Can you draw the the goblin’s house from the story The Goblin's Curse? You don’t have to use the information given in the story, be as imaginative as you want! Label each picture with descriptions, including lots of good adjectives.
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The author of ‘The stolen spy kit’ has split the story into eight paragraphs. Read through the story again and think about why the text has been split up this way. Can you write a phrase that sums up each paragraph in these boxes?
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Start by reading 'The stolen spy kit' then imagine that Matthew decides to tell his mum about the Spy Kit. What might he say to her? How do you think she would reply? Write the conversation they might
have. Remember the rules of speech!
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A KS2 English worksheet created by an experienced primary school teacher to help your child understand and identify connectives.
Read through these paragraphs from ‘The stolen spy kit’. Can you find any sentences with two parts joined by connectives? Could the author have used any of the connectives below in the text instead?
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Usually, when an adjective ending in –y needs to be changed into a noun or adverb, the y turns to an i. Can you change these adjectives to their noun and adverb form? Remember to turn the y into an i before you add the -ness / -ly ending!
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To make a word the opposite of what it means, you often put the prefixes ir-, il-, in- or im- before it. Match these prefix cards to the words below. Can you see any pattern in the way you match them?
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All these words begin with the prefix trans-. Can you cut them out and match them up with the correct definitions below? Looking at these words and definitions, what do you think the prefix trans- means? Have a go working it out and then check your answer on the internet or in the library
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All these words begin with the prefix tele-. Can you cut them out and match them up with the correct definitions below?
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Can you complete this mini-wordsearch? All the words you need start with the prefix circ- and are below. What do you think circ- means?
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Can you complete this mini-crossword? All the words you need start with the prefix bi- and are listed below. What do you think bi- means?
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Look up these words in the dictionary and write their definitions below. What do you think the prefix auto means?
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A KS2 English worksheet created by a teacher to help your child practise using similes to describe character and setting.
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A KS2 grammar worksheet created by a teacher to help your child use direct speech and punctuation correctly. Includes examples and definition.
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How does Polydectes challenge Perseus and convince him to brave the fearsome Medusa’s lair? Their conversation is started below; can you continue writing the speech using the correct punctuation?
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A closed question is one which only requires a simple answer (usually one word), for example: What is your name? An open question allows the person being asked to talk more freely in a variety of different ways, for example: How are you feeling? Here are some questions for Perseus. Cut them out and sort them into a pile of closed questions and a pile of open questions.
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When you are writing, similes are a really effective way to give people a picture in their mind of something you are describing. A SIMILE is a comparison – it finds similar characteristics in two objects and compares them. It always uses the words ‘like’ or ‘as’ to make the comparison. Look at this picture and use the simile starters to write your own similes.
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Each of these words ending in -hood is hidden in the wordsearch. Can you find them and insert them into the sentences below?
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Look up these words in the dictionary and write down what they mean. Practise spelling each word by looking at it, covering it over, writing it on a separate piece of paper, then checking if you were right.
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Can you complete this crossword with words which contain the the suffix -ary? Read the clues below to work out what the words are.
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Each of these words ending in -ment is hidden in the wordsearch below. Can you find them and insert them into the sentences below?
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