathe

2. fridge, bridge

3. mislead

4. frightened

5. Who’s

6. coat

7. the class

8. better

9. Tonight

10. an

11. and

12. wore

Review day 4

1. light

2. stew, due

3. disagree

4. bottle

5. hour

6. funny, boring

7. The old man

grumbled, ‘Get out of

the way!’

8. better

9. neatly

10. frightened

11. because

12. fed

Weeks 17–24

assessment

1. blew

2. (a) past

(b) present

(c) future

3. (a) ‘Do you want

to play football,

James?’ asked

Emma.

(b) Emma

4. (a) Mum asked Dad,

‘What would you

like for dinner?’

(b) Mum

5. (a) misbehave

(b) disagree

6. yes

7. (a) best

(b) worse

8. (a) better

(b) worst

9. recently

10. (a) ran

(b) happily

11. (a) because

(b) but

12. (a) a

(b) an

Weeks 25–32

Week 25

Practice

1. since

2. when

Day 1

1. unless

2. since

3. juice

4. you have

5. superhero

6. geese

7. alive

8. they’re

9. I was amazed when

we were in Paris.

10. New Delhi is a very

busy city.

11. ‘When will the band

come on stage?’ she

asked.

12. exciting

Day 2

1. unless

2. when

3. chemist

4. juice, loose

5. enjoyment

6. pearls

7. first

8. your

9. did

10. Greg said he saw

Joanne at the park

today.

11. ‘Would you like a

drink?’ the waiter

asked.

12. new

Day 3

1. since

2. if

3. window

4. ha

5. interview

6. doctors

7. love

8. See the people

over there? They’re

having lunch and

their food looks

tasty!

9. were

10. Aisling and I like to

read comics.

11. ‘Did you walk the

dog?’ asked Mum.

12. slow, old

Day 4

1. since

2. since

3. suddenly

4. foam, home

5. hopeless

6. envelope

7. going

8. You’re

9. of

10. My friends helped

me pack up my

things when I had to

go.

11. ‘Would you like any

sauce?’ the lady

asked.

12. friendly

Day 5

1. when

2. when

3. princess

4. might’ve

5. supernatural

6. boats

7. high

8. it’s

9. was

10. The Solomon Islands

are in the Pacific

Ocean.

11. ‘How are you?’

George asked

politely.

12. helpful

Week 26

Practice

1. (a) terrifically

(b) lazily

(c) hopefully

(d) nobly

Day 1

1. quietly

2. shoutly

3. character

4. international

5. expression

6. ferries

7. trap

8. Be careful around

that bee or you

might get stung.

9. goes

10. My favourite horse

likes carrots.

11. Gemma’s

12. unless

Day 2

1. easily

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Answers – Book C

2. worrily

3. question

4. superstar

5. tension

6. peach

7. terror

8. tail

9. were

10. the

11. Why isn’t there any

snow falling this

winter?

12. because

Day 3

1. gently

2. candly

3. little

4. antifreeze

5. quietion

6. city

7. many

8. I chose one beautiful

red flower from

the many rows of

bushes.

9. are

10. The tiny bird sang

sweetly.

11. The dogs are eating.

12. when

Day 4

1. musically

2. picnically

3. women

4. autograph

5. action

6. foxes

7. captured

8. rain

9. were

10. to

11. We didn’t get to see

the tigers at the zoo.

12. but

Day 5

1. awfully

2. untilly

3. scissors

4. autobiography

5. paradsion

6. dairies

7. expensive

8. Do you know where

to buy the dress she

will wear for the

party?

9. seen

10. will

11. cats

12. when

Week 27

Practice

1. on the chair

2. over

Day 1

1. in the box

2. into

3. obey

4. inside

5. knowingly

6. highest

7. variety

8. interesting

9. Where’s

10. in

11. Jim

12. slices of bread;

grains of rice

Day 2

1. by the river

2. towards

3. straight

4. porridge, possible,

potatoes

5. deally

6. friendliest

7. immediately

8. different

9. lion

10. to

11. Gran’s handbag

12. owl

Day 3

1. on their mat

2. through

3. narrow

4. 1, 2, 3

5. basically

6. newer

7. try

8. future

9. hadn’t

10. under

11. the children

12. cups of tea; bottles

of milk

Day 4

1. in the fridge

2. on

3. enough

4. guard, guess, guide

5. angrily

6. loveliest

7. king

8. solution

9. sum

10. I put in the pieces in

the box.

11. Neville’s

12. egg

Day 5

1. on the fridge

2. over

3. among

4. 2, 1, 3

5. fastly

6. biggest

7. frightened

8. dry

9. didn’t

10. Yesterday

11. cupboards

12. potatoes

Week 28

Practice

1. (a) insecure

(b) impatient

(c) irregular

(d) illogical

Day 1

1. impossible

2. no

3. Hello

4. guide, died

5. simply

6. ate

7. blue, navy

8. cereal

9. was

10. The plane flew over

Indonesia, India, Iran

and Iraq.

11. in her lunch box

12. past

Day 2

1. incorrect

2. no

3. suppose

4. on

5. differently

6. hottest

7. spend, save

8. air

9. me

10. The small child threw

a tantrum.

11. with

12. past

Day 3

1. illegal

2. yes

3. concert

4. glue, two

5. nobly

6. brought

7. river, stream

8. tea

9. was

10. Hurling, soccer,

football and rugby

are sports played in

Ireland.

11. next to his bike

12. past

Day 4

1. irregular

2. yes

3. surprise

4. hair

5. hopelessly

6. dearest

7. fierce, calm

8. week

9. I

10. Jen gave Laura a

present.

11. off

12. future

Day 5

1. immortal

2. yes

3. tried

4. chewing, doing

5. truly

6. reading

7. information,

knowledge

8. hour

9. was

10. I cut apples,

bananas, oranges

and grapes for the

fruit salad.

11. across the stage

12. future

Week 29

Practice

1. The Leaning Tower of

Pisa is in Pisa, Italy.

2. Hamburg, Germany

Day 1

1. The Eiffel Tower is in

Paris, France.

2. Rome, Italy

3. station

4. didn’t

5. incorrect

6. knives

7. lazy

8. too

9. hasn’t

10. Mercury, Venus,

Mars and Jupiter are

planets.

11. works

12. he flew

Day 2

1. The Pyramid of Giza

is in Cairo, Egypt.

2. Paris, France

3. group

4. tray, they

5. imperfect

6. mice

7. speak

8. their

9. hasn’t

10. Have you seen Big

Ben in London?

11. around the park

12. question

Day 3

1. Saint Basil’s is a

famous cathedral in

Moscow, Russia.

2. Cairo, Egypt

3. crept

4. can’t

5. inactive

6. leaves

7. lose

8. buy

9. didn’t

10. Deer, squirrels,

rabbits and foxes live

in the forest.

11. live

12. They are saying.

Day 4

1. The Statue of Liberty

is in New York, USA.

2. Sydney, Australia

3. often

4. lose, choose

5. impatient

6. woman

7. exhausted

8. their

9. wasn’t

10. Where are your

brothers and sisters

living?

11. across the tightrope

12. command

Day 5

1. Big Ben is located in

London, England.

2. New York, USA

3. eighth

4. mustn’t

5. irresponsible

6. wolves

7. costly

8. pale

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Answers – Book C

9. couldn’t

10. We need ham,

cheese and

pineapple to make

pizzas.

11. make

12. has brought

Week 30

Practice

1. ‘Do you know

where my book is?’

Jane asked her

mum. ‘I can’t find it

anywhere!’

2. no

Day 1

1. ‘Laura!’ Mum called.

‘It’s time to come

inside!’

2. yes

3. enough

4. 2, 3, 1

5. impolite

6. pictures

7. drawing

8. knead

9. She has done her

washing; did you

finish yours?

10. My friend Niall is

from New Zealand.

11. Amy was born in

Madrid, Spain.

12. because

Day 2

1. ‘Quickly!’ James said.

‘Let’s go now!’

2. yes

3. true

4. lift, shift

5. beginner

6. bicycle

7. everyone

8. tow

9. It was lunchtime and

we were hungry!

10. The South Pole is in

Antarctica.

11. I took my towel,

flippers, mask and

snorkel to the beach.

12. and

Day 3

1. ‘You look sad!’ Tara

said. ‘What’s wrong?’

2. no

3. proof

4. cold, cork, corn

5. redecorate

6. sponges

7. fix

8. herd

9. I did my homework.

Have you done

yours?

10. My mum’s name is

Jen.

11. I live in Brazil, South

America.

12. but

Day 4

1. ‘Mum!’ I called out.

‘Where is my other

sock?’

2. no

3. learn

4. season, reason

5. dangerous

6. eye

7. happy

8. pear

9. were

10. My cousin, Fee, lives

in Canada.

11. I saw Jo, Sam and

Tim at the shops.

12. and

Day 5

1. ‘Dinner’s ready!’

yelled Dad. ‘Come

and get it!’

2. no

3. Earth

4. forest, fork, forty

5. unimportant

6. names

7. reward

8. right

9. did

10. The longest river is

the Nile.

11. We live in Tokyo,

Japan.

12. when

Week 31

Practice

1. the farmers

2. The painters’

brushes.

Day 1

1. the boys

2. The ducks’ pond.

3. until

4. built, buries, busy

5. magically

6. diaries

7. bad

8. paws

9. don’t

10. I will be celebrating

my birthday in

Bangkok, Thailand.

11. red

12. ran

Day 2

1. the girls

2. The boys’ hats.

3. century

4. toothpaste

5. illegal

6. brings

7. friend

8. rays

9. am not

10. ‘There’s no time!’ she

called. ‘You’re going

to miss the train!’

11. an

12. are writing

Day 3

1. the ladies

2. The girls’ shoes.

3. together

4. bottle, bottom, button

5. busily

6. worries

7. awful

8. wood

9. aren’t

10. We are going to

Tokyo, Japan.

11. interesting

12. spoke

Day 4

1. the racers

2. The ladies’ bags.

3. sometimes

4. footprint

5. inright

6. bought

7. sadness

8. flour

9. isn’t

10. ‘Mum!’ called Sam.

‘Where are you?’

11. a

12. will be closing

Day 5

1. the chickens

2. The racers’ cars.

3. wanted

4. country, couple,

cousin

5. fantastically

6. fairies

7. finish

8. plain

9. aren’t

10. I live in Hobart,

Tasmania.

11. expensive

12. flew

Week 32

Day 1

1. believe

2. palm, calm

3. motor

4. disagree

5. darkest

6. strength

7. destroyed

8. to

9. the babies

10. ‘I’d like to visit

Sweden and Norway

next year!’ said Sian.

11. was laughing

12. cars, bikes

Day 2

1. disappear

2. that will

3. farm

4. angrily

5. witch

6. noisily

7. lady

8. was

9. The babies’ toys.

10. We will visit Greece

and Croatia on our

holiday.

11. quietly

12. cooks

Day 3

1. happened

2. caught, thought

3. paper

4. reappear

5. dirtiest

6. stop

7. picture

8. to

9. the librarians

10. I wasn’t ready for my

race and I came in

last.

11. will cry

12. city

Day 4

1. arrive

2. let us

3. fast

4. gently

5. crashes

6. calm

7. drop

8. were

9. The librarians’ books.

10. My friend, Amir, lives

in New York.

11. finally

12. walks

Day 5

1. ordinary

2. flare, wear

3. flower

4. dishonest

5. tastiest

6. sink

7. coast

8. two

9. the cats

10. ‘Don’t forget to put

the bin out!’ Mum

reminded me.

11. are going

12. boy

Skill focus review

1. enough

2. couldn’t

3. vein, cane

4. informal

5. crazily

6. late

7. My pen pal lives

in San Diego,

California.

8. The rabbits’ hutches.

9. the girls

10. ‘I can’t wait to get

home!’ said Liam

excitedly. ‘It’s my

birthday!’

11. unless

12. near the school

Weeks 25–32

review

Review day 1

1. tried

2. dim

3. sun

4. improper

5. comically

6. fact

7. I visited my

grandmother in

Paris, France.

8. The dogs’ bones.

9. the rabbits

10. ‘Would you like an

orange?’ asked the

lady. ‘It’s my last one!’

11. if

12. behind

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Answers – Book C

Review day 2

1. between

2. don’t

3. bubble, trouble

4. invisible

5. beautifully

6. friend

7. Hockey is a popular

sport in Vancouver,

Canada.

8. The fire engines’

hoses.

9. the cars

10. ‘Why aren’t you

ready?’ asked Mum.

‘We are going to be

late!’

11. since

12. on Mum’s desk

Review day 3

1. window

2. money, funny

3. any

4. illegal

5. carefully

6. hide

7. Most of the Amazon

Rainforest is located

in Brazil, South

America.

