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A
Activities
A
Volcanoes
3. Italy.
4. About 120 years ago.
5. Five years.
6. Vulcan, the ancient Roman god of fire.
false
true
true
false
5. Krakatoa is in Indonesia.
true
false
Phonics
A
Grammar
A
gl
pr
fl
cr
dr
br
fr
1. At the start of a
name
2. For a persons
cr ab
dr um
pl um
br ick
sentence
weekday
month
place
days
. (oh, and, I)
. (days, ducks, numbers)
fl ag
pr am
gl ass
fr og
B
bank
tank
dent
belt
monk
milk
tent
sent
4. eid is in february.
Eid is in February.
5. mehmet and i are going to london in may.
tank
mask
task
test
tent
milk
nest
sunk
sink
camp
Divali is in November.
8. tom and i met jafar in ethiopia at christmas.
mask
6
nest
sink
lamp
Writing
A
Language
A
tiger
Name:
2. The
rabbit
Name of school:
3. The
squirrel
4. The
horse
5. The
sheep
6. The
fox
Class:
Teachers name:
Age:
Date of birth:
tame
fast
heavy
large
Male or Female:
Colour of eyes:
heavy
Sisters:
.
.
thin
sweet
white
soft
soft
Brothers:
.
.
Favourite book:
1. A
nest
of mice.
6. A
team
Favourite TV programme:
2. A
pack
of wolves.
7. A
pod
3. A
herd
of elephants.
8. A
troop
of monkeys.
4. A
litter
of kittens.
9. A
flock
of birds.
5. A
pride
of lions.
10. A
School
Favourite colour:
Favourite actor:
8
tame
sweet
Height:
Hobbies:
fast
Colour of hair:
Pets:
large
Country of birth:
thin
of horses.
of cod.
of whales.
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A
Activities
A
false
true
true
false
true
false
true
false
mouse
Jerry
Jerry was
lived in the
chased
He decided to go
lived in a big
country
by a big
back
house
hungry
cat called
Marty
Leo
.
.
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Phonics
A
lick
Grammar
A
lock
dock
lock
frock
sick
duck
clock
track
clock
trick
duck
flick
block
rock
sock
track
brick
sock
stick
block
stick
flock
crock
lock
rock
stuck
black
block
crack
knock
Tom
Paris
Divali
Ramadan
Tuesday
quick
flock
crack
knock
1. I lost my diamond
2. Can you
bring
3. My arm is in a
4. I was
running
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sling
calling
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Writing
A
Language
auntie arrived
surprise
present
soft straw
fly
5. A rabbit cannot
nibbled happily
6. A young rabbit
8. A rabbit is a mammal
A New Pet
squeals
fox
water
hutch
shy
hare
deer
goat
bear
monkey
Long-tailed animals
fox
giraffe
kangaroo
monkey
squirrel
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sheep
squirrel
kangaroo
fox
Short-tailed animals
bear
deer
goat
hare
sheep
Find and write down the odd one out in each row.
1. black, blame, blue, block, clown
clown
stamp
piano
snake
frog
stick
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Reading
A
Activities
A
4. Pickled, fried.
Match the words any way you like. Write the new
ingredients in the trolley.
fried
snail shells
twelve
bats legs
boiled
snake tongues
baked
spiders webs
pickled
frogs legs
nine
worm skins
grilled
tadpole jelly
barbequed
buzzard claws
seven
snail slime
tinned
flys wings
Lilian Moore
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Phonics
A
Grammar
A
Across
1. A piece of rock.
Down
1. Unscramble the letters: p a s h e.
2. My name is Jamila.
1.
5.
a
10.
3.
6.
7.
14.
t
e
d
e
v
e
i
15.
b
a
i
12.
9.
e
13.
4.
p
11.
n
o
h
8.
2.
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Writing
A
Language
as quiet as a
camel
2. A
giraffe
whispers
3. A
lion
4. A
monkey
5. A
bear
6. A
penguin
7. A
tiger
8. A
seal
sound of footsteps
the woman
a brown bag
waited a moment
pulled out the bag
crept
opened
scared
hurried away
reward
police station
9. An elephant
parrot
10. A
gardener
leaves
shy
backs
legs
slime
snails
food
build
The Snail
What funny things
snails
legs
yet they can travel. They have houses, and yet they did not
them. They can carry their houses on their
tired.
