Year 3 English work

This pack has work for the first two weeks of the

Summer term.

There is work for every day and each page has the date it should be completed on it.

Some of the work is related to our new topic (the Stone

Age) and some is spelling or grammar work.

Day Task Monday 20th Expanded noun phrase

Tuesday 21st Verbs and adverbs

Wednesday 22nd Plan a diary – stone age child

Thursday 23rd Write a diary

Friday 24th Edit diary

Weekend Weekend

Monday 27th Adverbial phrases

Tuesday 28th Past and present tense

Wednesday 29th Describe what happens in “Stone Age Boy”

Thursday 30th Cave setting description

Friday 1st Forest setting description

An expanded noun phrase gives more detail or information about a noun. This is usually done by

adding an adjective to describe the noun phrase, for example: She walked through the dark forest.

Adjective (dark) Noun (forest) = Expanded noun phrase

What can

you see?

Use an

expanded

noun

phrase.

_______ houses

_______ trees

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Write full sentences about the scene using expanded noun phrases.

Extension: Can you create noun phrases using objects in your home

Monday 20th April Action: I can use expanded noun phrases to describe and specify

Tuesday 21st April

Action: I can use Adverbs

An verb is an action or a doing word like run, play or build. An adverb is a word that

describes a verb. Try to remember it being the adjective of the verb = ad+verb.

He ate his breakfast quickly.

The word quickly is an adverb. It tells us how he ate (the verb) his breakfast.

Task One: Underline the verbs in these sentences.

1. The mouse found the cheese.

2. The cat chased the mouse.

3. The frog leaped into the pond.

4. The boy ate the chocolate bar.

5. The car skidded round the bend and crashed.

Task Two: Circle all the adverbs in each sentence.

1. Excitedly, Molly opened the present. She stopped briefly and looked inside.

2. Sadly, the cat got knocked down. Happily, it wasn’t badly hurt.

3. Slowly, the girl walked home from school. Hungrily, she ate her tea.

4. Quietly, the mouse scuttled into her hole and nibbled hungrily on the crumb of bread.

Task Three: Add in the adverbs in each sentence to describe the verb (action).

1. Helen ran _____________ to the castle and crept _____________ up the stairs.

2. While I milked the cow _____________, Tom _____________ brushed the horse.

3. The child _____________ shouted at the man who was running _____________ .

4. Miss Thurston _____________ listens to One Direction.

5. The kitten purred _____________ as she sat on the rug.

6. Ms Shearer rode her bike _____________ .

Task Four: Which is the adverb? What action is it describing? Finish the sentence.

The prince bravely ______________________________________________________________

The exhausted man wearily _______________________________________________________

The snake smoothly _____________________________________________________________

Task Four: Write your own sentences using adverbs.

Wednesday 22nd April -Task- Underline adverbs, commas, noun phrases, exclamation marks

DIARY OF A STONE AGE CHILD

Dear Diary,

Today was the most incredible day of my life. Shall I tell you what I did?

I woke feeling cold and looked up to see my younger brother, Stoat, leaving. The fire had

gone out and the deer skin that my mother, Fennel, had draped carefully over me last night

had fallen off, so my bare feet could feel the chilly autumn breeze blowing in. It was time to

get up. Emerging from the tipi, I looked out at the hills beyond our camp to see the sun

slowly rising. I had jobs to do that morning but first I had to help my brother to gather some

breakfast. We took our rabbit skin bags to the edge of the wood where the blackberries grew

and filled them up to the brim. We couldn’t resist gobbling a few berries as we picked,

because the hunters had not had a successful day out yesterday.

Returning to camp, everyone was glad to see us and we sat around the freshly-built fire to

eat. My father, Willow, gave people jobs for the day as we filled our bellies. Since

midsummer, my brother and I have been learning how to make and sharpen flint tools. It

was hard work at first, but I have made spears, hand axes, hammers and arrow heads for

myself and my family. We need tools to hunt and build our houses with. Each tool is better

than the last.

