How to use this book

Literacy Basics helps you to help your child practise many important basic skills covered in the
National Literacy Strategy and National Curriculum.
Each book is divided into 30 units of work that focus on one clear objective.
Each unit is designed using the same, easy-to-follow key features.

Title
Target learning objective. Look and learn
Some letter patterns are very common. They are very helpful for spelling.

Look and learn

Introduces and explains a 4 a eon
the target objective. abeeinatree abeastonthebeach atoadontheroad acrow inthe snow

Provides an example to Practice

illustrate it. Make some words.

Practice
Provides straightforward
practice activities based
on the target objective.
Challenge
Choose ee or ea. = Choose oa or ow.
Challenge aa
Provides activities to 1. c_t
extend and challenge. teh:
7.g t
q. ‘si-

Suggested way of using the book

@ It is suggested that your child works @ Help your child get started on the Practice
systematically through the book. section.
@ Try tackling one unit per week. @ After this, your child can start to work fairly
independently through the page, but will need
@ Read through and discuss the Look and learn
further Support and encouragement.
section with your child to make sure the key
objective is understood. @ The answers are supplied at the end of the book
for checking each unit on its completion.

Enjoy the book!

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by Igloo Books Ltd
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Copyright © 2005 Igloo Books Ltd

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Contents
Letter patterns Syllables
Word order Verbs
Adding ed and ing Beginnings and endings
Vowels and consonants The letters er, ir and ur
Making sense of sentences Check your sentences
Conjunctions Looking for letter patterns
Rhyming Commas
Word building Adding to the ends of words
Full stops and question marks Questions
Putting words in groups Exclamation marks
Antonyms Singular and plural
Compound words Capital letters
Looking carefully at words Synonyms
Speech marks Collectingwords
The letters wh and ph Checking up on punc
Answers
etter patte rns

+ -_

Look and learn \

Some letter patterns are very common. They are very helpful for spelling. )

Practice \
Make some words.

Challenge \
Choose ee or ea.
 Look and learn \
We have to write words in the correct order so they make sense.

bark. Dogs can Dogs can bark [¥]

Practice \-
Write these sentences correctly. Remember the capital letters and
full stops.
1. Fish swim water. in Fish swim in water.
. hop. to like Kangaroos
. read I well. can
. sky The is blue.
. to It began rain.
. eating horse My apples. likes
. roaring was The loudly. lion
DN
W
SB
OF
AWS: Monkeys trees. climb can
COON

Challenge \
Tick |v_| the sentences that make sense. Cross |X| those that are not sensible.
. The bone bit the dog.
. The tree climbed a squirrel.
. The boy ate a sandwich.
The workman drank a cup of tea.
. The tune whistled a girl.
The flowers planted the gardener. LIL
1]

The pencil wrote with the bou.

. The man fell off the wall. taeheed
posean
| i1| EES

. The television was watching the children.

=ODONADAURWDHD
. The mouse chased the cat. ie
Adding ed and ting
@eeeeeseeseoeeaseeeseeaeaeseeeaseeaeseeeaeeeaesgseeeeeoeeeoeeeseeee
eee ee 8
= a |

Look and learn \ 3 Se

We can add ing and ed to the end of many words.

Practice
Complete this chart.

1S)
Ld
oe
AL
EN
ad
Bead
fae
fee

Challenge \ 3 <
Add ed to the end ofthese verbs. Take care with the spelling!

bake baked hurry — hurried

dive marry

SCORE carry

BENS empty

race COPY
 owels and consonants
SCOHOSCSHCHEHOHSESHSHHSHSHEHSHOHSHOHHEHHHHSEHSEHHEHEHSHEHHHHEEEES

‘5 Look and learn |

Th
j +)
ae
There are 26 letters in the alphabet. There are 5 vowels: a,e,i,o and u.
‘ A
Fy
Py All the other letters are consonants.
i
i

Every word usually has at least one vowel in it.