The snail is very
house
shy
backs
young
build
, and
shell
. It uses
food
with them.
hard
yet. The
slime
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A
Activities
A
Goldenhair
Once upon a time, a golden-haired girl lost
her way in a forest. She ran this way and that
until she could run no further. She lay down on
the grass and soon she fell asleep.
Suddenly, out stepped two little dwarfs.
They stood on either side of the girl and
watched and waited.
At last she awoke. She was surprised to see
the little dwarfs, but they smiled at her in a
friendly way.
If you let me cut off your golden hair, said
one dwarf, I shall give you a gold ring.
But the girl said, No! No! I shall not give you even a lock of my hair. I was born
with it and I must keep it.
The other dwarf said, If you let me cut off your golden hair, I shall give you a
dolls kitchen, with all the dishes made of pure silver.
Again, the girl shook her head. I was born with my hair and I am keeping it,
she said.
The first dwarf then spoke. If you let me cut off your ringlets, you will have a
little bird which will lay a golden egg every day.
But the girl shook her head once more.
Listen to me, said one of the dwarfs. You have a brother at home who is
very ill. I have a little bag of special tea. If you boil it and give it to your brother,
he will be well again.
The girl clapped her hands. Quick! Quick! she cried. Give me the bag of tea,
please!
Only if you will let me cut off your golden hair, said the dwarf.
Yes! Yes! Cut it off quickly and let me run home to my sick brother, said the
girl.
But the little dwarf said, I am glad that you love your sick brother so much.
Here is the special tea and you can also keep your golden hair, because you
are so good and kind. Now hurry home as
fast as you can.
The dwarfs led the girl to the edge
of the wood and showed her the
shortest way home.
The girl ran home as fast as she
could, carrying the bag of tea in her
hand.
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1. The forest.
2. She could run no further.
3. Two little dwards.
1.
2.
forest
3.
ring
5.
4.
dwarf
egg
6.
brother
golden hair
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Phonics
A
snail
2. A
trail
sail
rain
pain
stool
7. The
6. I have a
tail
Grammar
tree
trees
flower
flowers
book
books
finger
fingers
animals
poet
poets
river
rivers
battle
battles
game
games
apple
apples
girls
rabbit
rabbits
tables
chair
chairs
cars
pencil
pencils
girl
table
gloat
goat
load
toad
coat
coal
foal
car
float
B
goat
goat
toad
goal
goal
boast
boast
coat
boat
boat
toast
coast
toast
foal
soap
shoal
soap
roast
float
road
road
stoat
moan
moat
girls
boxes
foxes
dishes
trees
bushes .
classes .
stars
witches .
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roast
stoat
moat
toast
Plural
Plural
animal
Singular
Singular
misses .
bones
heads
wishes .
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Writing
A
Language
Write the story. Use the words below to help you write.
sleepless night
awake
terrible headache
no appetite
fever
pain
felt sick
bottle of medicine
five days
fur
stay in bed
arrived
bad cough
my father
fish
examined
4. A cat has no
much improved
horns
kitten
mice
purrs
7. A happy cat
tail
Africa
groups
strong
jungle
pride
neck
. The lioness
has no mane. She is smaller than the lion, but more active. She does most
of the
and
hunting
zebras
care of her
cubs
. The
animals
and
.