8. The boys’

sandwiches.

9. the fire engines

10. ‘Help!’ shouted the

lost boy. ‘Have you

seen my dad?’

11. so

12. on

Review day 4

1. juice

2. wasn’t

3. bean, scene

4. irreplaceable

5. lately

6. sink

7. Pizza was originally

from Naples, Italy.

8. The cats’ paws.

9. the workers

10. ‘Do you know what

my favourite colour

is?’ I asked my friend.

‘It’s green!’

11. when

12. above the trees

Weeks 25–32

assessment

1. (a) unless

(b) since

(c) if

2. (a) terrifically

(b) lazily

(c) hopefully

(d) simply

3. adverbs

4. under the shade of a

large tree

5. over

6. (a) incomplete

(b) impolite

(c) irresponsible

(d) illegal

7. no

8. In 2012, the Olympic

Games were held in

London, England.

9. no

10. ‘Watch out!’ Tom said

to Lara. ‘There’s a

lion behind you!’

11. the babies

12. (a) The sisters’ mum.

(b) The dogs’ bones.

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number

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number

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Concept error(s)

Week

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Week

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Day

Week

Day

Week

Day

Week

Day

Week

Day

Week

Day

Week

Day

Week

Day

Week

Day

Week

Day

Week

Day

Week

Day

Week

Day

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Whole-class recording – concept-specific

Child

Week

number

Day

number

Question

number

Date

Concept error(s)

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Word level

Spelling

Book D


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Correcting spelling words • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Unjumbling words • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Word study

Alphabetical order • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Prefixes • • • • • • • • • • •

Suffixes: no change to base word • • • • • • • • • • •

Suffixes: change y to i rule • • • •

Suffixes: drop the e rule • • • • • •

Suffixes: double final consonant rule • • • • • •

Suffixes: words ending with double final

consonant

Suffixes: -ous, change final ‘our’ to ‘or’

Antonyms • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Synonyms • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Homophones • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Confused words • • • • • • • • • • •

Contractions • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Verb choices • • • • • • • • • •

Word choices • • • • • • • • • • • •

Word meanings • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Word building (identifying root/base

words)

Inflections

Verbs

Verbs: tense and agreement • • • • • • • •

Nouns

Nouns: plurals (-s) • • • •

Nouns: plurals


Nouns: plurals

(-s/-ies, words ending with y)

Nouns: plurals

(-s/-ves, words ending with f)

Nouns: plurals

(-s/-es, words ending with o)

• • • • •

• • • • • • • •

• • • • •

• • • • • •

Nouns: irregular • • • • • •

Nouns: compound nouns

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Book D


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Adjectives


comparative (-er and -est)



Parts of speech

Nouns

Common nouns • • • • • • • •

Proper nouns • • • • •

Plural nouns • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Abstract nouns • • •

Collective nouns

Gender nouns

Noun phrases • • • • • •

Verbs

Verbs • • • • • • • •

Command verbs

Verb groups • • • • •

Verb tense • • • • • •

Subject-verb agreement • • • • • • • •

Adjectives

Common adjectives • • • • • • •

Comparative and superlative adjectives

Adverbs and adverbials

Time, manner, place, frequency • • • • •

Pronouns

Personal • • • • • • • • •

Possessive

Relative (who/that/which/whose)

Prepositions

Position, place and direction

Conjunctions

Coordinating conjunctions

(and, or, so, but, for, nor, yet)

• • • •

Subordinating conjunctions

Determiners

Indefinite articles (a/an) • • •

Interrogative words

Words beginning questions

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Punctuation

Book D


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Capital letters

Start of sentences • • • • • • • • • •

Proper nouns • • • • • • • • • •

Proper adjectives

•

Pronoun ‘I’ • • •

End of sentences

Full stops • • • • • • • • •

Question marks • • • • • • • • • •

Exclamation marks • • • • • • • • •

Apostrophes

Contractions • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Possessive (singular) • • • • • • •

Possessive (plural)

Commas

Lists • • • • • •

Following introductions • • • • •

Speech marks

Enclosing speech • • • • • • • •

Reporting clauses interrupting speech

Figurative language

Similes

Sentence level

Sentences

Sentence structure

Simple sentences • • • • • • • • • • • •

Compound sentences • • • •

Complex sentences

Types of sentences

Statements • • • • • • • • •

Questions • • • • • • • • • • •

Commands • • •

Exclamations • • • • • • • • •

Editing

Identifying unnecessary words • • • •

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Word level

Spelling

Book D


17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

Correcting spelling words • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Unjumbling words • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Word study

Alphabetical order • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Prefixes • • • • • • • • • • • •

Suffixes: no change to base word • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Suffixes: change y to i rule • • • • •

Suffixes: drop the e rule • • • • • • • • • •

Suffixes: double final consonant rule

Suffixes: words ending with double final

consonant

•

Suffixes: -ous, change final ‘our’ to ‘or’

•

Antonyms • • • • • • • • • • • •

Synonyms • • • • • • • • • • • •

Homophones • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Confused words • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Contractions • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Verb choices • • • • • • • • • •

Word choices • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Word meanings • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Word building (identifying root/base

words)

• • • • • • •

Inflections

Verbs

Verbs: tense and agreement • • • • • • • •

Nouns

Nouns: plurals (-s) • •

Nouns: plurals


Nouns: plurals

(-s/-ies, words ending with y)

Nouns: plurals

(-s/-ves, words ending with f)

Nouns: plurals

(-s/-es, words ending with o)

• • • • •

•

• • •

• • •

Nouns: irregular • • • • • • •

Nouns: compound nouns • • • • •

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Adjectives


comparative (-er and -est)



• • • • • •

• • • • •

Parts of speech

Nouns

Common nouns • • • • • • • •

Proper nouns • • • • • • • •

Plural nouns • •

Abstract nouns • • • • •

Collective nouns • • • •

Gender nouns • • • •

Noun phrases • • • • •

Verbs

Verbs • • • • • • • • • •

Command verbs • •

Verb groups • • • • • • • •

Verb tense • • •

Subject-verb agreement • • • • • • •

Adjectives

Common adjectives • • • • • • • •

Comparative and superlative adjectives • • • • • • • • •

Adverbs and adverbials

Time, manner, place, frequency • • • • • • • • • • •

Pronouns

Personal • • • • • • • • •

Possessive • • • • •

Relative (who/that/which/whose) • • • •

Prepositions

Position, place and direction • • • • •

Conjunctions

Coordinating conjunctions

(and, or, so, but, for, nor, yet)

• • •

Subordinating conjunctions • • • • • • • • • •

Determiners

Indefinite articles (a/an) • •

Interrogative words

Words beginning questions • • • • •

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Punctuation

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Capital letters

Start of sentences • • • • • • •

Proper nouns • • • • • • • •

Proper adjectives • •

Pronoun ‘I’

End of sentences

Full stops • • • • •

Question marks • • • •

Exclamation marks • • • • • • • •

Apostrophes

Contractions • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •


Possessive (plural) • •

Commas

Lists • •

Following introductions • • • • • •

Speech marks

Enclosing speech • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Reporting clauses interrupting speech • • • •

Figurative language

Similes • • • •

Sentence level

Sentences

Sentence structure

Simple sentences • • • • • •

Compound sentences • • •

Complex sentences • • • • • • • • • •

Types of sentences

Statements • • • • • •

Questions • • • • • •

Commands • • • • • •

Exclamations • • • • • • • • •

Editing

Identifying unnecessary words • • •

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Weeks 1–8 overview – Book D

Week Skill focus Spelling/phonics Inflections Punctuation Word study Grammar

1 Nouns and

proper nouns

• Spelling words

(tomorrow, woman,

furniture, strange,

voice)

• Nouns: singular

and plurals (-s,

-es)


start of sentences,

proper nouns,

pronoun I


full stop, question

mark

• Prefixes (dis-, re-)

• Suffixes (-ing, no change to base

word)

• Antonyms

• Synonyms

• Alphabetical order

• Contractions

• Homophones (bare/bear; break/

brake)

• Word choices (noun/adjective)

• Word meanings (inhabit, souvenir,

extraordinary)

• Confused words (tried/tired; of/off;

brought/bought)



2 Adjectives and

noun phrases

• Spelling words

(certain, difficult,

position, bicycle,

photograph)

• Nouns: plurals

(-ies)


full stop, question

mark, exclamation

mark

• Prefixes (mis-, dis-, re-)

• Suffixes (-ing, double final

consonant)


• Contractions

• Homophones (mail/male; too/to)

• Word choices (noun/adjective)

• Word meanings (occasionally,

ordinary, strange)

• Confused words (bought/brought;

of/off)


• Choosing best adjectives to describe

nouns

• Determining if noun or adjective

• Identifying noun phrases

3 Pronouns • Spelling words

(amazing, hundred,

answer, separate,

interviewed)

• Nouns: plurals

(-ves)


start of sentences,

proper nouns


full stop, question

mark, exclamation

mark


• Suffixes (-ing, double final

consonant)

• Antonyms

• Synonyms


• Homophones (peace/piece; bury/

berry)

• Word meanings (quay, summit,

possession)

• Confused words (his/he’s; lend/

borrow; its/it’s)

• Identifying pronouns (personal)

• Choosing the best pronouns in

sentences




nouns



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4 Verbs and

tenses

• Spelling words

(difficult,

experiment,

accurate, straight,

admire)

• Nouns: plurals (-s,

-es, -ves, -ies)


agreement


start of sentences,

proper nouns,

pronoun I


full stop, question

mark, exclamation

mark

• Antonyms

• Synonyms


• Contractions

• Word choices (a/an; I/me)

• Word meanings (experience,

shallow, guard)

• Confused words (dessert/desert)


• Identifying tense of verbs


• Identifying proper nouns requiring

capital letters


• Identifying pronouns



5 Plural noun

rules

(-s/-ies, -s/

-ves, -s/-oes)

• Spelling words

(heard, courage,

certain, detective,

biscuit)

• Nouns: plurals (-s/

-ies, -s/-ves,-s/

-oes)


agreement


start of sentences,

proper nouns,

pronoun I


full stop, question

mark, exclamation

mark

• Apostrophes:

contractions

• Prefixes (dis-, pre-)

• Suffixes (-ing, drop the e)

• Antonyms

• Synonyms


• Word meanings (coast, pressure,

learn)

• Contractions

• Homophones (rode/rowed; fair/fare;

edition/addition; shore/sure; knot/

not)

• Confused words (edition/addition)

• Adding correct pronouns in

sentences

• Identifying nouns that pronouns

refer to

• Choosing correct verbs in sentences


capital letters

6 Speech marks

(direct speech)

• Spelling words

(alphabet,

surprised,

operation, damage,

kilometre)


-ies, -s/-ves,-s/

-oes)


agreement


start of sentences,

proper nouns

• Commas: lists

• Speech marks:

enclosing direct

speech, identifying

correct usage


• Suffixes (-ion, -al, drop the e)

• Antonyms

• Synonyms


• Word meanings (coarse, punctual)

• Contractions

• Homophones (brake/break; cellar/

seller; missed/mist; grown/groan)

• Confused words (breath/breathe;

it’s/its)

• Adding correct pronouns in

sentences



refer to


capital letters

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7 Rules for

adding suffixes

• Spelling words

(important,

straight, history,

summit,

remember)


-ies, -s/-oes)


agreement


Identifying correct

usage

• Speech marks:

identifying correct

usage

• Commas: lists

• Suffixes (y to i (except -ing), drop

the e, double final consonant)

• Antonyms

• Synonyms


• Homophones (bear/bare; road/rode;

ball/bowl)

• Verb choices (was/were)

• Word meanings (imagine, famous,

combine)

• Contractions

• Confused words (brought/bought;

lent/borrowed)







(earthquake,

knowledge, urgent,

ordinary, history)


-oes)


start of sentences,

proper nouns,

pronoun I


full stop, question

mark, exclamation

mark

• Speech marks:

enclosing direct

speech

• Commas: lists

• Prefixes (mis-)

• Suffixes (-ing, -ed, double final

consonant)

• Antonyms


• Homophones (mail/male; aloud/

allowed; past/passed)

• Word meanings (quote, technology,

banquet)

• Word choices (it’s/its)

• Verb choices (seen/saw; is/am/are)

• Contractions



• Identifying pronouns that nouns

refer to



sentences



(tomorrow)


-ies)


agreement

• Speech marks:

enclosing direct

speech

• Prefixes (un-)

• Suffixes (y to i (except -ing)




capital letters



nouns

• Identifying pronouns that nouns

refer to

• Identifying verbs and their tense


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9 Verb groups

and tenses

• Spelling words

(electrical,

lightning, always,

obey, environment,

delighted)