Practice \
Underline the vowel in each word.

sath
aast . hats 2. net 3. mop
he

4. bell SeEZID 6. rug

. fog 8. hut 9. tap
. hen 11. tin 12. sock
ants
n
and
“une
~~

. CUD 14. sack 15. wig

|
eS
ei

nay
ae
de

~ Challenge \
_ Think of a suitable vowel to complete each word.
ee
ot
oe Les Ce Jd. Pl Bh, WPte 4. r_b
Savon 6. by Ve ial 8. w__y
Geb rk 10. brn Hires oval 12d 2 wn

Now write the words you made in the correct sets.

Making sense of sentences
@eeeeeeseeceoevoeoe eee eaeseeseeeeseeaeoeeoeeseoeeeeeeeeeee
ee ee 8 8
i. <<

Look and learn \ | aa

Sentences should make sense when youreadthem. __

Na i
bee
Se

I seed a ghost. I saw a ghost.

Practice \
Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.
1. Sam caught _ the ball. (catched / caught)
2. The children running. (was / were)
) 3. [fell over and myself. (hurt / hurted)
/ 4, Emma to school by bike. (goed / went)
5. Joelhas his leg. (broked/ broken)
6. Ann home as soon as possible. (came / camed)
7. The boy crying. (was / were)
8. | it yesterday. (done / did)
9. He speak clearly. (don't / doesn't)
10. | only just got up. (has / have)

Challenge \
There is a word in each sentence that is not needed. Cross it out.

. The squirrel climbed up ard the tree.

. [broke Tom's his pencil.
. [couldn't not find my book.
. The lady saw where Ben he was.
. The teacher got into in her car.
. The girl returned it the ruler.
. Tom and Anna were ran on ahead.
. Edward climbed got out of bed.
 OF) njunctions

-~ Look and learn \ |

A conjunction is a joining word. It may be used sen
two sentences together.

_ Mrs Shah picked up her bag. She went to the shop.

_ Mrs Shah picked up her bag and went to the shop.

— Practice \
Make each pair of sentences into one sentence. Use the word and.
1. I went to the market. I bought some apples.

2. I got undressed. I went to bed.

3. Sam boiled the kettle. She made a cup of tea.

4. Zak sat down. He watched the television.

5. Sita opened her desk. She took out her book.

6. Mr Brand went into the garden. He cut the grass.

Challenge \
_ Finish off each sentence in your own words.

. Katie likes skating but

. The monkey climbed the tree and
. Shireen hurt herself when
. I kept playing until
. [had awash because
= . It began to rain so
COUR
WN
 Look and learn
Being able to rhyme can help you with your spelling.

went up the hill.

Jack and Jill had a pill.

felt quite ill.
went to the mill.

Practice
Choose a word from the box to rhyme with each word below.

1. spoon moon 2. kite

3. today 4. grew
> 5. stone 6. pain
7. sigh 8. wood
9. bull 10. book

Challenge
Match up the pairs of rhyming words. They sound alike but
Oe
have different letter patterns. C) °
meet ~
{roip

ew

food maid
* spade
Look and learn
In spelling we have to learn how
to build up words.

cl+t+ow+n=clown

Practice
Build up these words.
1. sh+ou+t= 2. |+ou+d=
3. m+ou +th= 4. r+ou+nd=
Secoroutrd=
= 6. c+out+nt=
7. c+ow= 8. cr+owt+n=
9. ow+l= 10. fl+ow+er=
11. v+ow+el= 12. t+ow+tel=

Challenge
Underline all the ou and ow words in these sentences.

. Alisaw a mouse in his house.

. Just now I saw a brown cow.
. Does an owl growl?
Please don't shout about it!
I found a pound on the ground.
There was a flower on my towel.
The proud man spoke in a loud voice.
Go south at the mouth ofthe river.
There are five vowels in the alphabet.
>Sl2MNAURWH
omy The queen wears a crown on her head.
Full stops and question marks

Look and learn \

A sentence often finishes A question always finishes

with a full stop. with a question mark.

