yrerysestysed ‘When et, est or eds added to words that end wit Yyireusucly honge they toon ‘They wer fed the smeliest food Ive ever smelt! smelly + er = smellier timely + est = smeliest Finish these word sums. A hoppy + er = 7 2 slimy set = 7 9 fused =? 4 reply eed =? 5 frosty ser =? 6 chaty + et © wete the word ending in y that eoch word wos mad from. The fst one fs done to help you. 1 mossest messy 2 ied 8 spotter 4 moodier 5 pretest 8 tied Past progressive tense The words was and were help to make lois of verbs. war +verbfamilyname + ing Iwas snorkelling in these were + verb fomiy nome + ing We were playing crit. ‘These verbs ae called the pest progressive tense. ‘Writing Writing etter ‘eto 9 1 Lookbodk othe eter ora wrotere | ernie bt on reports on poge c Look corefull at how the eter ist ou. 2 Wte your oven eter 1 acide who you ae going to write to Decide what you are going to write about € Look coreuly ot how your letter need tobe set out ‘Moke sound Incresting [nw ates te dae ay Wate taro Q Find the post progressive tense verbs in each sentence. 1 Lore wos going on holiday 2 They were staying in. hotel, 2 The rocdies were ein sal fod. 4 Und ory wa olin. 5 Benand Aimee were plying cricket Deari 7] Wheels All about Wheels Weel were invented ovr S000 yeorsope Tesethought thot the fest of the hel wa to make oy pot FF ‘potters wheel stays fat ond tans round ana round but does not wovel onyoere Soon. people sow thot a wnel could be turned nite tide Testi went round ond round but now it moved along. We suse wheels to help us travel ‘round tox, ‘The wheels ofa bicycle are ight ond strong, Se eee a nto ei etsy lover bums inthe road. ‘former uses very large tyes 1 stop the wacter sinking Oorstipping inthe mud “roin wheels ore mode of metal. They hove groove in ‘he mide to Keep them on the Wack eres the begining of «sory in which a wheel that dvsn't work ploys on important part The Flat Tyre Al the family were reody. The suitases were packed Windows were closed ard Dod hod crefly put the lone tickets and possporssin is pocket ALtnat vos leftt0 de was to loz the door get int the cor ond set of othe oxport Everyone wo looking forord to the hldoy. ‘What's wrong? ‘Weve gota punctre!" id Dod. “Will sil Mum, it won't take us very longo change the tre “a won ttake vs tong to change the tye.” greed Dos, “but evil tate averlons ine fut ofthe Boot. Al the een Tbe as quick as eanDacc5 © fos Al bout Whee'on page 60. Answer these questions 1 When were whee invent? 2 Whot were wheels fist ie fo? 8 Which orm of ronaport ho ery large est Why? 4. Which form of tromport ox wees with egroove? hy? © eos the tet The Flat Tyee! on poge Answer these questions 1 Wy hove the faiypcked the sutcoses? 2 What two forms of anspor were they going tours? 8 What cid Dad dacover was wrong? 4 wy was it going to takes long tme te put Regn? 5 How do you think Dad felt out the puncture? @ discus the onamer with. nd 11s 'Al about Wheels on page 69 non-‘tion oF fiction? How con you tel? 2 Is "The Hot Tye’ on page 6 nonfiction or fon? How con youte c= Word families Some words canbe part of a family of words Invent and invented sin ond sinking © copy these words Undertine the rome port found in och word Veyle bicycle =a care carfully 2 pack packed «= enjoy joule Sue ctor 6 guce ——guicer | Aad onother word to each word family in Activity A. The fet one hos been done for you 1 ede bicycle cule speech merks Wee speech marks" "when we write the actual words omeone m8 “Weve got o puncture” sod Dod, @ Soy the spoken words. 10h, no cred Dod othe stad in front of the car 2 -wmot' wrong?” axked Mum 2 “Wie vo got » puncture” sid Da © copy the sentences. Add the missing speech marks. 1 loaded the sutcses, sad Daa The punctation 2 ve checked thatthe windows are dosed, | afte he spoken wows are dosed, | Woes rout sag Mur Before the second 8 ace the door, sad Mu. secgeech 4m looking forward to our holiday, sa Dosflan eter con Some words hove sent letters rot we dont hear when we say the words aloud, ‘What's wrong?” asked Mum. wrong has ant w © feed aloud the words in the word box. Wirt the sen eter in each word Ines luting know wring wit wheal ick clnb cmb © Motch word fom the word box wth each picture. 