Bossy Verbs

Mr. Chatterbox has made all Little Miss Bossy’s

sentences too long! They don’t sound bossy anymore!

Can you help Little Miss Bossy cut out words to turn

them into sentences with bossy verbs? Remember!

Bossy verbs and sentences sound like commands

and instructions. 1. Please could you come over and fold the paper in half?

2. Could you carefully drive to the hotel?

3. Please pour the milk into the bowl.

4. When you are ready, line up at the door.

5. Take your coats off, but please do it carefully.

6. Gently remove the jelly from the mould.

7. If you want to, cut along the dotted line.

8. When you have time, add the icing to the cake.

9. Please close the door after you.

10. I think you should turn right at the traffic lights, don’t you?

Now you have helped make those sentences bossy, can you come up

with your own bank of bossy verbs? Little Miss Bossy could do with 20!

Now that you have a word bank, can you write a mini bossy poem like

the one we read? Little Miss Bossy needs some instructions for one of

the following:

1. How to get ready in the morning. 2. How to get to school. 3. How to get a house point.

Name______________________ Date_________________________

Objective- build compound words using the words in this table

Use the words in the box to make as many new words as you can. Some of the

words can be used more than once.

Then make a list of any other compound words you can think of.

Write your new words in the space below the table. Please work as

neatly as you can.

car mat set foot bed cloth end no hand mill

roo

m

body some day war

d

any groun

d

sun week side

nigh

t

wind play robe bag table work land out pan

ball gran

d

hous

e

park rise sheet mothe

r

sprea

d

fathe

r

toot

h

brus

h

bath dust light hold daughte

r

where time sauce chal

k

cup son farm good hair board bin cloak lord face

fire front yard alar

m

prin

t

home door tea side egg

Some examples to start you off…

bed + room = bedroom sun + light = sunlight hand + bag = handbag

CONNECTIVES

A) Using only the following connectives:

and because but

Join each pair of simple sentences together to create a complex sentence

1) I fell over. My wobbly tooth fell out.

2) We all laughed. The joke was very funny.

3) I had a delightful dream. My brother had a nasty nightmare.

4) I’ve got a tummy ache. I ate too many sweets.

5) Yesterday it rained. Today the sun is shining.

6) I don’t like carrots. I don’t like mushrooms.

7) I like football. It keeps you fit and healthy.

8) I am going to the shop. I’m going to buy some sweets.

9) Learning is fun. I get tired sometimes.

10) Mr Wilson opened the letter. He told us that we had won the prize.

Cut and stick the directions in order.

Finally dry your mouth completely with

the towel.

Then quickly rinse your mouth with

water.

A tube of toothpaste

A toothbrush

Water

A towel

After that rinse the toothbrush under

the tap.

Keep brushing carefully for two minutes.

How to clean your teeth

Next brush the toothpaste all over your

teeth.

What you do:

Then turn on the tap and wet the

toothbrush.

What you need:

Name: Date:

Irregular Past Tense Verbs

To show that something happened in the past the verb changes in a

sentence. Usually we add ‘ed’ to the verb.

BUT some verbs are irregular; we don’t add ‘ed’ and the spelling changes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use the irregular past tense verbs in the word box to change the verb in the sentences below. Rewrite the sentence correctly using the irregular past tense verb.

1) Yesterday, I find 10 pounds on the floor.

___________________________________________

_______2) Last week, we learn about flowers and seeds

in science.

___________________________________________

_______

3) Two months ago, I meet a famous film star!

___________________________________________

_______

4) Last night, I sleep very badly it was too hot.

First, squeeze a small amount of

toothpaste onto the brush.

built found learnt met slept

spent swam rode saw forgot

___________________________________________

_______

5) Yesterday, I spend £10 on a toy.

___________________________________________

_______

6) On Sunday last week, I swim for one hour.

___________________________________________

_______

7) Last night my little brother build a toy house.

___________________________________________

_______

8) When I was 4 I ride a bike for the 1st time.

___________________________________________

_______

9) Yesterday, I see a ghost!

___________________________________________

_______

10) Before, I always forget how to spell hippopotamus.

___________________________________________

_______

11) Yesterday he say, “bring your book today.”

___________________________________________

12) When I was in year 1 the teacher teach me about

spelling.

___________________________________________

13) Before I always eat candy. Now I have stopped.

___________________________________________

14) Yesterday, I run very far.

___________________________________________

15) Last week, my mum give me £5.

___________________________________________

16) Yesterday for lunch I drink milk.

___________________________________________

17) When I was 2 I draw very badly. Now I am better at

drawing.

___________________________________________

18) Last year I get a bike for my birthday.

got said taught ran

ate gave drank drew

Fill in the blanks

Pronoun list: she, he, her, him, ours, hers, their, his, us,

you, me

_____________(a girl) sharpened her pencil.

I threw the ball to _______________ (a boy named Joe).

The teacher called on ______________ (a girl named Wanda).

The pencil is ________________ (your teacher’s).

That classroom is _____________ (everyone in your class).

My friend called _______________ (you) last night.

My dogs know _____________ (the dogs’) own names.

Would ___________ (the person you’re talking to) like another one?