After I had finished making a flint spear for my eldest cousin, Fox, I took it to him proudly.

He was obviously delighted and exclaimed, “Otter! What a sharp edge. I shall take this out

to the hunt later and I hope that you’ll join me.” What could I say? I had never been

hunting before as I am only nine. I dashed to ask my mother, who was cleaning animal

skins, and she agreed that I was now old enough to join the elder men and hunt.

Unfortunately, we had to wait a while until the sun was lower in the sky as the animals

could rarely be seen when the sun was high. Feeling excited and nervous, I followed ten men

a long distance from home. When I looked behind us, our camp was out of sight. There

would be plenty of meat tonight!

When we returned to the camp, the younger children had made nettle soup with the women,

just in case there was no meat. My mother rushed up and gave me a hug. “Well done Otter,

you brought them good luck in the hunt! We shall eat well tonight. Let’s have a feast!” she

laughed happily. I gulped down some soup and smiled. As the sun set, we sang old songs

and rejoiced with a dance around the fire. Suddenly, I needed to sleep, so I crawled into my

bed by the fire and tucked my toes under the deer skin. What an amazing day!

Wednesday 22nd April Action: To plan a diary

Using:

Adverbs

Commas

Noun phrases Exclamation mark

Plan a diary about your day, or plan a diary as

if you are living in the stone age.

Afternoon

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Morning

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Dinner

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Lunch

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Bed

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Thursday 23rd April Action: To write a diary

Using:

Adverbs

Commas

Expanded noun phrases Exclamation mark

Write up your diary that you planned in full

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Friday 24th April Action: Underline the spelling mistakes and re-write them correctly

One morning i woke up rilly exited for the day, it wus my first huntin trip! Wake up!

Wake up! I called to dad. What? He said as he opned his eyes. I fought it wouldve

been obvious that I was excited becus of my huntin trip. Later on, we mayd our way

to the edge of the forist wif the rest of the tribe redy for a hunt.

Task 1 – Underline the spelling mistakes

Task 2 – Correct the spelling mistakes

Task 3- Re-write the paragraph with the correct spellings

Extension- Add further detail and use different words using the spelling lists.

really

forest

felt

hunting

going

eventually

I

too

spear

tepee

with

could

went

remember

creepy

can’t

before

think

exciting

quite

because

getting

early

some

delicious

lurking

looked

didn’t

followed

walk

think

wait

yellow

excited

myself

bright

searched

again

really

something

looked

weather

knocked

crocodile

thought

favourite

quiet

too

followed

caught

felt

forest

terrified

shouted

no-one

night

I’m

think

I’d

cooked

I

berries

exciting

before

morning

look

with

was knew

saw

climbed

before

oh well

walk

right

nearly

old enough

yourself

realised

extremely

throat

back

walked

everything

exciting

luckily

somewhere

found

relieved

there

terrified

finally

some

said

wolves

chatting

creepy

came

followed

remembered

noticed

distance

peacefully

trapped

Monday 27th April Action: Add detail using an adverbial phrase

Choose a main clause, and add detail using at least one adverbial phrase from the

table above.

Remember:

Phrases can go before or after the main clause.

Make sure your sentence makes sense.

Add a capital letter and a full stop.

Put a comma after each phrase and the main clause (except the last one – that’s

where the full stop goes!)

Here is an example:

Later on, the children were lost, in the dark forest.

Challenge! Make up your own adverbial phrases to go with one of the main clauses

above.

Adverbial Phrases Main Clause

Time – when? Place – where? yesterday evening in the morning later on as soon as possible at break time during lunch in a few minutes before long after school within seconds quite slowly at first tomorrow night

in the park at school in the field outside in the hall around the corner on the playground from the castle in front of the fountain lying in bed in the dark forest beside the lake under the ground

we walk the dog John eats breakfast tidy your room I went to the park it will be time for PE he cycled to school Jake hurt his finger Emma got told off she runs away they are going to the cinema the children were lost they formed a plan Jenny played football

Task 1: Identify whether the sentence is in the past or past present tense. Then rewrite the sentence changing

the tense. For example:

Julius ate all of his dinner. Past Present

Julius eats all of his dinner.

