Key English Skills Age 7–8 Answers

Page 5: Activities B
A 1. I will travel to Egypt on Tuesday.
1. A hole in the Earth’s surface. 2. My friend’s name is Paul.
2. Melted rock. 3. June comes between May and July.
3. Italy. 4. Eid is in October this year.
4. About one hundred and twenty five 5. Mehmet and I are going to Belfast in May.
years ago. 6. Mum and Meg will be in Rome until Easter
5. Five years. Sunday.
6. Vulcan, the Ancient Roman god of fire. 7. Diwali is in November.
8. Tom and I met Jafar in Ethiopia at
B Christmas.
1. False
2. True Page 8: Writing
3. True A
4. False Child’s own correctly completed fact file.
5. True
6. False Page 9: Language – Using Words
A
Page 6: Phonics – Initial and Final 1. The tiger has a long tail.
Blends 2. The rabbit has a short tail.
A 3. The squirrel has a bushy tail.
drum 4. The horse has a long tail.
plum 5. The sheep has a short tail.
brick 6. The fox has a bushy tail.
flag
pram B
glass 1. The mouse is small but the elephant
frog is large.
2. The snail is slow but the hare is fast.
B 3. The lion is wild but the sheepdog is tame.
belt 4. The feather is light but the rock is heavy.
milk 5. The stone is hard but the jelly is soft.
tent 6. The penguin is fat but the greyhound
mask is thin.
nest 7. The lemon is bitter but the sugar is sweet.
sink 8. The coal is black but the snow is white.
lamp
C
Page 7: Grammar – Capital Letters 1. A nest of mice.
A 2. A pack of wolves.
1. At the start of a sentence. 3. A herd of elephants.
2. For a person’s name. 4. A litter of kittens.
3. For the name of a weekday. 5. A pride of lions.
4. For the name of a month. 6. A team of horses.
5. For the name of a place. 7. A school of cod.
6. For the word I. 8. A troop of monkeys.
7. For special days. 9. A flock of birds.
10. A pod of whales.

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Page 11: Activities 5. Ramadan
A 6. Tuesday
1. False
2. True B
3. True 1. I fed the calves in their pen.
4. False 2. I am sure I was first to see the eagle.
5. True 3. The school will be closed on Saturday and
6. False Sunday.
7. True 4. We go to school from Monday to Friday.
8. False 5. In England the summer months are
June, July and August.
B 6. My friends and I have fun at Eid.
Marty Mouse lived in a big house in the city.
His cousin Jerry lived in the country. Jerry Page 14: Writing
went to visit Marty. Jerry was chased by a big A
hungry cat called Leo. He decided to go back Child’s own story using the words in the box.
home to his house in the country.
Page 15: Language – Using Words
C A
Examples: squeak, quake, quaked, sea, see, 1. A wild rabbit lives in a burrow.
seek, sad, sake, quad, ease. 2. A rabbit has a covering of fur.
3. A rabbit eats vegetables.
Page 12: Phonics – Final Blends: ‘ck’ 4. A rabbit is smaller than a fox.
and ‘ing’ 5. A rabbit cannot fly.
A 6. A young rabbit squeals.
lock 7. A tame rabbit lives in a hutch.
duck 8. A rabbit is a mammal.
sock 9. A wild rabbit is very shy.
rock
clock B
track Long-tailed Short-tailed
stick animals animals
block
giraffe hare
brick
flock deer goat
crack squirrel sheep
knock
fox bear
B monkey kangaroo
1. I lost my diamond ring.
2. Can you bring your umbrella? C
3. My arm is in a sling. 1. clown
4. I was running too fast and fell. 2. stamp
5. The farmer is shearing the sheep. 3. piano
6. My mum is calling me. 4. snake
5. frog
Page 13: Grammar – Capital Letters 6. stick
A
1. August Page 17: Activities
2. Tom A
3. Paris 1. To the supermarket.
4. Diwali 2. Eight or nine.

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 3. Dried snake skins. 9. The train arrived late.
4. Pickled, fried buzzard innards. 10. Do you have my ruler?
5. She couldn’t find anything she was looking 11. Where is the new teacher?
for. 12. How old are you?