• Nouns: singular

and plurals (-ies.

irregular)

• Capital letters: Start


nouns

• Speech marks:

enclosing direct

speech

• Suffixes (-ing, -ed, -ly)

• Antonyms

• Synonyms


• Contractions

• Homophones (past/passed; reign/

rain; pear/pair; knight/night)

• Word meanings (maximum,

misbehave)

• Word choices (adjective/adverb;

me/I)

• Confused words (brought/bought;

breath/breathe)


• Identifying verb groups in the

correct tense



• Adding the correct pronouns in

sentences



10 Possessive

apostrophes

(singular)

• Spelling words

(catch, throw,

amazed, wrote,

wrong, oxygen,

noise)

• Nouns: singular

and plurals

(-s/-ies. -s/-es,

irregular)

• Possessive

apostrophes

(singular)

• Speech marks:

enclosing direct

speech


question mark,

exclamation mark

• Capital letters: Start


nouns

• Prefixes (bi-)

• Suffixes (-ly, -ous)

• Antonyms

• Synonyms


• Contractions

• Word meanings (minimum,

brochure, occasionally, outrageous)

• Homophones (plain/plane; weather/

whether; main/mane)

• Word choices (adjective/adverb;

me/I)

• Confused words (good/well)

• Verb choices (did/done)


• Identifying verb group tenses

• Changing verb tenses



refer to

11 Adverbs and

adverbials

• Spelling words

(quite, chocolate,

forty, pretty,

confess, cupboard)

• Nouns: singular

and plurals (-es;

-s/-ies. irregular)

• Possessive

apostrophes

(singular)

• Speech marks:

enclosing direct

speech


question mark,

exclamation mark

• Prefixes (in-, un-)

• Suffixes (double final consonant,

drop e, -ly)

• Antonyms

• Synonyms

• Homophones (great/grate; sure/

shore; right/write)

• Word meanings (dairy; vacation;

loose)


• Verb choices (seen/saw; was/were)

• Word choices (me/I; who/that)


• Identifying verbs described by

adverbs


• Choosing correct adjectives in

sentences


• Determining noun phrases or verb

groups

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12 Commas:

lists and

introductions

• Spelling words

(arrive, country,

terrible, notice,

continue, gardener,

fruit)

• Nouns: singular

and plurals

(irregular)

• Commas: lists,

introductions

• Apostrophes:

possessive (singular),

contractions



nouns

• End of sentence

punctuation: full stops

• Speech marks:

enclosing direct

speech

• Prefixes (in-, im-)

• Suffixes (-ly)

• Antonyms


• Contractions

• Word meanings (quite, decline,

antiseptic)

• Confused words (good/well; loose/

lose)

• Homophones (shore/sure)

• Word choices (me/I)


• Identifying verbs described by

adverbs


• Choosing the best verbs in

sentences

• Identifying adverbials

13 Coordinating

conjunctions

(and, but, or,

so)

• Spelling words

(favourite, goes,

library, often,

island, guitar,

appear)

• Nouns: singular

and plurals

(irregular)

• Commas: lists,

introductions

• Apostrophes:

possessive (singular)


start of sentences,

proper nouns, proper

adjectives

• Speech marks:

enclosing direct

speech


exclamation marks

• Prefixes (un-)

• Suffixes (double final consonant, -ly)

• Antonyms


• Homophones (mist/missed; meat/

meet; to/two/too; knot/not; shore/

sure)

• Confused words (all ready/already)

• Contractions

• Word choices (who/which; who/that;

me/I; a/an)

• Verb choices (did/done)

• Word meanings (appoint, aisle)


• Choosing the correct coordinating

conjunctions in sentences


• Determining if adverbs or

adjectives


sentences

14 Abstract

nouns

• Spelling words

(bought,

mystery, breathe,

underwater,

scissors, material)


agreement

• Apostrophes:


• Commas: lists,

introductions

• Prefixes (il-, un-)

• Suffixes (-ly)

• Antonyms

• Synonyms


• Contractions

• Homophones (heel/heal; sore/saw;

your/you’re; grown/groan)

• Word meanings (whimper; thrive)

• Confused words (all ready/already;

lend/borrow; all together/altogether)

• Word choices (I/me)

• Identifying abstract nouns


• Identifying coordinating

conjunctions

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15 Types of

sentences

(statement,

command,

question,

exclamation)

• Spelling words

(circle, ridiculous,

guide, heart,

breath)

• End of sentence

punctuation: full

stop, question mark,

exclamation mark

• Apostrophes:


• Commas:

introductions

• Suffixes (-ment, -ness to form

abstract nouns)


• Contractions

• Antonyms

• Synonyms

• Word meanings (possession;

transparent; herd)

• Homophones (draw/drawer)

• Confused words (of/off; tired/tried)

• Verb choices (is/am/are)

• Word choices (a/an)


(statement, question, command)


• Identifying nouns the pronouns

refer to

• Identifying adjectives and nouns

they describe


• Identifying verbs/verb groups and

the adverbs that describe them

• Choosing coordinating

conjunctions to join sentences

• Choosing the correct pronouns in

sentences



(appointment,

curtain, extreme,

geography, wrote)

• Nouns: singular

and plurals (-ves,

irregular)


agreement

• Commas:

introductions

• Speech marks:

enclosing direct

speech

• End of sentence

punctuation: question

marks

• Suffixes (-ation to form abstract

nouns)

• Antonyms

• Synonyms


• Contractions

• Word meanings (gruesome,

international, locomotive)

• Homophones (meddle/medal)

• Confused words (lend/borrow)

• Verb choices (is/am/are; has/have)



• Choosing the correct verbs in

sentences


sentences

• Identifying incorrectly used words

in sentences


(statement, question, command)


(bought)

• Nouns: singular

and plurals (-ies)


agreement

• Apostrophes:


• Commas: lists

• Suffixes (-ation, -ment, to form

abstract nouns)

• Homophones (past/passed)

• Word choices (me/I)



• Identifying verb groups that match

tenses

• Identifying tenses of verb groups


• Identifying coordinating

conjunctions

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17 Subordinating

conjunctions

• Spelling words

(electric, different,

reign, various,

nephew)

• Nouns: singular

and plurals (-s,

irregular)


agreement

• Commas:

introductions


proper nouns,

proper adjectives

• Speech marks:

enclosing direct

speech

• End of sentence

punctuation:

question mark,

exclamation mark


• Suffixes (-ation, -ion)

• Synonyms

• Antonyms


• Homophones (here/hear; wait/weight;

mare/mayor; guest/guessed)

• Word meanings (experience,

independent)

• Contractions

• Word choices (its/it’s)

• Confused words (angle/angel; diary/

dairy; than/then)

• Identifying subordinating

conjunctions




• Identifying verbs and the adverbs

that describe them


capital letters

18 Prefix

meanings

• Spelling words

(orphan,

transparent,

search, quarter,

interfere)

• Nouns: plural (-s/

-ves; -s; -es;

irregular)


agreement


proper nouns

• Speech marks:

enclosing direct

speech

• End of sentence

punctuation:

exclamation mark

• Prefixes (ir-, un- meanings)

• Suffixes (-ion)

• Antonyms

• Synonyms


• Homophones (mare/mayor; threw/

through; rein/rain/reign)

• Confused words (guest/guess;

comma/coma; goal/gaol)

• Word meanings (courage, hibernation)

• Contractions

• Choosing best verbs in sentences




that describe them


conjunctions



19 Comparative

and superlative

adjectives

• Spelling words

(usually, guitar,

escape, arrange,

antique, though)

• Adjectives:

comparative and

superlative (-er

and -est)

• Nouns: singular

(-es)

• End of sentence

punctuation: full

stop, exclamation

mark

• Speech marks:

enclosing direct

speech


proper nouns

• Prefixes (sub-, super-)

• Suffixes (-ation, to form abstract noun)

• Antonyms

• Synonyms


• Word meanings (fluke; solemn;

implement)

• Homophones (pair/pear; passed/past)

• Contractions

• Confused words (accept/except;

dessert/desert)

• Identifying correct comparative and

superlative adjectives in sentences

• Adding correct comparative/

superlative adjective forms to

sentences




• Adding correct question words to

sentences

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20 Collective

nouns

• Spelling words

(mobile, phone,

punctual,

television, fraction,

choir)

• Nouns: plural

(-es; -oes)

• Speech marks:

enclosing direct

speech


of sentences

• End of sentence

punctuation: full

stop, question

mark, exclamation

mark

• Prefixes (super-)

• Suffixes (-ation, to form abstract

nouns)

• Antonyms

• Synonyms


• Word meanings (parliament, disability,

simple)

• Homophones (plain/plane; passed/

past)

• Confused words (dessert/desert)

• Word choices (its/it’s; his/he’s)

• Verb choices (was/were; did/done)

• Identifying collective nouns

• Choosing the correct collective

nouns in sentences


• Identifying superlative/comparative

adjectives requiring ‘most’/’more’.


• Identifying personal pronouns





conjunctions

• Adding correct question words to

sentences


21 Root words and

word families

• Spelling words

(geography, raise,

grey, volcanic,

continent,

earthquake)

• Nouns: plural (-s;

-s/-ves; irregular)


agreement

• End of sentence

punctuation:

question mark,

exclamation mark


start of sentences,

proper nouns

• Prefixes (contra-; pro-)

• Suffixes (-ous)

• Antonyms

• Synonyms

• Word building (identifying base/root

words; identifying word families)

• Homophones (dear/deer; heard/herd;

by/buy/bye; brake/break)

• Confused words (of/off; cloths/clothes)


• Contractions

• Word meanings (poverty; evident)






22 Pronouns

(possessive)

• Spelling words

(destroyed, plural,

classic, neighbour,

further)

• Nouns: plural

(irregular)


start of sentences,

proper nouns

• Speech marks:

enclosing direct

speech

• Antonyms

• Synonyms


words)

• Homophones (by/buy/bye; break/brake;

heal/heel; allowed/aloud; bow/bough)

• Contractions


• Word meanings (fatigue; munch)

• Word choices (have/of; who/that/

whose/which)


• Identifying possessive pronouns

• Choosing the correct superlative

and comparative adjectives in

sentences



described



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23 Prepositions of

place, position

and direction

• Spelling words

(spaghetti,

trolley, naughty,

magazine, surface,

season, weather)

• Nouns: plural (-s/

-ies; irregular)

• Commas:

introductions

• Apostrophes:

possessive

(singular)

• Suffixes (-ful; -ly)

• Antonyms

• Synonyms


words)


• Homophones (scene/seen; baron/

barren)

• Confused words (led/lead)

• Word meanings (enthusiastic; annual;

drought)

• Contractions

• Word choices (I/me; they/them)

• Identifying prepositions


sentences

• Choosing best subordinating




that describes them




sentences



(August, tomorrow,

friendship, hospital,

barren, tough)

• Nouns: plural and

singular (-s/-es;

words ending

with; irregular)


agreement


start of sentences,

proper nouns

• Speech marks:

enclosing direct

speech

• Commas: lists,

introductions

• End of sentence

punctuation:

question mark,

exclamation mark

• Suffixes (-ful, -ly)

• Antonyms

• Synonyms


words)


• Homophones (higher/hire)

• Contractions

• Word meanings (relative; hideous;

oasis)

• Verb choices (did/done; had/has)

• Word choices (she/her)

• Identifying verbs and tenses




conjunctions

• Choosing the best conjunctions in

sentences




sentences

• Choosing the best prepositions in

sentences



(hurling)

• Nouns: plural and

singular (words

ending with ‘is’)

• Apostrophe:

possessive

(singular)

• Prefixes (pre-)


words)

• Confused words (bought/brought)


sentences




conjunctions

• Choosing the best subordinating


• Identifying prepositions

• Choosing the best prepositions in

sentences

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25 Masculine

and feminine

nouns

• Spelling words

(submerge,

shallow, shuttle,

continue, curtain)

• Speech marks:

enclosing direct

speech

• End of sentence

punctuation:

exclamation mark

• Prefixes (bi-)

• Suffixes (-ly)

• Antonyms

• Synonyms

• Contractions


• Word meanings (bilateral,

courteous)

• Homophones (night/knight; peek/

peak)

• Confused words (good/well;

between/among)

• Word choices (really/real)

• Identifying masculine and feminine

nouns






refer to

• Identifying personal and possessive

pronouns

• Choosing the correct comparative/

superlative adjectives in sentences


26 Irregular

adjectives

(good and

bad)

• Spelling words

(among, noise,

weird, maximum,

fourteen, forty)

