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Dilemma story starter
Jake is in a dilemma! Read the beginning of this story. What would you do if you were in Jake’s position? Continue writing and describe what happens next.
Forming comparatives and superlatives by adding -er and -est
Can you write the comparative (ending in -er) and superlative (ending in -est) of each of these adjectives? Remember, the comparative form of an adjective is used for comparing two people or things (for example, Tom is taller than me). The superlat ive is used for comparing one person or thing with every other member of a group (for example, Tom is the tallest boy in the class).
Homonyms
Homonyms are words that share the same spelling and sound the same but can have two completely different meanings. Look at these pairs of sentences. Can you fill in the homonyms from the box below?
Identifying adjectives and powerful verbs
A Year 3 English worksheet created by a primary school teacher to help your child understand and identify adjectives and verbs.
Read this adventure story. Can you identify the adjectives and powerful verbs that the author has used to make this piece of writing interesting to the reader?
Read this adventure story. Can you identify the adjectives and powerful verbs that the author has used to make this piece of writing interesting to the reader?
Identifying silent letters
All of these words contain a silent letter. This means that the sound of that letter is not made when the word is spoken. Cut out the words above. Can you arrange them into the correct lists below and stick them down?
Imperatives in an instruction text
‘Bossy’ verbs are the verbs we use in an information text; they tell someone to do something. The proper name for them is imperative verbs. Can you underline the bossy verbs in this instruction text?
Improving information text
Nicola had to write an information text about teeth and was given these success criteria by her teacher: Group your facts into paragraphs; remember capitals and full stops in the right places; use connectives in your sentences. Did Nicola do what the teacher asked?
Improving writing with adjectives
Lottie and James have both written about the same day out. Who has written a better piece? Why do you think this is? How do the sentences start in Lottie’s and James’s writing? Can you underline the nouns in James’s paragraph? What describing words has he used with them?
Making notes on a text
Read through the text and make notes on each of the paragraphs in the boxes on the next page. Remember: when you take notes you need to only include important words and phrases. Don’t write whole sentences!
Matching nouns and adjectives
Cut out all the word cards on these two pages. Can you match each noun (white cards) with two adjectives (coloured cards)? There is no one correct way to do this, but your two adjectives must make sense with the noun you have chosen.