Practice \
Put in the missing full stops and question marks.
15 When is your birthday
It is in March
How old are you
[am seven
Where do you live
I live in Newcastle
What do you like best at school
Ror
BLT
eo
soe
Ee My favourite subject is art

Challenge \
Rewrite these sentences correctly.
i} how many children are there in your class

2. some children like to keep pets

3. do you have any brothers or sisters

what is the weather like today

. who is your favourite singer

. tom and emma are good friends

 Putting words in groups
eeeeeeeeceeoee
ease eee eoeeeoe
eeoeeee ees eaeees eee
aoe esene
-_ -
aoe

Wook and learn \

Sometimes it is helpful to put words in groups.

saw
hammer chair
pliers settee

Practice \
Sort out these words into groups.

bee guitar France ladybird

drums Italy ant Spain
piano Germany recorder beetle

insects countries

Challenge \
Circle the odd word out in each group.

| |3.| book bus car lorry

jacket
penasijumper
cup saucer bowl ruler wa

| [Beleoage the house bungalow |B) desk ople orange borane

_ Ts]
 =e

Look and learn \ | is

Antony ms are words that are opposite in meaning.

Ihe || strong |] =
2. i _dry
3. ‘| thin||
4. i] slow —-——> fast slow
5. hard |
6. _wide
7. near
8. a quiet I

a. short _
10. light
Challenge \ 7
Choose the prefix un or dis to make each word
mean the opposite.

ee
ate |__| pack ton |
Tet Joe [ee —tar
Sey J wp toe
 Compound words
@®eeeeeeao eceeaeas ees eaeaeaeeeeeaeeoeeeeeseseevseeeevs
e@eeoaeaeee eevee ®@

Look and learn i"

Compound words are made up of two smaller words joined together.

butter +

Practice \
Do the word sums to make the compound words.

1. snow + ball =_ snowball 2. rain+ bow =

3. sun+ shine = 4. moon + light =
5. foot+step=_—<“;é‘SSYSShlatn + baat =

| 7. play + time = 8. arm-+ chair =

9. tooth + brush = 10. sand + castle =

Challenge \
Match up pairs of words to make some more compound words.

hedgehog _
Looking carefully at words
e®eeeeeeoeoceoeeae eee eee eoeseseeec@eaeeeaeeeeeaeseeoeeeoe
eee eee 8 8
i re

Look and learn \ ;

We can often make new words by We can often find smaller words
changing some letters. hiding inside larger words.

look cook hook

Practice \ =i
Make some new words.

1. Change the hin hair tof, p,ch |2. Change the cin care to d, sc, st |
fair pair chair

3. Change the w in wear to b, t,p |4. Change the pin port tof, s, sh

5. Change the s in saw toj, cl, str |6. Change the min more to w, sn, sc

Challenge \ '2.-
Find the name of an animal or insect hiding in each word.

ve [ie
hedgehog [| wen share
 Speech marks

F Look and learn |

; Speech marks show us someone is speaking. We write everything the f
person says inside the speech marks. AN
(_Tlive
I inacastle.
inacastle, )
) sgl
( Iliveinacave.
live in a cave. ) =,
ofc.
hs
oo

SS @

The dragon
g said, “I eeninacave.” “I live inacastle,” i knight
SHS replied.
ee

Practice \
Write the words from the speech bubbles inside the speech marks.

. * 1 . The spider said, “ a

i
qua Et

IIlliveinthesea.)
a > [ini syeltel
° »
a

a inaapond.)
Llive in
{_Ilive , the frog replied.

Challenge \
; Write something you think eac
h person might say.
The builder said, “ I build houses .”
The teacher said, “ ¥
The doctor said, “ at
SET CAOWUGADCaS CU Mam en ea
The farmer said, “ Seamer .6 /
The vet said, “ a Ry
The hairdresser said, “ JAS WE
LS) The author said, “
homed
fol
(ea)
ip!
pad i
ae
ee
nh
Cee
=)
The letters wh and ph

Look and learn \

Two common letter patterns are wh and ph.

Practice \

Find the five

wh and five
ph words in
the puzzle.

Challenge \
Choose wh or ph to complete each word.

1. _wh at 20pm Silas

5550 (ce 6. _—ere 7. ne ew 8: jun
9. onics 10 Seon Oren 12. _istle
113. ___isker (Psy, cell _ felevar
 Syllables
@ee@eaeeeaeeeeoeeeaoeaseoseeceoeoeeeees
ees eeees eo eevseeaeeeaesoeeene
~ egies sr: ? ; + : :

Look and learn \.

