year 4 revision booklet term 2 - british islamic academy

1 BIA- YEAR 4 – English Revision paclk Term 2 (Spring term Jan 2018)

YEAR 4

REVISION

BOOKLET

TERM 2


TENSES

PAST – SOMETHING THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED.

PRESENT – SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING NOW.

FUTURE – SOMETHNG THAT WILL HAPPEN.

READ EACH SENTENCE AND NEXT TO IT WRITE WHETHER IT’S IN P(PAST),

PR(PRESENT) OR F(FUTURE) TENSE.


Sort these words into their synonym groups by meaning.

warm frosty icy boiling chilly freezing

nippy blistering unheated roasting ice polar

baking fiery burning frozen shivering sizzling

Hot

Cold


USE ADVERBS FOR EFFECT.

E.G-

THE DOG BARKED

HOW DID THE DOG BARK?

THE DOG BARKED LOUDLY.

Instead of said, use:

Called Shouted

Cried Whispered

Responded Questioned

Demanded Stated

Asked Exclaimed

Instead of ran, use:

Hurried Raced

Scurried Darted

Dashed Jogged

Galloped Sprinted

Rushed Sped Instead of laughed, use:

Sniggered Cackled

Giggled Chortled

Chuckled Howled

Roared Tittered

Shrieked Guffawed

Instead of walked, use:

Staggered Shuffled

Travelled Ambled

Marched Hiked

Trudged Paraded

Sauntered Strolled

Instead of saw, use:

Glimpsed Glanced at

Noticed Spied

Examined Gazed at

Sighted Spotted

Watched Stared at

Instead of like, use:

Admire Prefer

Cherish Enjoy

Appreciate Fancy

Adore Idolise

Love

Instead of sad, use:


1) Add the correct adverb from the words below to the sentences below

Depressed Woeful

Miserable Unhappy

Heartbroken Glum

Downhearted Sorrowful

Inconsolable Dejected

Instead of pretty, use:

Beautiful Gorgeous

Glamorous Attractive

Elegant Stunning

Striking Lovely

Charming Delightful

Instead of nice, use:

Pleasant Marvellous

Kind Caring

Delightful Charming

Likable Friendly

Compassionate

Instead of good, use:

Pleasant Splendid

Superb Marvellous

Grand Terrific

Incredible Wonderful

Superior Delightful

Instead of funny, use:

Amusing Comical

Hilarious Laughable

Witty Silly

Humorous Hysterical

Playful Entertaining

Instead of happy, use:

Glad Jubilant

Joyful Thrilled

Cheerful Merry

Delighted Elated

Ecstatic Upbeat

Instead of smart, use:

Bright Intelligent

Brainy Wise

Resourceful Crafty

Slick Genius

Knowledgeable

Instead of little, use:

Miniscule Miniature

Tiny Pocket-sized

Teeny Minute

Short Young

Meagre Narrow

Instead of big, use:

Enormous Tremendous

Colossal Immense

Towering Mighty

Mammoth Gigantic

Monstrous Vast


oddly there tomorrow greedily

Khadija __________________ ate five cupcakes.

Look, I think that’s my cat _________________.

Mum and Dad are going on a holiday _______________.

Elias behave rather _____________ when he saw us.

2) Circle the determiners in the sentences below

Some friends of mine have been to this restaurant before.

Charlie has an idea about how to rescue your dog.

Every suggestion on how to tackle my problem is useful.

Those police officers walked in and arrested a waiter.

3) What is an adjective?

________________________________________________________________________

4) Add an adjective to complete the noun phrases below.

A warm, ___________ day ____________ fields

A __________ walk some __________sheep

5) What is a verb?


____________________________________________________________________________

6) Write the correct verbs into these sentences.

wrote written writing

I am ________________ a letter today.

He ___________ a letter last week.

He has __________ a letter.

7) Circe the correct form of the verb in each of the sentences below.

Shadia teach/teaches rock climbing at the village hall.