B B
Child’s own shopping list using all 1. Example: How old is she?
words given. 2. Example: What time does school start?
3. Example: Whose book is it?
Page 18: Phonics – Magic ‘E’ 4. Example: Who came to the school?
A 5. Example: Why did she cry?
Across 6. Example: Where is the pigeon?
1. Stone 7. Example: What happened to the car?
3. Globe 8. Example: Where do they live?
5. Skate 9. Example: What time did the train arrive?
9. Hive 10. Example: Where is money kept?
10. White
12. Bride C
13. Snake 1. The thick snow lay on the ground.
15. Plate 2. We agreed to meet at the shops.
3. Why are you late every morning?
Down 4. What did you have for dinner?
1. Shape 5. A thick fog covered London yesterday.
2. Nose 6. What will you be dressing up as?
4. Brave
6. Tribe
Page 20: Writing
A
7. Shade
Child’s own story using the words in the box.
8. Shave
11. Tame
Page 21: Language – Using Words
14. Kite
A
1. 2.
g l o b e
3. 4. 1. A camel has a hump on its back.
s t o n e
h o r 2. A giraffe has a long neck.
a s k a
5. 6.
t e s a
7.
3. A lion has a long mane.
s
8.
p e r 9.
h i v e 4. A monkey is a good climber.
10.
w h i t e
11.
i a e 5. A bear growls when it is angry.
a a
12.
b r i d e 6. A penguin cannot fly.
v m s n a k
13. 14.
e e 7. A tiger is a member of the cat family.
e e i 8. A seal has flippers instead of legs.
p l a t 15.

e 9. An elephant has tusks.

e 10. A parrot can talk.
Page 19: Grammar – Full Stops
and Question Marks B
A What funny things snails are! They have no
1. What class are you in? legs, and yet they can travel. They have houses,
2.
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My name is Jamila. and yet they did not build them. They can carry
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3. I have a pet rabbit. their houses on their backs, and yet not be
4. Which pencil is yours? tired.
5. Who broke the window?
6. I have brown hair. The snail is very shy. If anyone comes near, it
7. Who owns this hat? will hide in its shell. If you touch a snail, it will
8. Did you go to bed early? go into its shell. It uses feelers instead of hands.
The snail feels for its food with them.

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This is a young snail. Its shell is not very hard Page 25: Grammar – Singular and
yet. The gardener does not like snails. They eat Plural
the green leaves. A snail has tiny teeth. It uses A
them to grind its food. Have you seen the trail Singular Plural Singular Plural
of silver slime which the snail leaves behind as
it crawls along? tree trees flower flowers
book books finger fingers
Page 23: Activities
animal animals poet poets
A
1. In a forest. river rivers battle battles
2. She was tired and could run no further. game games apple apples
3. Two little dwarfs.
girl girls rabbit rabbits
4. He wanted to cut off her golden hair.
5. A gold ring. table tables chair chairs
6. She was born with her hair and must keep it. car cars pencil pencils
7. Her brother.
8. In exchange for the little bag of magic tea. B
9. Because she was so good and kind. 1. One girl but two girls.
10. The dwarfs led her to the edge of the wood 2. One fox but two foxes.
and showed her the shortest way home. 3. One watch but two watches.
4. One bush but two bushes.
B 5. One class but two classes.
1. forest 6. One star but two stars.
2. ring 7. One witch but two witches.
3. golden egg 8. One thrush but two thrushes.
4. dwarf 9. One miss but two misses.
5. brother 10. One bone but two bones.
6. golden hair 11. One head but two heads.
12. One wish but two wishes.
Page 24: Phonics – Vowel Digraphs:
13. One box but two boxes.
‘ai’ and ‘oa’
14. One dish but two dishes.
A
15. One tree but two trees.
1. A tiger has a long tail.
2. A snail has its house on its back.
Page 26: Writing
3. The snail left a trail of slime.
A
4. There were puddles after the rain.
Child’s own story using the words provided
5. The ship can sail across the water.
in the box.
6. I have a pain in my foot.
7. There were two letters in the mail.
Page 27: Language – Using Words
B A
goat 1. A cat has a coat of fur.
toad 2. A cat is an animal.
coat 3. A cat likes to eat fish.
foal 4. A cat has no horns.
goal 5. A young cat is called a kitten.
boat 6. A cat likes to chase mice.
soap 7. A happy cat purrs.
road 8. A cat has a long tail.
toast
roast
stoat
moat

