Year 4 Autumn Term 1 SPaG Mat 1

Section 1 Section 2 Section 3

Write a sentence Look at the choices of words within the Circle the three conjunctions in these
sentences.
about this scene brackets. Circle the correct word to fit
The man jogged down the road before
that contains the sentence:
stopping for a drink. After catching his
a preposition.
“(Quiet/Quite) class 12!” yelled Mrs breath, he set off again and sprinted up
Underline the
Green. “This spelling test is (quiet/quite) the hill.
preposition.
important.”

The children in Class 12 got out (there/
 Section 6
their) pencils and waited to (hear/here)
Rewrite this
 the first spelling word.
sentence
 and add a
subordinate
clause.
Section 4 The family stood safely behind the
Mr Whoops has accidently jumbled up barriers to watch the fireworks.
two Y3/ Y4 spelling words. Can you help
Section 5 
him to unjumble them? (Clue: they’re
Change these adjectives into adverbs.
both nouns!) 
terrible 
brrryiltfuia 
sensible  

 noble  
Year 4 Autumn Term 1 SPaG Mat 2

Section 1 Section 2 Section 3

I don’t have nothing to wear! Can I Can you think of the prefix words to Write this sentence as a line of
lend a dress? match these definitions? accurately-punctuated direct speech.
Rewrite this text message using A task that can’t be done. 
Standard English.
im 

Against the law. What would you like in your sandwich?

il


Section 4
Use the correct form of the verb to
complete these present perfect tense
sentences correctly:
Section 5 Section 6 e a e
The children  got a
These words have prepositions hiding Mr Whoops has
PE lesson today. within them. Can you spot them? The been juggling with r s
first one is done for you. the letters from one
Joe  brought his c i n
of his Y4 spelling
new football kit. router - r(out)er - out
words. Can you spot
linear - - what it is?
kilobyte-
i
Year 4 Autumn Term 1 SPaG Mat 3

Section 1 Section 2 Section 5

Write a sentence about this monkey Replace the underlined words with Mr Whoops has made three clumsy
that contains a conjunction, an adverb a possessive pronoun: spelling mistakes in his sentence. Can
and an adjective. Underline them. you underline them and correct them?
Molly and Milly were having a
joint birthday party. The birthday The tour guyde showed us all the main

party was Molly and Milly’s. attractions on the ireland and helped us lurn
 some of their language.
“Don’t take that PE bag by mistake.
 
That PE bag is my PE bag.”




Section 6
Put the homophones in the correct place in the
Section 4 Section 3 sentences:
Do these sentences need the determiner Write a sentence about this (main/mane) (missed/mist)
‘a’ or ‘an’? tree that contains a possessive The purpose of a lion’s  is to
apostrophe and a preposition.
The zookeeper fed  elephant. protect its neck when fighting.
 While he was driving in the
The children chose  pizza for
 , Harry 
lunch from the menu.
 the turning because he couldn’t
I have hour for dinner.  see.

Year 4 Autumn Term 1 SPaG Mat 4

Section 1 Section 2 Section 3

Place the correct punctuation mark after the Think of two different adverbs that Clumsy Mr Whoops has
fronted adverbial in the sentence. could describe this verb: lost all the words from this
He ate  word family. Can you help
In the middle of town the bus pulled
him to find three of them?
up outside the row of shops. He ate 

For one of the sentences, add another  sign 

phrase with a conjunction to give
more detail.




Section 6
Add nouns to create compound words.
Section 4 Section 5 The first one is done for you.
Can you think of a pronoun, verb and adverb Circle the suffix in the words in bold. cup + =
beginning with…
The colourful flower attracts insects, rain + =
which actually help the plants heart + =
pronoun verb adverb
pollinate.
the letter h?