Where is/are all the chairs?

On Fridays, Mustafa goes/go to Jumah Salah with his dad.

8) What is a pronoun? Give an example

__________________________________________________________________________

9) Use the pronouns below to finish the story. Use each one once.

it she he us


Today I went to the cinema with Jane. We bought some popcorn and ate _________ all during the

adverts. Jane talked throughout the whole film - _________ is a chatterbox. A man told _________

tp be quiet - _________ was quite angry.

1) What is a noun?

_________________________________________________________

2) Group these words under the correct heading

Khadija chair wood Palestine pen Hargeysa table bear

Common noun Proper noun

3) Write two alternative connectives that are much better to use than ‘and then’.

a)

b)

4) Complete the box

Word with prefix Root word How the meaning changes


dishonest

happy

mistake

1) List 5 words that come to your mind when you think of the beach.

________________________________________________________________

2) Use cool connectives to complete these sentences.

The sun was shining ___________ it was cold.

Jibril ran very fast __________ Hamdan won.

3) Look at this weather forecast. Imagine it was exactly right. Write a

weather diary for the day, changing the verbs from future to past tense.

Today will start off bright and sunny. There will be some ground frost, which

will melt by mid-morning. There will be a cold wind from the West, bringing in

some cloud. It will rain chocolate drops in the afternoon. Temperatures will be

between 5 and 10 degrees Celius.

Today_started_off_bright_and_sunny._There_was...____________________

________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________


________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

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________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

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Try using some descriptive words that directly refer to

something mentioned in a sentence. Look at these

examples:

“Pass me the chocolate please,” Eman said sweetly.

“I’m the fastest runner in the school,” Talha replied swiftly.

Complete the sentences below by choosing a word from the

brackets


“I’ve just found the light switch,” Adam said

____________

(brightly, easily, happily)

“The wind is very strong,” Yasmine cried

_______________

(anxiously, breezily, wearily)

“Let me stomp on that can,” Ridwan said

______________

(dreamily, crushingly, fearlessly)

“I need a drink of water,” Samira said

________________

(eagerly, carefully, dryly)

“Look both ways before you cross the road,” Jamal said

_______________. (sadly, excitedly, carefully)

“This apple isn’t ripe,” Elyas said _____________

(sourly, thankfully, hopefully)

Now make up 4 more examples of this type of sentence


1.

2.

3.

4.

Complete these sentences with a suitable adverb

1. The snail crawled ___________ along the path.

2. The sun shone _______________ through the window.

3. The children in the class sang ____________.

4. The twins played _____________ in the park.

5. The wolf _____________ ate up all the cows in the field.

6. James ran ______________ and won the race.

7. The rain fell _______________ and we all got very wet.


8. You must play _______________ or someone will get hurt.

9. The sun _________________ turned the water into ice.

10. The dog ran _______________ after the ball.

1) Put the speech marks in the correct places in the sentences below.

a) What time is it? asked Angel.

b) I want chicken for dinner, said Monica.

c) Can I play on the computer Mum? asked Kayla.

d) I would like an ice cream please, said Sarah.

e) That costs 12 dollars said the shop-keeper.

f) Would you like to read a book? asked the teacher.

g) John hit me, said Henry.

h) Where is the cheese? asked Kayleigh.

i) It is time to go to computers, said the teacher.

j) What is 10 + 2? asked Miss Byrne.

k) Hooray shouted the children.

2) Oh no! The teacher has forgot to add the speech marks to this story. Put

the speech marks where it is needed.


Excuse me, said the man. Can you tell me what the time is? I think it’s about 8

o’clock, replied Graham. I haven’t got my watch on but I remember seeing the

time on the town hall clock a few minutes ago. The town hall! said the man.

That’s just what I’m looking for. Can you point me in the right direction?

Certainly, said Graham. You just go down there past the bank, turn left, go

straight on and the town hall will be on your right hand side. Brilliant, said the

man, Thanks for your help. That’s okay, said Graham.

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