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A
Activities
A
Greece
(Greece,
red
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four
closing
(opening, closing,
true
false
true
false
false
Phonics
A
Grammar
A
beak
beat
team
meat
flea
leaf
tea
eat
calves
beak
beak
meat
bean
dear
leaf
read
lead
leaf
flea
scarves
tea
heal
leaves
loaves
bean
seal
read
steam
steal
seal
steam
steam
dream
flea
dear
cream
dream
B
real
cream
2. I can
3. I will
peel
meet
5. The
6. I have
deer
been
7. They had to
weed
4. I have to
week
flee
elves
knives
shelves
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lead
wolves
Plural
Singular + es
Plural
video
videos
potato
potatoes
banjo
banjos
volcano
volcanoes
piano
pianos
hero
heroes
photo
photos
echo
echoes
dynamo
dynamos
tomato
tomatoes
cuckoo
cuckoos
tornado
tornadoes
cello
cellos
domino
dominoes
torso
torsos
cargo
cargoes
Writing
A
Language
moonlit night
silent hills
sneaked around
slunk towards
noise and panic
prowling fox
small outhouse
crept under
ran quickly
shotgun
fled
searched
lonely farmhouse
sleeping hens
snatched
2. As blind as a
bat
3. As slow as a
snail
4. As gentle as a
hens
farmer awoke
fox
ox
5. As strong as an
stairs
6. As swift as a
hawk
lion
9. As wise as an
owl
bee
stable
burrow
den
1. A fox lives in a
cave
5. A bat lives in a
coop
7. A hen lives in a
stable
8. A horse lives in a
hole nest
.
.
hole
6. A mouse lives in a
cave
nest
4. A wasp lives in a
den
web
3. A spider lives in a
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web
burrow
8. As brave as a
10. As busy as a
wolf
7. As hungry as a
no sign
lamb
.
.
.
white
5. first and
last
2. north and
south
6. strong and
weak
3. float and
sink
7. sharp and
blunt
4. fat and
thin
8. cold and
hot
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A
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A
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false
false
false
true
false
false
false
false
lamp
palm
can
man
pan
complain
map
pin
gap
mop
ping
gin
nap
plan
in
pain
plain
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A
Grammar
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
moo
moon
roof
room
food
fool
fool
pool
moon
boot
boom
roof
zoo
food
snooze
stool
pool
shoot
spoon
noose
5. N or M M
9. U or R R
6. U or W U
10. J or H H
3. L or J J
7. S or T S
11. U or W U
4. P or F F
8. F or G F
12. C or E C
2. I or K
boot
balloon
broom
zoo
school
stool
shoot
noon
spoon
cool
balloon
doom
D
broom
school
balloon
new
2. Were having
3. I
threw
stew
5. The wind
new).
chew
4. My dog tried to
blew
6. There was no
chew).
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noon
news
dew
(dew, few,
BDGRT
3. E A D L K
ADEKL
2. M O R N L
LMNOR
4. V X T U Y
TUVXY
crew
(crew,
11. happy, sad, angry, worried, fearful angry, fearful, happy, sad worried
12. oak, sycamore, ash, elm, beech
Writing
A
Language
a large planet
looked around
explored
looked down
walked slowly
towards a hill
landed safely
aliens
stepped out
2. The dog
huge rocks
bleats
barks
3. The horse
neighs
climbed
4. The baby
cries
5. The dog
barks
6. The cat
purrs
7. The wolf
howls
higher than
crept towards
strange creatures
wider than
hid behind
8. The bear
different colours
Adventure in Space
growls
tent
7. A prisoner lives in a
cell
Make a new word from each word below. Not all letters
need to be used.
farmer
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arm
replied
lie
wondered
done
read
walked
dew
money
no
pleased
sea
honest
nest
present
sent
Africa
far
heard
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A
Activities
A
Snowflake
Morgan was a magician. She wore a long black cloak,
white gloves and a tall, shiny hat.
She knew how to do many clever tricks. Her favourite
trick was when she took off her tall top hat, waved it in
the air, and then pulled out a fluffy, white rabbit.
Snowflake, the rabbit, had a coat of pure white fur and
little pink eyes. Morgan loved her, and trained her to do many funny tricks.
One day, Morgan was doing her tricks at a childrens party. She made playing
cards disappear and water turn red and blue. The children clapped with delight.
When the time came for Morgans last trick, there was a
great hush. She took off her black hat and showed the
children that it was empty. She waved it in the air. Then
she put her hand inside for Snowflake.
But she was not there. The hat was still empty.
Morgan was surprised. She shook the hat, turned
it upside down, but there was no sign of the rabbit.
The children went home disappointed and
Morgan was very sad.
Snowflake, where are you? she called, as she
searched everywhere.