• Adjectives:

comparative

and superlative

(irregular form)

• Speech marks:

enclosing direct

speech


of sentence, proper

nouns, proper

adjectives

• Identifying correct/

incorrect use of

punctuation

• Suffixes (-ally, -ly)

• Antonyms

• Synonyms

• Contractions


• Word meanings (frantic; flute)

• Homophones (groan/grown;

whether/weather; key/quay; they’re/

their/there)

• Confused words (good/well; off/of)

• Word choices (really/real; a/an;

me/I; who/that/whose)

• Adding the correct adjective forms

to sentences



• Adding the correct question words

in sentences

• Identifying coordinating and

subordinating conjunctions

27 Plurals

made from

compound

nouns

• Spelling words

(tomb, misbehave,

phrase, mother,

guest)

• Nouns: plurals

(compound

nouns)

• Adjectives:

comparative

and superlative

(irregular form)

• Apostrophes:

possessive

singular

• Commas:

introductions

• Speech marks:

enclosing direct

speech

• End of sentence

punctuation:

exclamation mark

• Prefixes (astro-; dis-; im-)

• Suffixes (-ible; -able)


• Contractions

• Homophones (our/hour)

• Word meanings (asteroid, sketch,

plough)

• Word choices (its/it’s; adjective/

adverb)

• Verb choices (seen/saw)

• Identifying comparative and

superlative adjectives

• Identifying coordinating and

subordinating conjunctions

• Choosing best prepositions in

sentences




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28 Similes • Spelling words

(instead,

prepare,

answer,

holiday,

receive)

• Nouns: plurals

(compound

nouns)

• Apostrophes:

possessive

singular

• Speech marks:

to enclose direct

speech


start of sentences,

proper nouns

• Prefixes (un-)

• Suffixes (-able, keep final ‘e’)


• Contractions

• Word meanings (diary;

buoyancy; gnat)

• Homophones (whose/who’s;

bury/berry)

• Word choices (adjective/

adverb)

• Confused words (tried/tired)

• Determining if adjectives

or adverbs


conjunctions



29 Identifying

speech mark

placement

where

reporting

clause

interrupts

speech

• Spelling words

(deceive, moist,

straight, young,

ordinary)

• Nouns: plurals

(compound

nouns)

• Adjectives:

comparative and

superlative (-er/

-est; irregular

form)

• Speech marks:

enclosing speech

interrupted by

reporting clause;

identifying correct

usage

• Suffixes (-en)

• Synonyms


• Contractions

• Homophones (boy/buoy;

accept/except; choose/

chews)

• Word meanings (analyst)

• Confused words (have/of)

• Word choices (a/an; who/

that/whose)

• Verb choices (go/goes)


• Adding correct adjective

form to sentences


• Identifying masculine and

feminine nouns




30 Command

verbs and

command

sentences

• Spelling words

(certain,

experiment,

popular,

famous,

museum)

• Nouns: singular

and plurals (-ves;

irregular and

compound nouns)

• Adjectives:

comparative and

superlative (-er/

-est; irregular

form)

• Speech marks:

enclosing speech

interrupted by

reporting clause


start of sentences,

proper nouns,

proper adjectives

• Suffixes (-acy; -ity; -ure)

• Antonyms

• Synonyms

• Contractions


• Homophones (choose/

chews; vain/vein; waist/

waste)

• Word meanings (humid;

marble)

• Word choices (whose/who’s;

these/those)

• Verb choices (am/are)

• Identifying command verbs

• Identifying types of

sentences





• Adding correct adjective

forms to sentences

• Identifying nouns that

pronouns refer to


Figurative

language

• Identifying

similes

• Adding the

correct words to

complete similes

• Adding/choosing

the correct words

to complete

similes

• Adding/choosing

the correct words

to complete

similes

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31 Possessive

apostrophes

(plural)

• Spelling

words (further,

journey,

exercise,

calendar,

peculiar)

• Nouns: singular

and plurals (-es;

irregular)

• Verbs: tense

and agreement

(choosing correct

verb form)

• Apostrophes:

possessive plural

• Speech marks:

enclosing speech

interrupted by

reporting clause

• Commas:

introductions

• Prefix (anti-; dys-; dis-)

• Suffixes (-ful)

• Word building (identifying

root words)

• Contractions

• Homophones (piece/peace;

accept/except)

• Word choices (who/that/

whose)

• Verb choices (was/were;

adjective/adverb)

• Adding correct question

words to sentences

• Identifying personal and

possessive pronouns

• Choosing the correct

prepositions in sentences

• Identifying verb groups that

match tense

• Identifying feminine and

masculine nouns


(mountain,

inhabit, journey,

destroy, none,

trouble)

• Nouns: singular

and plurals

(compound

nouns)

• Commas: lists

• Speech marks:

enclosing speech

interrupted by

reporting clause

• Apostrophes:

possessive plural

and singular

• Prefixes (dis-; mis-)

• Suffixes (drop the e; change

y to i)


• Contractions

• Homophones (grown/groan)

• Confused words (bought/

brought; accept/except)

• Verb choices (am/are)

• Word building (identifying

root/base words)

• Adding correct question

words to sentences


• Choosing correct forms of

adjectives in sentences

• Identifying verbs and the

adverbs that describe them

• Choosing correct

prepositions in sentences


conjunctions


(hibernate)

• Nouns: plurals

(compound

nouns)

• Adjectives:

comparative

and superlative

(irregular form)

• Apostrophes:

possessive plural

• Speech marks:

enclosing speech

interrupted by

reporting clause

• Suffixes (-acy)

• Homophones (here/hear)

• Identifying feminine and

masculine nouns



• Identifying personal and

possessive pronouns

• Adding the correct

pronouns to sentences

Figurative

language

• Adding/choosing

the correct words

to complete

similes

• Adding/choosing

the correct words

to complete

similes

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Day 1 Day 2

Book D – Weeks 1–8 review


‘I am not intersted in your excuses!’ scolded Dad.

2. Circle the correct plural. pianos/pianoes

3. Add un to attractive.

4. Add ing to visit and begin.

1. Rearrange the letters to spell a word that means

something that happens every year.

n a n u l a

2. Which word does not make the plural by following

the rule? Change f to v and add es.

calf leaf chief half

3. Add mis or dis to approve.

5. Write the noun and proper noun.

My birthday is in December.

6. Circle the proper nouns that need a capital letter.

mum said she will make me a harry potter

themed cake.

7. Circle three adjectives.

I designed a beautiful cake with red icing and tiny

wands.

8. Add the correct adjective. impressive lonely

Mum said my design was very

9. Circle the pronoun and the noun it refers to.

Mum will start baking as soon as she gets home

from work.

10. Circle two verbs and their tense.

She bought all the ingredients before she went

to work.

past

.

present

11. Circle the correct verb.

Mum and I like/likes baking together.


future

Is that cake mixture really sweet and tasty?

Mum asked me, as I was licking the spoon.

4. Add these endings to late.

late + er =

late + ness =

5. Write two common nouns.

Annie saw a stray cat at the park.


annie thought the cat looked similar to her pet,

mittens.

7. Circle three adjectives.

Mittens has fluffy, orange fur and a short tail.

8. Add the correct adjective. tiny old

Mittens was

was a kitten.

when she


The stray cat watched Annie as she crossed the

road.


The cat plays with the leaves as they blow across

the path.

past

present


future

The cat watches/watching Annie as she moves

closer.

12. Add speech marks to show direct speech.

Here kitty, kitty, Annie called, but the stray cat ran

away.

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Day 3 Day 4


The hiker climed the tall mountain.

2. Write the plural of cargo and kangaroo.

3. Add re to play and turn.

1. Rearrange the letters to spell a word meaning an

action that could annoy people.

m c h i i e f s

2. Which word does not make the plural by following

the rule? Change f or fe to v and add es.

elf roof shelf knife


3. Add re or un to make a new word.

4. Add ing to play and fly.

happy

4. Add these endings to try.

5. Write the noun and proper noun.

try + ing =

try + ed =

We are going to the circus in dublin.


mum, dad, my sister jenny and I will catch the

train from newbridge.

7. Circle two adjectives.

The excited children wait in line with their

impatient parents.

8. Add the correct adjective. freezing scalding

The

in line even more unbearable.

rain makes waiting

9. Circle the pronoun and the two nouns it refers to.

Jenny and I get popcorn before we go inside.


We stared in awe as we walked into the big top.

past

present


future

We stand/stands watching the circus performers.


The crowd yelled out, Look out! He’s creeping up

behind you with a bucket of water!

5. Write two common nouns.

The farmer went to milk his new cow, Daisy.


The brown cow named daisy arrived at the farm

last tuesday.

7. Circle four adjectives.

Daisy has beautiful grey fur and big brown eyes.

8. Add the correct adjective. large petite

Cows are

animals.


The farmer brought the milk inside and put it in

the fridge.

10. Circle the verb and its tense.

The dairy cow loves her new home.

past

present


future

The farmer brings/bringing fresh hay to Daisy

every morning.


The farmer said proudly, Daisy is the best cow I

have ever owned!

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Day 1 Day 2



Are you actully going to eat that?

2. Write the past tense form of the verb to catch.

3. Add ation to relax make an abstract noun.

1. Rearrange the letters to spell a word meaning

almost the same.

s l m i r a i

2. Circle the word which does not have es in its

plural. Write its plural.

radio potato hero

3. Add ment to agree to make an abstract noun.

4. Circle the correct words.

That girl’s bear/bare skin is very fare/fair.

4. Write past or passed.

5. there or their or they’re?

The plastic tables mean

easier to carry.

Dad

in the restaurant.

5. me or I?

the menu to Mum

6. Circle the noun that names a feeling

(abstract noun).

To my surprise, my brother offered to help me.


With his help, we were able to finish quickly.

8. Circle the verb group which is in the past tense.

My brother is helping me because Mum had told

him to.

9. Write the verb that is being described by the

adverb.

We talk happily while we work.

10. Add the conjunction (joining word) or or so.

Mum said that we worked well together,

we could have ice cream.

11. Which word needs the apostrophe?

My brothers ice cream is strawberry flavour.

12. Add a comma.

For the rest of the day we happily helped Mum

with other chores.

Mum and

the restaurant before.

had been to

6. Write the noun that can’t be touched (abstract

noun).


Mum had a great idea.

Our family will go to dinner together once a week.

8. The underlined verb group is past/present/future

tense.

Mum and Dad had taken us to dinner only once

before.

9. Circle the adverb.

We dress neatly for dinner.

10. Circle the joining word (conjunction).

We ordered our meals quickly, but they took a

long time to arrive.

11. Use an apostrophe to shorten the part in bold.

The food belonging to Mum looked delicious.

12. Add a comma.

The meals we ordered were steak and salad

sausages and mash potato and spaghetti

bolognese.

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Day 3 Day 4


I did not notise that my books had fallen on the

floor.

2. Write the past tense form of the verb to bring.

3. Add ation to accuse make an abstract noun.

1. Rearrange the letters to spell a word that means

something we use to send emails and play

games.

p u t o m c e r

2. Circle the word without y in its plural form.

Write its plural.

essay butterfly turkey


3. Add ment to amaze to make an abstract noun.


Let me eat my piece/peace of pie in piece/peace.

5. his or he’s?

We think

clever.

6. Is intelligence an abstract noun (something that

can’t be touched)?

Other children admire his intelligence.

7. Circle two verb groups in this sentence.

He had studied hard and will perform well in his

test.

8. Circle the verb group which is in the present tense.

The boy is working quickly and will finish soon.

9. Write the verb that is being described by the

adverb.

All the children have finally finished their test.

10. Add the conjunction (joining word) or or but.

As a reward, the children could draw

11. Which word needs ‘s?

they could read a book.

The teacher has marked one child test.

12. Add a comma.

When the teacher had finished marking she told

the children they had done very well.

4. Write past or passed.

Simon

message to his friend.

5. me or I?

on the

The new teacher smiled at Simon and .

6. Write the noun that can’t be touched (abstract

noun).

‘What is your name?’ asked the boys.


‘Hi, boys’, she said, ‘I am looking for Room 2’.

8. The underlined verb group is past/present/future

tense.

‘We are going there now’, said the boys.

9. Circle the adverb.

The new teacher eventually found the classroom.

10. Circle the joining word (conjunction).

The boys had helped the new teacher, but now

they were late to class.

11. Which word needs ‘s?

A note was left on the teacher desk.

12. Add a comma.

Although we were late we did not get in trouble

because of our good deed.

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Day 1 Day 2


1. Circle the errors. Write them correctly.

They gazed apon the lovely veiw.

2. Does the auto in autobiography and autograph

mean self or others?