When you say long words slowly you can hear that they can be
broken down into smaller chunks called syllables.

Tap out the syllables poe

com — pu — ter when you count them. / £74.
(three syllables)

————— ltt ;
_ Practice \
_ Make these two-sullable words.

1. yel + low = yellow 2. sis + ter =

3. un+cle= 4. al+ ways =
5. Fri+ day = 6. be + cause =
7. sud + den = 8. an + gry =
YW, jou + ful = 10. ba + by =
11. good + ness = 12. quick + ly =

Challenge Wal
Say these words slowly. Write if each word has two or three syllables

Pdinosaun@romen 3.
2arcarpet (a2) garden(__)
ME GUUIKGICS!
eee MeO SeLOMGLON ae ) 6. cabbage(__)
. somebody(__) 8. anyone(__) 4. aeroplane(__)
. picture(__) 11. skating(@__) 12. motorway(__)
tOnighteien ue 14.0coretulG@ sa) )15sremember( & ) |

ie,
 Verbs
@eeeeeeesee e@eeeeveaeeeaeseeeeeeeeseseeseeeaeeeeeeeeee
e880 8
—

Look and learn \

Verbs tell us what someone or something iS doing.
C—

A kangaroo hops.

Practice \ 7 -
Choose the best verb to complete each sentence.

fly swim Squeaks roar slides

chatters hops bark purrs crawl 4

+ 1. Fish __ swim 2. A frog

3. Asnail 4. Birds
5. Beetles 6. A mouse
7. Acat 8. Lions
9. Dogs 0. Amonkey

Challenge \ +
Choose the correct form of the verb to fill each gap. |
1. The wind to blow. (beginned/ began) (
Paes Ml a lovely picture. (drew / drawed)
3. Tom down the stairs. (fell / falled)
4. The birds into the tree. (flied / flew)
5. My uncle me a present. (gived / gave)
6. Theman the bell. (rang / ringed)
7. Emma in the sea. (swimmed/ swam) GY
8. | my best clothes. (wore / weared)
9. The lady a letter. (writed / wrote)
10. The dog the cat. (saw | seed)

— LA
a
 Beginnings and endings
eewe
_ Look and learn \ —
Always check to make sure your sentences make sense.
_ Tom has forgotten to finish Emma has rubbed out the
his sentence. beginning of her sentence.
i

Yesterday le .. came to tea.

- Practice \
Match up the beginning and ending of each sentence.

1. You cut paper an ice cream.

2. The girl ate ea out of the pond.
3. Inthe rain we with scissors.
4. We had a picnic spinning a web.
5. I drew aline need an umbrella.
6. The frog jumped with a ruler.
7. Isaw a spider ticked loudly.
8. The clock in the park.

; Challenge \
_ Think of a good way to begin each sentence. (Remember to begin with a
capital letter!)
1. with a hammer.
2 in the night.
3 after lunch.
4. an old car.
5: in the garden
6 through the tunnel.
7 _ the sea.
8 crashed into the wall
The letters er, ir and ur

Look and learn \

The letter patterns er, ir and ur make a similar sound.

Practice \
Write the words in the chart.

churn bird
stir dirt
term curl
herb church
purse first
skirt stern
person burn
fur third

Challenge \
Match up the pairs of words that rhyme.

herd stern
shirk
perch
VEISe
curl
germ
serve

fur
Check your sentences

Look and learn \ —

Always check your writing to see if you have made any silly mistakes.

“4a “4
Fe ‘A

4 W/
_ fJ fpe
<

The children was reading. The children were reading.

i Practice \
Tick |W |the sentences that are correct. Cross |X |the sentences that are wrong.
. I does my writing neatly.
. The dogs was barking loudly.
. Aman is digging his garden.
The lady went shopping.
. It are very cold today.
. They always come ona Thursday.
. Tom try hard with his spelling.
My cat like milk.
. Frogs hops.
=CDONNAURWD
. The sports car goes very fast.
amy
[LILI
Challenge |
Think of a suitable word to complete each sentence.
1. The ships sailing on the sea.
2. Mrs Brown shopping in the market.
3. Victoria the ball to Amy.
4. The box was very :
5. Lots of were flying in the sky.
6. Mu are painting and collecting shells.
7. was eating his dinner.
8. The ——_—sChhoooted twice.
9. Thecars_____—_ going far too fast.
10. My friend and I looking for Josh.
Looking for letter patterns

look and learn \

In spelling you have to look very carefully.

