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.

“STOP!”

shouted Mark.

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

Put in the correct punctuation in the below sentences. Put in speech

marks (“ “), exclamation marks (!), full stops (.), commas (,) and

capital letters where needed.

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?

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

the sentences into your books with the speech marks added.

Now try to create some of your own speech

sentences.

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.

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

Clever Clauses

We use clauses to add extra interest to our sentences.

For example, a simple sentence might read.....

The lady walked down the stairs.

To make this more interesting we could put in a clause......

The lady walked down the stairs, whilst balancing an apple upon her

head.

The lady walked down the stairs, whilst eating a ripe banana.

Another example....Here’s the simple version.

On Monday our teacher read a story.

Now we make it more interesting....

On Monday our teacher read us a story, meanwhile the class silently

escaped.

On Monday our teacher read us a story, suddenly a gorilla jumped in

through the open window.

Now try adding a clause to these simple sentences with your partner. Try saying your

sentences to each other first, the write them down when you are happy with them. The first

one is done for you.

1. The cat sat on the mat.

The cat sat on the mat when she had finished her food.

2. The boy played football.

The boy played football __________________________________________

3. The house was on fire.

The house was on fire____________________________________________

4. When we got home we watched TV.

When we got home we watched

TV__________________________________

5. Now

use the

pictures

to think

Copy out these sentences

in your book. Then

underline the embedded

clauses.

of some of your own sentences with clauses. Write them on the back of this sheet.

LO: To find and punctuate an

embedded clause in a sentence.

Oh no! Someone has left the

commas out! Copy these sentences

and put the commas back around

the embedded clause.

1. The boy, who was only seven, could play the piano.

2. The beach, which was very crowded, was hotter than ever.

3. The ball, which was kicked by the goal keeper, flew through the air.

4. The music which was too loud gave me a headache.

5. The old lady who had lots of bags waited for a taxi.

6. The bus which was empty sped down the street.

Get it rite!

Read through the following sentences and see how many mistakes you can spot.

Highlight and correct any you find.

It were late one evening jenny were getting ready for bed wen she

heard a peculyar noise from the street out side She went over to the

window and cautiously looks out. At first she coud not see nothing but as

her eyes adjusted to the darknes jenny spoted tow strange figures lurkng

at the bottom of her garden.

“Come quikly and looks at at this she calls to her brother There was

someones in the garden! I can sea them now” Okay, okay I was

there in a minute replied Nick “Im just getting change”

Jenny kept looks out at the misterious figures, all is now silent but

she was sure she can see them moving

Nik camed in. “ right let me look.” Then He laughts, “ Oh you sill

There only the new bushes Dad planting today moving in the wind. If you go out in

the morning you saw that I am rite Then Jeny herd the strange noise again “Whats

that then.she askd

Homophones

Homophones are words that sound exactly

the same but are spelt differently and have

different meanings.

e.g.

right He got the answer right.

write Use a pencil to write your

homework.

Use the homophone that you do not use

in a sentence of your own. This means

that there will be 10 sentences

altogether.

1. The brave ___________ saved the princess. ( knight / night )

2. The footballer hurt his _________.

( heal / heel )

3. The winners tried to __________ the trophy above their heads. ( raise / rays )

4. The farmer took a _________ home for his tea. ( leak / leek )

5. “_________ are the boys?” asked the teacher. (wear / where )

Homophones

Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled

differently.

The plane landed at the airport. The cake tasted very plain.

Choose the correct homophone to complete the sentence.

1. The boat needed a new________________. sail sale

2. It was a dark_______________________. knight night

3. I was very_________________________. board bored

4. It was a good book to _______________. read reed

5. I need a new _______________ of socks. pair pear

6. Some people _____________ every day. prey pray

7. The burglar had nerves of ___________. steal steel

8. There is a good ______________ on TV. cereal serial

9. Don’t _________________ water! waist waste

10.Have another __________of cake. Piece peace

Use a dictionary to help you if you need to.

Think of other words that sound the same but mean different

things.

1. dear_________________ 2. farther_____________

3. route_________________ 3. Knot_______________

There / their or they’re

Where are Mark and Sally? ________ over there.

They’ve forgotten _________ bags.

_________ is no soap in my bathroom.

_________ several mistakes on this homework.

I’ve met them before, but I don’t remember ________ names.

I don’t know who they are, but I think _________ visitors.

Look at the smiles on _________ faces.

I don’t think _________ coming to my party.

From the look on ________ faces. I don’t think ________ very

happy.

I like visiting London, but I don’t want to live ________.

They cannot decide what to have to eat. They cannot make up

________ minds.

Where is the cat? It’s over __________.

_________ two reasons why I am against this idea.

I know __________ considering buying a new computer system.

Which witch is which?

A witch is a woman who wears black clothes, casts spells and rides a

broomstick. (Like Mildred Hubble in ‘The Worst Witch.)

Which is a question word, about making a choice. (e.g. Which is your

book?)

Fill in the missing witch/which.

1. …………….. is your classroom?

2. I saw a ……………………. with a black cat.

3. My mum asked …………. is my favourite book.

4. I want to know ……………….. character in the story is the best.

5. Miss Hardbroom is a very wicked …………………….

6. I wonder …………………… way it is to the shops?

7. The ……………… had long finger nails.

8. Nina dressed up like a …………………. for Halloween.

9. ……………… way did the little……………….. fly on her broomstick?

10.……………….. …………………… is the naughty one in ‘The Worst ……………….’

story?

our or are 1. We hang ____ coats on _____ own pegs.

2. There ____ three huge trees in _____ garden.

3. We lost _____ dog in the woods.

4. How many questions _____ there on ____ homework

sheet?

5. There ____ twelve platforms in the station but ____

train is at platform 2.

6. I think that there _____ twenty houses in ____ road

and _____ house is number four.

7. Where _____ _____ books?

8. There _____ twenty-two girls in _____ class and

they _____ all delightful.

too two to

Mum had promised ____ take Ben and Jill ____the zoo. The ____

children were so excited that they could hardly wait for Saturday

____ come. They wanted ____take their baby sister but Mum said

that she was ____ young.

They arrived at the zoo at ____o’clock. They had ____ pay ____ get

in and Mum bought them ____ bags of nuts ____ feed ____ the

animals.

Ben wanted___ go ____ see the lions first. Jill liked the lions but they

didn’t roar or snarl the way Ben wanted them ____. Mum said that

probably they were ____ full of meat ____ be interested in Ben.

Jill dragged the others over ____ the elephants’ enclosure. Ben didn’t

want ____ get ____close ____ the ____ huge elephants while Jill

tried ____ feed them some nuts. They gave the rest of the nuts ____

the monkeys and watched while ____ little monkeys had a fight over

them.

They tried ____ visit every animal in the zoo but there were ____

many ____ see in one day. Mum said they could come again when

their sister was old enough ____ come ____.