The days went by, and still Snowflake did not appear.
I shall just have to do my old tricks with my coloured handkerchiefs, she said.
Morgan remembered that the handkerchiefs were stored in a wooden box in
the garage. She went to the garage and found the box. She put her hand inside
and felt for the silk handkerchiefs. She touched soft fur.
Quickly, she looked into the box. Staring at her were two big, pink eyes.
Snowflake! she cried with joy.
Then Morgan saw eight more eyes! She thought it must be
some magic trick and looked closer. Snowflake smiled and showed
Morgan her four baby rabbits. Morgan was delighted.
I always knew you were the best rabbit in the
world, she said.
As time went by, the little rabbits showed themselves
to be every bit as clever as their mother. Soon, they,
too, appeared in Morgans show.
Once again, Morgan was a very happy magician.
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deer
his
can
far
reach
chef
hand
red
chief
hen
see
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Phonics
A
Grammar
f ire
f ist
ele ph ant
f lag
f rog
ph otograph
f our
f ish
dol ph in
tele ph one
2. When
3. Who
4. Where
5. What
6. Which
Write the missing letters for the th words. (The letters are
jumbled.)
dolphin
tlesi
stream
mub
rity
fie
chat
th istle
th umb
th irty
th ief
th atch
otar
uhsr
ron
dare
ere
emerald
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th rush
th orn
th read
th ree
dolphin
emerald
a Christmas song
an animal that lives in the sea
a green gem
carol
falcon
a bird of prey
splinter
fodder
shed
a small hut
shed
velvet
falcon
th roat
carol
splinter
stream
zebra
velvet
fodder
zebra
Writing
A
Language
Addressing an envelope
joking
cousins
country
hall
Mr Ben Lee d
a
o
R
y
e
l
l
a
V
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Calgary
Alberta
Canada
overgrown garden
open door
dust on the
stepped softly
came to a pathway
creaked loudly
broken windows
house
entered
cobwebs on the
then we heard
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A
Activities
A
fishing
white
5. The spear
flew
ate
6. The grandfather
chief
canoe
Make a new word from each word below. Not all letters
need to be used.
American
rice
whistle
his
canoe
can
spear
ear
paddled
pad
rushing
rush
bright
bit
silver
vile
tribe
bite
ate
ten
white
hit
proud
rod
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Phonics
A
Grammar
A
richest
quick
quicker
quickest
dark
darker
high
higher
highest
clean
cleaner
cleanest
big
bigger
biggest
light
lighter
lightest
slow
slower
slowest
rich
spr ead
spr inter
spr ay
spl ash
spl int
spr ing
spr outs
1. My desk is much
yours.
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spr inkler
spl it
warmest
3. My bedroom is the
house.
4. I can jump
darker
spr inkle
darkest
spl atter
spl inter
higher
weak
1. spring
2. splinter
3. spray
4. sprinkler
8. My sister is very
5. spread
6. sprain
7. splendid
8. splutter
richer
(weaker, weak).
laziest
kind
(darker, dark).
(lazy, laziest).
tidier
(funny, funniest).
(tidiest, tidier) than mine.
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Writing
A
Language
bright sunshine
perched on
birds singing
followed
noticed a robin
Writing a letter
The greeting is written on the
left-hand side of the page. Note
the use of the capital letters.
an old kettle
tiptoed away
busy parents
worms
23 Riverside Avenue
London
28 March 2006
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Here are two lists of people. Match them up and write short
letters. Example: Write a letter from a vet to a pop-singer!
vet
grave-digger
lighthouse keeper
clown
you
pop-singer
mouse
cat
teacher
Reading
A
Activities
A
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false
true
false
true
false
false
true
false
light
house
bedroom
bed
room
handbag
hand
bag
campfire
camp
fire
homesick
home
sick
inside
in
side
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Phonics
A
Grammar
pie
gon
ame
dna
A
str ap
str ong
str ipe
str eam
str and
bu
mea
chat
leibb
scr ew
scr eam
scr ub
scr atch
scr ibble
10. The old man walked slowly along the dusty road.
B
stretcher
pike
salmon
skate
2. Dogs
alsatian
poodle
spaniel
3. Countries
America
Egypt
England
scream
4. Vegetables
carrot
pea
bean
5. Cities
Edinburgh
Dublin
Cardiff
6. Toys
top
rope
car
7. Insects
bee
wasp
fly
8. Fruit
plum
pear
apple
9. Flowers
tulip
rose
daisy
football
cricket
rugby
goat
horse
sheep
Rome
London
Paris
scrub
strap
4. I heard a loud
(stretcher, scratcher).