Bogedsopn guage aoe

recall rym

rhTefal
yi [kt
Practice
Findthe 10 ea ae in the puzzle. a6 aeRIS SGPT
zidlelalr{k|t|m[n[o
pigiri{s|{t{ulfle|a|r|
BCRMGGCG)
7 edpena bablbears

Challenge
Divide these ea is into sets.

We TIO - ;
_| easounds like | ea sounds like
= e in bed e in meet
hedt head heat
leap ready speak
teach
steam
thread
 Commas

Look and learn |

Commas are used to separate things ina list.
{>

Penguins, monkeys, elephants,

camels, lions, tigers ...

Practice \
Fill in the missing commas in these lists.
mice rats gerbils hamsters and guinea pigs
potatoes onions carrots cabbages and sprouts
apples pears oranges bananas and grapes
cups saucers plates bowls and dishes
curry pizza sausages pasta and fish
cars lorries bikes buses and vans
red orange yellow green and blue
guitar piano trumpet trombone and flute
J ,

Challenge \
Write a list of what each person needs.

helmet | hose
q
=

1. A hairdresser needs shampoo, a comb, a brush and a mirror

2. Atirefighter needs
3. A footballer needs
4. A gardener needs
5. Adiver needs
6. Adoctor needs
ns 5
 Adding to the ends of words

Look and learn \

Sometimes we can change words by adding letters to the end of them.

Emma likes to help. She is very helpful.

( Notice the spelling of ful at the end of the word. )

Practice \
Do the word sums and make some ful words.

pain + ful = 7, use + ful =

hope + ful = 4. care + ful =
power + ful = 6. thank + ful =

;‘K
colour + ful = 8. thought + ful =
help + ful = 10. truth + ful =
as
Reet
bl)
amaid wonder + ful = 125 faith + ful =

Challenge \
Choose ful or ly to complete each word.

JZ
ND
<
 Look and learn
Whenever you write a question you should write a capital letter at the
beginning anda question mark at the end.

Practice
Match up each question to the correct answer.

oie .

Tam lost.

What do you
want to drink? e

My friend is Emma.

(tis
curry,

Challenge
Here are some answers. Write what uou think the questions were.
Questions Answers
It is yellow. Zz.
I like reading best.
Ihave a doa.

io
aid)
Maeno
So
Soh
west
25
Saket Wehae) Maikela43

Look and learn \

We use an exclamation mark when we feel strongly about something. |

|
J Bote SCnOON What a lovely present!
( Stop shouting!

ay Ne) w

Practice \
Rewrite each sentence correctly and end it with an exclamation mark.
1. this tastes lovely 2. be quiet
This tastes lovely!
3. hownice to see you 4. you must bejoking

5. [really love sweets 6. stop thief

Tie ‘VAN 8. it’s not fair

Challenge \
Choosea question mark or an exclamation mark to end each sentence.

1. Thank goodness you're here! 2. Howare you —

3. Get out of my way _ 4. We had a lovely time _
5. This is awful _ 6. Where are you going _
7. Who was in the car __ 8. Shut the door at once __
9. Do you like swimming _ 10. Look out _
 Singular and plural

- Look and learn Re

a rabbit lots of rabbits

F Singular means one thing. Plural means more than one thing.

Practice \
~ Complete each ofthese. D ¢ Dé

. oneshoe, two___shoes___| 2. onebook, two

. one coat, two . one shirt, two
- onejumper, two__________+|:~6. onehat, two
Selle : two CUDS oROlLe ——_____—_., two saucers

ogee PS
2 Wo pans Sone , two plates

. one _ two mugs MrOnie _ two bowls

Challenge \
4 Rewrite each sentence. Change the underlined words into the plural.

