Summer Work for Year 5
Work on the computer
Grammar
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/grammar-practice
Read the information and practice with the games.
1st year listening.
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/listen-watch
Watch the poems, short stories and how to videos.
Reading
Go to the library in your neighbourhood and borrow a book in English.
Listening
You can change the television channel into English.
Listen to English songs on youtube with the lyrics
( words of the song)
Writing Work
Write a plan for a story and then write the story. Use connectives (and, but, although, however, also and because). Write it in paragraphs and use adverbs, connectives, interesting adjectives and think of an interesting problem and solution.
Remember to use the past tense! Also you need to use punctuation like full stops, exclamation marks (!), question marks (?) and speech marks (“ ”).
Write a haiku poem and a rhyming poem.
Write down sentences with the verbs, to be, to have, to do, to go, and can using the positive and negative. E.g. I am, I am not, I do, I don’t, I have, I haven’t, She doesn’t go etc
Continue to write your diary every weekend and also if you do something special.
Write down instructions for making a toy drum and for travelling from your house to the Pilar.
Write a newspaper article about a student that wins a competition to go to London.
Speaking
You can talk with your friends in English! You don’t have to talk all the time in English but you can talk a little.
Remember it is important to practice! For example, you could make a small theatre with your friends.
You can teach your family some words and sentences in English.
Dictionary work
Write down the definitions of these words and write sentences with them.
1) cheeky
2) terrific
3) friendly
4) sensitive
5) proud
6) creepy
7) disappoint
8) unclear
9) transplant
10) unable
11) hopeful
12) fearless
13) promise
14) mistake
15) shade
16) hard
17) slimy
18) smooth
19) rough
20) shriek
21) growl
22) moan
23) whisper
24) slide
25) float
26) though
27) along
28) across
29) never
30) well
31) worst
32) best
Special Words
Adverbs
Write sentences with these adverbs
1) quietly
2) frequently
3) usually
4) regularly
5) speedily
6) gently
7) violently
8) strangely
9) early
10) soon
Connectives
Write sentences with these connectives
1) because
2) then
3) so
4) also
5) if
6) but
7) although
8) or
Write the plurals of these words
1) box
2) chair
3) wolf
4) baby
5) city
6) knife
7) child
8) person
9) man
10) woman
11) church
12) glass
13) fox
14) diary
Look for 4 words in the dictionary with the prefixes
mis
ex
co
bi
anti
non
Look for 4 words in the dictionary with the suffixes
ary
ship
hood
ment
ship
ify
Write the comparatives and superlative for these words in the table.
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adjective |
comparative |
superlative |
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big |
bigger |
biggest |
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tall |
taller |
tallest |
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silly |
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angry |
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quick |
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slow |
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good |
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bad |
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intelligent |
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Circle the correct word in the sentences.
1) He does not know/no the work.
2) His computer is new/knew.
3) We all love peace/piece and happiness.
4) They can’t write/right on the paper.
5) He blew/blue the balloon.
6) During the class he was bored/board.
7) She wants to meat/meet her new boyfriend.
Write down 4 synonyms for these words, using your thesaurus.
1) angry
2) sad
3) small
4) big
5) hot
6) cold
7) beautiful
8) good
9) bad
10)run
11)walk
Write in the correct preposition from this list:
through, in, in, on, along, at, for, around, across
1) He did his homework and then went to their house ____ six o clock
2) After they ate their supper they slept ____ their beds.
3) She had broken her leg but Elizabeth raced ______ the road.
4) The sun made her feel very tired so she slept in the class _____ ten minutes.
5) The class jumped with fright and they looked ________ the window.
6) They smelt a strange smell and then suddenly the girl jumped up and ran ________ the class.
7) He wakes up late but he always eats his breakfast ___ the morning.
8) Although they were on holiday , the man still woke up at seven o clock _____ Monday.
9) They chased after the robber _______ the street.
The past tense
Write the past tense of these words and practice writing sentences.
e.g run ran
Sleep
Draw
Write
Study
Play
Go
Is
Was
Look
Watch
Clean
Stay
Come
Think
Fight
Write the continuous tense of these words
e.g play playing
listen
write
smell
carry
pull
push
clean
ride
draw
hide
cut
hit