3. Write the singular of flies and tries.


not right.

w g r n o

2. Does the anti in anticlimax and antisocial mean

for or against?

3. Write the plural of hypothesis.

4. What is the root word in this word family?

writing written unwritten


We could here/hear a loud noise coming from the

shed at night/knight.

6. Does this sentence make sense?

yes

no

The punctual man was always late.


The old shed has a huge swarm of bats.


The shed is yours, please get rid of the bats.


I am scared of bats because they have sharp

teeth.

10. Circle the correct conjunction. Unless Before

you must find them a new home.

you get rid of the bats,

11. Circle the word that connects home and the woods.

We found the bats a new home in the woods.

12. Is the sentence punctuated correctly?

yes

no

‘They will be Happy in their new home?’ I asked.

4. Which word can have the mis taken off and still be

a base word?

misunderstand


misery

missile

I bought/brought my friend with me to the farm.


I have not been going to the farm for a long time.


A brood of hens were nesting in the barn.


The farmer said the eggs were ours.


While we were collecting the eggs, the hens were

greedily pecking at the seed.


after

We will have scrambled eggs for breakfast. We

have laid fresh hay.

unless


to, for, on or in?

We invited the farmer to join us

breakfast.


The farmers eggs were delicious!

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Day 3 Day 4

1. Correct the spelling error.

I supose you would like to attend the meeting.

2. Does the inter in interact and interstate mean

between or around?

3. Write the singular of wolves and scarves.

1. Rearrange the letters to spell a word meaning to

kill or harm with a toxic substance.

p n i o s o

2. Does the semi in semifinal and semipermanent

mean half or full?

3. Write the plural of oasis.


4. What is the root word in this word family?

creative created creation recreate


The mother dog was as brave as a night/knight.

6. Does the sentence make sense?

yes

no

The maximum number was bigger than the

minimum.


The mother dog was very protective of her litter

of pups.



The pups were hers.

We could not pat the puppies unless the mother

dog was asleep.

10. Circle the correct conjunction. Although While

the mother dog slept,

we played with the energetic puppies.

11. Circle the word that connects the dogs and the

garage.

To make sure they were safe and warm, we kept

the dogs in the garage.

12. Is the sentence punctuated correctly?

yes

no

This puppy is called patches, I told my mum.

4. Which word can have the tri taken off and still be a

base word?

triumph


tricyle

We just bought/brought a new house.


triplet

I’m not looking forward anywhere to climbing all

those stairs!


How many flights of stairs do we need to climb?


This apartment does not have as many stairs

as mine.


When you come to my house, I can show you.


although

when

I would like to invite you over. I live far away.


to, for, on or at?

I will come to your house

five o’clock.


We will pick you up in my dads car.

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Day 1 Day 2


1. Circle the errors and write them correctly.

I have his photograrf and his autograff.

2. Add en to broke.

3. Which word completes the simile? brave or timid

like a lion

4. What is the plural of grandfather?

1. Rearrange the letters to spell a word that means a

vessel that can travel under water.

2. Add acy to accurate to make a noun.

3. Complete the simile.

as

4. Is feetball the plural of football?

yes

no

as an ox

r a m u b i s n e


The present was wrapped in plane/plain paper.

6. Write the feminine noun of actor.


Have you ever scene/seen anything as cute as a

baby duckling?

6. The word brother is a feminine/masculine noun.

7. Which word can be used to compare two things?

worser


more bad

Christmas is my favourite time of year.

worse

7. Which word can be used to compare three things?

goodest

8. Circle the noun.

most good

best

Some cute, fluffy ducklings walked in front of us.

9. Write the command verbs.

Wrap the presents and put them under the tree.

10. Write the pronouns that show the owner.

9. Write the command verb.

‘Come here!’ I called out to my friend across the

road.

10. The pronoun they refers to the

.

Those presents are mine. Are these yours?

11. Which sentence is correct?

The childrens present’s.

The children’s presents.


Please, whined the children, can we open just one

present before Christmas?

She ran to see the ducks before they swam away.

11. Does the apostrophe tell you that there is one or

more than one duck?

The ducks’ babies.


Quickly, I told her, or you will miss them!

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Day 3 Day 4

1. Circle the error. Write it correctly.

Look carefully and make your choise now.

2. Add en to spoke.

3. Which word completes the simile? eat or smile

like a pig


to get.

2. Add acy to efficient to make a noun.

3. Complete the simile.

as

as a mouse

r c v e i e e


4. What is the plural of grandmother?


My friends are coming to visit me by plane/plain.

6. Write the masculine noun of princess.

7. Which word can be used to compare two things?

gooder

more good

8. Circle the proper nouns.

better

I can’t wait to see my best friends Liam and

Conor.

9. Write the command verbs.

‘Before he gets here’, said Mum ‘make your bed

and tidy your toys’.

10. Write the pronouns that show the owner.

Those toys are ours. Not just mine!

11. Which sentence is correct?

The boys’ toys.

The boys toy’s.


Alright, he said in a grumpy voice, I guess I can

help you.

4. Is snowmen the plural of snowman?

yes

no


The thieves returned to the scene/seen of the

crime.

6. The word witch is a feminine/masculine noun.

7. Which word can be used to compare three things?

worstest

8. Circle the noun.

The fast car sped away.

most bad

9. Write the command verb.

‘Stop!’ shouted the guards.

10. Add the missing pronoun.

The guards followed the lady, but

was too fast.

worst

11. Does the apostrophe tell you that there is more

than one lady?

yes

no

The lady’s fast car.


Look, said the guard, there she is!

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Book D – Weeks 1–8

1. Make these nouns plural.

a baby an elf a tomato

two two two

2. Write the plural of each of these words to complete the sentences. monkey cliff igloo

(a) The

(b) We saw plenty of

(c)

along the ocean can be very dangerous.

at the zoo.

are large, dome-shaped shelters that are made from ice.

3. Add ing to these words.

(a) fly

(b) cope

(c) clap

(d) visit

4. Add ly to these words.

(a) lazy

(b) close

(c) bad

5. Circle the nouns. The butterfly landed gracefully on the flowers under the shady tree.

6. Circle the proper nouns that need capital letters.

On friday, I am going to the cinema to see the new marvel film with dad and henry.

7. Circle the noun group. I was attracted to the bright, colourful illustrations that hung on the wall.

8. Write the adjective to describe each noun. beautiful talented dirty

artist

drawings

paintbrushes

9. The pronoun they refers to .

Those girls are not very friendly. They are always rude to me.

10. Circle the correct pronoun.

(a) Do you know where me/I put my jacket?

(c) Granny said we/us could visit her at the weekend.

(b) Dad looked like he/him was not feeling very well.

(d) Emma wants me to take she/her to school.


(a) Would you like to play with me? I asked my mum.

(b) She replied, After I make dinner, we can play football.

12. Are the speech marks used correctly? yes no

‘Mum and I had a great game of football, I told Dad’ after dinner.

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1. Which noun names a feeling?

knight

2. Circle the verb groups.

king

(a) The energetic dog was playing at the park.

3. Which tense is each verb group?

courage

horse

(b) The dog’s owner had forgotten its lead.


(a) The grass had grown tall over spring. past present

(b) The gardener will be cutting the grass soon. past present

(c) The children are playing hide-and-seek in the tall grass. past present

future

future

future

4. Use an apostrophe to shorten the words.

The computer belonging to the boy.

(a)

The drawings belonging to the girl.

(b)

5. Write the adverb that tells how or when.

(a) The swan glided gracefully across the water.

(b) It eventually swam to the edge of the lake.

6. Circle the verb that is being described by the adverb.

(a) The group of cyclists ride swiftly.

(b) One lone cyclist moves slowly.

7. Add commas. For dessert the children could choose from fruit cake jelly or custard.

8. Add a comma. Later that evening the adults had coffee and cake.

9. Circle the conjunction (joining word).

I have searched everywhere for my shoes, but I can’t find them.

10. Add the conjunction (joining word). and so or but

You must find your shoes quickly,

we will be late for school.

11. Add punctuation.

(a) Where are you going

(b) Come here now

(c) We are going to Gran’s house

12. Are the sentences above a statement, command or question?

(a)

(b)

(c)

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1. Circle the correct collective noun.

a class/bouquet of children

2. Circle the correct meaning of each beginning.

(a) inter in interact

(b) super in superstar star

a flock of fish/sheep

(c) sub in submarine

an army of birds/soldiers

(d) re in replay

between around above below under on again not

3. Circle the word that is not part of the word family.

act action react attract actor

4. Circle the words that can have ous removed and still be a base word.

dangerous enormous poisonous jealous tremendous

5. Circle the words that use most when comparing more than two things.

terrible beautiful ugly strong famous

6. Use adjectives to compare the ice creams.

Tom’s ice cream is big.

Ella’s ice cream is . Sophie’s ice cream is the .

7. Write the pronouns that show the owners.

Those shoes are mine. These shoes are hers. All these shoes are ours.

8. Write the correct pronoun to show the owners.

(a) Mum has new earrings. They are .

(b) The new jewellery belongs to them. It is .

9. Add the word needed to complete the sentence: to, on or at.

(a) I returned the book

the library.

(b) I spoke to the librarian

the desk.

10. Circle the word that connects the books and the library. There are lots of new books in the library.

11. Write the conjunction to join these two sentences. before

unless

(a) You can’t come with us. You have finished your homework.

(b) We filled the car with petrol. We continued our journey.


(a) After school is finished, please come straight home.

(b) I like to walk home, although it takes me over an hour to get back.

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1. Write masculine or feminine under each noun.

(a)

boy

(b)

2. Write the plural of each word.

toothbrush

rooster

(c)

snowman

queen

(d)

ladybird

actress


(a)

(b)

(c)

3. Circle the correct plurals.

maids-of-honour sister-in-laws great-grandmothers

4. Circle the word which can be used to compare two things.

Annie is

more good gooder better

at spelling than John.

5. Which word can be used to compare three or more things?

Annie is the

goodest most good best

6. Which word completes each simile?

at spelling.

swims runs tall hungry shines breaks

(a)

like a fish

(b) as

as a giraffe

(c)

like a diamond

7. Which two words do similes use to compare one thing with another?

or

8. Add a command verb to each sentence. close

go

(a) Please

(b) Make sure you

home, the shop is now closed.

the fridge when you have finished.

9. Is this sentence a command or a statement? Why? Unpack your bag and get started on your homework.

10. Add speech marks. On Tuesday, said my mum, don’t forget you are going on your school excursion.

11. Is there one or more child?

The children’s permission slips had been signed and returned.

12. Tick the correct sentence.

The boys’ parents will be helping us.

The boys parents’ will be helping us.

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Answers – Book D

Weeks 1–8

Week 1

Practice

1. ticket, train

2. Tuesday, Sydney,

Newcastle

Day 1

1. holiday

2. France, Spain

3. tomorrow

4. foxes

5. hope

6. disrespect

7. continue

8. to live in a place

9. happiness

10. tried

11. yes

12. 4

Day 2

1. park

2. Emma, Ben, Joey

3. woman

4. axe

5. captured

6. filling

7. bear

8. don’t

9. beauty

10. off

11. yes

12. My favourite sports

are cricket, rugby and

tennis.

Day 3

1. lady, seat, bus

2. Monday

3. furniture

4. mazes

5. rude

6. disappear

7. women

8. something kept as a

reminder

9. happy

10. bought

11. yes

12. 4

Day 4

1. ball, bushes

2. February

3. strange

4. church

5. matching

6. fighting

7. break

8. didn’t

9. miserable

10. of

11. yes

12. Where did you buy

those shoes?

Day 5

1. cakes

2. Mum, Dad

3. voice

4. wishes

5. falsely

6. again

7. history

8. something that is

special

9. taste

10. tried

11. yes

12. 3

Week 2

Practice

1. young, inexperienced

2. adventurous

3. this beautiful calm

beach

Day 1

1. old, damp

2. expensive, wealthy

3. certain

4. families

5. misprint

6. quarter

7. from time to time

8. brought

9. printer

10. noun

11. care

12. How many copies

would you like?

Day 2

1. an exciting new

puzzle

2. large, challenging

3. difficult

4. flies

5. slipping

6. mail

7. he’s

8. too

9. 3

10. noun

11. puzzling

12. Mum was angry

because I had left all

my puzzle pieces on

the floor.

Day 3

1. young, energetic

2. obedient, skilled

3. position

4. skies

5. disobey

6. male

7. something usual or

normal

8. bought

9. Lisa

10. noun

11. riding

12. I really enjoy horse

riding.

Day 4

1. her shiny red bike

2. busy, effective

3. bicycle

4. babies, tries

5. stopping

6. disrespect

7. hasn’t

8. too, to

9. Emma

10. adjective

11. safe

12. Do you know how

to follow the road

rules?