1 2 38 ‘@ 11 0 @ Underine the sient ter in wach word in Activity GI ‘Making @ verb into @ noun [Nouns are the name of things. wheal car Wie can moke noune from verb by edsing ro er wetb:toform noun: former @ soy what thexe people do. 1 drive a cor tom a 2. Tsing songs. 10m 0 3 Iswim in races. 1am Fiction ond non-fiction Fiction books have been Non-fiction books contain rode up. They nese stores, true facts. They provide Ut wath information LL Abs ww Wis a poems and play, Look at this picture ofa bicycle 1 Write description ofthe bicycle that Tell the er fects about «© the colour of thebicyte. bb the parts of the bicycle 22 Write the beginning of ostory about obieyde A story tion, so you con make up fnyering you tke about the beyle oF ‘what happened tot“The Three Billy Goots Groff ware very hungry Midale-sized Bly Goat Grtt had eaten al the grass Inthe fd Let's go across the brig to thot other fl.” Sold Little Bly Goot Graf. There plenty of good grossthere” “wuhot about the trol?” sid 8g Bly Goot Gr cit wetry to 20s the bridge he wil come out and oor at us, He's very scary “We need Some more 97s to eat” sac Midale-size Bly Goat Grif. “Lt Bly Goot Grutt can go fist” Lil Bly Goat Gruff dl not wont cto the Drage rst but he aways aid os he wos told. He went tmp rap. tp-tvop over the ridge, The tol heard Le Bill Goot Gruff ond jumped out roaring Lou. “who is crosing my bridge?” he cried. “twill catch yout” Midale sized Billy Goot Gruff shouted to Little Bly GGoot Gruff, "Go.an! Go on! We munt have some gross: Big ily Goot Gruff on ond hid behind o vee. Tie Wal wil eaten Lite ly Ga Gru he squeaked." nat coting the walls bridget”=D 1 @ feod the story on pages 66 ond 67 carefully, Arawer the questions: 1 What does the fst sentence tll you about the Three fly Goats . Grure Wy Lite ily Goot Gratt suggest they should go ocoss the bridge? Wry was ie dangeraus to rast the bridge? 44 Why id Lite Billy Goot Gru ross the bridge ist? \Whathappened wen Lite Billy Goot Gruff crorsed the bridge? © These questions ask you whot you think. Answer the questions, 1 Who do you think was the greediest Bly ‘goat? Why? 2 Who do you think was the mest cowardly Bily goat? Why? 3 How do you thin Lite sty Goat Gru {eltwhen the vol jumped out? @ discuss with o friend what you think happens nest c= Sound words Some words sound very smart the sound they make “wip-trap,tip-1r0p is the sound Lite Bly Goat Gruff made os he ‘wolhed onthe bridge, Wihot sound do these animals make? Choose © sound word from the box rN 2 3 mmigow neigh hiss buzz roar cuck @ draw four more animo's ‘ite the sound each animal makes Possessive nouns Possestive noune al you who owns something They have on apostrophe ond ans ot the end. the bridge belonging tothe troll = the trol: bridge postop B s0y who the overs. 1 the goats grass 23 the rll’ brage 5 the snake's his 7 the ils fence 2 the farmer’ fl 4 te ions rr 6 the cots paw 18 the goot’ friendIa» et and all words TReod tis sentence Listen to the all sound in some of the words (Of ol the goots, Midale rized sity Goat rut ways feltthe mort hungry! O copy me odie apy the word om the word box nto the tbleo ‘hou where the ata comes nthe word alate bepnng| datthemd | alates oe | SE EI sLax saa as Se ere rel When wo ae the all sound at the begining ofa word we drop © Finish these word sums. 4 all + together = 7 Adverbs with ly “adverbs telus more about how something it done. The trol oor 2 al + ready =? 