stroll
string
stream
scrap
(scream, screen).
scribble
screen
6. I turned on my computer
1. Fish
10. Sports
11. Farm animals
12. Capitals
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Writing
A
Language
tasty supper
Farmyard Animals
train
rose early
after dinner
1. goose
2. lamb
wild flowers
3. chick
clever sheepdog
following day
bed
packed case
rolling waves
sun sinking
4. duck
6. turkey
5. horse
A Farm Holiday
7. sheepdog
8. hen
10. cat
9. donkey
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A
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A
The Giraffe
The male giraffe is the tallest animal in the world. He can
measure over six metres. A grown man can easily stand
upright between his wide front legs. This king of the open
bush country lives in Africa.
Giraffes coats are covered with pretty patterns. The
small, bony horns on the top of the head are used
for neck fighting with other giraffes. Did you know
that giraffes are so tall that the heart is over
60 centimetres long, in order to pump the
blood to the top of the head.
It is an amazing sight to see the
giraffe plucking the leaves and
shoots of the tall acadia tree with
his long, black tongue. His thick,
hairy lips protect him from prickly
thorns and brambles.
Giraffes prefer to sleep
standing up so that he can defend
himself against attack. A kick from
his powerful hind legs could break a
mans neck.
Make a new word from each word below. Not all letters
need to be used.
giraffe
animal
pump
blood
tongue
upright
attack
herd
roams
plains
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Phonics
Grammar
.
3. A
4.
c arpet
pen c il
fa c e
c amera
has four
in her shop.
and opened the back
, wags his
hopped on her
and barks.
c omb
6. The thirsty
in her
opened the
.
7. The
c ircle
c andle
c igar
c rane
9. A tall
di c e
10.
c ream
c amel
prin c e
1. The
canary
2. I threw the
3. We put
dice
lettuce
5. London is a big
candle
city
.
.
.
last
birds
is in the cage.
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c ar
boys names
mi c e
candle
city
canary
lettuce
dice
necklace
Writing
A
Language
A
Zoo Animals
1. ostrich
Answer: A fish
2. monkey
3. kangaroo
1. Elephant
2. Bear
3. Wolf
5. Tiger
4. tiger
5. giraffe
6. pelican
9. seal
4. Squirrel
8. zebra
7. Lion
6. Dog
8. Zebra
7. elephant
10. snake
11. camel
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12. bear
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Activities
A
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true
false
false
true
false
true
true
false
true
true
mice
hole
3. A mouse lives in a
day
tadpole
6. A cat has no
wings
7. A mouses tail is
8. A cat is covered in
long
fur
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Phonics
Grammar
g oat
g lobe
g iraffe
pa g e
g un
g lass
g host
bad g e
g iant
g uitar
1. The dog
saw
2. Kate
watched
3. Hundreds of people
ca g e
dra g on
brid g e
g ymnast
ba g
glass
ghost
cage
bridge
goat
guitar
page
gymnast
dragon
bag
badge
globe
giraffe
gun
giant
5. The nurse
worked
8. We
scored
met
in the hospital.
yesterday morning.
a great goal.
glides
2. The magpie
hops
3. The eagle
6. The butterfly
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arrived
7. Anita
Soft g words
is
6. His train
4. A bear
the parade.
hovers
Writing
A
Language
mountains
edge of a forest
pitched the tent
valleys
collected firewood
ate a delicious
tired
crashed
is blowing
flies
was shining
hopped
a good spot
red sky
late afternoon
as hungry as a
cooked
tall pines
moon appeared
crawled into
hoot of an owl
The Camp
flies
6. The car
crashed
2. The fish
swam
7. Snow
fell
8. The door
was open
3. That horse
will win
4. The frog
hopped
5. The wind
is blowing
bleats
hisses
3. The horse
neighs
4. The baby
cries
9. The bottle
10. The sun
.
