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Literacy problems to solve for Key Stage 1, 2 and 3

Key Stage 1          Wordswork!
Animal Word Search



Can you find all the animals in the grid?

dog cat
snake mouse
fish bird
owl pig
frog  

 

 

Key Stage 2           Wordswork!
Tricky Past Tenses

Lots of verbs make their past tense by adding –ed, but lots of verbs don’t follow this rule.

Fill in the crossword by changing these verbs to the past tense.

Across Down
4. see 1. buy
6. hear 2 mean
10. think 3. bring
12. leave 5. write
14. have 8. drive
16. weep 9. tell
17. can 11. grow
19. find 13. fall
20. fly 15. speak
  18 do

 

Key Stage 3           Wordswork!
Reverse

Find the opposite of each root word by adding the correct antonym prefix.

ROOT WORD ANTONYM PREFIX NEW
WORD
ANY CHANGES IN SPELLING?
appear
E.g. dis
disappear
no
approve      
behave      
clean      
logical      
polite      
possible      
probable      
satisfy      
sufficient      
welcome      
wind      

Does the spelling of the root word change when you add an antonym prefix? Write a rule for each one.

Test your rules by writing three examples for each.

E.g. Rule for adding 'un' = The spelling of the root word does not change.

Examples = unclean, untidy, unbelievable.

Teacher notes – This activity will deliver English Framework Year 7 WORD 4 Pupils should revise, consolidate and secure prefixes, including antonym prefixes.

 

 

Wordswork was from North East Lincolnshire's Literacy Team

 

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