Year 4 Winter English Activity Booklet

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Activity Answers and Guidance
Think and Write: Example answers:
Winter Predators Sentence 1: The fierce, camouflaged owl stared intently at the tiny,
brown mouse.

Sentence 2: She would remain hidden until she knew it was the
right moment to pounce.

Sentence 3: The owl’s eyes never moved from its prey.

Sentence 4: As quick as a flash, she skilfully dived from the sky and
grabbed the mouse.

Sentence 5: “Got you,” the owl hooted to herself.

Wonderful Winter Accept eight sentences which contain correctly used adverbials,
Adverbials such as:

Everywhere she looked, Linda could only see the mist.

North of here, towns and cities are covered with snow.

Gloriously, the Northern Lights lit up the sky.

The Winter Spirit Answers:
and His Visitor 1) The old man was sitting in his lodge beside a frozen stream.

2) Accept a response that indicates that ‘desolate’ means lonely.

3) Accept locks and ringlets.

4) Answers will vary but accept any reasonable similarity and

difference. For example: The characters are similar because they
both have a special power. They are different because one is very old
and one is young.

5) Answers should refer to the seasons. For example I believe the

old man is winter because he brings cold and snow whereas the
younger man is the spring because he brings rain and the flowers
begin to grow.

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 Year 4 Winter English Activity Booklet Answers

Activity Answers and Guidance

Muddled Up Gloves Matched answers should be: disappoint, misbehave, incorrect, illegal,
immature, refresh, submarine, antisocial.

Example sentence:
It is immature to be antisocial.
What A An We saw an avalanche running down a tall mountain.
Amazing Trip
Jane almost had an accident whilst skiing when she saw a bear!

Graham needed to borrow a hat and a pair of goggles from the

resort.

We stayed in an adorable cottage in a quaint village.

Our snowman had a carrot nose and a pebble smile.

The birch trees were covered with a thick layer of snow and ice.
Icy Instructions Accept a set of instructions which includes all of the steps mentioned
in the recount and is presented correctly, utilising a numbered list
and beginning each instruction with an imperative verb or time
conjunction.
Word Type Winter
button carrot cloudy cold cosy mouse Jack
Mosaics
table dismal foggy clear frosty frozen Santa

clear dark glittery grey harsh glacial icy

soft often below silver almost soon sparkly

today angrily sad often strong strong barren

gusty cruelly gently away gladly loudly dark

above once play write draw never bare

fluffy above very throw there always boring

mouse lonely outside inside away slushy snow

Santa snow wet angrily happily button table

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Activity Answers and Guidance

Johnny Chuck Answers:
Sleeps All Winter 1. Peter did not understand why Johnny Chuck was getting so fat.

2. Johnny planned to spend the winter deep down in the ground.

3. Peter Rabbit, Billy Mink, Little Joe Otter and Reddy Fox.

4. Grandfather Frog lived on a big lily-pad in the Smiling Pool.

5. The author uses the word ‘spry’.

Five Fabulous Example answers:
Synonyms Cold: chilly, cool, freezing, icy, wintry.

Dark: pitch-black, inky, unlit, gloomy, grim.

Sad: unhappy, sorrowful, miserable, glum, melancholy.

Wet: damp, moist, soggy, saturated, dripping.

Warm: balmy, heated, mild, temperate, toasty.

Dry: parched, arid, dehydrated, drained, sapped.

Chilly Criss-Cross 1 2 Across
d e c e m b e r
3 December
b x
4 Early
r e a r l y
Accident
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5 6 Height
a c c i d e n t
t i i Century

h s s
Down
e e a Exercise
p Breathe
p Disappear
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h e i g h t
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8 Hidden word:
c e n t u r y
Bracing

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