1) Rupert wanted to go outside and explore. Past Present

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2) The two black cats guarded the stairs. Past Present

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3) Rupert’s family thought the ice cream was tasty. Past Present

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Task 2: Can you change these sentences from the simple past tense to the present perfect tense? Remember the

present perfect tense uses the word ‘have’ or ‘has’ in its sentence. The present perfect connects the past to the

present. An example of the present perfect tense:

Has lived: She has lived here all her life.

Has done: He has finished his homework.

Have been: We have been to Canada.

1. I drove to work today.

2. Sam ate the last piece of cake.

3. Dave travelled to Dover for a meeting.

Stone Age Boy

By Satoshi Kitamura.

An amazing thing happened to me. I was wandering in the wood when I

tripped and found myself falling down, down, down. When I woke up, I was

in a cold, dark place. I could see day light and I stumbled towards it. Outside,

everything was different. I realised I was lost. Completely lost. So I walked

and walked and walked.....

Then, to my relief, I saw someone – a girl. She was about my age, but she

didn’t look like any of the girls I knew. And I don’t think I looked like any of

the boys she knew. She took me home to meet her family – and what a family

it was! They looked very strange, but they were kind to me and gave me some

stew. I couldn’t understand anything they were saying, though I worked out

my new friend’s name was Om. Then I must have fallen asleep.

The next morning, Om showed me round the camp. Everyone seemed busy and

had a job to do. Over the next few days I saw so much I’d never seen before.

Om’s people had no knives and forks, no plastic, no metal even. Everything

they had was made of wood, stone, animal skins or bones. I saw

them.....making tools, using tools, preparing and cooking food.

One afternoon we went to the river. The little ones picked berries and nuts, but

Om and I watched the men fishing. They held their pointed spears high and

stood as still as trees. Then, suddenly, swoosh!

As the days became weeks, Om and her people taught me many things. I was

very happy. Then one day Om took me to a special place. We walked a long

way until we came to the mouth of a cave. Om struck flint stones together to

make fire. She lit a torch and we went in. WOW! It took me a moment to

realise the animals were only painting. In the flickering light of the torch they

looked real, as if they were running all around us. Om went over to the tools

and paints the artists had left and began to draw. Suddenly, I saw something

move in the darkness. It was a bear, a big furious cave bear! I shouted at Om

to run and turned to face the bear with my spear. I felt very small.

Suddenly the ground gave way........and I found myself falling down, down,

down. When I woke up the bear had gone. So had Om. I rushed outside. The

air felt........different. Warmer. I walked a long way, calling for Om. But I never

found her. Instead I found I was back home. When I told my family what had

happened, they didn’t believe me. They said I’d only been gone a few hours

and I must have fallen asleep and dreamt it.

Years passed, but I never forgot my friend Om. I am an archaeologist now

[that’s me in the glasses]. Everywhere I go, I look for signs of Om. And I never

stop learning from her and her people. Was it a dream?

Maybe.........................Maybe not.

Wednesday 29th April Action: To describe what happens in the story

Write in full sentences

Adjectives

Commas

Noun phrases

Challenge: How would you feel in this situation?

How is he feeling?

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What happens at the end of the story?

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Who is he? Who is he with?

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What might happen next?

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What does it look like?

What material is it made from?

How does it make you feel?

Task 1: Describe what you can see around the picture.

For example: Dark, gloomy cave

Task 2: Write sentences about the picture.

Using: Adjectives, commas, exclamation marks

Task 3: Can you describe a setting of your choice?

Thursday 30th April Action: To describe what you can see in the picture

Friday 1st May

What does it look like?

What material is it made from?

How does it make you feel?

Task 1: Describe what you can see around the picture.

For example: Tall, narrow trees

Task 2: Write sentences about the picture.

Using: Adjectives, commas, exclamation marks

Task 3: Can you describe a setting of your choice?

Action: To describe what you can see in the picture