.
broke
was shining
.
.
5. The dog
barks
6. The cat
purrs
7. The wolf
howls
8. The bear
growls
February
eocotbr
hamrc
March
mvonebre November
aym
May
neju
June
iparl
April
uaguts
August
auayjnr
January
ulyj
July
reecedmb December
2. The cat
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1. A plane
1. The lamb
fell
swam
will win
broke
was open
October
remtespeb September
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A
Activities
A
The Fairies
1
Up the airy mountain,
Down the rushy glen,
We darent go a-hunting
for fear of little men;
Wee folk, good folk,
Trooping all together;
Green jacket, red cap,
And white owls feather!
3
By the craggy hillside,
Through the mosses bare,
They have planted thorn trees
For pleasure, here and there.
Is any man so daring
As dig them up in spite,
He shall find their sharpest thorns
In his bed at night.
2
Down along the rocky shore,
some make their home,
They live on crispy pancakes
Of yellow tide-foam;
Some of the reeds
Of the black mountain-lake,
With frogs for their watchdogs,
All night awake.
4
Up the airy mountain,
Down the rushy glen,
We darent go a-hunting
for fear of little men;
Wee folk, good folk,
Trooping all together;
Green jacket, red cap,
And white owls feather!
false
false
true
false
true
false
pancakes
hunting
crispy
trooping
mountain
feather
thorn
jacket
pleasure
William Allingham
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Phonics
A
Grammar
A
kn ot
kn uckle
kn ee
5. Hit.
kn ock
kn eel
kn ife
8. Understand something.
kn ow
B
Write the missing silent w words.
wrong
wreath
write
wrist
wrench
sword
wriggle
sang
wren
wrap
answer
wrinkles
wrestle
2. The
write
wrench
answer
wriggle
sword
on the soil.
to that question is
wren
falls
neighs
8. She placed a
wreath
9. Get paper to
wrap
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1. The owl
is a tiny bird.
on the grave.
the present.
wrestle
for long.
stopped
won
.
.
laughed .
wrong
wrist
clapped
hid
7. A mean thief
my homework neatly.
swam
gurgles
barks
hoots
blows
brays
waddles
purrs
6. The duck
hoots
waddles
2. The baby
gurgles
3. The wind
blows
4. The sun
rises
9. The horse
5. The rain
falls
.
.
rises
7. The dog
barks
8. The cat
purrs
neighs
brays
.
.
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Writing
A
Language
on the hillside
rainbow
followed
a hawthorn tree
turned
trousers
across
shoes
through
something flashed
grabbed coins
sitting on a
over
filled my pockets
he wore a
jacket
The Fairies
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Reading
A
Activities
A
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8. A long narrow tunnel, two metres long, and is made from fish
bones.
false
false
true
true
false
false
hatch
fish
tunnel
tunnel
jewel parents
plunges three
jewel
eight
fishing
stream
. The
hatch
eight
eggs which
three
parents
after
weeks. Both
take care of the baby
fishing
birds. The kingfisher is excellent at
. As soon as it spots a
fish
plunges its bill into it.
it
female lays between two and
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Phonics
Grammar
bald
happy
young
bald
sad
angry
1. campfire
camp
fire
2. seaside
sea
side
3. toothbrush
tooth
brush
4. sunflower
sun
flower
5. rainbow
rain
bow
6. blackberry
black
berry
7. moonlight
moon
light
8. birthday
birth
day
9. racehorse
race
horse
10. headache
head
ache
angry
happy
old
old
sad
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butter
shoe
horse
room
classroom
goal
be
maybe
basket noon
afternoon
may
way
runway
run
mark
bookmark
book
room
ballroom
grass
fly
butterfly
after
ball
basketball
class
hopper grasshopper
ball
keeper
goalkeeper
horseshoe
apple
bird
clown
ring
cone
ginger
red
noisy
funny
shiny
tasty
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Writing
A
Language
friends
picnic
terrified
trees rustling
dark shadow
friends ran
crashing noise
huge dinosaur
Dinosaur Adventure
Sri Lanka
11.04.06
I am having a great time here in
Sri Lanka. The weather is fine and
I have been swimming every day.
