Year 4 Summer Term 1 SPaG Mat 5 5

Add the missing verb to this sentence so that is grammatically correct.

Heading for the supermarket, the

Fairtrade bananas packed

onto the haulage lorry.

a Can you insert a plural possessive apostrophe in the correct place in this sentence?

T h e s o l d i e r s f e e t a l l m a r c h e d i n t i m e .

b

Sort these words into the table:

determiners prepositions

during opposite nine many

e

Join the prefixes to the correct root words:

c

re-

im-

dis-

practical

obey

arrange

Mr Whoops has got in a terrible muddle with his ‘ch’ words that sound like a ‘k’. Can you help him to match each definition with the correct word?

d

the repeating part of a song

you might hear one of these inside a cave

Underline the subordinate clause in this sentence.

The crisps were strewn all over

the carpet as the toddler had

dropped them.

f

Year 4 Summer Term 1 SPaG Mat 5 Answers 5

Add the missing verb to this sentence so that is grammatically correct.

Heading for the supermarket, the

Fairtrade bananas are/were packed

onto the haulage lorry.

a Can you insert a plural possessive apostrophe in the correct place in this sentence?

T h e s o l d i e r s ' f e e t a l l m a r c h e d i n t i m e .

b

Sort these words into the table:

determiners prepositionsnine

many

during

opposite

during opposite nine many

e

Join the prefixes to the correct root words:

c

re-

im-

dis-

practical

obey

arrange

Mr Whoops has got in a terrible muddle with his ‘ch’ words that sound like a ‘k’. Can you help him to match each definition with the correct word?

d

Underline the subordinate clause in this sentence.

The crisps were strewn all over

the carpet as the toddler had

dropped them.

f

the repeating part of a song

you might hear one of these inside a cave

chorus

echo

Year 4 Summer Term 1 SPaG Mat 5 5

Add the missing verbs to these sentences so that they are grammatically correct.

Heading for the supermarket, the

Fairtrade bananas packed

onto the haulage lorry. The lorry

driver ready to set off.

a Can you write a sentence containing a plural possessive apostrophe about these soldiers?

b

Sort these words into the table:

determiners prepositions

during opposite nine many

Add another word to each column.

e

Join the prefixes to the correct root words:

Now, use one of the words you have made in a direct speech sentence:

c

re-

im-

dis-

practical

obey

arrange

Mr Whoops has got in a terrible muddle with his ‘ch’ words that sound like a ‘k’. Can you help him to match each definition with the correct word?

d

the repeating part of a song

you might hear one of these inside a cave

a person in a book or film

Rewrite this sentence with the subordinate clause at the beginning. Don't forget the comma!

The crisps were strewn all over the carpet as the toddler had dropped them.

f

Year 4 Summer Term 1 SPaG Mat 5 Answers 5

Add the missing verbs to these sentences so that they are grammatically correct.

Heading for the supermarket, the

Fairtrade bananas are/were packed

onto the haulage lorry. The lorry

driver was ready to set off.

a Accept any plural possessive apostrophe sentence, e.g. The soldiers’ feet all marched in time.

b

Sort these words into the table:

determiners prepositionsnine

many

during

opposite

Accept any determiners and prepositions added to the correct column.

e

Join the prefixes to the correct root words:

Accept ‘rearrange’, ‘disobey’ or ‘impractical’ in a direct speech sentence, e.g. “We will have to rearrange the staff meeting,” said the head teacher.

c

Mr Whoops has got in a terrible muddle with his ‘ch’ words that sound like a ‘k’. Can you help him to match each definition with the correct word?

d

Rewrite this sentence with the subordinate clause at the beginning. Don't forget the comma!

The crisps were strewn all over the carpet as the toddler had dropped them.

As the toddler had dropped them, the crisps were strewn all over the carpet.

f

the repeating part of a song

you might hear one of these inside a cave

chorus

echo

a person in a book or filmcharacter

re-

im-

dis-

practical

obey

arrange

Year 4 Summer Term 1 SPaG Mat 5 5

Add the missing verbs to these sentences so that they are grammatically correct.

Heading for the supermarket, the Fairtrade bananas packed onto the haulage lorry. The lorry driver ready to set off. He to be there by 4pm.

a

Rewrite this sentence with the subordinate clause at the beginning and appropriate punctuation.

The crisps were strewn all over the carpet as the toddler had dropped them.

f

Can you write a sentence about these soldiers which contains a plural possessive apostrophe and a fronted adverbial?

b

Sort these words into the table:

determiners prepositions

during opposite nine many

Add another word to each column.

Now write a sentence that contains one of the determiners and one of the prepositions that also has a subordinating conjunction.

e

Join the prefixes to the correct root words:

Now, use two of the words you have made in one direct speech sentence:

c

re-

im-

dis-

practical

obey

arrange

Mr Whoops has got in a terrible muddle with his ‘ch’ words that sound like a ‘k’. Can you help him to match each definition with the correct word?

Can you think of another word with a /k/ sound spelt with a ‘ch’?

d

the repeating part of a song

you might hear one of these inside a cave

a person in a book or film

Year 4 Summer Term 1 SPaG Mat 5 Answers 5

Add the missing verbs to these sentences so that they are grammatically correct.

Heading for the supermarket, the Fairtrade bananas are/were packed onto the haulage lorry. The lorry driver was ready to set off. He had to be there by 4pm.

a

Rewrite this sentence with the subordinate clause at the beginning and appropriate punctuation.

The crisps were strewn all over the carpet as the toddler had dropped them.

As the toddler had dropped them, the crisps were strewn all over the carpet.

f

Accept any plural possessive apostrophe sentence, e.g. During the parade, the soldiers’ feet all marched in time.

b

Sort these words into the table:

determiners prepositionsnine

many

during

opposite

Accept any determiners and prepositions added to the correct column.

Accept any sentence with a subordinating conjunction and a determiner and preposition from the table, e.g. During the match, many of the players got injured because of the terrible condition of the pitch.

e

Join the prefixes to the correct root words:

Accept ‘rearrange’, ‘disobey’ or ‘impractical’ in a direct speech sentence, e.g. “We will have to rearrange the staff meeting. Trying to schedule it for today would be impractical,” said the head teacher.

c

re-

im-

dis-

practical

obey

arrange

Mr Whoops has got in a terrible muddle with his ‘ch’ words that sound like a ‘k’. Can you help him to match each definition with the correct word?

Can you think of another word with a /k/ sound spelt with a ‘ch’?

E.g. scheme, chemistry, chemist

d

the repeating part of a song

you might hear one of these inside a cave

chorus

echo

a person in a book or filmcharacter