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B Page 30: Phonics – Vowel Digraphs:
Lions live in the great plains of Africa. They ‘ea’ and ‘ee’
travel around in small groups. A family of lions A
is called a pride. beak
meat
The male lion is big and strong. He is called leaf
the King of the Jungle. He has a brown mane tea
round his neck. The lioness has no mane. She is bean
smaller than the lion, but more active. She does read
most of the hunting. She kills deer and zebras. lead
She takes good care of her cubs. The lioness flea
teaches them to hunt when they are young. seal
steam
Lions are shy animals and usually avoid people. dream
Sometimes, an old lion will turn man-eater and cream
then it is very dangerous.
B
Page 29: Activities 1. I’m going to Spain next week.
A 2. I can peel this orange in one go.
1. The Olympic Games are held every four 3. I will meet you at the bus stop.
years. 4. I have to weed the garden.
2. The Olympic Games started in Ancient 5. The deer is in the park.
Greece. 6. I have been waiting for you.
3. During the opening ceremony, the athletes 7. They had to flee from the town.
from Greece enter the stadium first.
4. The five coloured rings represent five Page 31: Grammar – Singular and
continents. Plural
5. The colours of the rings are blue, yellow, A
black, green and red. 1. wolves
6. A fire is lit in Olympia. 2. calves
7. The flame is carried by runners. 3. scarves
8. The Olympic flame is put out during the 4. leaves
closing ceremony. 5. loaves
6. elves
B 7. knives
1. True 8. shelves
2. False
3. True B
4. False Singular Plural Singular Plural
5. False video videos potato potatoes
banjo banjos volcano volcanoes
C
1. The modern Olympic games began in 1896. piano pianos hero heroes
2. The Olympic games are held every four photo photos echo echoes
years. dynamo dynamos tomato tomatoes
3. The Greek athletes enter the stadium first. cuckoo cuckoos tornado tornadoes
4. The Olympic flame burns during the games. cello cellos domino dominoes
OR During the games the Olympic flame
torso torsos cargo cargoes
burns.
C
1. The rabbit ran into the field.
2. I watched the robin on the branch.

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3. The boy saw the cuckoo. 6. Gold.
4. Finn tasted the salmon and burned his 7. Seed.
finger. 8. He would have got the gold.
5. The sheep ran when it saw the tornado.
6. The girl saw the video on the shelf. B
1. False
Page 32: Writing 2. False
A 3. False.
Child’s own story using the words provided 4. True
in the box. 5. False
6. False
Page 33: Language – Using Words 7. False
A 8. False
1. As sly as a fox.
2. As blind as a bat. C
3. As slow as a snail. Examples: complain, plain, lain, in, pain, map,
4. As gentle as a lamb. pan, pin, lap, lip, gain, goal, ping, plan, clan,
5. As strong as an ox. cap, cop, nip.
6. As swift as a hawk.
7. As hungry as a wolf. Page 36: Phonics – Vowel Digraphs:
8. As brave as a lion. ‘oo’ and ‘ew’
9. As wise as an owl. A
10. As busy as a bee. moon
roof
B food
1. A fox lives in a den. pool
2. A wild rabbit lives in a burrow. boot
3. A spider lives in a web. zoo
4. A wasp lives in a nest. stool
5. A bat lives in a cave. spoon
6. A mouse lives in a hole. broom
7. A hen lives in a coop. school
8. A horse lives in a stable. noon
balloon
C
1. white B
2. south 1. I need a new copy.
3. sink 2. We’re having stew for dinner.
4. thin 3. I threw the ball.
5. last 4. My dog tried to chew my shoe.
6. weak 5. The wind blew across the dew.
7. blunt 6. There was no news of the crew.
8. hot
Page 37: Grammar – Alphabetical
Page 35: Activities Order
A A
1. However hard he worked he never earned CDEFGHIJKLM
extra money. NOPQRSTUVWX
2. Be honest.
3. The small bag.
4. No, he wanted the big bag.
5. The small bag.

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B B
1. B 1. A farmer lives in a farmhouse.
2. I 2. A soldier lives in a barracks.
3. J 3. A sailor lives on a ship.
4. F 4. A queen lives in a palace.
5. M 5. A monk lives in a monastery.
6. U 6. A camper lives in a tent.
7. S 7. A prisoner lives in a cell.
8. F 8. A lighthouse keeper lives in a lighthouse.
9. R
10. H C
11. O Example: farmer – arm
12. C Example: Africa – car
Example: heard – ear
C Example: money – one
1. BDGRT Example: honest – nest
2. LMNOR Example: replied – lie
3. ADEKL Example: wondered – red
4. TUVXY Example: walked – lake
Example: pleased – lease
D Example: present – sent
1. dog, eel, frog
2. fork, knife, plate Page 41: Activities
3. football, jersey, referee A
4. buttercup, daisy, tulip 1. A magician.
5. cold, freezing, hot, warm 2. In a long black cloak, white gloves and a
6. bed, chair, mirror, table all, shiny hat.
7. brush, clean, polish, shine 3. When she took off her tall top hat, waved it
8. drum, flute, guitar, piano in the air, and then pulled out a fluffy, white
9. branch, leaf, root, trunk rabbit.
10. cap, jumper, shirt, tie 4. Snowflake.
11. angry, fearful, happy, sad, worried 5. She made playing cards disappear and
12. ash, beech, elm, oak, sycamore water turn red and blue.
6. Because the hat was empty.
Page 38: Writing 7. Because she could not find Snowflake.
A 8. In a wooden box in the garage.
Child’s own story using the words provided 9. Soft fur.
in the box. 10. They too appeared in Morgan’s magic show.

