English basics for ages 6 7 key stage 1

Look and learn Some letter patterns are very common.. BA Contents Letter patterns Word order Adding ed and ing Vowels and consonants Making sense of sentences Conjunctions Rhymin

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

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

@ 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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Published in 2013

by Igloo Books Ltd Cottage Farm

Letts Educational, 414 Chiswick High Road, London W4 5TF Telephone: 020 8996 3333 Fax: 020 8742 8390 E-mail: mail@lettsed.co.uk Text: © Letts Educational Ltd 1999 Author: Louis Fidge

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Contents

Letter patterns

Word order

Adding ed and ing

Vowels and consonants

Making sense of sentences

Conjunctions

Rhyming

Word building

Full stops and question marks

Putting words in groups

Check your sentences Looking for letter patterns Commas

Adding to the ends of words

Checking up on punc

Answers

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Look and learn \

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

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

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

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

The pencil wrote with the bou

The man fell off the wall

The television was watching the children

The mouse chased the cat

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Adding ed and ting

@eeeeeseeseoeeaseeeseeaeaeseeeaseeaeseeeaeeeaesgseeeeeoeeeoeeeseeee eee ee 8

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

Practice

Complete this chart

fee fae Bead

Add ed to the end of these verbs Take care with the spelling!

owels and consonants

Look and learn |

There are 26 letters in the alphabet There are 5 vowels: a,e,i,o and u All the other letters are consonants

Every word usually has at least one vowel in it

Underline the vowel in each word

hats 2 net 3 mop

4 bell SeEZID 6 rug fog 8 hut 9 tap hen 11 tin 12 sock

_ Think of a suitable vowel to complete each word

Now write the words you made in the correct sets

Making sense of sentences

@eeeeeeseeceoevoeoe eee eaeseeseeeeseeaeoeeoeeseoeeeeeeeeeee ee ee 8 8

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Sentences should make sense when youreadthem

Choose the correct word to complete each sentence

2 The children running (was / were)

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)

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

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A conjunction is a joining word It may be used sen

two sentences together

— 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

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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

* spade

Look and learn

In spelling we have to learn how

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 of the river

There are five vowels in the alphabet

The queen wears a crown on her head

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Full stops and question marks

Look and learn \

A sentence often finishes A question always finishes

What do you like best at school

My favourite subject is art

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

who is your favourite singer

tom and emma are good friends

Putting words in groups

eeeeeeeeceeoeeeoeeeoeaoe ease eee eeoeeee ees eaeees eee esene -_ aoe

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Wook and learn \

Sometimes it is helpful to put words in groups

Sort out these words into groups

Challenge \

Circle the odd word out in each group

| [Bel eoage the house bungalow |B) desk ople orange borane

Look and learn \ | is Antony ms are words that are opposite in meaning

Choose the prefix un or dis to make each word

mean the opposite

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Compound words

@®eeeeeeao eceeaeas ees eaeaeaeeeeeaeeoeeeeeseseevseeeevs e@eeoaeaeee eevee ®@

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Compound words are made up of two smaller words joined together

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

Make some new words

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

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

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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

I (_ Tlive in inacastle ) sgl acastle, )

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

The builder said, “ I build houses ”

SET CAOWUGAD CaS CU Mammen ea

The letters wh and ph

Look and learn \

Two common letter patterns are wh and ph

5550 (ce 6 _—ere 7 ne ew 8: jun

9 onics 10 Seon Oren 12 _istle _isker (Psy, cell _ felevar

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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

when you count them / £74

com — pu — ter

(three syllables)

_ Practice \

_ Make these two-sullable words

1 yel + low = yellow 2 sis + ter =

3 un+cle= 4 al+ ways =

7 sud + den = 8 an + gry =

YW, jou + ful = 10 ba + by =

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

ME GUUIKGICS! eee MeO Se LOMGLON ae

3 garden( ) ) 6 cabbage( ) somebody( ) 8 anyone( ) 4 aeroplane( ) picture( ) 11 skating(@ ) 12 motorway( )

tOnighteien ue 14.0coretulG@ sa) )15sremember( & ) |

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Verbs

@eeeeeeesee e@eeeeveaeeeaeseeeeeeeeseseeseeeaeeeeeeeeee e880 8

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Look and learn \

Verbs tell us what someone or something iS doing

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A kangaroo hops

Choose the best verb to complete each sentence

+ 1 Fish swim 2 A frog

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)

8 | my best clothes (wore / weared)

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Beginnings and endings

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_ Look and learn \ —

Always check to make sure your sentences make sense

_ Tom has forgotten to finish Emma has rubbed out the

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- 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

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

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

Check your sentences

Look and learn \ —

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

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Fe ‘A

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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

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

teach steam thread

Look and learn |

Commas are used to separate things ina list

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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

Write a list of what each person needs

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 )

thought + ful =

truth + ful = faith + ful =

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Look and learn

Whenever you write a question you should write a capital letter at the beginning anda question mark at the end

Saket Wehae) Maikela 43

Look and learn \

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

Rewrite each sentence correctly and end it with an exclamation mark

This tastes lovely!

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 _

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

F Singular means one thing Plural means more than one thing

oneshoe, two _shoes _| 2 onebook, two

- onejumper, two +|:~6 onehat, two

Selle : two CUDS oROlLe —— _—_., two saucers

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

Capital letters

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Look and learn \

We use capital letters at the beginning of sentences

Look and learn

Synonyms are words with similar meanings

Practice

Choosea synonym from the box to go with each word below

frightened scared 2ames Gk Petiny 4 difficult foolish 6 damp

Collecting words

Look and learn \

We can group some words together because they are related

These are all names of sports

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?” ||

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Practice \

Fillin the missing punctuation marks in these sentences

The children went to school

Have you seen my pencil

My house is on fire

James said, I will clean the brushes

My favourite colours are red brown yellow and orange

Some cats are black

Do you have a pet

This bag is heavy, the lady said

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_ 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

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