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Worksheet 1 The ant and the grasshopper1. Fill in the missing words. You can use the words below.

make food patch load grasskeep road legs tree tiny

Once upon a time there was a __________ ant who lived under an old oak __________. At the end of the __________ lived a grasshopper.

The ant’s day started early and he liked to __________ busy. Scurry... scurry... hurry... hurry... all day the little ant looked for __________ to drag home and store for the winter. Sometimes the pieces of food were bigger than he was, but he pushed and he pulled and he dragged until he got the whole __________ stored in his house.

The grasshopper’s day started nice and slow. He sat in the sun and he rubbed his __________ together to __________ music. And he practised his hopping... Boing! Boing! Boing!

The grasshopper’s favourite food was __________ and there was always lots for him to eat. He jumped from this grassy __________ to that grassy bank whenever he felt hungry.

“This is the way to live,” he said to himself.

2. Write these sentences and use capital letters, quotation marks, commas, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks.

a) stop working so hard Come and play said the grasshopper to the busy ant

b) look at me He boasted see how high i can jump c) no said the ant the winter will soon be here and i have

to get ready


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Worksheet 2Look at this insect. Make up an interesting name and other details about it, and write them below.

Insect’s name: ____________________________________________

Description: _______________________________________________

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Habitat: __________________________________________________

Food: _____________________________________________________

Other information: ________________________________________

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Worksheet 31. See how many homonyms you can fi nd in the word

search. Circle each one.

b o a r d f i r e f a c es f o i l m i n t g h j hc e l l f n a i l c l i pa f k e y b r i g h t g lf o r k g m e a n r f g ie g b a r k m f r e e f ef r l e a n k e e p s d lf i e l d n b v b e a m ec l u b c o u n t z x c fl a c e n b l o w v b v tr b r a n c h x x c f l yc a p e m a y l i g h t er m i s s c a l f m i n ep a r k f g h p a g e w xm a i l b i t b n m c a n

2. How many did you fi nd? (keep, key, lace, lean, lie, left, light, mail, may, mine, mean, mint, miss, nail, note, fl y, fi eld, foil, face, fork, free, fi re, count, cape, club, cell, clip, can, calf, bit, bark, blow, board, branch, beam, bright, page, park)

3. Draw pictures to show the two meanings of each word.

calf bark bat


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Worksheet 41. Circle the silent letter in each word.

knee bomb honest know wren half crumb wreckage

2. Unscramble the words.

fi ght by grasping opponent wetlsre w__________

an author itrewr w__________

a crease in the skin rilkenw w__________

someone who fi xes taps and pipes

lubmrep p__________

a very small piece of bread rucmb c__________

an arm or a leg bmil l__________

being truthful snoeth h__________

sixty minutes ruho h__________

a young cow facl c__________

something you tie tonk k__________

press bread dough dekna k__________

soldier on a horse from long ago

nikgth k__________


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Worksheet 5Are the underlined words nouns, adjectives or verbs? Write them in the table.

We live in a wonderful world fi lled with amazing animals and plants. We all need each other, and we need a clean, healthy place to live in. We need clean air and pure water. We can keep our world beautiful and healthy for all living things if we recycle plastic, paper, tin and glass, if we use things again, and use less.

Nouns Verbs Adjectives

2. Make sentences with any fi ve words above.

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Worksheet 61. Fill in wr or r.

_ _ ite _ _ ist watch

_ oof _ ack _ ing

_ _ eck _ _ ing

2. Fill in mb or m.

ra _ _ plu _

co _ _ thu _ _

la _ _. cla _

3. Fill in kn or n.

_ _ ight _ _ ot

_ _ ock _ eck

_ ight _ eedle


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Worksheet 7Look up the words in a dictionary. The words below are scrambled under the clues. Read the clues and unscramble the words.

astronomers spaceship constellation astronaut telescope

1. Clue: people who study stars and outer space

nmtessrroa ____________________

2. Clue: a pattern of stars in an offi cially recognized shape

llooiacettsnns ____________________

3. Clue: vehicle used to explore space

sepachpis ____________________

4. Clue: tube with lenses or mirrors used to look at objects far away

pescolete ____________________

5. Clue: a human traveler in space

ronatasut ____________________


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Worksheet 8Copy the sentences in joined script.