There were enough treats for all of ___________ (you, me, and everyone in the room).

Mrs. Smith put on _______________ (Mrs. Smith’s) shoes.

Mrs. Smith accidentally put on ____________ (Mr. Smith’s) shoes.

Prefixes and suffixes

In Year 3 children‟s knowledge of suffixes and prefixes

increases and they need to know that sometimes the spelling

of the stem alters when adding some suffixes. They also learn

that sometimes adding a prefix or suffix will mean that there

are two of the same letter consecutively in a word e.g.

unnecessary, keenness.

Put in the correct prefix to change the word to the opposite

meaning.

Choose from un, in, dis

1. friendly

2. happy

3. please

4. tidy

5. lucky

6. usual

7. agree

8. correct

9. trust

What did Romans do in their spare time?

Most people in Roman times did not have much spare time, they were too

busy working. They liked board games. We know this because archaeologists

have found counters and dice in the ground.

The Romans enjoyed watching fights between gladiators, and fights between

people and animals. These bloodthirsty shows were put on in front of crowds

in large arenas called amphitheatres. Gladiators fought one another, usually in

pairs. They also fought wild animals such as lions or bears. When a gladiator

was beaten (but still alive), the audience would wave scarves or put their

thumbs out if they wanted him killed. If he'd fought well, and they wanted him

to live, they would close their thumbs onto their fingers. Different types of

gladiators used different weapons. For example, a man with a sword and shield

might fight a man with a three-pronged spear or trident, and a big net.

Romans enjoyed the theatre. Most plays were funny comedies, though there

were serious tragedies as well. Actors often wore masks to show whether their

character was happy or sad! They also wore wigs - an old man had a white wig,

a slave had a red wig. Roman emperors put on free shows at theatres and

amphitheatres as it was a good way to make themselves popular.

In Rome there was a huge stadium called the Circus Maximus, used for

chariot races. Chariot races were held in Britain too, which were thrilling but

very dangerous. Chariots were small two-wheeled carts, driven by one man

and pulled by four galloping horses. They raced around an oval track. There

were often smashes during the seven-lap races.

1. Why did many Romans have little spare time?

2. What is an amphitheatre?

3. How did actors show whether their characters were happy or sad?

4. What is a chariot?

5. Why do you think putting on free shows could help to make an emperor

more popular?

6. Why do you think that gladiator fights no longer happen today?

“Speech Marks”

We use speech marks when we are writing to show what somebody has said. It is very important to also write who has been talking.

Example :

I love

this book

Put the speech marks in the correct places in the sentences

below:

1) What time is it? asked Angel.

2) I want chicken for dinner, said Monica.

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

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

5) That costs 12 euro said the shop-keeper.

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

7) John hit me, said Henry.

8) Where is the cheese? asked Kayleigh.

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

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

11) Hooray shouted the children

Speech marks, commas and full stops

“I love this book,” said Lucy

Take a look at the sentences below. Where do they need speech

marks?

Where do they need commas? Where do they need a full stop?

Write the sentences again.

1. I love to eat sweetcorn carrots potatoes and chicken said

Emily.

____________________________________________

2. We need to buy milk butter cheese eggs shampoo and

soap said Mammy.

____________________________________________

____________________________________________

3. John said to his friend I know all of the colours of the

rainbow. They are red orange yellow green blue indigo and

violet.

____________________________________________

____________________________________________

4. Emily Eve Sarah and Kayleigh are absent today said the

teacher.

____________________________________________

Remember to check your work when you are

finished.

Synonyms

A Find a second word (or words) with a similar meaning to the word written in

capitals:

a) GRADUAL – momentary, slight, happening fast, happening slowly

b) INTERFERENCE – mistake, misunderstanding, expansion, interruption

c) PROMPT – payment, soon, occasional, immediate

d) SOLITARY – lonely, alone, quiet, timid

e) PROCEEDED – followed, attacked, continued, hurried

f) ACTUALLY – possibly, likely, probably, really

B Write down a synonym for each word:

a) liberty b) delicious

c) curious d) dull

e) tremble f) leap

g) strike h) hungry

i) peculiar j) tease

C Match up the synonyms in the list:

round correct speedy courageous

right circular mournful hard

brave gloomy rapid difficult

D Can you find eight different words expressing degrees of anger? Arrange

them in order if you can. E.g. start with ‘cross’

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

7. 8.

Verbs

A verb is a doing word. It tells us what is happening (present tense) or what has already

happened (past tense.)

Jack kicks the ball. Jack kicked the ball.

(present tense.) (past tense.)

Complete the sentences with a verb from the box.

1. Cory ____________ his ice-cream quickly.

2. Dad ___________ the lawn every Saturday.

3. The teacher ___________ a newspaper at lunchtime.

4. The swing __________ when Thomas __________ on it.

Complete the table with the verbs.

Present tense verbs Past tense verbs

reads broke licks sat cuts

eats ate skips skipped laughs laughed write wrote

Change the verbs in this story from the present tense to past tense:

I get up and 8 o’clock and go down stairs to make my breakfast. Then I brush my hair

and wash my teeth. I leave my house at half past eight.