1. The boy picked up the book. 2. The girl looked at the bike.
The boys picked up the books.

3. The dog chased the cat. 4. The builder built the house.

5. The doctor sat onthe chair. 6. The monster came out of the cave
Capital letters
@®eeeeeosc@aoense0odeeaesoeeeeeeeeoeeeeee@e~eeeeee~ee
eee eee eee 6
a eH
rT)

Look and learn \

We use capital letters at the beginning of sentences.

My name is Abdi. My name is Shireen.

Practice \
Write the names of these people again. Remember the capital letters.
QI 9 SFA 9 |

naqish shanaz

A nn
Vi

Challenge \
Complete these lists. 1 2 3 .
January February —
4 5 6 i
May June .
Tuesday
7 8 q :
July }
10 1 12 |
November 4
Look and learn
Synonyms are words with similar meanings.

Practice
Choosea synonym from the box to go with each word below.

strong sad scared

start quick silly

. frightened scared 2ames Gk

Petiny 4. difficult
. foolish 6. damp
. begin 8. powerful
. unhappy 10. fast

Challenge
Circle the synonym in each set that goes with the word on the left.

1. closed
2. tall
3. talk
4. hop ac
5. rough
6. quiet
7. slim
8. ask
 Collecting words

Look and learn \

We can group some words together because they are related.
These are all names of sports.

cricket tennis golf rugby

Practice \
Sort these words into the correct groups.

parts of fruit clo thes ae.

the body 5

Challenge \
Name four different types of:

1. tree sycamore,
2. vehicle

|8. musical instrument

ae |i

30
 Checking up on punctuation
2 a
-* is
*

ook and learn | _

Punctuation marks make writing easier to read.

Where are you going? |

~ Tom said where are you going

Tom said, “Where are you going?” ||
|. Saal

Practice \
Fillin the missing punctuation marks in these sentences.

.
The children went to school
full stop
.
Have you seen my pencil
question mark
.
My house is on fire exclamation mar
.
James said, I will clean the brushes. speech marks
My favourite colours are red brown yellow and orange. commas
. Some cats are black full stop
Do you have a pet question mark
KRU
=ON
RWHD
. This bag is heavy, the lady said. speech marks