Page 39: Language – Using Words B

A 1. Morgan wore a long black coat.
1. The lamb bleats when it sees its mother. 2. She pulled out a fluffy white rabbit.
2. The lion roars when it is angry. 3. Morgan made water turn red and blue.
3. The horse neighs when it sees the farmer. 4. There was no sign of Snowflake.
4. The baby cries when it is hungry. 5. The handkerchiefs were stored in a wooden
5. The dog barks when it sees a stranger. box.
6. The cat purrs when it is happy. 6. The baby rabbits were as clever as
7. The wolf howls when it wants food. Snowflake.
8. The bear growls when it is angry.
C
Examples: hand, chief, chiefs, and, chef, reach,
ache, dike, fir, far, hands, dank.

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Page 42: Phonics – Consonant B
Digraphs: ‘ph’, ‘wh’ and ‘th’ carol a small thin sharp piece of
A wood
fire dolphin a Christmas song
elephant emerald an animal with black and
frog white stripes
four falcon food for horses and farm
dolphin animals
fist fodder an animal that lives in the
flag sea
photograph shed a bird of prey
fish splinter a small hut
telephone stream a green gem
velvet a small river
B zebra a kind of thick, soft
2. Example: When did you finish? material
3. Example: Who is he going with?
4. Example: Where are we going on holiday? Page 44: Writing
5. Example: What shall we play? A
6. Example: Which one is Charlotte’s? Child’s own story using the words provided
in the box.
C
thistle Page 45: Language – Using Words
thumb A
thirty Child’s own correctly addressed envelopes,
thief following the example on page 45.
thatch
throat Page 47: Activities
thrush A
thorn 1. He was going fishing.
thread 2. Fish swimming over bright rocks.
three 3. The names of every star in the night sky, the
songs of all the birds in the air, stories that
Page 43: Grammar – Alphabetical no one else could tell.
Order 4. A big white rock.
A 5. Be as still as the rock itself and wait for the
1. bend, blow, brat fish to come.
2. fish, fox, fry 6. With his spear.
3. tan, told, trick 7. He ate the fish that the young boy had
4. calm, chant, circle, climb caught.
5. idea, inside, island, ivory 8. Child’s own answer, e.g. trout.
6. radio, reduce, rhyme, ring, rock
7. saw, screen, shower, squelch B
8. watch, wear, why, wind, wrap 1. Little Wing decided to go fishing.
9. daffodil, dish, doctor, dress 2. He went down the river in a canoe.
10. hammer, help, hill, house, hunt 3. His grandfather was chief of the tribe.
4. A big white rock stood out in the river.
5. The spear flew from his hand.
6. The grandfather ate the fish.

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C B
Example: American – can 1. My desk is much cleaner than yours.
Example: canoe – no 2. The sky has got a lot darker.
Example: paddled – led 3. My bedroom is the warmest in the house.
Example: bright – right 4. I can jump higher than my friend.
Example: tribe – rib 5. The smallest kitten is very weak.
Example: white – hit 6. The queen is richer than the king.
Example: whistle – is 7. The brown dog is the laziest.
Example: spear – pea 8. My sister is very kind to me.
Example: rushing – shin 9. The tall clown was the funniest.
Example: silver – sir 10. My brother’s room is tidier than mine.
Example: ate – tea
Example: proud – rod Page 50: Writing
A
Page 48: Phonics – Three-letter Child’s own story using the words provided
Blends: ‘spl’ and ‘spr’ in the box.
A
spread Page 51: Language – Using Words
spray A
splint Child’s own letters written using the
sprouts template given on page 51.
sprinter
splash Page 53: Activities
spring A
splatter 1. A small island off the coast of Egypt.
splinter 2. The King of Egypt.
sprinkle 3. A huge bronze statue of the Egyptian sun-god.
sprinkler 4. By a lift which went up through the centre
split of the tower.
5. To reflect the light from the fire out across
B the sea.
1. H 6. Any sensible answer, e.g. To look nice; So it
2. G was strong.
3. F 7. Almost fifteen hundred years.
4. C 8. It was destroyed by an earthquake.
5. E
6. D B
7. B 1. False
8. A 2. False
3. False
Page 49: Grammar – Comparative and 4. True
Superlative 5. False
A 6. False
rich richer richest 7. True
quick quicker quickest 8. False
dark darker darkest
C
high higher highest bedroom = bed + room
clean cleaner cleanest handbag = hand + bag
big bigger biggest campfire = camp + fire
light lighter lightest homesick = home + sick
inside = in + side
slow slower slowest

