Friday 25th
September, 2015
Grammar
Shimmer
1. Write a sentence
explaining what each these are:
a)
Verb
b)
noun
c) adjective
2. Write these
sentences and underline the following:
Red for verbs Blue for adjectives Green for nouns
a)
The man wore a tatty and worn raincoat.
b)
It was under the table that I found
the fluffy rabbit.
c) Before I could
run, the shiny red sports car stopped in front of me.
Shine
3. Write a
sentence for each of these types of punctuation to show how they work.
For example: exclamation mark – The boy shouted “WOLF!”
a)
exclamation mark !
b)
colon :
c)
comma
4. Write the
plurals of these words
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a) Scarf
e) hero
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b) goose
f) servant
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c)tooth
g)church
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d)class =
h)person
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Dazzle
5. Nouns can be
put in groups
Collective nouns are those which are used for a group of things.
Compound nouns are made
of 2 or more nouns
Proper nouns are names of people and places, most have capital letters.
Common nouns are basic everyday things.
Put the words below under the correct headings
Wednesday, cup, path, staircase, Scotland, moonlight, chorus, gang, basket, skylark, Australia, postman, coat, crew
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Collective
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Compound
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Proper
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Common
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6. Choose the
correct noun from the brackets () to make the sentence make sense.
a)
A (sheep/teacher) works in a school.
b)
The large (horse/bird) stood in the field.
c) The (full
moon/leaves) shone brightly in the night sky.
d)
The (bus/river) has risen a great
deal after the rain.
7. Fill each gap
with a suitable adjective.
a) A butterfly. b) A child.
c) A sunrise. d)
A moment.
e) A dog.
8. Choose the correct
words that fit in the sentence,
a)
The boy didn’t (know/no) (which/witch) shoes to (where/wear)
to the park.
b)
A (hair/hare) is very similar to a rabbit.
c)
The boys laughed when Gail
(ate/eight) a fly.
Numeracy
We have been using formal methods to divide. Your child has a differentiated sheet for homework. For an extension activity they can try
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/dividermachine.html