Jupiter was thought to be the ruler of the universe.

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Saturn was named after the Roman god of farming.

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Neptune was named after the Roman god of the sea.

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Uranus was named after the Greek god of the sky, and was married to Earth.

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Pluto was named after the Roman god of the underworld.

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Worksheet 91. Underline the correct preposition. a) When the world fi rst began, Thunder and Lightning

lived among/between people on/over the earth. b) Lightning would fl y into/onto terrible rages. c) He even killed people who stepped into/upon his path.

2. Underline the correct pronoun. a) She/her was an elderly mother sheep, and he/she was

her/his only son. b) People were afraid of they/them, and they/them did

not have many friends. c) When Lightning was rude, his/her mother would shout

at him/her, and stamp his/her hoof.

3. Choose the best adverb and underline it. a) Thunder would stamp her foot gently/violently/sweetly. b) Lightning would knock people over softly/nervously/

roughly. c) People would run away from him hastily/greedily/

merrily.

4. Rewrite these sentences with the correct punctuation. a) mount vesuvius is a volcano in italy that erupted and

buried the city of pompeii in ash and rocks _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ b) we wont put up with lightning any longer the people

told the king _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________


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Across1 This insect collects honey.4 They sometimes live in kitchens.6 It looks like a twig.8 What colour are most ladybirds?9 Give another word for cocoon.10 What is a young louse called?12 Lady + bird14 Insects hatch out of ...

Down2 Ear + wig3 It is also called a locust.4 What comes before a butterfl y?5 Another name for a cicada.7 It is a kind of large ant.11 The word rhymes with sky.13 This is a short word for beetle.


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Across1. As busy as a ...4. They sometimes live in kitchens.6. It looks like a twig.8. What is the colour of most ladybirds?9. Give another word for cocoon.10. A young louse is called a�...12. ... fl y away home...14. Insects hatch out of this.

Down2. Ear + wig3. It watched the ant work all summer.4. It grows 10 000 its size in three weeks.5. Give an anagram of caidac.7. It lives in a big anthill.11. It is noun and a verb.13. It is a short word for beetle and it means to irritate.


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Across1. As busy as a ___________4. They sometimes live in kitchens.6. It looks like a twig.8. This colour rhymes with head.9. Give another word for cocoon.10. A young louse is called a...12. ... fl y away home...14. Insects hatch out of ...

Down2. We hope there are none in our ears!3. It watched the ant work all summer4. It grows 10 000 times its size in three weeks5. It is an anagram of dicaac.7. It lives in a big anthill.11. This is what it is and what it does.13. This insect might annoy you.


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Worksheet 13Read the sentences and circle the best antonym (word meaning the opposite) for each underlined word in the passage.

1. The hardworking tidy mice quickly and quietly fi nished the coat with beautiful little stitches.

hardworking slow lazy impatient relaxed

tidy careless messy casual neat

quickly carefully lazily slowly

quietly softly clearly noisily loudly

beautiful messy boring unattractive ugly

tall enormous soft massive big

2. The huge generous giant gently wrapped his smart new tie around the giraffe’s long neck.

huge old short few small

generous grumpy cross mean bossy

gently meanly roughly cruelly

smart dirty old scruffy

new worn dull old

long short small little


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Worksheet 14Complete the crossword puzzle.

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Across1. The earth … the sun.4. This planet is named after the god of war …7. This person travels in space.11. This is the biggest planet.12. The space ship will ... on the moon.15. These … can cause damage if they hit earth.16. Long … people believes that the sun lived on earth.17. This planet is our beautiful home.

Down2. The sun will … in the east.3. This is our special star.5. … are also called shooting stars.6. This is our biggest planet – it has rings.8. Most planets are this shape.9. This person studies space.10. This is the name for our galaxy.13. There are millions of … in our galaxy.14. The sun gives us … every day.15. The ... waxes and wanes.


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