3 ol + 30 ‘The toll ro loudly. How does the trol roo"? Lousy © 0 these word sume ‘a edad Soy the adverbs, teaver Thing #ly= 2 sad = 8 slow ly 4 auick + 5 quet + y 6 sot + y Describing characters 1 Copy hs table, Leave lots af space to wrt in each column, Lite ily Goat | Widdlesied ily | ig ily Goat nf Goat Grafh Gea 2. Sort the information inthe box int the corect columns in your table. The will elp you to bud a description of eoch character, Ses ido want to cross the bridge fist Hack goat —oldooking white goat small not very rave did what he was told hungry pushy big scared eon to gett the fesh grass(4 The Chatterbox Turtle Turtle vein a muddy pool Los of aims come t te pool tedank Turtle ved otal to the animate, “Turtle abig chatterbox” hey sl (ne doy. Tutte saw two geese by the pock."Whot are you doing ere?” he osked. "We are on our way home” sid the geese “We ve or, {for oway on a beautiful blue lake Turtle loked at his muddy pook. Twit Teould go there” he sid “Why don't you fy back with us” esked the two geese. “Tean' fh Turie told ther, well cory you tothe Lae” sid the gsezs, “But you must not tlk unt we get home" “won't say one word ls Ture ‘The gore found long sick. They helditin ther backs, Hold onto this wth your Fermembert You rust no tak Note word. or you wil fl: Turtle put the tc in his mouth end the fro geese flew uo, up into the #4, ‘as they flow over the trees, two parrots sow them, Turtle wontadte shout boc them. Jstin time, he Feoembered not to tak “The monkeys sn Turtle, oo. They waved they pow ct ie “You do took sly they shouted. Ture wonted ta shout Tustin time, he remembered not totale, Look! Turtle hos to keep his mouth clove.” laughed Shake, “et you cont heen your mouth closed. Ture, You can't to. talking” “Yes Ian” shouted Turtle ‘Bonn, down, dovin he fl. Bump Bump! Burp he went The onimals ned to we ithe wos aright Ture graned up a them. You were ht he vk “Lean sop ting” But nou ve been flying he loughed. "ve got ‘even more fo tle abou! ‘Aide went ll the way rome to his muddy poo. From The Chto Trt by[==> anower nese quesions. We your anowers ead these words carefully 1 where does Turtle Wve? Fist Next Then Soon Finclly 2 What does Turtle ove to do? 2 Where does Turtle want to go with the They con ink the sentences ino stony geese? © read these seences. area 4 Which animals sam Turtle ying with the ‘Wt them in the comtec order cach senteee vl eet? Then they carried him wth asc but tid] BE YOUSN'Gee 5 At the end ofthe story. what were the onmals hm not tle oie fghtobour Fiat Trl aed to the gese beeen Finally Tule waleed bac vo hs muddy pook Next che gesse oskd fhe wanted to go to thor ake ‘Son Turtle tlted soe fell te the round! @ Aner these cations 1 Why nes 0 mportot hot Tarte Sdn tak wie he won yng? 2 Why i Ture onto shout toe ther onimol? 2 How do we know Trl woent hut thon be flo the ground? 4 wot a Turte eon when he si “te gat even more to tak butt? © Underline the fist word in each sentence <= Contractions discuss with otiend, Ferember contractions are words thot have been made smaller 1 How you think the geese fe when Turtle dropped letter or more thon one letters et out incl? ‘an apostrophe is ved in place ofthe mising later or eters 2 How would you fel you had te stop talking for “ee 0n our way home.” said the geese doy? © Replace the undertined words with a contraction, You must. not tek unt we get home am tying you are rah You connot keep your mouth dosed ae ‘tas inne been fyingeam tun ond dis prefixes ‘When we od the prefixes un ond isto the begining of e word ‘the new word has the opposite meoring ‘All the onimols disagreed with Ture They thought he was unable to stp taking! i wwe ant ie in © choose three of the words you have made in Activity A ond. lite sentence for each werd Using adjectives to compere ay aa They telus more about people, crimals. places and things ‘Adjective can descibe the differance between two thing eee cee vr c ange sek [Aajective con describe the difference between three or rote tings. folong sick long + st =the longest tick Q Soy the supertative adjective of each of these, 1 song 2 toll 2 short 4 high sagt iso comparative 5 cleon 6 cold 7 hot & deep | odectne Longest 0 Writing o description mipelatie acgectve Se picture the story in their mind. Dor senses con fel uo re good deseriptons