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Page 54: Phonics – Three-letter 5. Examples: Glasgow, New York, Sydney
Blends: ‘scr’ and ‘str’ 6. Examples: ball, doll, radio-controlled car
A 7. Examples: greenfly, bluebottle, ant
strap 8. Examples: apple, banana, mango
strong 9. Examples: daisy, daffodil, rose
stripe 10. Examples: badminton, hockey, cricket
stream 11. Examples: cow, hen, sheep
strand 12. Examples: Madrid, Rome, Paris

B Page 56: Writing

screw A
scream Child’s own story using the words provided
scrub in the box.
scratch
scribble Page 57: Language – Using Words
A
C 1. goose
1. The sick boy was carried on a stretcher. 2. lamb
2. Did you scrub the floor? 3. chick
3. The strap of her bag has broken. 4. duck
4. I heard a loud scream. 5. horse
5. The man went for a stroll in the park. 6. turkey
6. I turned on my computer screen. 7. sheepdog
7. I hold onto the string on my kite. 8. hen
8. My little sister likes to scribble in my book. 9. donkey
9. You can cross the stream here. 10. cat
10. Pick up that scrap of paper on the floor.
Page 59: Activities
Page 55: Grammar – Nouns A
A 1. Africa.
1. The cat swam across the wide river. 2. Over six metres.
2. A young child was playing happily in the 3. With pretty patterns.
garden. 4. Leaves and shoots of the tall acacia tree.
3. He gathered nuts and wild strawberries in 5. By sleeping standing up. It can also kick its
the woods. powerful hind legs.
4. Two horses pulled the cart along the street. 6. For ‘neck fighting’ with other giraffes.
5. The wise woman sat in the chair and read a 7. To defend themselves from attack.
book. 8. A calf.
6. He went to New York to visit our aunt. 9. About one and a half metres tall.
7. The children watched the goldfish in the 10. To pump the blood to the top of the head.
bowl.
8. The monkey escaped from his cage in the zoo. B
9. The angry girl shouted loudly at the Example: far
barking dog. Example: man
10. The old man walked slowly along the dusty Example: pup
road. Example: loo
Example: ton
B Example: up
1. Examples: cod, goldfish, salmon Example: at
2. Examples: sheepdog, poodle, Labrador Example: her
3. Examples: New Zealand, Greece, Pakistan Example: am
4. Examples: carrot, pea, turnip Example: pins

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Page 60: Phonics – Soft ‘c’ and Hard ‘c’ B
A Child’s own lists of nouns.
carpet C
pencil 1. The dentist worked in her surgery five days
face a week.
camera 2. Kim went to the park by bus.
comb 3. The lineswoman raised her flag when the
circle ball went out.
candle 4. Paula sat on the beach making sandcastles.
cigar 5. The Amazon is the largest river in the
crane world.
dice 6. Kate rented a DVD from the shop.
mice 7. Norway has lots of snow in winter.
cream 8. A dolphin is a mammal but a shark is a fish.
camel 9. Anna likes to listen to the radio when she is
car working.
prince 10. The train left Cairo station at midnight.

B Page 62: Writing

1. The canary is in the cage. A
2. I threw the dice and got six. Child’s own riddle for each animal.
3. We put lettuce in the salad.
4. Mother lit the candle. Page 63: Language – Using Words
5. London is a big city. A
6. Mary put on her necklace. 1. ostrich
2. monkey
C 3. kangaroo
Hard ‘c’ – candle, canary, necklace 4. tiger
Soft ‘c’ – dice, city, lettuce 5. giraffe
6. pelican
Page 61: Grammar – Nouns 7. elephant
A 8. zebra
1. Example: The newsagent had sold all the 9. seal
sweets in her shop. 10. snake
2. Example: Colin walked down the path and 11. camel
opened the back door. 12. bear
3. Example: A dog has four legs, wags his tail
and barks. Page 65: Activities
4. Example: Beth hopped on her bike and A
cycled to the shops. 1. True
5. Example: The gardener watered the 2. False
beautiful roses in her garden. 3. False
6. Example: The thirsty man opened the 4. True
fridge and took a big gulp of juice. 5. True
7. Example: The room was dark so the boy 6. False
turned on the light. 7. True
8. Example: When the programme was over, 8. True
Bob turned off the television. 9. False
9. Example: A tall tree grew beside the 10. True
flowing river.
10. Example: Yusuf went on holiday to a
foreign country last year.