Day 5

1. Good, young

2. fluent, scary

3. photograph

4. ladies, stories

5. regain

6. revise

7. something that is

unusual or odd

8. off

9. Harry Potter

10. adjective

11. excitement

12. It’s really exciting!

Week 3

Practice

1. We, it

2. we

Day 1

1. He

2. I

3. amazing

4. calves

5. slamming

6. dislike

7. a wharf where ships

are unloaded

8. his

9. ship, harbour

10. young, proud, excited

11. billowing

12. The sailors had been

travelling for a long

time.

Day 2

1. She

2. he

3. hundred

4. elves

5. disbelief

6. stray

7. extraordinary

8. borrow

9. The spectacular

snow-tipped

mountain

10. exhausted, distant

11. powdery

12. Their next challenge

was to climb the

famous Mount

Everest.

Day 3

1. I

2. she

3. answer

4. shelves

5. running

6. piece

7. highest point of a

mountain

8. it’s

9. sandwich

10. moist, delicious

11. adjective

12. I absolutely love

apple pie! What’s

your favourite

flavour?

Day 4

1. you, it

2. us

3. separate

4. thieves, wives

5. misplace

6. bury

7. returning

8. its

9. animal

10. poor, hungry,

miserable

11. noun

12. We called the puppy

Max.

Day 5

1. Two of: We, our, us

2. me

3. interviewed

4. halves, loaves

5. skipping

6. centre

7. something belonging

to a person

8. lend

9. the colourful flower

parade

10. happy, laughing,

colourful

11. loud, smiling

12. Why is it so noisy?

Wow, look at that

one!

Week 4

Practice

1. waved, cheered

2. past

Day 1

1. look, digging

2. present

3. difficult

4. shelves

5. common

6. business

7. something that

happens to you

8. me

9. some exotic new

countries

10. magnificent, tall,

straight

11. they, it

12. He crossed the Swiss

Alps.

Day 2

1. loves, give

2. present

3. experiment

4. clocks, lunches

5. unfinished

6. desert

7. would’ve

8. an

9. air

10. cool, large, shady

11. noun

12. I sat in the shade

for a while before I

started my journey

again.

Day 3

1. took, caught

2. past

3. accurate

4. replies

5. understanding

6. dessert

7. something that is not

deep

8. I

9. cakes

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10. favourite, vanilla,

chocolate

11. spoon

12. How do I get there?

No, not that way!

Day 4

1. cut, put

2. past

3. promise

4. babies, flies

5. tender

6. particular

7. I’ll

8. an

9. the excited young

children

10. noisy, packed

11. adjective

12. 3

Day 5

1. packed, tidied

2. future

3. admire

4. matches, finches

5. tell

6. though

7. to protect and keep

safe

8. I

9. books, school’s,

library

10. brave, majestic

11. I, it

12. 4

Week 5

Practice

1. (a) plays, babies

(b) sniffs, calves

(c) heroes, zoos

Day 1

1. ladies

2. keys

3. heard

4. smiling

5. released

6. actual

7. land beside the sea

8. rowed

9. them

10. Tom

11. ridden

12. I haven’t got any

pets. Do you?

Day 2

1. potatoes

2. zoos

3. courage

4. displace

5. construct

6. fare

7. I’d

8. edition

9. he

10. Dad’s boat

11. flying

12. 3

Day 3

1. lives

2. cliffs

3. certain

4. hiding

5. unhappy

6. gadget

7. an applied force

8. sure

9. I

10. juggling balls

11. did

12. I’m so happy that we

went to the circus.

Day 4

1. skies

2. monkeys

3. detective

4. prehistoric

5. hollow

6. fair

7. we’d

8. addition

9. I

10. puppy

11. done

12. we all love playing

with emma’s new

puppy, rex.

Day 5

1. tomatoes

2. photos

3. biscuit

4. flaking

5. obedient

6. vein

7. to get knowledge

8. knot

9. they

10. flowers

11. collecting

12. I don’t like it when

the bees fly near me.

Week 6

Practice

1. ‘We are picking up

our new puppy this

afternoon’, Mum

said.

2. no

Day 1

1. He yelled, ‘Hold on

tight!’

2. no

3. alphabet

4. potatoes, toes

5. separation

6. island

7. thick or rough

8. break

9. it

10. breathe

11. the ants

12. Peter bought an

apple, orange,

banana and kiwi for

his lunch.

Day 2

1. ‘Why didn’t they

ask me to go?’ I

whispered sadly to

myself.

2. no

3. surprised

4. cliff

5. opposite

6. he’d

7. weak

8. seller

9. future

10. breath

11. sold

12. Rita took Alan, Sam,

Adam and Chloe on

a hike.

Day 3

1. ‘Can we stop here

and rest before we

continue on our

journey?’ he begged.

2. yes

3. operation

4. kangarooes

5. natural

6. attack

7. yes

8. missed

9. We

10. gave

11. Elly

12. 5

Day 4

1. ‘Please, please can’t

I just have one more

apple muffin?’ Jason

begged.

2. yes

3. damage

4. valley

5. again

6. she’d

7. stop

8. cellar

9. present

10. gives

11. bought

12. 3

Day 5

1. My friend asked,

‘Does your puppy like

going to the park to

play?’

2. yes

3. kilometre

4. zooes

5. dictation

6. agree

7. being on time

8. grown

9. I

10. its

11. Mum

12. Dad put tea, coffee,

sugar and jam in the

cupboard.

Week 7

Practice

1. (a) crying

(b) waving

(c) stopping

(d) gardening

2. (a) happiness

(b) rudeness

(c) sadness

Day 1

1. lazily

2. trying

3. important

4. bare

5. weakness

6. bicycle

7. to form a picture in

your mind

8. play

9. a new electric guitar

10. bought

11. practise

12. ‘Wow, it’s amazing!’ I

exclaimed.

Day 2

1. forgetting, beginning

2. admitted

3. straight

4. road

5. reply

6. notice

7. widely known

8. drive

9. a long boring trip

10. take

11. lent

12. My sister kept asking,

‘Are we there yet?’

Day 3

1. beginning

2. shipment

3. history

4. tomatoes, pianos

5. different

6. ball

7. doesn’t

8. ran

9. adjective

10. brought

11. were

12. We had cold drinks,

oranges and apples

after the match.

Day 4

1. gardening, parking

2. flavoured

3. summit

4. companies, turkeys

5. group

6. bawl

7. haven’t

8. waiting

9. little, new

10. went

11. were

12. The dirty, exhausted

but happy children

fell asleep on the

way home.

Day 5

1. hiding

2. safely

3. remember

4. male

5. doubt

6. complex

7. to mix or join

8. scare

9. big, red, salty

10. brought

11. flies

12. ‘Oh no, it’s gone!’ I

cried.

Week 8

Day 1

1. earthquake

2. male

3. parenting, studying

4. together

5. question

6. to repeat someone

else’s words

7. you’d

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8. moved, past tense

9. they, parents

10. saw

11. in

12. Can I paint my new

room green?

Day 2

1. knowledge

2. tomatos

3. visiting

4. bore

5. allowed

6. past

7. will not

8. roam, present tense

9. a bossy, fat, white

hen

10. its

11. a

12. Our three hens

are named Henny,

Penny and Brenda.

Day 3

1. urgent

2. shampooes

3. gardening

4. shallow

5. allowed

6. passed

7. they’ve

8. drove, past tense

9. she, flight attendant

10. it’s

11. that

12. Our flight from

Sydney to Hong

Kong was long.

Day 4

1. ordinary

2. wrong

3. visited, neglected

4. generous

5. prefix

6. up-to-date computers

and machinery

7. were not

8. went, past tense

9. a brave, honest

superhero

10. are

11. every

12. I asked, ‘Can we read

now?’

Day 5

1. history

2. misbehave, mislead

3. preferred, admitted

4. correct

5. burst

6. a large, formal dinner

7. who’s

8. hired, past tense

9. he, best friend’s

brother

10. is

11. not

12. How wonderful! Can

you do it again?

Skill focus review

1. tomorrow

2. donkeys, parties

3. not

4. happily, happier

5. hat, Timothy

6. Mrs Greene, Timothy

7. messy, wooden, wet,

slimy; his messy

wooden desk

8. disgusting

9. it, banana

10. saw, past tense

11. showed

12. Mrs Greene said, ‘I’m

glad you found your

hat, but please take it

home for a wash.’

Weeks 1–8 review

Review day 1

1. interested

2. pianos

3. unattractive

4. visiting, beginning

5. birthday, December

6. Mum, Harry Potter

7. beautiful, red, tiny

8. impressive

9. she, Mum

10. bought, went, past

tense

11. like

12. ‘Is that cake mixture

really sweet and

tasty?’ Mum asked

me, as I was licking

the spoon.

Review day 2

1. annual

2. chief

3. disapprove

4. later, lateness

5. cat, park

6. annie, mittens

7. fluffy, orange, short

8. tiny

9. she, Annie

10. plays, blow, present

tense

11. watches

12. ‘Here kitty, kitty’,

Annie called, but the

stray cat ran away.

Review day 3

1. climbed

2. cargoes, kangaroos

3. replay, return

4. playing, flying

5. circus, dublin

6. mum, dad, jenny,

newbridge

7. excited, impatient

8. freezing

9. we, Jenny and I

10. stared, walked, past

tense

11. stand

12. The crowd yelled

out, ‘Look out! He’s

creeping up behind

you with a bucket of

water!’

Review day 4

1. mischief

2. roof

3. unhappy

4. trying, tried

5. farmer, cow

6. daisy, tuesday

7. beautiful, grey, big,

brown

8. large

9. it, milk

10. loves, present tense

11. brings

12. The farmer said

proudly, ‘Daisy is the

best cow I have ever

owned!’

Weeks 1–8

assessment

1. (a) babies

(b) elves

(c) tomatoes

2. (a) cliffs

(b) monkeys

(c) Igloos

3. (a) flying

(b) coping

(c) clapping

(d) visiting

4. (a) lazily

(b) closely

(c) badly

5. butterfly, flowers, tree

6. friday, marvel, dad,

henry

7. the bright, colourful

illustrations

8. (a) talented

(b) beautiful

(c) dirty

9. those girls

10. (a) I

(b) he

(c) we

(d) her

11. (a) ‘Would you like

to play with me?’

I asked my mum.

(b) She replied,

‘After I make

dinner, we can

play football’.

12. no

Weeks 9–16

Week 9

Practice

1. is going

2. will meet

Day 1

1. were growing

2. They have grown.

3. electrical

4. feet, mice

5. o

6. destroying

7. destroy

8. past

9. badly

10. found, turned

11. wonderful, last

12. Mum yelled, ‘Turn out

the light and go to

sleep!’

Day 2

1. am getting

2. is teaching

3. lightning

4. women, teeth

5. promise

6. noticed

7. curved

8. passed

9. brought

10. looked, picked

11. comfortable, new

12. Peter said, ‘What’s

black and white and

red all over?’

Day 3

1. have been sitting

2. They are playing.

3. Always, obey

4. libraries

5. won’t

6. naturally

7. reign

8. pear

9. me

10. I, it

11. book, holiday

12. philip’s, april

Day 4

1. have been waiting

2. have seen

3. environment

4. churchs

5. special

6. gently

7. largest amount

8. past

9. completely

10. it

11. car, sunroof

12. 2

Day 5

1. will be going

2. We have been there.

3. delighted, ice

4. sheep, scissors

5. couldn’t

6. honestly

7. bad behaviour

8. knight, night

9. breath

10. they

11. horses, castle

12. He proudly reported,

‘Victory is ours, Your

Majesty’.

Week 10

Practice

1. boy’s mum

2. brother

Day 1

1. cat’s tail

2. nan

3. Catch, throw

4. piano

5. they’ll

6. usually

7. forget

8. the lowest possible

amount

9. happily

10. is meeting

11. past

12. I yelled, ‘Come on,

I’ll race you to the

stables’.

Day 2

1. Ben

2. friends

3. amazed

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4. mouse, gentleman

5. known

6. bisect

7. a small booklet

8. plane, weather

9. did

10. aircraft, runway

11. seat belt

12. Oh, no! What’s that?

Day 3

1. farmer’s hens

2. hen

3. wrote, wrong

4. biscuit

5. he’ll

6. famous

7. weakness

8. no

9. well

10. will score

11. will blow

12. ‘Why didn’t you pass

the ball to me?’ Ben

shouted.