ae felond see 1 Look corfully ot this picture of the muddy pos! “Ih 2. Yrie words or phvases that yu could use to deerbe this Setting. Try tse each of the Senses. @2hyw Smell Touch Toatei | }) A Woodland Dictionary © se plant amaller thon | ote, with bronches near the FE grouna bork evergreen trees : i =H) the skin of trees ond shrubs i | thotdon lore i F theileqves and ‘ond trie © ore always green ‘coniferous trees that have cones * trees that ore theirleaves __theflct. thin, oft orean ‘S005 yoor [pw ‘rank the mest common ‘remain part eat | Gwin lot of es i n : E F@ took ot 4 Woodland Dictionary on pagee 78 and 7 Compound words pec ee iemember sometimes two words ere put together to make @ 1 wiht forest See Soe 2 How it bon described? ‘hiss clled « compound werd, $3 Wht comes befor rots in A Woodland Dictionary? @ copy ana complete these word sums | eteamerotrvnicin (Senate oot ind = > da + ele ‘Awossaraorcionan?” —Incparet ods 3 ot + se sn ht © magi tht you have ced each the faning Son * fal words tA Woodend tone © Wite the two words thet go tagether to make eoch of White te word that (arembar et attr he sae these words wou come before chore monieterin the word, ® f ramcost heal 2 sutease och nen wor. ! 4 teaapoon handbag —& basketball 4 est 2 poim tee ZS FE Commas in lists Bier 4 sone ‘When wo wit Urt ina ventence wo ure commas betwaen the items inthe at, ‘We car join he Last to things in the Uist wth and, but anor ‘The tree hos bark, branches ond a wk ‘Trot tre hos bor. @ tank, bronehes but no leaves @ The answers to these questions can be found in the efaisons on pages 78 ond 7 Ave you drawing branches, the wunk or the leaves? 1 Which type of tr lose its lecves och yeor? 2 Which type of tree has cones? 23 Which type of woo lays groan? 4 Which plants smaler thon o ee? '5 Which portofaplantgrousin the around? 50) where the commas 20. Say the conjunction 1 This wee hos branches (saves and cones 2 This eos fat hin ord green 4 We could plant an ook o neem axon ee,Ia» ar words Tisten to the around in bork @ Copy the sentences. Fil the gops with an ar word from the word box. 1 y aunt went tothe . 2 my father works on & 3 My sister is afi of the 4 my uncle has @ new ar tor bork dark pork arm farm star start garden © Wiite two of your own sentences using the or words below. Notice the diferent sound the or mes in these word 4 worm 2 forword, Subordinating conjunctions: so and because ‘We use the conjunctions and, bt ond or to jin sentences. ‘The tee hos large branches end ithas thin eaves, ‘The tee hos large branches but ithas no leves. This ee could be deciduous ort could be coniferous ‘wo other useful conjunctions ore so ond because Evergreens don't love thei leaves so they are alvays green. Erergreers oe tvs green becouse they dan ose the loaves Q 501 s0 oF becouse to cin each pair of sentences. 1. You can see ots of neem tees in India, They grow well here, 2 Roots grow underground. You canot se them. 8 Ook trees grow wellin Europe. You se ots of ther. a1 Meee stendes actor losis ese yor Dictionary definitions Dictionaries he They also expe ‘This explonation i called a detinition, ip us to spell words. the meoning of each word, Here ore some ty ‘rom around the wort wow yew pes of wees rmahogeny aczda Me eiphebetcel eer bonsal palm ree 1 Wt the types of tee in alphabetical order 2. Use reference books or the Enter to fn out about coon tee, 13 White your oun. simple definition for each tee. r a ‘mohegan * pombeA Dragon in the Classroom There's dragon in the cassroom: Is body sa bow, itsheod's aplastic woste-bin. is eyesore broken cocks, its legs re concord tubes, Is claws are tle os, it tangue's oy dod old ie (Chats why it's fl ot holes. Oh what stvely dragon,” fr teacher smiled ona oi “You ove a peety dragon, she loughed ond stroked 4s head, “Oh, no 1m not” he sorted SMAP! SNAPI he moved hisjow ‘ond choved our reaming teacher long the corridor@) Look ot te poem on pages 86 and 85. Aniwr tere quetons. 