Ks2 SATs worksheets
Reading comprehension: The Great Fire of London
Read this extract from A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens then answer the questions below.
Pronouns revision
Pronouns all stand in the place of nouns, but there are lots of different kinds! Can you match the pronouns with their title in the table?
Powerful adjectives
Adjectives are words use to modify or describe nouns. Using adjectives in your writing makes it more interesting, but only if you use interesting adjectives! Here is a list of nouns. For each of them, come up with AT LEAST TEN ADJECTIVES. The first few will probably be quite easy – and boring! These might be colours, for example. The trick is to really think about each subject and focus on different aspects of it. What does the subject look like, smell like, sound like, feel like?
Poetry composition
If the word ‘poetry’ makes you panic, don’t! It’s easier than you think to write a short descriptive poem that creates a striking image in the reader’s mind. Why not have a go?
Modal verbs and the subjunctive
Modal verbs are related to this idea and can indicate the level of certainty, possibility, permission or obligation. Insert the correct modal verb into these sentences.
KS2 grammar wordsearch: P to V
Can you find the grammar terms hidden in this tricky KS2 grammar wordsearch?
KS2 grammar wordsearch: A to O
Can you find the grammar terms hidden in this tricky KS2 grammar wordsearch?
Inference skills
Skilled writers often use a technique we might call ‘show not tell’. They use the actions of characters, or the situation they find themselves in, to tell us more about them, rather than spelling their meaning out and explaining it to us directly. Can you use your inference skills on this passage?
Improving writing: verbs and adverbs
Teachers and examiners get bored of reading the same old sentences all the time. It’s easy to make your writing more interesting and it will get you more marks too! Try and make the sentence 'The boy walked through the field' more interesting by using powerful verbs and adverbs.
Identifying adverbs
As well as adverbs of manner there are adverbs of time (yesterday), frequency (often) and place (there). Can you identify the adverb in the following sentences? Underline it, then state which kind of adverb it is.
Etymology skills
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history. Complete the worksheet Deduction in reading comprehension, then choose five of the Oliver Twist words you highlighted and fill in this worksheet with the meanings
you guessed.
you guessed.
Deduction in reading comprehension
The following extract is from the second chapter of the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Oliver has recently gone to live in a workhouse. Firstly highlight any words you don't understand and see if you can work out what they mean. Then summarise what is happening in each paragraph.
Capital letters revision
Do you know all the occasions when capital letters should be used? Read the following sentences and circle any letters that should be capitals.
Apostrophes for possession and omission
Apostrophes are used to show possession (belonging) and omission (missing letters). To show possession for singular nouns, the apostrophe goes before the ‘s’. To show possession for plural nouns, the apostrophe goes after the ‘s,’ if the plural is formed using an ‘s.’But to show possession for irregular plural nouns (women, men, children, mice), the apostrophe goes before the ‘s’. Read the following sentences and circle the correct word.
Adding adjectives, similes and metaphors to your writing
The boy walked through the field.... a bit of a boring sentence, yes? Can you make it more interesting by first adding an adjective, then a simile and then a metaphor.
Active and passive sentences revision
Can you spot the difference between an active and passive verb? Read the following passage and underline all the active verbs, then circle all the passive verbs.
Bar modelling KS2 worksheet
Bar models can help us visualise a problem and work out what operation we need to use to find a missing number. The key to bar models is to label the model with the information you know and the number you are trying to find (which is normally shown with a question mark). Can you use bar models to answer these questions?
Solving algebra problems
In algebra we use letters to represent numbers that we don’t know the value of. A string of numbers and letters joined together by mathematical operations such as + and - is called an algebraic expression. Try the following algebra problems.