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B B
1. A mouse has four paws. 1. Example: The dog bit Tom on the leg.
2. A cat eats mice. 2. Example: Kate caught a big fish in the
3. A mouse lives in a hole. pond.
4. A cat sleeps during the day. 3. Example: Hundreds of people watched the
5. A mouse is bigger than a tadpole. parade.
6. A cat has no wings. 4. Example: A bear is smaller than an
7. A mouse’s tail is long. elephant.
8. A cat is covered in fur. 5. Example: The nurse works in the hospital.
6. Example: His train left yesterday morning.
Page 66: Phonics – Soft ‘g’ and Hard ‘g’ 7. Example: Anita scored a great goal.
A 8. Example: We met them outside the
goat church.
globe
giraffe C
page 1. The seagull glides over the water.
gun 2. The magpie hops from branch to branch.
glass 3. The eagle swoops on its prey.
ghost 4. The duck waddles into the pond.
badge 5. The field mouse scampers into its nest.
giant 6. The butterfly hovers near the flowers.
guitar
cage Page 68: Writing
dragon A
bridge Child’s own story using the words provided
gymnast in the box.
bag
Page 69: Language – Using Words
B A
Hard ‘g’ words Soft ‘g’ words 1. A plane flies.
glass cage 2. The fish swam.
3. That horse will win.
goat giraffe
4. The frog hopped.
globe page 5. The wind is blowing.
gun badge 6. The car crashed.
ghost giant 7. Snow fell.
guitar bridge 8. The door was open.
9. The bottle broke.
dragon gymnast
10. The sun was shining.
bag
B
Page 67: Grammar – Verbs 1. The lamb bleats when it sees its mother.
A 2. The cat hisses when it is scared.
1. Maha sent an email to her sister. 3. The horse neighs when it sees the farmer.
2. The playful puppy barked at the cat. 4. The baby cries when it is hungry.
3. The traffic lights turned green. 5. The dog barks when it sees a stranger.
4. The monkey swung from branch to branch. 6. The cat purrs when it is happy.
5. Tom washed his hair and then combed it. 7. The wolf howls when it wants food.
6. Rajan went to the post office and posted the 8. The bear growls when it is angry.
letter.
7. The men rowed out into the centre of the lake.
8. David painted the garden seat.

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C 5. knock
February 6. kneel
March 7. knife
May 8. know
April
January B
December 1. I always write my homework neatly.
October 2. The wrench slipped and the mechanic hurt
November his wrist.
June 3. The pirate was armed with a sword.
August 4. The worm began to wriggle on the soil.
July 5. The answer to that question is wrong.
September 6. The old man had wrinkles on his face.
7. The wren is a tiny bird.
Page 71: Activities 8. She placed a wreath on the grave.
A 9. Get paper to wrap the present.
1. False 10. The strong men did not wrestle for long.
2. False
3. True Page 73: Grammar – Verbs
4. False A
5. True 1. The children posted the letters.
6. False 2. The bus will leave at seven o’clock.
3. The puppy is eating the meat.
B 4. They slept in a shed near the river.
Example: own 5. Meera was reading a book in the library.
Example: tin 6. The phone rang in the hall.
Example: pin 7. A small bird flew into the bush.
Example: eat 8. Owls usually come out at night.
Example: tack
Example: cake B
Example: cry 1. Example: The brave girl ran.
Example: mint 2. Example: A kind old man paid.
Example: horn 3. Example: Two strong horses galloped.
Example: please 4. Example: A huge army attacked.
5. Example: The clever boy won.
C 6. Example: The ugly duckling swam.
1. We dare not go hunting. 7. Example: A mean thief stole.
2. The wee folk live on crispy pancakes. 8. Example: The rusty old car crashed.
3. Some wee folk live in the reeds. 9. Example: The rugby team lost.
4. The wee folk have frogs as watchdogs. 10. Example: Her jealous sister yelled.
5. They planted thorn trees by the craggy
hillside. C
6. The wee folk wear green jackets and red 1. The owl hoots.
caps. 2. The baby gurgles.
3. The wind blows.
Page 72: Phonics – Silent Letters: 4. The sun rises.
‘k’ and ‘w’ 5. The rain falls.
A 6. The duck waddles.
1. knot 7. The dog barks.
2. knuckle 8. The cat purrs.
3. knee 9. The horse neighs.
4. knit 10. The donkey brays.