1 where isthe arogon inthe poem? 2 Wille the name of the poet. 3 How many verses are in the poem? © Reod the poem carefully. [Arawer there questions. 1 Make out ofthe things the cregon is made from. 2 For each verse, write the pai of words that rhyme 2 Which two words di he ‘teacher use to desenbe te dragon? @ Answer these questions in sentences 1 How do you think the dragon come tobe inthe lorwoom? 2 What isthe surprise in the fst verse? 2 Explain hy you tke of do not Uk this poem. cI Similar words ‘erpember some words ave similar meoningr. which means they ore Uke eooh other ry ded's old tie my dods worn-out ie @ Cony the sinter word The fst one is done to help you 1 broken faulty perfect faulty 2 precy oly cul Skin ell eon © wine sintor word fr each of there word 2 denk 2 ough 4 ehoke Punctution round-up These ae the punctustion marks covered 0 foe {ullstop: comes atthe end of a telling sentence ‘question mark: comes et the end of on asking sentence ? Siclamotion mark comes ot the end ofesentence tt shove someone Is shouting, surprised or cross! comme: separates ems in ast, ‘portophe shows w/ere eter o letters ave been et out ‘ormnows who owns something a speech merks shows uhien words are spoken cooyondpuncunt teen, | oem 1 ether a dragon nthe ‘puncte dlesro0n 2 Hslp__There_.@cragon_ 3 The dragon has legs __ claws ond a tongue __ 4 __The dragons heed a wasn _ feed —Ia» Using suffixes “Sometimes a group of eters added tothe end of word This clled 9 auth Here ore some suffi: l,l les, ess ond ment "Oh, whota lovely dragon” love + y= tevely © compete these word sums by adcing the suffixes to the words Toque + y=? 2 thought + ful = ?-3 care + fl = ? A agree + ment = 25 hope + less = ? 6 slow + y=? 7 dak + ness =? 8 hope + ful Ty on the end of a word sounds lie vo orn boo, when you odd ‘24ufix you need to change they to cn i and then da the sui ‘ily + ness = silinese © compicte these word sums, adding the suffixes to the words nding in. Vodry + ness = 7 2 mary + w=? Bd enjoy 4 mont =? A nasty + Y=? 5 plony 4 ful = 7 6 hopoy + ness = 7 Adverbs for when and where “Some adverbs tell us how something ie done, The teacher laughed happily. Some adverbs tl us when something ir done, {sow the dragon too. Some odverbs tel us where something i done. Thave put the dragon outside. @ Find the cdverb in each sentence. 1 He looked carefully ot the dragon, 2 We always keep the dragon in the box 2 We homed the drogon to our finds outside, 4 The dragon snorted loudly. 5 You should never stoke 2 dragon! Dragon poem ead aloud te poem Adroarin t eon! on pages 8 and 3. Think ebout all the things . their drogen “e Listen tothe rhyming words Inmagine you have mal @chagon school ut of ed bts and pecs 1 Moke alist of rings you might ave use te maka your drogor. 2 Write poem which describes wht your dragon i made of ond Use thine to strt your poems Thates a dragon nthe classroomChristopher’s Bicycle ‘Chstopher Nibble loved being in the gorden. twos usully 0 peaceful But not today! Behind the shed door Mr Nibble ‘wor working hora. He wor doing something TOP SECRET and ‘Chrstopher wasnt alowed By the end of the day the TOP SECRET ting was ead. war. @ bye for Christopher! He thought # wos the best bicycle inthe woe of Dondevile "ws a recycled bicycle” giggled his sister, Poppy. Ana Seater cies, ory in the morning Christopher pedal of to DDandele where he sow the lay fom the Ubrory. she was Case ara ee ares he coud tole them. “Please do!” sid Wise Brower, Recent the bakery ere Ms out yesterday's stole bread, christopher he has ary empty Te pedlied home very ei een ready t0 reece He asked Pos from nent door and Poppy they wanted to help. While Christopher nd Pappy four ell sorts of ‘thing inthe shed thot they might need, Pose searched online for cycling ideas They tuned yesterdays neupapers into some vey ona Boas. They smeared tne har sce of tle bread with tle peonut butter ad ba seed to make hanging feeders. ‘nd thay turned empty cole jos into bright waxes, fll of dandelions Then they loaded Cvistopher’s biel with ecyled goodies end sat off for DandevileJaxx» © write c sentence to answer eoch question 41 Whot was Christopher given by his dod? 2 How did Christopher fol? 13 Whot idea did Christopher hove? 4. Wher tree items did Christopher collect from Dandevile? 