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Year 4 pathway

Year 4 English, step by step

Reading first, because everything else leans on it, then spelling, then grammar, then writing. Each lesson is short, with a check after every part and a quiz at the end of the step.

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150 questions4 stepsNational curriculum

Carry on: Reading between the lines Spelling hive English day plan

The lessons teach the pattern; the spelling game keeps the words in your head.

1Reading and understandingReading between the lines, hunting for facts in non-fiction, and spotting why a writer chose a word.

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Step 1 quiz: Reading and understanding

8 questions from the lessons in this stage. No timer, and you can try again as many times as you like.

One quiz per lesson

Just finished a lesson? Test that one on its own. No timer, and you can retry as often as you like.

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Quiz: Reading between the lines

6 questions from the lessons in this stage. No timer, and you can try again as many times as you like.

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Quiz: Finding facts in non-fiction

6 questions from the lessons in this stage. No timer, and you can try again as many times as you like.

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Quiz: How writers make you feel something

6 questions from the lessons in this stage. No timer, and you can try again as many times as you like.

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Quiz: Practice: reading a whole story extract

6 questions from the lessons in this stage. No timer, and you can try again as many times as you like.

What this step covers

•Draw inferences such as inferring characters' feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justify inferences with evidence
•Retrieve and record information from non-fiction
•Identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning

2Spelling patternsHomophones, the tricky words worth learning by heart, and how prefixes and suffixes attach.

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Step 2 quiz: Spelling patterns

7 questions from the lessons in this stage. No timer, and you can try again as many times as you like.

One quiz per lesson

Just finished a lesson? Test that one on its own. No timer, and you can retry as often as you like.

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Quiz: Homophones and tricky Year 4 words

5 questions from the lessons in this stage. No timer, and you can try again as many times as you like.

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Quiz: Tricky words worth learning by heart

3 questions from the lessons in this stage. No timer, and you can try again as many times as you like.

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Quiz: Adding bits to the front and the end

6 questions from the lessons in this stage. No timer, and you can try again as many times as you like.

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Quiz: Practice: spotting the right homophone every time

6 questions from the lessons in this stage. No timer, and you can try again as many times as you like.

What this step covers

•Spell words that are often misspelt from the Year 3 and 4 word list
•Spell homophones and near-homophones correctly
•Use further prefixes and suffixes and understand how to add them

3Grammar and punctuationFronted adverbials, apostrophes when there is more than one owner, and punctuating speech.

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Step 3 quiz: Grammar and punctuation

8 questions from the lessons in this stage. No timer, and you can try again as many times as you like.

One quiz per lesson

Just finished a lesson? Test that one on its own. No timer, and you can retry as often as you like.

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Quiz: Fronted adverbials and punctuating speech

6 questions from the lessons in this stage. No timer, and you can try again as many times as you like.

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Quiz: Apostrophes when there is more than one owner

6 questions from the lessons in this stage. No timer, and you can try again as many times as you like.

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Quiz: Punctuating what people say

6 questions from the lessons in this stage. No timer, and you can try again as many times as you like.

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Quiz: Practice: punctuating a whole conversation

6 questions from the lessons in this stage. No timer, and you can try again as many times as you like.

What this step covers

•Use fronted adverbials, using commas after fronted adverbials
•Indicate possession by using the possessive apostrophe with plural nouns
•Use and punctuate direct speech, including inverted commas

4Writing stories and reportsPlanning paragraphs, building a setting and character, then proof-reading and improving it.

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Step 4 quiz: Writing stories and reports

6 questions from the lessons in this stage. No timer, and you can try again as many times as you like.

One quiz per lesson

Just finished a lesson? Test that one on its own. No timer, and you can retry as often as you like.

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Quiz: Planning a story that actually goes somewhere

6 questions from the lessons in this stage. No timer, and you can try again as many times as you like.

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Quiz: Checking and improving your own writing

6 questions from the lessons in this stage. No timer, and you can try again as many times as you like.

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Quiz: Practice: planning and writing a three-paragraph story

6 questions from the lessons in this stage. No timer, and you can try again as many times as you like.

What this step covers

•Organise paragraphs around a theme, and in narratives create settings, characters and plot
•Proof-read for spelling and punctuation errors and propose changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency

Big English quiz

Spelling, grammar and reading all mixed up

Questions from every lesson you have done, in one go. Answers are marked straight away and you can try again as many times as you like.

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Year 4 English quiz

15 questions from the lessons in this stage. No timer, and you can try again as many times as you like.

Where this leads

These four steps are the whole of Year 4 English. They lead into Year 5: longer texts, more complex sentences and writing that holds a reader for pages at a time.

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