Tom and I visited the elephant
sanctuary today. We are going on a
boat trip tomorrow. Dad and Mum
send their love. Wish you were here.
Best wishes,
Meera
Use a capital letter.
Mrs S Prasad
22 Hope Street
Durban
South Africa
The message.
The signature.
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Reading
A
Activities
A
1. Ireland.
2. An old salmon.
3. Seven years.
4. Sit by his fire and howl.
5. At his foster mothers.
6. Three berries.
7. Collecting wood.
8. He burnt his thumb and then sucked it.
9. He ate the rest of the salmon.
10. If he wanted to know anything he sucked his thumb.
false
true
false
false
true
true
false
false
Phonics
A
Grammar
thankful
brightest
smallest
freshest
rocking
careless
useless
cupful
wishful
likeness
sadness
boldness
walking
darkness
small
2. The
hungry
3. The
red
fire.
dense
forest.
big
bang.
open
beggar leaned against the
door.
balloon burst with a
smelly
4. A
greedy
brave
7. The
noisy
farmer.
long
next
ship.
station.
car/rot
rub/ber
rab/bit
win/ner
tun/nel
but/ter
hap/pen
kit/ten
pup/pet
sum/mer
House
sup/per
1.
Tiger
big
detached
3. old fashioned
4.
white
low
yellow
hid
row
narrow
cot
tle
little
rot
ter
litter
yel
ror
mirror
but
ton
button
expensive
6. beautiful
mir
ton
cotton
nar
cup
hiccup
lit
ton
mutton
hic
ten
rotten
mut
low
hollow
lit
den
hidden
cheerful
big-eyed
brown
wild
furry
lonely
soft
prowling
cute
brave
playful
fat
old
2. The
calm
3. The
sandy
4. A
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5.
hol
smoke and
Puppy
strong
2.
thick
les/son
pep/per
huge
white
blue
hot
soft
giant.
5. A
water.
6. The
desert.
7. A
kitten.
red
old
sweet
quiet
,
,
,
brick
fruit
fox.
wall.
cake.
vet.
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Writing
A
Language
fair
dodgem cars
higher and higher
stalls
tickets
1. Duck is to
2. Bird is to
frightened
sheep
horse
nest tadpole
dog
hutch
wing
duckling
duckling
nest
as sheep is to lamb.
as spider is to web.
tadpole
3. Caterpillar is to butterfly as
horse
mouse
9.
Wing
10.
Kid
sweetly
heavily
sweetly
easily
easily
angrily
slowly
carefully
loudly
heavily
bravely
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sheep
hutch
is to frog.
dog
kid
loudly
slowly
on the door.
on the dusty road.
angrily
to the boys.
carefully
up the footpath.
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Reading
A
Activities
A
Dolphins
Dolphins live in the sea but they are mammals, not fish. This means that they
give birth to live young, rather than laying eggs like fish, and the mother dolphin
feeds her young with milk from her body. Like other mammals, dolphins have
lungs and breathe air. In fact, they must come to the surface once or twice
every minute in order to take a breath. Dolphins breathe through the hole in
the top of their head, which is called a blowhole.
Dolphins are known for being very clever animals and many scientists believe
that dolphins are one of the most intelligent animals in the world.
The bottle-nosed dolphin is probably the best-known type of dolphin. Its short,
upturned beak makes it look like it is smiling. Bottle-nosed dolphins are grey all
over, but their backs are a darker shade than their undersides. Bottle-nosed
dolphins live in warm, shallow waters and usually stay quite close to land.
The other well-known type of dolphin is the common dolphin. This dolphin has
a dark band around its eyes, which spreads to the end of its long, narrow beak.
Common dolphins have black backs, white undersides, and grey and brown
stripes on their sides. They can sometimes be found swimming in large groups,
called schools, and they are often seen in the open ocean.