5 Whot was Christopher reody to do wen he got home with theiteme? 6 Wot did Cristopher, Posi and Poppy make? © took crea othe ext on page 80 ond sesh verbs you can find. Remember. doing words cre ced verbs Ms ott 9 The extract alls wt hot happened the begining and mda of te story. Tk abou wih your rena 41 What hoppened atthe beajnning of the story? 2 What happened in the mide ofthe story? 23 What do you think hoppens atthe end ofthe story? CIT Homophones ‘Homophones ore words thot sound the some But ore sae differently ang ave dillerent meanings. Posie seorched onine for reycing eos: she found four Motch eoch of these words with its homophone in the ‘word bex below twirole 2 by Snot sw 5 ther 6 Teme 6 ate not two bye sight ole sore sum there © vwite o homophone for each of these wore. 1 be 2inew aright 4 see Sinow Gear 71 8 mit Punctuation round-up These are tre punctuation marks covered for full stop: comes of the end ofa telingrentance ‘question mark comes at the end af an asking sentence? eee ee ee eee someone s shouting, surprised or cross! comme: seperate ems inst, ‘poxtrophe: shows whe a eter or letters have bean left out ‘orsnowe whe ovine something” speech marks: snows vnien words are spoken" @ viv sentences using ofullstop on exlomation mark ‘on apostrophe to show ising eters fn opostephe to show who ovns something 3 4 ocommo 5 6 7 speech marksi am Word endings: te, el, al and it fread the words in the word box cloud Notice the sound the dterent endings make pedal handle medal rectangle paddle model ros signal pencil camel fossil tunnel, © Copy the table. Sort the words into the table. Look careful et the ending ofeach word. Word endings te a (ttl @ Ais one more wordt each Wal done you ted ‘word ending in There ort non ‘column inthe table, Comparative ond superlative adverbs with er ond est “Adverbs can describe the dference between two actions ‘These are clled comporctve adverbs. Posieworked hard. Poppy worked hordes ‘Adverbs con describe te dferencs between tres or more actions ‘These ore colle supertative adverbs Posieworked hard. Poppy werked herder. Christopher worked the harder. @ soy he comparative ond superatve adverbs 41 He pedlled fast. He pedolled He pelle the __ 2 She Wesneor She Wwed__. She Wea the 3 Hvar pled high Rewos piled. Twos pled the 4 Theyorved ote, Theyanived They arrwed the Writing stories the sents ino ry or ton Imorder Otherse te ood wil get confused about thot peering ‘Sories need beginning, middle ondend. Inthe beginsing ofthe story the choracters ore introduced Inthe mide ofthe sary the characters do thina ory to do things [A the end of the story everything is sorted out, {Look at the pictures on the ight. They tel the main parts ofthe story on pages 40 and 11 Think chou the beginning of a Christopher’ Bice Wirte notes about what happened 2 Think obout the middle of Chistophe’s Bicycle inte notse about what happened 2 Think cbout wht might happen tthe end of Christopher's cyte Wire notes about yourideos.i G Check-up [vocabulary] 1. Copy the similar word © hoppy sad pleased = Brun jog walk 2. Fish the words sums. White the compound words, out + ade =? b play + ground = > 11 copy eoch sentence end odd the comma inthe conect place © 1 Uke the colours red be ond yllo 1b There ore sheep chickens and horses on the farm. 2 Copy end punctuate these sentences. Watch out There_ 6 car coming CD 41 Copy the words with o soft cor soft, goat rice page cat hedge ice 2 Wie these words, adaing ed to them eo dep jump tp 11 Which vers in each of hese sentence ae inthe post progresive tae? (© Tuhilwes going to mest tend, bb They were meeting a the pork 2 We the comparative rd superttive adverbs Tom ran fast. Sun ran Meena ran the_