Day 4

1. Liam

2. girls

3. oxygen

4. disabilities

5. occasion

6. bimonthly

7. increase

8. main

9. me

10. creature, car

11. dog

12. mr tan, melbourne

Day 5

1. wind’s howl

2. man

3. heard, noise

4. turkey

5. is

6. dangerous

7. ordinary

8. something shocking

and annoying

9. angrily

10. had departed

11. past

12. ‘What kind of fish is

this one?’ Jonathan

asked.

Week 11

Practice

1. quickly

2. arrived

Day 1

1. bravely

2. rewarded

3. quite, chocolate

4. matches, churches

5. inactive

6. limiting

7. nothing

8. a place where cows

are milked

9. saw

10. have been enjoying

11. fair

12. Sam’s cup fell onto

the floor.

Day 2

1. suspiciously

2. chase

3. forty

4. lunchs

5. incredible

6. preferred

7. great

8. which

9. that

10. noun phrase

11. boys

12. ‘Why didn’t you put

the picnic basket

somewhere safer?’

Mum asked.

Day 3

1. sadly

2. look

3. pretty

4. monkeys

5. un

6. forgotten

7. grate

8. holiday

9. who

10. noun phrase

11. hot, bright, nature

12. Mike’s lunch was

squashed in the

bottom of his

schoolbag.

Day 4

1. quietly, carefully

2. drinks

3. confess

4. kangaroos

5. driveway

6. earthly, separately,

particularly

7. sure, right

8. what

9. me

10. verb group

11. Dad’s classical

music tracks made

me sleepy.

12. ‘Look at that!’ my

little sister yelled.

Day 5

1. boldly, politely

2. had won

3. cupboard

4. scissors

5. not

6. gardener

7. complete

8. something that isn’t

tight

9. was

10. noun phrase

11. distressed

12. The boy’s dad

immediately helped

him.

Week 12

Practice

1. Anna, Rose, Elliot

and Flynn were not

at school today.

2. Later that day, we

heard that they were

all unwell.

Day 1

1. I have books, pens,

pencils and crayons

on my desk.

2. After school, I go to

swimming lessons.

3. arrive, country

4. women

5. naturally, usually,

specially

6. fairly

7. well

8. shore

9. in the ocean

10. I

11. I can see the sails on

Dan’s boat and his

flags too.

12. When I reach the

island, I’ll need to

have a rest.

Day 2

1. My chores are to

feed the dog, empty

the dishwasher and

take out the rubbish.

2. If I finish quicky, I can

watch my favourite

shows.

3. terrible

4. who’s

5. impossible

6. hide

7. loose

8. She bought Julie and

me new shoes.

9. walked

10. complained

11. Julie’s shoes are red.

12. 3

Day 3

1. We saw a cow, pigs,

sheep and chickens

at the farm.

2. Before feeding the

animals, we washed

our hands.

3. notice

4. fish, cod, trout

5. happily, busily

6. to go downwards

7. lose

8. Liam and I think the

new football coach is

great.

9. yes

10. after

11. the coach

12. 4

Day 4

1. Roses, tulips,

daffodils and

lavender grow well in

the beautiful garden.

2. During spring, the

garden is filled with

butterflies and bees.

3. continue

4. is

5. impatient

6. uncertain

7. well

8. loose

9. drove

10. announced

11. The boy’s mum

brought him some

books to read while

he recovered.

12. ‘Please can I get out

of bed today and

have a shower?’

pleaded the poor

boy.

Day 5

1. ‘Would you like to

read a book, do a

drawing or rest?’

asked my grandma.

2. ‘When I feel better, I

would like to draw’, I

replied.

3. gardener, fruit

4. clippers, tongs

5. funnily, noisily

6. a chemical used to

kill germs

7. well

8. dear

9. until the traffic has

gone.

10. commanded

11. The man’s lovely

dog is always very

obedient.

12. ‘Did you train this

dog yourself?’ I

asked.

Week 13

Practice

1. but

2. or

Day 1

1. and

2. so

3. favourite, goes

4. scissors

5. beginner

6. missed, meet

7. we’ve

8. who

9. an

10. adverb

11. The lady’s cakes are

always delicious.

12. 2

Day 2

1. but

2. so

3. library

4. unbelievable

5. occurring

6. something

7. occasion

8. that

9. an

10. they’re

11. Before she starts, she

will need a tie with

the school badge on

it.

12. She asked, ‘Will I

need to buy a sports

jersey too?’

Day 3

1. and

2. but

3. often, island

4. pyjamas

5. admitted

6. Two, too, to

7. how’ll

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8. did

9. to choose a person

to do something

10. adverb

11. This man’s shoes are

black and shiny.

12. 3

Day 4

1. but

2. or

3. guitar

4. unwise

5. briefly, weirdly

6. dry

7. sword

8. done

9. a path between seats

in a hall

10. not

11. I found my lost ruler,

drink bottle and

library book under

my bed.

12. ‘I’ve found them!’ I

yelled.

Day 5

1. and

2. so

3. appear

4. dozen

5. unlikely, strangely

6. knot, sure

7. you’d

8. me

9. all ready

10. contently

11. I will need to take

a hat, suncream, a

drink and something

to eat on the boat.

12. Although it was

raining, we kept

fishing.

Week 14

Practice

1. fear

2. person

Day 1

1. bravery

2. ladder

3. bought

4. personally

5. illegal

6. you’re

7. heal, sore

8. already

9. I

10. and

11. the doctor’s advice

12. When I’m allowed to

swim again, I’ll train

very hard every day.

Day 2

1. delight

2. excitement

3. mystery

4. finally, mentally

5. talented

6. throw

7. to cry weakly

8. lend

9. return, go

10. or

11. the school’s rules

12. When I saw my

friend’s car I was

amazed.

Day 3

1. happiness

2. family

3. breathe, underwater

4. luckily, easily

5. unbelievable

6. did, not

7. to do well

8. lent

9. wears

10. but

11. Tom’s ball

12. The lady’s umbrella

was blown into the

ocean by some very

strong winds.

Day 4

1. friendship

2. love

3. scissors

4. helpfully

5. careless

6. whistle

7. your, groan

8. Altogether

9. Ben and I both felt

very proud.

10. but

11. Ben’s sticker is

bigger.

12. no

Day 5

1. pride

2. enjoyment

3. material

4. wonderfully

5. illiterate

6. we, are

7. Your, grown

8. all together

9. Dad and I enjoy

gardening.

10. so

11. Dad’s gloves are red.

12. I mowed the lawn,

collected the weeds,

swept the leaves and

then had a long rest.

Week 15

Practice

1. question

2. statement

3. command

Day 1

1. command

2. ‘I don’t want to go

to bed yet!’ I yelled

angrily.

3. draw, circle

4. enjoyment

5. fright

6. something you own

7. off

8. school

9. I, he

10. it

11. he, it

12. Ryan’s dad believes

that children’s

homework is

important.

Day 2

1. statement

2. What is it called?

3. ridiculous

4. excitement

5. wooden

6. something you can

see through

7. an, a

8. delicious, fruit

9. in the night sky

10. his, it

11. us, we

12. Bob’s favourite fruit is

the banana.

Day 3

1. question

2. I like reading Harry

Potter books.

3. guide

4. foolishness

5. she’d

6. renovate

7. tried

8. sunglasses

9. they

10. but

11. picked up

12. Under her beach

towel, I discovered

the book I’d been

searching for.

Day 4

1. command

2. Did you see that

goal?

3. heart

4. politeness

5. it’ll

6. straight

7. drawer

8. polite, fantastic, girl,

story

9. with steady focus

10. so

11. because

12. After the game,

they all enjoyed a

hamburger.

Day 5

1. statement

2. Taking care of kittens

is a lot of work.

3. breath

4. kindness

5. overdose

6. a group of the same

animals

7. are

8. storm, tree

9. was raining, heavily

10. so

11. We

12. My sister’s friend

stayed and we all

had an enjoyable

lunch together.

Week 16

Day 1

1. appointment

2. consideration,

information

3. cries

4. grumpy

5. something causing

feelings of horror

6. am

7. are going

8. but

9. used to go

10. not

11. command

12. Before we see the

film, I will need to

buy our tickets.

Day 2

1. curtain

2. The wives picked up

the knives.

3. unknown

4. he’s

5. meddle

6. borrow

7. will be careful, will

lend

8. so

9. net

10. no

11. statement

12. He looked worried

and asked, ‘You will

look after it, won’t

you?’

Day 3

1. extreme

2. admiration, adoration

3. hurries

4. is

5. medal

6. lend

7. is going, will try

8. so

9. behind

10. no

11. command

12. After school, I often

ride my bike to the

library.

Day 4

1. geography

2. my scissors

3. friendly

4. locker

5. between or among

nations

6. have

7. must wash

8. but

9. grumble

10. always

11. statement

12. ‘You did a great job’,

Dad commented.

Day 5

1. wrote

2. sensation, restoration

3. carries

4. stitch

5. an engine that pulls

railway carriages

6. has

7. will catch

8. and

9. are

10. room

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11. question

12. ‘Will you please

pick us up from the

station?’ I asked.

Skill focus review

1. bought

2. country, countries

3. achievement

4. past

5. I

6. yes

7. had been wanting

8. future tense

9. slowly

10. and

11. Dad’s car

12. Dad went to the shop

to buy soap, polish,

sponges and cloths

to keep his car clean.

Weeks 9–16 review

Review day 1

1. actually

2. caught

3. relaxation

4. bare, fair

5. they’re

6. surprise

7. were able

8. had told

9. talk

10. so

11. brothers

12. For the rest of the

day, we happily

helped Mum with

other chores.

Review day 2

1. similar

2. radio

3. agreement

4. passed

5. I

6. idea

7. will go

8. past tense

9. neatly

10. but

11. Mum’s food

12. The meals we

ordered were steak

and salad, sausages

and mash potato and

spaghetti bolognese.

Review day 3

1. notice

2. brought

3. accusation

4. piece, peace

5. he’s

6. yes

7. had studied, will

perform

8. is working

9. finished

10. or

11. child

12. When the teacher

had finished

marking, she told

the children they had

done very well.

Review day 4

1. computer

2. butterfly, butterflies

3. amazement

4. passed

5. I

6. name

7. am looking

8. present tense

9. eventually

10. but

11. teacher

12. Although we were

late, we did not get

in trouble because of

our good deed.

Weeks 9–16

assessment

1. courage

2. (a) was playing

(b) had forgotten

3. (a) past tense

(b) future tense

(c) present tense

4. (a) the boy’s

computer

(b) the girl’s

drawings

5. (a) gracefully

(b) eventually

6. (a) ride

(b) moves

7. For dessert, the

children could

choose from fruit,

cake, jelly or custard.

8. Later that evening,

the adults had coffee

and cake.

9. but

10. or

11. (a) ?

(b) !

(c) .

12. (a) question

(b) command

(c) statement

Weeks 17–24

Week 17

Practice

1. although, While

2. before

Day 1

1. before

2. Before

3. electric

4. information

5. tooth

6. here, hear

7. it’s

8. clear

9. angle

10. Maths, English

11. mysterious, scary

12. After I go to bed, I

read until Dad turns

off my light.

Day 2

1. if

2. If

3. different

4. navigation

5. feet

6. weight

7. we’d

8. collapsed

9. angle

10. tall, thin, fast

11. runs, tirelessly

12. 3

Day 3

1. after

2. After

3. reign

4. dishonest

5. kidnap

6. something that

happens to someone

7. goes

8. cause

9. dairy

10. Cows, eyes, nature

11. wet, stormy

12. I yelled, ‘Run! That

bull looks angry’.

Day 4

1. while

2. While

3. various

4. reload, regrew

5. reluctant

6. being able to look

after yourself

7. it’d

8. sprinted

9. than

10. cute, playful

11. watched, anxiously

12. ‘Can I please have

one?’ I begged.

Day 5

1. although

2. Although

3. nephew

4. injection, invention

5. cake

6. mayor

7. fill

8. normal

9. guess

10. actors, event

11. famous, commercial

12. hollywood, london

Week 18

Practice

1. re, again; pre, before;

sub, under; semi,

half; anti, against

Day 1

1. semicolon

2. half

3. orphan

4. hesitation,

completion

5. reef

6. mayor, through

7. it’d

8. unplanned

9. guest

10. His intelligent, clever

guide dog

11. if

12. Guide Dogs for the

Blind

Day 2

1. biplane

2. two

3. transparent

4. irregular,

irresponsible

5. tartan

6. the strength to

do something

frightening

7. caught

8. prepared

9. coma

10. was involved

11. until

12. ‘Can you hear me,

James?’ his mother

whispered.