_ Challenge \
Rewrite these sentences correctly.
1. what a lovely surprise

| 2. please leave the box on the table

3. Ihave been to France Italy Spain and Greece

4. how many brothers and sisters do you have

5. Iam going shopping said mr hills

a
Answers

Page 2 Page 8 Page 14

Practice: three, sheep, sweet; sea, neat,
cream; goat, cloak, moan; low, show, below
Challenge: 1. queen, 2. seat, 3. mean,
4. weep, 5. seed, 6. clean, 7. greedy,
8. peach, 9. meal, 10. asleep
1. coat, 2. grow, 3. throw, 4. toast, 5. soak,
6. window, 7. goat, 8. yellow, 9. slow,
10. load
Page 3
Practice:
2. Kangaroos like to hop.
. Ican read well.
. The sky is blue.
. It began to rain.
. My horse likes eating apples.
OD . The lion was roaring loudly.
-ENT
Onl
Os
8. Monkeys can climb trees.
Challenge: 3., 4., 8. make sense
Page 4
Practice:
ing: kicking, walking, pulling, jumping,
mixing, knocking, splashing, washing,
lifting, planting
ed: kicked, walked, pulled, jumped, mixed,
knocked, splashed, washed, lifted, planted
Challenge:
SetA: hopped, patted, hummed, tipped,
begged
Set B: baked, dived, scored, used, raced
SetC: hurried, married, carried, emptied,
copied
Page 5
Practice:
2. net, 3. mop, 4. bell, 5. zip, 6. rug, 7. fog,
8. hut, 9. tap, 10. hen, 11. tin, 12. sock,
13. cup, 14. sack, 15. wig
Challenge: 1.jig, jog or jug, 2. rid, red or
rod, 3. vet, 4. rib, rob or rub, 5. van, 6. bay,
boy or buy, 7. girl, 8. way, 9. bark, 10. barn,
born or burn, 11. curl, 12. dawn or down
Page 6
Practice: 2. were, 3. hurt, 4. went,
15. broken, 6. came, 7. was, 8. did,
9. doesnt, 10. have
Challenge: 2. his, 3. not, 4. he, 5. in,
6. it, 7. were, 8. got
Page 7
Practice:
1. Iwent to the market and bought some
apples.
2. I got undressed and went to bed.
3. Sam boiled the kettle and made a cup
of tea.
4. Zak sat down and watched the
television.
U1 Sita opened her desk and took out
her book.
6. Mr Brand went into the garden and
cut the grass.
Challenge: answers may vary
Practice: 2. bite, 3. stay, 4. flew, 5. bone,
6. rain, 7. high, 8. good, 9. pull, 10. look
Challenge: meet/seat, bite/light,
moon/tune, weak/peek, food/rude, lie/sky,
train/plane, grew/blue, flown/moan,
maid/spade
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Practice: 1. shout, 2. loud, 3. mouth,
4. round, 5. cloud, 6. count, 7. cow,
8. crown, 9. owl, 10. flower, 11. vowel,
12. towel
Challenge: 2. now, brown, cow,
3. owl, growl, 4. shout, about,
5. found, pound, ground, 6. flower, towel,
7. proud, loud, 8. south, mouth,
9. vowels, 10. crown
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Practice:
1. When is your birthday?
2. It is in March.
3. How old are you?
4. lamseven.
5. Where do you live?
6. I live in Newcastle.
7. What do you like best at school?
8. My favourite subject is art.
Challenge:
1. How many children are there in your
class?
. Some children like to keep pets.
Do you have any brothers or sisters?
. What is the weather like today?
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OR. Who is your favourite singer?
6. Tom and Emma are good friends.
Page 11
Practice: insects: bee, ant, ladybird, beetle
countries: Italy, Germany, France, Spain
musical instruments: drums, piano, guitar,
recorder
Challenge: 2. pencil, 3. book, 4. ruler,
5. apple, 6. table, 7. light, 8. desk, 9. garden,
10. uncle, 11. hedgehog, 12. horse
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Practice: 2. noisy/quiet, 3. weak/strong,
4 far/near, 5. heavy/light, 6. fat/thin,
7. long/short, 8. narrow/wide, 9. wet/dry,
10. soft/hard
Challenge: unhappy, disagree, unwell,
distrust, unable, uncover/discover, unpack,
unfasten, unload, unlock, unbuckle, unfair,
disobey, undo, unwrap, dishonest
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Practice: 2. rainbow, 3. sunshine,
4. moonlight, 5. footstep, 6. handbag,
7. playtime, 8. armchair, 9. toothbrush,
10. sandcastle
Challenge: 2. football, 3. homework,
4. bookmark, 5. backbone, 6. keyhole,
7. tablecloth, 8. waterfall, 9. runway,
10. roundabout
Practice:
2. dare, scare, stare
3. bear, tear, pear
4. fort, sort, short
5: jaw, claw, straw
6. wore, snore, score
Challenge: ape, bat, owl, ant, bee, cat,
hog, hen, hare, moth, ox, rat
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Practice:
1. The spider said, “I live in a web.”
2. “T live in a burrow,” the rabbit replied.
3. The fish said, “T live in the sea.”
4. “I live ina pond,” the frog replied.
Challenge: answers may vary
Page 16
Challenge: 2. orphan, 3. when,
4 who, 5. graph, 6. where, 7. nephew,
8. why, 9. phonics, 10. phantom, 11. which,
12. whistle, 13. whisker, 14. white,
15. alphabet, 16. phrase
