CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY ENGLISH 1 LANGUAGE WORKSHEET ANSWERS

Language worksheet answers

Language worksheet 1A: Reading verbs ending in –ed
1 a Jamal wanted to open his birthday presents.
b Jamal looked at his presents and opened one. It was a scooter!
c ‘Wake up, Mum and Dad!’ shouted Jamal.
d Jamal wanted to ride his scooter downstairs.
e The cat jumped onto the table. The cup broke.
f Jamal went back to bed and snoozed!
2 The cup crashed to the floor.

Language worksheet 1B: Places we know

Learners’ own drawings and captions

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Language worksheet 2A: Parts of a book

Language worksheet 2B: A–Z of first experiences

Learners’ own responses

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Language worksheet 3A: Writing numbers and number words

Learners write numbers correctly.

Language worksheet 3B: Colour Splat Snap!

Learners practise words for colours.

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Language worksheet 4A: Plurals –s and –es

1 cat, dishes, chicks, boxes, worms, toys
2 tooth – teeth; leaf – leaves; mouse – mice; baby – babies

Language worksheet 4B: Story book language

Learners’ own word mats

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Language worksheet 5A: Ordering

1 Pictures stuck in correct order and numbered
2 Following words written in boxes: Equipment: mixing bowl, knife, spoon, serving bowl;
Ingredients: potatoes, onions, herbs, mayonnaise.

Language worksheet 5B: Instruction verbs

Learners’ own responses, but may include:
• Directions: turn left, turn right, go straight on, stop, go forward
• Making things: fold, press, cut, paint, bend, draw, colour
• Keeping fit: run, walk, hop, jump, stretch, bend, skip
• Cooking: cook, stir, add, mix, spoon, pour, beat

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Language worksheet 6A: Using capital letters in different ways

1 Wednesday was a tough day.
2 Rod Hunt wrote the poem Bad Day, Good Day.
3 I really liked the rhyme called Sand.
4 Did you think Laughing Time was funny?
5 Giraffe began to laugh: Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!

Language worksheet 6B: Rhyming Vowel Snap!

Learners practise long vowel phonemes.

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Language worksheet 7A: Singular and plural

Down here,
In the green, there are / is:
Seeds / a seed
Weeds / a weed
Stalks / a stalk
Pods / a pod
And tiny little flowers. / And a tiny little flower.

Language worksheet 7B: Compound words

dragonfly, snowman, rainbow and learners’ own jigsaw pieces showing compounds

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Language worksheet 8A: Verbs ending in –s, –ing, –ed

Present tense Past tense

Verb –s ending –ing ending –ed ending

live lives living lived

enjoy enjoys enjoying enjoyed

walk walks walking walked

jump jumps jumping jumped

stay stays staying stayed

look looks looking looked

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Challenge:

Present tense Past tense

Verb –s ending –ing ending Irregular: cannot

add –ed ending

eat eats eating ate

keep keeps keeping kept

swim swims swimming swam

Language worksheet 8B: Nouns

Emperor Penguins
Habitat
Diet
Emperor penguins are the largest kind of penguin. They can be 130 cm tall.
They live in Antarctica in colonies.
They eat fish.
long, hooked beak webbed feet sharp claws brood pouch short wings
thick layers of fat black, white and yellow feathers

Fun facts

• They have strong claws for gripping the ice.

• They have webbed feet for fast swimming.
• They have a brood pouch for keeping their chicks safe and warm.
• They cannot fly.

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Language worksheet 9A: Different ways to end a sentence

1 How do I describe the snow?
2 I hear thunder.
3 Where does the wind go?
4 I walk to school.
5 Does the snow fall softly?

Language worksheet 9B: Common words

Learners’ own word spinners

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