the letter s?
Year 4 Autumn Term 1 SPaG Mat 5

Section 1 Section 2 Section 3

Add in the missing verbs to create a Can you write a possessive Write the plural forms of
present perfect sentence. apostrophe sentence about the these singular nouns:
feathers that belong to the peacock?
The school cook  sheep - 

 a delicious cottage pie. deer - 

man - 

Section 4 
Mr Whoops has got in a terrible muddle with
his ‘el’, ‘al’ and ‘le’ endings. Can you help him
to match each definition with the correct ‘el’, Section 5 Section 6
‘le’ or ‘al’ ending? Sort these words into the table: Rewrite this sentence and add a
subordinate clause.
The measurement of a turn.  ang adjective preposition The man dropped his box of oranges.
An underground passage.  tunn

A squashed circle.  ov




into strict near busy 


Add another word to each column.
Year 4 Autumn Term 1 SPaG Mat 6

Fear is the path to the dark side! Section 2 Section 3

Section 1 Can you think of words that ends in -ue that match Mr Whoops has
Can you write Yoda’s words as the definition? accidentally jumbled up
an accurately-punctuated direct two pronoun words. Can
You have one inside your mouth  you help him to unjumble
speech?
Special/a one-off  them?

 shi ouy
 
Section 5
Sort these words into the word table:
went kitchen dartboard polite never
Section 4 Section 6
vicious caught usually
Use an apostrophe to create a contracted Can you spell these ‘ure’
form of these words: words correctly?
verbs nouns adverbs adjectives
can not - 

should have - 
must not - 


Year 4 Autumn Term 1 SPaG Mat 1

Section 1 Section 2 Section 3

Write a sentence Look at the choices of words within the Circle the three conjunctions in these
sentences.
about this scene brackets. Circle the correct word to fit
that contains the sentence: The man jogged down the road before
a preposition. stopping for a drink. After catching his
“(Quiet/Quite) class 12!” yelled Mrs
Underline it. breath, he set off again and sprinted up
Green. “This spelling test is (quiet/quite) the hill.
Accept any sentence with an underlined important.”
preposition, e.g. The fields are beside
the coast. The clouds are above the The children in Class 12 got out (there/
their) pencils and waited to (hear/here) Section 6
feeding sheep.
the first spelling word. Rewrite this
sentence
and add a
subordinate
clause.
Section 4 The family stood safely behind the
Mr Whoops has accidently jumbled up barriers to watch the fireworks.
two Y3/ Y4 spelling words. Can you help
Section 5 Accept any sensible sentence with
him to unjumble them? (Clue: they’re
Change these adjectives into adverbs. a subordinate clause headed with a
both nouns!)
terrible - terribly subordinating conjunction, e.g.
brrryiltfuia
sensible - sensibly The family stood safely behind the
library fruit barriers to watch the fireworks because
noble - nobly they can be dangerous.
Year 4 Autumn Term 1 SPaG Mat 2

Section 1 Section 2 Section 3

I don’t have nothing to wear! Can I Can you think of the prefix words to Write this sentence as a line of accurately-
lend a dress? match these definitions? punctuated direct speech.
Rewrite this text message using “What would you like in your
A task that can’t be done.
Standard English. sandwich?” asked the man in the apron.
impossible
I don’t have anything to wear! or I
have nothing to wear! / Can I borrow Against the law. What would you like in your sandwich?
a dress?
illegal

Section 4
Use the correct form of the verb to
complete these present perfect tense
sentences correctly:

The children have got a PE Section 5 Section 6 e a e

lesson today. These words have prepositions hiding Mr Whoops has
within them. Can you spot them? The been juggling with r s
Joe has brought his new first one is done for you. the letters from one
football kit. of his Y4 spelling c i n
router - r(out)er - out
words. Can you spot
linear - in, near what it is?
kilobyte- by increase
Year 4 Autumn Term 1 SPaG Mat 3

Section 1 Section 2 Section 5

Write a sentence about this monkey Replace the underlined words with Mr Whoops has made three clumsy
that contains a conjunction, an adverb a possessive pronoun: spelling mistakes in his sentence. Can
and an adjective. Underline them. you underline them and correct them?
Molly and Milly were having a
Accept any accurately-punctuated joint birthday party. The birthday The tour guyde showed us all the main
sentence with an underlined party was Molly and Milly’s. attractions on the ireland and helped us lurn
adjective, adverb and some of their language.
“Don’t take that PE bag by mistake.
conjunction. guide island learn
That PE bag is my PE bag.”