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Practice: 2. sister, 3. uncle, 4. always,
5. Friday, 6. because, 7. sudden, 8. angry,
9. joyful, 10. baby, 11. goodness, 12. quickly
Challenge: 3. (2), 4. (2), 5. G), 6. (2), 7. B),
8 C)9FC)) (OL 11) 1256) isa)
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Page 18
Practice:
2. A frog hops.
. Asnail slides.
. Birds fly.
. Beetles crawl.
A mouse squeaks.
. Acat purrs,
. Lions roar.
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. Dogs bark.
10. A monkey chatters.
Challenge: 1. began, 2. drew, 3. fell,
4. flew, 5. gave, 6. rang, 7. swam,
8. wore, 9. wrote, 10. saw
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Practice:
2. The girl ate an ice cream.
3. Inthe rain we need an umbrella.
4. We had a picnic in the park.
5. I drew a line with a ruler.
6 . The frog jumped out of the pond.
U . Tsaw a spider spinning a web.
8 . The clock ticked loudly.
Challenge: answers may vary
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Practice: Practice: Practice:
er words: herd, jerk, term, herb, verse, stern, What is for dinner? It is curry. parts of the bodu: arm, neck, head, foot,
person, serve Where is Paris? It is in France. leg, hand
ir words: bird, stir, dirt, girl, first, skirt, firm, What do you want to drink? I would like fruit: apple, orange, banana, grapes, pear,
third fruit juice, please. melon
ur words: churn, turn, curl, church, purse, Why are you sad? I am lost. clothes: coat, hat, gloves, socks, trousers,
curve, burn, fur Who is your friend? Myfriend is Emma. skirt
Challenge: curve/serve, stir/fur, jerk/shirk, Challenge: Challenge: answers may vary
church/perch, nurse/verse, third/herd, 1. What colour is it?
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firm/germ, dirt/hurt, girl/curl, turn/stern . What do you like doing best?
Practice:
. Do you have any pets?
Page 21 1. The children went to school.
. What month is it?
Practice: 3., 4., 6.,10. are correct . Have you seen my pencil?
Where do you live?
Challenge: answers may vary . My house is onfire!
What sports do you like?
. James said, “I will clean the brushes.”
Page 22 . What is the weather like?
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mB. My favourite colours are red, brown,
Practice: hear, dear, fear, near, gear, year, ONAOKRWH
. What time is it?
yellow and orange.
clear, rear, tear, pear/appear Page 26 6. Some cats are black.
Challenge: Practice: 7. Do you have a pet?
‘bed’ words: head, dead, ready, bear, wear, 2. Be quiet! 8. “This bag is heavy,” the lady said.
spread, thread, steady . How nice to see you! Challenge:
‘meet’ words: heat, leap, speak, teach, steam, . You must bejoking! 1. What a lovely surprise!
easy, eagle . Treally love sweets! 2. Please leave the box on the table.
Page 23 . Stop thief! 3. Ihave been to France, Italy, Spain and
Practice: Help! Greece.
1. mice, rats, gerbils, hamsters and guinea . It’s not fair!
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ONO 4. How many brothers and sisters do you
pigs Challenge: have?
2. potatoes, onions, carrots, cabbages and PA Boll Ge SM oy Bh We, Pats She 10) 5. “Tam going shopping,” said Mr Hills.
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3. apples, pears, oranges, bananas and Practice: 2. books, 3. coats, 4. shirts,
grapes 5. jumpers, 6. hats, 7. cup, 8. saucer, 9. pan,
. cups, saucers, plates, bowls and dishes 10. plate, 11. mug, 12. bowl
curry, pizza, sausages, pasta and fish Challenge:
. Cars, lorries, bikes, buses and vans 2. The girls looked at the bikes.
. red, orange, yellow, green and blue 3. The dogs chased the cats.
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. guitar, piano, trumpet, trombone and 4. The builders built the houses.
flute 5. The doctors sat on the chairs.
Challenge: answers may vary
6. The monsters came out of the caves.
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Practice: Practice: Edward, Amy, Nagish, Shanaz,
1. painful, 2. useful, 3. hopeful, 4. careful, Mr Gregg, Mrs Barnes, Dr Patel, Miss Shah
5. powerful, 6. thankful, 7. colourful, Challenge: Monday, Wednesday,
8. thoughtful, 9. helpful, 10. truthful, Thursday, Saturday
11. wonderful, 12. faithful 3. March, 4. April, 8. August, 9. September,
Challenge: 10. October, 12. December
kindly, hateful, suddenly, cheerful, careful,
slowly, poorly, safely, faithful, bravely, Page 29
useful, lovely, cruelly, helpful, sadly, Practice: 2. ill, 3. small, 4. hard, 5. silly,
painful, truthful, loudly 6. wet, 7. start, 8. strong, 9. sad, 10. quick
Challenge: 2. high, 3. speak, 4. jump,
5. uneven, 6. silent, 7. slender, 8. request
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