Day 3

1. premix, preheat

2. before

3. search

4. unsteady

5. disaster

6. to sleep through the

winter

7. they’re

8. wise

9. comma

10. have been training

11. Just

12. 3

Day 4

1. triangle

2. three

3. quarter

4. expression,

discussion

5. stomaches

6. reins, rain

7. went

8. whispered

9. goal

10. on the muddy track

11. because

12. ‘Come on, you can

do it!’ I yelled.

Day 5

1. anticlimax

2. against

3. interfere

4. confession

5. spoon

6. reign

7. hasn’t

8. attacking

9. gaol

10. released, finally

11. while

12. Mount Everest is in

China and Nepal.

Week 19

Practice

1. smaller, smallest

2. expensive

Day 1

1. athletic

2. taller, tallest

3. usually, guitar

4. submarine, subdivide

5. fluid

6. a stroke of good luck

7. would’ve

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8. accept

9. I, him

10. invitation

11. What

12. I’m so excited!

Day 2

1. greatest

2. happier, happiest

3. escape

4. subheading,

submerge

5. malaria

6. serious and gloomy

7. perish

8. except

9. saw, We

10. party

11. Who

12. ‘Don’t worry. Let’s go

to the cinema’, Mum

said.

Day 3

1. careful

2. tiny, tiniest

3. arrange

4. admiration,

preparation

5. torch, box, glass,

potato, lash, quiz

6. pear

7. I’ll

8. past

9. if

10. safe, secure

11. How

12. ‘I really don’t like the

climbing frames’, I

replied.

Day 4

1. pretty

2. taller

3. antique

4. sensation,

perspiration

5. lunch, fox, gas, echo,

leash, waltz

6. pair

7. cease

8. past

9. Unless

10. friendly, happy

11. Who

12. Fiona said that she

left Italy when she

was two.

Day 5

1. obedient

2. beautiful

3. strong, though

4. superhuman,

supermarket

5. homesick

6. a tool

7. he’d

8. desert

9. because

10. scooped

11. Where

12. I saw a picture of

Roald Dahl.

Week 20

Practice

1. stack of papers

2. A choir of singers

Day 1

1. flock of sheep

2. bouquet of flowers

3. mobile, phone

4. superman, superstar

5. starve

6. a group of people

who make the laws

7. delighted

8. dessert

9. satisfied

10. ate, I, it

11. Which

12. ‘That was the

best pie you have

ever made!’ I

complimented Mum.

Day 2

1. pride of lions

2. no

3. punctual

4. limitation, plantation

5. bunches, dishes

6. similar

7. plain

8. it’s

9. was

10. cowboy, horse, film

11. Why

12. ‘What a hero!’ I

exclaimed.

Day 3

1. band of musicians

2. a team of horses

3. television

4. determination,

population

5. tomatoes, classes

6. opposite

7. plain

8. he’s

9. did

10. although

11. Where

12. ‘Why didn’t you

help?’ I asked.

Day 4

1. bunch of grapes

2. no

3. fraction

4. supernatural,

supermodel

5. tomato

6. a lack of strength

making it hard to do

things

7. peace

8. past

9. successful

10. bravely, convincingly

11. Who

12. ‘What a victory!’

announced the

commentator.

Day 5

1. pack of cards

2. a pack of wolves

3. choir

4. superpower,

supersonic

5. sparkle

6. easy to understand

or do

7. sorrow

8. passed

9. welcome

10. during the film

11. How

12. ‘Can I have some?’

he begged.

Week 21

Practice

1. speak

2. rearrange

Day 1

1. like

2. submerge

3. geography

4. poisonous,

dangerous

5. women, humans

6. dear, deer

7. they’ve

8. similar

9. of

10. ate

11. team

12. ‘Isn’t this the best

pizza ever?’ I asked.

Day 2

1. great

2. poisonous

3. raise

4. mountainous,

poisonous

5. geese, feet

6. heard, herd

7. he’ll

8. similar

9. clothes

10. were

11. relief

12. Mr Jones told Dad

that he must always

keep an eye on the

fuel gauge.

Day 3

1. central

2. replay

3. Grey, volcanic

4. humorous,

glamorous

5. against

6. powder

7. a shortage of

something needed

8. similar

9. raise

10. this very welcome

rain

11. pack

12. You’re out! I’m the

winner!

Day 4

1. act

2. enormous

3. continent

4. vigorous, odorous

5. forward

6. thumb

7. very clear and

obvious

8. similar

9. rise

10. the most delicious

cakes

11. bunch

12. Banana cakes, my

favourites!

Day 5

1. strong

2. bicycle

3. earthquake

4. envious, furious

5. roof

6. by, buy

7. it’ll

8. opposite

9. break

10. rain, days

11. yes

12. Since May, more rain

has fallen in Perth

than in Adelaide.

Week 22

Practice

1. ours, his, theirs

2. (a) hers

(b) his

(c) ours

Day 1

1. mine

2. They, theirs

3. destroyed

4. open

5. bye, by

6. Teacher check

7. opposite

8. brake

9. things

10. ancient, spectacular

11. oldest

12. We were staying in

New Zealand last

August and went to

visit Hobbiton.

Day 2

1. hers

2. I, mine

3. plural

4. scissors

5. fawn

6. mental or physical

tiredness

7. bow, bough

8. better

9. had been

10. hiding, secretly

11. scary

12. ‘Where can they be?’

he asked.

Day 3

1. yours

2. We, ours

3. classic

4. approve

5. muscle

6. to chew noisily

7. bow, bough

8. brightest

9. will find

10. looked, thoroughly

11. pink, blue

12. ‘Here it is! I’ve got it!’

she cried.

Day 4

1. theirs

2. I, he, his

3. neighbour

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4. sheep, salmon,

clippers

5. heel, heal

6. that’d

7. different

8. have

9. whose

10. both

11. prettiest

12. ‘Thank you, thank

you so much!’ the

old lady cried. Then

she smiled and gave

me a reward.

Day 5

1. ours

2. she, hers

3. further

4. holy

5. allowed, aloud

6. is/was

7. similar

8. have

9. which

10. things

11. busiest

12. We had to write

a report about

Christopher

Columbus and his

voyage to America.

Week 23

Practice

1. (a) at

(b) in

2. on

Day 1

1. on

2. in

3. spaghetti, trolley

4. wonderful, delightful

5. directories, Saturdays

6. uptake

7. full of positive energy

8. I, me

9. although

10. has been

11. we, ours

12. Next time, I’ll carry

my money in a

wallet.

Day 2

1. at

2. beside

3. naughty

4. painful, helpful

5. mislead, misfortune

6. tasty

7. something that

happens every year

8. I

9. before

10. was frightened

11. she, hers

12. Later that afternoon,

I also won an event.

Day 3

1. to

2. under

3. magazine

4. selfishly, briefly

5. people, moose

6. seen, scene

7. we’ll

8. similar

9. lead

10. sings, moves,

beautifully, gracefully

11. up

12. One of the leading

actor’s awards was

stolen.

Day 4

1. with

2. at

3. surface

4. bravely, politely

5. disagree, disbelieve

6. baron, barren

7. why’s

8. opposite

9. led

10. in horror and

amazement

11. any

12. The cow’s body

looked thin and bony.

Day 5

1. at

2. on

3. season, weather

4. mouthful, forgetful

5. gentlemans

6. rewind

7. a long period of dry

weather

8. they, them

9. Unless

10. had been looking

11. They, theirs

12. At long last, some

black clouds

appeared and

poured with rain.

Week 24

Day 1

1. August

2. harmful, powerful

3. misuse, mistrust

4. refund

5. a person who is part

of your family

6. her, she

7. present

8. has been doing

9. if

10. every weekend

11. inside

12. ‘Three cheers for

Mrs Tan!’ cried the

children.

Day 2

1. tomorrow

2. beautiful, dutiful

3. kitchens, lunches

4. higher

5. you’ll

6. opposite

7. her, she

8. herd, flock

9. Close that gate.

10. did

11. drove, waved

12. In the morning, I’ll

have to get up early,

have breakfast,

saddle my horse

and get some more

cattle.

Day 3

1. friendship

2. pitiful, plentiful

3. potato, tomato

4. hire

5. she’s

6. similar

7. her, she

8. fleet

9. It won’t start.

10. has

11. am, let

12. On these occasions,

my wonderful mum

picks up her bag,

walks to the bus stop

and catches a bus to

work.

Day 4

1. hospital

2. specially, personally

3. geese, feet

4. portrait

5. very ugly

6. did

7. past

8. have been riding

9. while

10. not

11. on the road

12. ‘Can I get a new

bike?’ I begged.

Day 5

1. barren, tough

2. finally, naturally

3. oasis, emphasis

4. muscle

5. a place in the desert

with water

6. did

7. past

8. was walking

9. although

10. has

11. along

12. ‘That was great!

When can we do it

again?’ I asked.

Skill focus review

1. hurling

2. before

3. axes

4. preplay

5. bought

6. is

7. suite of furniture

8. his

9. if

10. because

11. on

12. My new computer

will be better than

my mum’s.

Weeks 17–24

review

Review day 1

1. upon, view

2. self

3. fly, try

4. write

5. hear, night

6. no

7. swarm

8. yours

9. because

10. Before

11. in

12. no

Review day 2

1. wrong

2. against

3. hypotheses

4. misunderstand

5. brought

6. not

7. brood

8. ours

9. While

10. after

11. for

12. The farmer’s eggs

were delicious!

Review day 3

1. suppose

2. between

3. wolf, scarf

4. create

5. knight

6. yes

7. litter

8. hers

9. unless

10. While

11. in

12. no

Review day 4

1. poison

2. half

3. oases

4. tricycle

5. bought

6. anywhere

7. flights

8. mine

9. When

10. although

11. at

12. We will pick you up

in my dad’s car.

Weeks 17–24

assessment

1. (a) a class of

children

(b) a flock of sheep

(c) an army of

soldiers

2. (a) between

(b) above

(c) under

(d) again

3. attract

4. dangerous,

poisonous

5. terrible, beautiful,

famous

6. bigger, biggest

7. mine, hers, ours

8. (a) hers

(b) theirs

9. (a) to

(b) at

10. in

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11. (a) unless

(b) before

12. (a) After

(b) although

Weeks 25–32

Week 25

Practice

1. actress

2. sir

Day 1

1. feminine

2. husband

3. submerge

4. wonderfully, carefully

5. must not

6. plan

7. knight, night

8. among

9. knight, forest, castle

10. steep, rugged

mountain

11. steeper

12. no

Day 2

1. duck, goose

2. witch

3. shallow

4. actually, artificially

5. is, has

6. repair

7. peak

8. among

9. journey, summit,

mountain

10. the stunning view

11. quietest

12. no

Day 3

1. feminine

2. king

3. shuttle

4. bicycle

5. yes

6. affecting both sides

7. well

8. enthusiasm

9. Ashleigh Barty,

Australian Open

10. net

11. I, you, mine

12. ‘Where can they be?’

he asked.

Day 4

1. stallion, rooster

2. queen

3. continue

4. binoculars

5. no

6. well-mannered and

polite

7. well

8. illness

9. man, nurses, card

10. patient

11. He

12. He said, ‘Where are

my things?’

Day 5

1. masculine

2. actor

3. curtain

4. noisily, thirstily

5. will

6. grab

7. peek

8. really

9. name, boy

10. good

11. his, theirs

12. ‘No James! You must

learn to share’, she

told him.

Week 26

Practice

1. worst

2. better

Day 1

1. better

2. better, best

3. among

4. magically, normally

5. will

6. angry

7. grown

8. real

9. a, an

10. me, I

11. but

12. no

Day 2

1. best

2. worse, worst

3. noise

4. tragically, frantically

5. no

6. wild with worry or

excitement

7. good

8. there, their

9. was defeated

10. Who

11. if

12. The Samoan team

defeated the New

Zealand team.

Day 3

1. worse

2. better, best

3. weird

4. horribly, terribly

5. no

6. a musical instrument

7. well

8. they’re, there

9. special, happy

10. Why

11. when

12. ‘Can you play

quietly?’ he asked.

Day 4

1. worst

2. worse, worst

3. maximum

4. gently, possibly

5. is, has

6. careful

7. weather, whether

8. off

9. dry, wet

10. whose

11. if

12. yes

Day 5

1. better, best, worse,

worst

2. better, best

3. fourteen, forty

4. easily, happily

5. you’ve

6. incredible

7. quay, key

8. off

9. a, an

10. that

11. and

12. ‘Thank you. I am

pleased you picked

it up before a car ran

over it’, said the man.

Week 27

Practice

1. sisters-in-law

2. gentlemen,

toothbrushes

Day 1

1. fathers-in-law

2. bucketsful, boxesful

3. tomb

4. collectible, digestible

5. antique

6. something that

comes from space

7. better

8. its

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