theirs mine

Section 6
Put the homophones in the correct place in the
Section 4 Section 3 sentences:
Do these sentences need the determiner Write a sentence about this The main purpose of a lion’s mane is to protect its
‘a’ or ‘an’? tree that contains a possessive neck when fighting.
apostrophe and a preposition.
The zookeeper fed an elephant. While he was driving in
Accept any correctly punctuated
The children chose a pizza for lunch sentence with a singular the mist, Harry missed the

from the menu. possessive apostrophe, e.g. The turning because he couldn’t
tree’s branches were see.
I have an hour for dinner. filled with snow.
Year 4 Autumn Term 1 SPaG Mat 4

Section 1 Section 2 Section 3

Place the correct punctuation mark after the Think of two different adverbs that Clumsy Mr Whoops has
fronted adverbial in the sentence. could describe this verb: lost all the words from this
Accept any appropriate adverbs, word family. Can you help
In the middle of town, the bus
e.g. slowly, greedily, reluctantly, him to find three of them?
pulled up outside the row of shops.
quickly, unhealthily and healthily.
Accept any three correctly-spelt words
For one of the sentences, add another with the root ‘sign’, e.g. design, resign,
phrase with a conjunction to give signature, signage, signify, assign,
more detail. signal, etc.
Accept any sentence with an
added conjunction and additional
information, e.g. He ate greedily
for he was hungry. Section 6
Add nouns to create compound words.
Section 4 The first one is done for you.
Can you think of a pronoun, verb and adverb Section 5
cup + =
beginning with… Circle the suffix in the words in bold.
rain + =
Accept any pronouns, verbs and adverbs The colourful flower attracts insects,
heart + =
starting with the suggested letters, e.g. his, which actually
hit and hastily; she, shouted and soon. help the plants Accept any compound words make with
pollinate. cup, rain and heart, e.g. cupboard,
rainbow and heartbeat.
Year 4 Autumn Term 1 SPaG Mat 5

Section 1 Section 2 Section 3

Add in the missing verbs to create a Can you write a possessive Write the plural forms of
present perfect sentence. apostrophe sentence about the these singular nouns:
feathers that belong to the peacock?
The school cook has baked a sheep - sheep
Accept any singular possessive
delicious cottage pie. apostrophe sentence, deer - deer
e.g. The peacock’s man - men
feathers are extremely
Section 4 elegant.
Mr Whoops has got in a terrible muddle with
his ‘el’, ‘al’ and ‘le’ endings. Can you help him
to match each definition with the correct ‘el’, Section 5 Section 6
‘le’ or ‘al’ ending? Sort these words into the table: Rewrite this sentence and
add a subordinate clause.
The measurement of a turn.  angle adjective preposition The man dropped his box
An underground passage.  tunnel of oranges.
strict into
A squashed circle.  oval Accept any correctly punctuated
busy near sentence with a subordinate clause
either before or after the main clause,
e.g. After walking out of the shop, the
man dropped his box of oranges.
Accept any adjectives and
prepositions added to the correct
column.
Year 4 Autumn Term 1 SPaG Mat 6

Fear is the path to the dark side! Section 2 Section 3

Section 1 Can you think of words that ends in -ue that match Mr Whoops has
Can you write Yoda’s words as the definition? accidentally jumbled up
an accurately-punctuated direct two pronoun words. Can
You have one inside your mouth tongue you help him to unjumble
speech?
Accept accurate speech Special/a one-off unique them?
punctuation, e.g. “Fear is
shi ouy
the path to the dark side!”
his you
exclaimed Yoda. Section 5
Sort these words into the word table:
went kitchen dartboard polite never
Section 4 Section 6
vicious caught usually
Use an apostrophe to create a contracted Can you spell these ‘ure’
form of these words: words correctly?
verbs nouns adverbs adjectives
can not - can't
treasure
should have - should've caught kitchen usually polite
must not - mustn't
went dartboard never vicious
measure

furniture