MONDAY

See if you can improve these sentences by adding an adjective before the noun in the sentence. The line shows where an adjective

should be.

The _______ alien got down from his ______ spaceship eagerly. The ________ alien looked around but could not see anything. The ship had created a _________ dust cloud on the ground as it landed and this was now making visibility difficult. Slowly the _________ dust settled and he began to see where he was. Hundreds of _______, _______ trees appeared slowly and it soon became clear he was near a _________ forest. As he was green too he felt at home.

He began to walk through the ________ trees and smell the ________, _________ air. He felt glad to be alive. Surely this, the most _________ planet he had ever visited. After a few minutes he came to a ________, _______ lake where he looked at his _________ reflection in the _________ water. He had never seen himself before. He jumped back, frightened.

“Who was this stranger?” he thought to himself. He felt some of the _________ water in his hand. It felt strange to the touch. This was nothing like he was used to back home on planet Zarg.

Change the boring verbs (in red) and ordinary adjectives (in blue)

1. Paul was sad ( _______ ) when the football burst.

2. Bill felt mad ( _______ ) with his little ( _______ ) sister.

3. Ann went ( _______ ) into the big, dark ( _______,

_______ ) cave.

4. She has a nice ( _______ ) face and nice ( _______ ) hair.

5. We saw ( ________ ) the old ( ______ ) bus go up the big ( ________ ) hill.

6. The thief took ( _______ ) a new watch, and then ran

( ________ ) away.

7. She saw a scared ( ________) kitten holding ( ________ ) on to the branch and went ( ________) to rescue it.

8. When the vampire got up ( ________ ) from the coffin, Jim

was scared ( _________) He got a stake and tried to hit ( _________ ) him.

TUESDAY

Apostrophes for contraction.

Cut out all of the words and match them to their shortened forms. Write the new words.

I’ve It’s

You’re I’ll

Won’t She’s Don’t Can’t Didn’t

Do not I will

Will not I have It is

Can not She is Did not You are

Conjunctions - Start by cutting out all the sentences and the conjunctions. Then decide which conjunction would join two of the

sentences together and write the full sentence.

WEDNESDAY

Inverted commas (Speech marks)

Can you put speech marks in the correct place in these sentences? Copy the sentences with the speech marks added.

1. Hello, said my mum when I came home from school. 2. What time is it? Asked Amjal. 3. Stop talking! Shouted the teacher. 4. The man in the shop asked, Do you need any help? 5. Can you go the shop? Asked Dad. Yes I replied. 6. The old lady asked, Can you help me cross the road?

Now try to create some of your own speech sentences.

Put in the correct punctuation in the below sentences. Put in speech marks (“ “), exclamation marks (!), full stops (.), commas (,) and

capital letters where needed.

1. I would be delighted to come to the party shrieked Amy.

2. Jenna shouted pass the ball to me

3. Carla asked which way do I draw the picture

4. I would like to come to the birthday party said Matthew I like ice skating.

5. Shall I use joined up writing asked George

6. I hope I am good today exclaimed Daniel so that I can get a new toy.

7. My name is in the bible shouted luke

8. Do you like ice-cream asked melanie

THURSDAY

Tom’s exciting morning

Tom woke up early. He knew the taxi was just around the corner. He felt like it was Christmas morning but is was the middle of August. He grabbed his case and knocked on his parents’ door eagerly. They shouted back, “It’s nearly time Thomas, go and wake Olivia up!” Tom ran into his sister’s room and jumped on the bed. They both grinned and chatted about the week ahead.

A little while later, the taxi was outside so Tom grabbed his sunglasses and cap. He chuckled to himself because it was very dark and cold outside! Tom and Olivia sprinted to the back seat of the taxi whilst Mum and Dad threw the suitcases into the boot. Then, Mum made sure Olivia was secure in her special booster seat. Mum also went back inside to get Buster the dog!

Olivia’s face dropped and she poked her brother who also looked worried. “Where are you taking Buster?!” they both said cautiously. Mum smiled, “Just to grandmas. We’re going to be gone for a while!” Their faces relaxed and they giggled at how silly they had been!

As they approached their destination, Olivia tapped her brother on the arm and pointed outside. “They look like giant birds!” she said. Tom thought this was really funny and he laughed with his sister. Mum and Dad looked at their watches. Their faces dropped. They quickly got Olivia out of her seat and put her in her pram. Dad grabbed Tom’s hand and they paid the man quickly. “Come on guys!” Dad said sounding slightly worried.

Questions

1. How do we know Tom felt excited in Paragraph One? Try and find all the clues.

2. Why do you think Tom chuckled to himself when he went outside in Paragraph Two?

3. Where do you think Tom is going? Explain why you think this. 4. Pretend you are Tom. Write down how you are feeling and what you are

thinking as you travel in the taxi. 5. Why has Tom packed sunglasses? 6. Why do you think Olivia and Tom were worried when Mum went back

into the house to get Buster? 7. What do you think Olivia was pointing to when she said “they look like

giant birds!”? 8. What do you think happened when Mum and Dad looked at their watches

in paragraph four? 9. Pretend you are Dad at the end of the passage. Write a few sentences

explaining your thoughts and feelings.

FRIDAY

Prefixes

mis non ex anti co

Copy these words and circle the prefixes:

misbehave exclaim misread co-star nonsense antiseptic non-stop exit antidote exterior antifreeze non-fiction

mis non ex anti co

Write down these words with the correct prefix added

__-clockwise __-operate __-stick

__take __plode __biotic __hear __writer __fortune

Extension Task

mis non ex anti co

Write down these words with the correct prefix added

__-drip __port __place

__tend __count __change

Prefixes Write the new word in the box, If you’re not sure use a dictionary.

Root word un pre dis re

tied

like

write

agree

paid

use

cook

appear

important

play

friendly

view

allow

start

soak