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Page 74: Writing B
A 1. False
Child’s own story using the words provided 2. False
in the box. 3. True
4. True
Page 75: Language – Using Words 5. False
A 6. False
1. seal
2. whale C
3. frog The kingfisher is called a flying jewel. It builds
4. potato its nest at the end of a narrow tunnel under a
5. octopus sandy bank or stream. The female lays between
6. kangaroo two and eight eggs which hatch after three
7. penguin weeks. Both parents take care of the baby
8. buffalo birds. The kingfisher is excellent at fishing. As
9. Siamese soon as it spots a fish it plunges its bill into it.

B Page 78: Phonics – Root Words and

1. The car is in the garage. Compound Words
2. The room in the top storey of the house is A
called the attic. 2. sea side = sea + side
3. A tame rabbit lives in a hutch. 3. tooth brush = tooth + brush
4. The home in which a snail lives is called a 4. sun flower = sun + flower
shell. 5. rain bow = rain + bow
5. A small house in the country is called a 6. black berry = black + berry
cottage.
7. moon light = moon + light
6. A house which stands apart on its own is
detached. 8. birth day = birth + day
7. When people go camping they sleep in tents. 9. race horse = race + horse
8. Stone Age people lived in caves. 10. head ache = head + ache

C B
Examples: pine, apple, pin, nap, pen, nip, pan, butter shoe
lap, lip, line, lane, pane, peal, peel, leap, pal, horse room
nape, lean, peep, pile, pipe, plain, plan, plea. basket noon
grass fly
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A class hopper
1. Because it has a coat of brilliant blue, green ball keeper
and orange colours. goal be
2. At the end of a long narrow tunnel, dug may way
under a sandy bank or stream. run mark
3. Three weeks. book room
4. Fish, insects and small eels.
5. The hawks don’t like their smell. Page 79: Grammar – Adjectives
6. The parents throw up digested fish to feed A
their young. happy
7. Child’s own sentences containing the words old
provided. young
8. It is built at the end of a long tunnel, dug bald
under a sandy bank or stream. The nest is sad
made from fish bones. angry

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B 6. False
1. The big dog saw the brown rat. 7. False
2. The pretty butterfly landed on the red rose. 8. False
3. The grey squirrel cracked a hard nut.
4. The gentle lamb played in the green field. C
5. The rich man bought a large car. 1. The Salmon of Knowledge swam in the
6. The timid mouse ate the fresh cheese. River Boyne.
7. The grizzly bear lived in the deep woods. 2. The salmon was always too clever for
8. The sly fox ate a plump duck. Finegas.
9. The black beetle crawled under a mossy 3. Finegas would sit by the fire and howl. OR
stone. Finegas would sit and howl by the fire.
10. The small, black horse drank the clear 4. Finn was collecting some wood in the
water. woods. OR Finn was in the woods
collecting some wood.
C 5. Finegas was dancing around with the
Examples: salmon in his net.
ginger 6. Finegas told Finn to cook the salmon.
juicy 7. Finn ate the rest of the salmon.
timid
silly Page 84: Phonics – Syllables
expensive A
delicious helpful
smallest
Page 80: Writing careless
A wishful
Child’s own story using the words provided boldness
in the box. thankful
freshest
Page 81: Language – Using Words useless
A likeness
Child’s own postcard to a friend. walking
brightest
Page 83: Activities rocking
A cupful
1. Ireland. sadness
2. An old salmon. darkness
3. Seven years.
4. He would sit by his fire and howl. B
5. In a house with his foster mothers. sud / den
6. Three berries. car / rot
7. He was in the woods collecting wood. rub / ber
8. He burnt his thumb. sum / mer
9. Sat down and finished the rest of the rab / bit
salmon. win / ner
10. He knew whatever he wanted to know. tun / nel
but / ter
B les / son
1. False hap / pen
2. True kit / ten
3. False pup / pet
4. False pep / per
5. True sup / per

