Year 4 English Worksheets

Antonyms (extended)

More fill-in-the-blank

Subject-verb agreement, pronouns, articles, adverbs.

More capitalisation & punctuation

More grammar practice

More irregular verbs

Simple, compound, complex sentences. Clauses and phrases.

Words in context (extended)

Grammar in context

More parts of speech

Advanced synonyms, antonyms, homophones, multiple meanings, context clues.

More verb tenses

Sentence craft (advanced)

Synonyms (extended)

Extended vocabulary

More word study

Word study

Identify how language choices signal formal and informal relationships in different social contexts.

Distinguish between subjective and objective language and explain how each influences the reader.

Identify and use text connectives that signal temporal and conditional relationships between ideas.

Identify text navigation features in online and print texts, including headlines, drop-down menus, and hyperlinks.

Construct complex sentences using subordinating conjunctions to join a main clause and a dependent clause.

Distinguish between direct and indirect (reported) speech and understand how each is punctuated.

Use dialogue punctuation correctly including quotation marks, capitals, and punctuation before closing quotes.

Punctuate dialogue correctly using speech marks, commas and end marks.

Analyse how evaluative language creates bias; distinguish objective description from opinion.

Identify connectives that signal addition, contrast, cause, and concession in longer texts.

Use apostrophes correctly for contractions (can't, didn't) and to show possession (dog's, children's).

Use coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS) and subordinating conjunctions to join clauses and show relationships.

Find synonyms and antonyms for common words; use a thesaurus to expand vocabulary and improve word choice.

Identify and use common nouns, proper nouns, abstract nouns and collective nouns in sentences.

Use simple past, present and future tenses correctly; identify and use irregular past tense verbs.

Distinguish clauses and phrases; understand embedded and non-embedded clauses.

Identify Tier-2 vocabulary; use morphology, etymology, and context to determine precise word meanings.

More figurative language

More reading & comprehension

Similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, alliteration.

Main idea, details, inference, summarising, predicting.

Compare similar storylines across different cultural contexts and discuss how setting shapes characters and events.

Identify and explain the effects of text structures and language features in literary texts.

Identify literary devices and word play in poetry, including simile, alliteration, and onomatopoeia.

Construct personal responses supported by evidence from the text; make text-to-world connections.

Analyse how literary devices create mood, imagery, and meaning; compare their use across texts.

Tricky letter combinations, silent letters, common misspellings.

Compare texts created at different times and explain how context shapes language and ideas.

Identify the characteristic features of imaginative, informative, and persuasive texts and explain their purposes.

Apply comprehension strategies including inferencing, summarising, and evaluating to understand complex texts.

Choose the correct homophone to complete a sentence.

Spell high-frequency words correctly and distinguish between common homophones in written contexts.

Evaluate texts for purpose and audience appropriateness; compare how different types achieve their goals.

Use scanning, skimming, and elaborative interrogation to navigate informational and narrative texts.

Identify and use common prefixes (un-, re-, pre-) and suffixes (-ful, -less, -tion) to understand and form new words.

Plan, create and edit texts; combine and refine sentences with linked ideas and appropriate tense.

Write words accurately and fluently, applying spelling generalisations and letter patterns.