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Use these worksheets to enrich your lessons on dictionary skills. Includes practice with guide words, entry words, pronunciation, and multiple definitions.

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Using fronted adverbials

An adverbial is a word or phrase that is used, like an adverb , to describe or add more information to a verb or clause .

Adverbs are often used as adverbials, (for example, ‘he moved slowly ’) but many other types of words and phrases can be used this way, including preposition phrases (for example, ‘the day after tomorrow’) and subordinate clauses (for example, ‘when we’ve finished’). ‘Fronted’ just means that the adverbial (the word or phrase doing the describing) is moved to the front of the sentence, followed by a comma:

‘Suddenly, the door opened.’ instead of ‘The door suddenly opened.’   ‘Before we set off, fasten your seatbelt.’ instead of ‘Fasten your seatbelt before we set off.’

Using paragraphs to organise ideas

Paragraphs are collections of sentences that are grouped together because they deal with a common idea or topic. There is no set length to a paragraph.

Your child will be organise paragraphs around a specific theme to make their writing easier to read.

Choosing appropriate nouns and pronouns

Pronouns are used in place of a  noun that has already been mentioned in a text to avoid repeating the noun. For example:

‘Liz was hungry so  she  made a sandwich.’   ‘ We went back to the shop.’   ‘ That  is a terrible idea.’

Your child will use different nouns and pronouns to avoid repetition in their writing. So, instead of writing:

‘Slowly, the detective edged into the room. The detective had the detective’s gun drawn and ready. The detective listened carefully for any sound. The detective heard a creak, so the detective turned to look at the door. The loud creak was just the detective’s partner.’

A child might write:

‘Slowly, Captain Jones edged into the room. The detective had her gun drawn and ready. She listened carefully for any sound. She heard a creak, so she turned to look at the door. It was just Jones’ partner.’

Using inverted commas to punctuate speech

Your child will learn to use inverted commas (often called speech marks) and other punctuation to indicate direct speech in stories or other writing.

The actual words that are spoken are enclosed in inverted commas:

‘It’s pizza for dinner,’ said Dad.

At the end of a piece of speech there should be a comma , full stop , question mark , or exclamation mark . This is placed inside the closing inverted comma or commas:

‘I think we will win,’ said Bill.   ‘What time is it now?’ asked the man.   ‘How strange!’ cried Alice.   ‘This path leads to the sea.’

A comma comes before the first inverted comma if the speech is after information about who is speaking:

Tom replied, ‘Of course it is.’

If the direct speech is broken up by information about who is speaking, a comma (or a question mark or exclamation mark) is used to end the first piece of speech, and a full stop or comma is used before the second piece of speech:

‘No,’ he said. ‘It’s my birthday.’   ‘And with that,’ she said, ‘they were gone.’   ‘Stop!’ he cried. ‘You haven’t closed the door properly!’

How to help at home

There are lots of ways you can help your Year 4 child with grammar and punctuation. Here are our top ideas.

1. Read to your child

Although your child will probably be able to read independently now, reading aloud to your child is still very important for their education, especially with books they can’t yet read on their own.

Listening to a story develops reading skills, builds vocabulary and broadens general knowledge. It also helps to support your child’s writing skills and understanding of grammar and punctuation. While children will learn about how language works from speaking and listening, the type of language we use in writing is often different from that in speech, so listening to text can model different patterns of language.

When you are reading together, look at how authors use different sentence types for effect:

  • Simple sentences containing one clause (for example, ‘Sam picked up the spoon.’).
  • Short commands (for example, ‘Give me the spoon, Sam!’).
  • Compound sentences (for example, ‘Sam picked up the spoon and she ran away excitedly.’).
  • Sentences with a subordinate clause (for example, ‘With great excitement, Sam picked up the spoon.’).

Talk about different types of punctuation as well, such as question marks, exclamation marks, commas, and so on. Can your child identify ellipses? See how these are used to ramp up tension or to get the reader thinking.

You can find lots of free reads for your child on the  Oxford Owl eBook library .

2. Encourage reading

Making time to hear your child read, even when they can read independently, can be really valuable. By frequently seeing words in print, they will have the opportunity to see how the punctuation and grammar are used to share meaning.

When you read, occasionally look at the punctuation and talk about what it is telling the reader to do. For example, you could show your child how a question mark tells you to raise your voice at the end of the sentence to indicate a question being asked.

Explore how you can show the ‘feeling’ behind an exclamation mark. Are the characters shouting? Has something unexpected happened? Has something gone wrong?

3. Give your child opportunities to write

Writing at home can be a great way of practising writing, including using grammar and punctuation to create particular effects. Here are some ideas to encourage regular writing:

  • Create a story about a space adventurer with strange planetary systems to explore. Every week or month, your child could write about a new chapter about a different planet. Before long, the chapters will have built into a book they can be really proud of.
  • Write an A-to-Z. It could be based on anything your child is interested in – animals, space, dinosaurs, fairies, even their favourite TV programme. A page for each letter of the alphabet gives you 26 short pieces of writing spread over the year that build into one big project.
  • Produce a version of a book for a younger child. For example, they could write  The Rhino Who Came to Tea or The Very Hungry Angler Fish . Books with a distinctive format such as The Day the Crayons Quit or The Last Polar Bears are perfect for this.
  • Write the book of a film or TV programme. If children have watched something they’ve really enjoyed, they could try and tell the same story in writing. Watching the story on screen can give them a useful frame to hang their own writing on.
  • While writing using a pen and pencil is useful practice, writing on the computer counts too. You might want to turn the spelling and grammar check off to help children to learn to confidently use their own knowledge. The grammar check can be wrong, too, so this can be confusing for children.

4. Help your child learn key grammatical ideas

Activity sheets and books can help your child get to grips with particular points of grammar and punctuation. Take a look at our   grammar activity books   for some practical ideas.

5. Play games

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Learning how to use a dictionary to look up the spelling and meaning of words is an important skill to aid spelling and vocabulary when writing.

This year 4 dictionary skills pack (1 of 3) will support pupils to develop the skills needed to use a dictionary successfully.

Activities included: (The first two activities do not require a dictionary) Rewriting words in alphabetical order Choosing the correct definition for words

(The final activities require pupils to have access to dictionaries) Checking the spelling of given words using a dictionary Finding the definitions of words given

National Curriculum Programme of Study links Transcription Pupil should be taught to use the first two or three letters of a word to check its spelling in a dictionary

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Age range: 7-11

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  21. Dictionary Skills: Year 4 Vocabulary Worksheets 1

    This year 4 dictionary skills pack (1 of 3) will support pupils to develop the skills needed to use a dictionary successfully. Activities included: (The first two activities do not require a dictionary) Rewriting words in alphabetical order. Choosing the correct definition for words. (The final activities require pupils to have access to ...

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