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C 4. Example: A young, playful kitten.
hol low 5. Example: A clever, sly fox.
cot tle 6. Example: The tall, stone wall.
yel ror 7. Example: A huge chocolate cake.
mir ton 8. Example: The kind, helpful vet.
lit ton
mut low Page 86: Writing
A
hid row Child’s own story using the words provided
rot ter in the box.
but ton
nar cup Page 87: Language – Using Words
hic ten A
lit den 1. Duck is to duckling as sheep is to lamb.
2. Bird is to nest as spider is to web.
Page 85: Grammar – Adjectives 3. Caterpillar is to butterfly as tadpole is to
A frog.
1. Example: The quiet child sat beside the 4. Kitten is to cat as puppy is to dog.
warm fire. 5. Horse is to stable as rabbit is to hutch.
2. Example: The large wolf escaped into the 6. Paw is to dog as hoof is to horse.
dark forest. 7. Shoal is to herring as flock is to sheep.
3. Example: The yellow balloon burst with a 8. Spider is to fly as cat is to mouse.
loud bang. 9. Wing is to bird as fin is to fish.
4. Example: A tired beggar leaned against the 10. Kid is to goat as calf is to elephant.
back door.
5. Example: All the lambs were sold by the B
poor farmer. 1. The soldier fought bravely but in the end
6. Example: The brave explorer sailed away he had to surrender.
in a big ship. 2. The boat moved heavily against the strong
7. Example: The last train rumbled into the tide.
deserted station. 3. Mina sang sweetly at the school concert.
8. Example: The field was covered with 4. The policeman knocked loudly on the door.
pretty flowers. 5. The old woman walked carefully on the
9. Example: We sat under a shady tree and dusty road.
had a nice picnic. 6. Kate was easily the best pupil in the class.
10. Example: The firefighter made his way 7. The farmer spoke angrily to the boys.
through the thick smoke and flames. 8. The postman walked slowly up the
footpath.
B
Examples: Page 89: Activities
House Tiger Puppy A
1. Old Huge Cute 1. False
2. Scary Strong Small 2. True
3. Haunted Vicious Cuddly 3. True
4. Modern Hungry Playful 4. False
5. Big Lazy Happy 5. True
6. Cosy Beautiful Sleepy 6. True
7. False
C 8. True
1. Example: A tall, friendly giant.
2. Example: The clear, blue water.
3. Example: The dry, barren desert.

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B Page 91: Grammar – Confusing Words
1. Dolphins live in the sea. A
2. Dolphins have lungs and breathe air. 1. They have two television sets in their
3. Bottle-nosed dolphins stay close to land. house.
4. Common dolphins swim in schools. 2. The two boys cycled to the seaside.
5. Many sailors think dolphins are lucky. 3. It is too early to go to bed.
6. Dolphins are very intelligent. 4. Early to bed and early to rise, makes one
healthy, wealthy and wise.
Page 90: Phonics – Syllables 5. The child was too excited to sleep.
A 6. I am going to the pictures with my two
rus / ty friends.
six / ty 7. The two lambs loved to play with their
ang / ry mother.
hap / py 8. The teacher spoke to the two boys in the
cra / zy last row.
han / dy 9. There were too many people trying to get
co / zy into the hall.
mes / sy 10. The problem was too difficult to solve.
jol / ly
jel / ly B
for / ty 1. It’s raining outside.
nap / py 2. The hedgehog’s spines protect it from its
can / dy enemies.
ug / ly 3. The car rolled over on its side.
fif / ty 4. It’s going to be a fine day.
hol / ly 5. The cuckoo left its egg in the other bird’s
chil / ly nest.
grum / py 6. My pet cat hurt its front paw.
clum / sy 7. The meat has lost its flavour.
8. It’s a long way to Antarctica.
B
9. The ostrich is proud of its feathers.
dif der cult
10. It’s better late than never.
won ful phone
care fi ful Page 92: Writing
tel e ly A
un i form Child’s own story using the words provided
in the box.
kan aur roo
take e way Page 93: Language – Using Words
el a ry A
rest ber phant 1. The swallow dived into the barn.
straw ga ant 2. The fox sneaked into the chicken coop.
3. The worm wriggled along the ground.
C
4. The duck waddled across the road.
Two-syllable Words Three-syllable Words
5. The pony trotted around the race track.
rabbit takeaway
6. The monkey swung from branch to branch.
dragon elephant
7. The dog ran out of the door.
holly blackberry
8. The soldier marched up the road.
butter somebody
tunnel terrible
grumpy general
dirty
angry

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B 3. The stork was invited to a meal.
1. A lion has four paws. 4. My den is under a beech tree.
2. A lion roars. 5. The food was served on shallow plates.
3. A lioness has no mane. 6. Her long bill couldn’t pick up the soup.
4. A lion is smaller than an elephant. 7. The fox lapped at his ease.
5. A young lion is called a cub. 8. The food was in tall narrow glasses.
6. A lion cannot fly.
7. A lion lives in a den. B
8. A lion has a covering of fur. 1. however
2. arrived
C 3. trusted
1. lion 4. shallow
2. tiger 5. choose
3. leopard 6. shocked
4. cheetah 7. deserved
5. jaguar 8. finished
6. lynx
7. puma
8. panther

Page 95: Activities

A
1. A stork and a fox were close friends.
2. The fox was known to be sly.

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