Y4 Grammar Punctuation and Spelling
This Year 4 'Were' or 'Was' and 'Did' or 'Done' lesson covers the prior learning of Using the Present Perfect Form in Sentences before moving onto the main skill of using 'Were' or 'Was' and 'Did' or 'Done'.
The lesson starts with a prior learning activity to check pupils’ understanding. If they need more practice, you can choose other resources for that step. The interactive lesson slides recap the prior learning before moving on to the main skill. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning with engaging reasoning and application tasks.
National Curriculum Objectives
English Year 4: (4G7.1) Standard English forms for verb inflections instead of local spoken forms [for example, we were instead of we was, or I did instead of I done]
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This teaching PowerPoint guides pupils through prior learning of recognising and using common nouns and proper nouns, before moving onto the main skill of understanding compound nouns. There are some modelled varied fluency and application and reasoning questions included at the end.
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This PowerPoint can be used to model the questions that the children will complete on the varied fluency and application and reasoning worksheets as part of this lesson.
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This is a free scheme of work for Year 4 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling. This resource is the second block in the teaching sequence and includes 3 small steps with guidance for teaching.
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In this Using Standard English Video Tutorial, Laura shows pupils how to correctly use ‘was’ and ‘were’ and ‘did’ and ‘done’.
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This prior learning activity recaps the prior learning of Using the Present Perfect Form in Sentences before moving onto the main skill of using 'Were' or 'Was' and 'Did' or 'Done'.
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This Year 3 Using the Present Perfect Form in Sentences activity checks pupils’ understanding of using the present tense form of ‘to have’ and a past participle form of a verb.
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This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency questions for pupils to support the teaching of this step.
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This Year 4 Standard English Flash Card Game is designed to check pupils’ ability to use standard English forms for verb inflections (was/were/did/done).
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This main activity includes varied fluency, reasoning and application questions for pupils to practise the main skill of 'Were' or 'Was' and 'Did' or 'Done'.
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This application task can be used to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the 'Were' or 'Was' and 'Did' or 'Done' lesson.
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This differentiated worksheet includes application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.