Both bottle-nosed and common dolphins like to swim alongside ships. As they
do so, they may leap out of the water and turn somersaults. Since ancient
times, many sailors have believed that seeing a dolphin is lucky. They think that
if they see a dolphin near the ship, it means the voyage will go well and they will
return home safely.
false
true
true
false
true
true
false
true
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89
Phonics
A
Grammar
A
sil/ly
cra/zy
jel/ly
fif/ty
rus/ty
han/dy
for/ty
hol/ly
six/ty
co/zy
nap/py
chil/ly
ang/ry
mes/sy
can/dy
grump/y
hap/py
jol/ly
ug/ly
clum/sy
dif
der
cult
kan
roo
kangaroo
way
takeaway
ry
aur
phone telephone
care
fi
ful
tel
ly
carefully
rest
ber
phant elephant
un
form
uniform
straw
ga
ant
two
boys cycled
to
3. It is
too
early
to
go
too
to
two
to
to
to
too
sleep.
the
too
difficult
two
friends.
two
to
bed.
lambs loved
9. There were
hall.
to
excited
to
to
solve.
Its
raining outside.
its
Its
its
its
Its
Its
enemies.
side.
its
flavour.
its
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the seaside.
to
bed and early
4. Early
wealthy and wise.
strawberry
restaurant
2. The
7. The
ful
wonderful el
two
6. I am going
won
take
its
feathers.
Writing
A
Language
friends
picked
orchard
ripe apples
nobody around
lost balance
fell off
broken
dived
2. The fox
sneaked
3. The worm
A Bad Fall
4. The duck
waddled
5. The pony
trotted
swung
7. The dog
ran
8. The soldier
marched
roars
mane
elephant
cub
6. A lion cannot
fly
7. A lion lives in a
den
up the road.
paws
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ran
wriggled
6. The monkey
swung
dived
1. The swallow
in agony
sneaked wriggled
waddled trotted
skin
lion
5. rgjaau
2. gtrei
tiger
6. xynl
3. dlproae
leopard
7. muap
4. hheecta
cheetah
8. nhprtea
jaguar
lynx
puma
panther
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A
Strange Friends
A stork and a fox were once very close
friends. However, the stork never
really trusted the fox, because she
knew foxes were known to be sly.
One day, the fox invited the stork
to a meal. My den is on the edge
of the wood, he said. It is under a
large beech tree on the bank of the
river. You cant miss it!
They fixed a date and the stork
arrived in good time for the evening
meal. Just choose what you like to
eat, said the fox. Dont be afraid
to taste things you are not sure
about!
However, when she sat down to eat, the stork was
shocked to find that the food had been served on huge shallow plates and was
made up of different soups. Her long bill could not pick up one drop of soup. At
the same time, the fox was lapping away at his ease until he had finished the
lot!
The stork said nothing, but made up her mind to get her own back.
I would like you to have tea with me next week, she told the fox. You know
where I live. Look for a clump of weeds near the bank of the lake. My nest is in
the middle. Ill expect you at sundown!
The fox ate very little on
the day he was going
to visit the stork. When
they sat down to the
meal, the stork served
all the food in tall
narrow glasses, and
the angry fox was
not able to get his
tongue to the food.
He never ate a bite,
but what could he
say? He had got just
what he deserved!
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stork
sly
meal
4. My den is under a
beech
bill
lapped
narrow
1. however
2. drairve
2. arrived
3. sturdet
3. trusted
4. wallosh
4. shallow
5. ohoesc
5. choose
6. cheskdo
6. shocked
7. veesrdde
7. deserved
8. dishfine
8. finished
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If I Knew
If I knew the box where the smiles are kept,
No matter how large the key,
Or strong the bolt I would try so hard
Twould open I know for me,
Then over the land and sea Id cast,
The smiles to romp and play,
That the childrens faces might hold them fast
For many and many a day.
If I knew the box that was large enough
To hold all the frowns I meet,
I would like to gather them every one
From the nursery, school or street,
Then, folding and holding, Id pack them in
And turning the monster key,
Id hire a giant to drop the box
To the depths of the deep, deep sea.
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