Worksheets

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Year group

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36 sheets. The whole shelf for this year group.

Reading
The Helpful Dolphin
Lily swims too far, and a friendly dolphin guides her back to the shore.
P1reading a passage, then answering in your own words
Added 19 October
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Reading
Tom’s Lost Backpack
A blue backpack goes missing at the park, and a kind park worker finds it.
P1reading a passage, then answering in your own words
Added 19 October
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Reading
May and Her Rabbit
May gives her rabbit Snow too many carrots, and the vet explains why he will not hop.
P1reading a passage, then answering in your own words
Added 19 October
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Reading
My Monster
A trail of enormous footprints, a shaggy monster, and a warm bed in the morning.
P1reading a passage and finding the answer in it
Added 19 October
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Reading
The Hidden Box
A broken lock, a box under a lemon tree, and a time capsule twenty years old.
P1reading a passage and finding the answer in it
Added 19 October
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Reading
What’s Going On?
Red spots at school, then more and more children stay home, and then the teacher too.
P1reading a passage and finding the answer in it
Added 19 October
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Listening
A Week of Fun and Learning
Tom's weekly plan, from Monday's basketball to Sunday with his family. Listen to the story, then answer seven questions about it.
P1listening for what happens on which day
Added 22 September
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Listening
Mid-Autumn Festival
Lanterns on Grandma's rooftop, a riddle game, and the prize Lin gave away. Listen to the story, then answer seven questions about it.
P1listening for why somebody did something
Added 22 September
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Listening
A Busy but Happy Weekend
A fruit farm, a quiet lake where nothing bit, and a Sunday at home. Listen to the story, then answer seven questions about it.
P1listening for what happened, and in what order
Added 22 September
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Listening
My Pet Turtle
Olive gets out of her tank, and damp footprints lead to the laundry. Listen to the story, then answer seven questions about it.
P1listening for clues and what they point to
Added 22 September
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Listening
Penguins
Not all of them live on ice: wings like flippers, and a father who holds the egg. Listen to the story, then answer seven questions about it.
P1listening to a fact sheet and holding the facts
Added 22 September
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Listening
The Magic Key
A star-topped key under the leaves, a door behind the vines, and no gold in the box. Listen to the story, then answer seven questions about it.
P1listening for what a story means, not just what happens
Added 22 September
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Listening
A Special Day at the Animal Shelter
Coco has waited two months in a corner, and Emma cannot take him home yet. Listen to the story, then answer seven questions about it.
P1listening for how somebody feels and why
Added 22 September
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Listening
Choosing a Gift for a Friend
Anna passes over the cheaper notebook for the pencils that suit Lucy. Listen to the story, then answer seven questions about it.
P1listening for the reason behind a choice
Added 22 September
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Reading
Telling the Truth
Max breaks his mother's blue vase and blames the cat, and spends the afternoon carrying it around. Read it, then answer ten questions about it.
P1reading a passage and finding the answer in it
Added 8 September
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Reading
Eating Healthy Food
Sam eats only candy for lunch, then finds he cannot keep up with his friends on the football pitch. Read it, then answer ten questions about it.
P1reading a passage and finding the answer in it
Added 8 September
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Reading
Homework Can Be Fun
Sam has an excuse for every piece of homework, until his teacher sets a project about animals. Read it, then answer ten questions about it.
P1reading a passage and finding the answer in it
Added 8 September
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Grammar
Grammar Pack: prepositions, present tense and connectives
Thirteen pages in three parts. Where things are and when they happen, what we do every day, and the words that join two ideas together — each with a rule, exercises, a passage to read and a piece of writing.
P1prepositions, the simple present tense, and joining words
Added 8 September
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Grammar
Articles Pack: a, an and the
Six pages on the three little words that come before a noun — when to use a, when to use an, and when only the will do. Finishes with a review and a passage to hunt through.
P1choosing between a, an and the
Added 8 September
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Grammar
Nouns: one and many
Plurals from the start: add -s, add -es, y to ies, and the six that go their own way.
P1making nouns plural
Added 1 August
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Grammar
Articles: a, an and the
Which little word goes before a noun, and why it is the sound that decides.
P1choosing a, an or the
Added 31 July
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Grammar
Pointing words: this, that, these, those
Near or far, one or many: the four words a child points with.
P1using this, that, these and those
Added 30 July
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Grammar
Pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they
Swapping a name for the little word that stands in its place.
P1using subject pronouns
Added 29 July
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Grammar
The verb to be: am, is and are
The commonest verb in English, and matching it to the person.
P1matching am, is and are to the subject
Added 28 July
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Grammar
The verb to have: have and has
Who has what: have with I, you, we and they, has with everybody else.
P1using have and has
Added 27 July
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Grammar
Adjectives: describing words
Adjectives: colour, size, how it feels and what it is like, and where they go.
P1using adjectives to describe a noun
Added 26 July
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Grammar
Numbers, age and how many
Number words to ten, the plural after them, and asking How many and How old.
P1counting, asking how many and saying your age
Added 25 July
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Grammar
Simple present: what happens every day
What we do again and again, and the -s that goes with he, she and it.
P1the simple present and the third person -s
Added 24 July
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Grammar
can and can't: what you are able to do
Saying what you are able to do, what you are not, and asking somebody else.
P1using can and can't
Added 23 July
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Grammar
Prepositions of place: where it is
in, on, under, next to, behind and in front of, and the word that follows them.
P1using prepositions of place
Added 22 July
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Grammar
Giving instructions: do this, do that
The plain verb at the front, Don't for the negative and Please to be polite.
P1giving and following instructions
Added 21 July
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Grammar
Joining words: and, but
Joining two ideas: and when they match, but when the second one is a surprise.
P1joining ideas with and and but
Added 20 July
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Writing
Capital letters and full stops
Where a sentence starts and stops, and the words that always take a capital.
P1capital letters and end punctuation
Added 19 July
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Reading
Reading: a short story
A story about a hurt bird, and the three kinds of question a reader meets.
P1reading a story and answering questions about it
Added 18 July
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Writing
Writing about me
Four questions, four sentences: the shape of a short text about yourself.
P1planning and writing a short text about yourself
Added 17 July
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Worksheets

Year group

Shelf

The Helpful Dolphin

Tom’s Lost Backpack

May and Her Rabbit

My Monster

The Hidden Box

What’s Going On?

A Week of Fun and Learning

Mid-Autumn Festival

A Busy but Happy Weekend

My Pet Turtle

Penguins

The Magic Key

A Special Day at the Animal Shelter

Choosing a Gift for a Friend

Telling the Truth

The Growing Seed

Eating Healthy Food

Homework Can Be Fun

Grammar Pack: prepositions, present tense and connectives

Articles Pack: a, an and the

Nouns: one and many

Articles: a, an and the

Pointing words: this, that, these, those

Pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they

The verb to be: am, is and are

The verb to have: have and has

Adjectives: describing words

Numbers, age and how many

Simple present: what happens every day

can and can't: what you are able to do

Prepositions of place: where it is

Giving instructions: do this, do that

Joining words: and, but

Capital letters and full stops

Reading: a short story

Writing about me