Year 4 English

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Choosing Correct Verbs

Choose the correct verbs from the box below to fill in the spaces in the sentences. You can only use each word once.

Remember that a verb is an ‘action’ or a ‘doing’ word!

1. The car ______________ as it lost control on the slippery road.

2. Tom and David _______________ happily on the trampoline for hours!

3. Rebecca _______________ a long way to be with her family during the holidays.

4. The girls _______________ an enormous hole in the sand before filling it with water.

5. The fat sausages _________________ under the grill.

6. Ryan ________________ when he saw what was hidden behind the sofa.

7. The tall building _______________ scarily above them.

8. The flowers ________________ in the garden all summer long.

9. Alexa ________________ the door open with a heavy kick.

10. The greedy cat ______________ up the milk until it was all gone.

loomed sizzled bounced dug

lapped swerved forced

travelled gasped bloomed

Year 4 English

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Choosing Correct Adjectives

Choose the correct adjectives from the box below to fill in the spaces in the sentences. You can only use each word once. Some adjectives may fit into more than one sentence, but try to end up with each sentence containing the adjective that is the ‘best fit’.

Remember that an adjective is a ‘describing’ word!

1. The girls were very _______________ about their upcoming trip to France.

2. Rachel felt _______________ after the terrible rain ruined her birthday party.

3. The boys were ________________ after walking all day in the heat.

4. The skyscraper was ________________ compared to the little church next door.

5. Mark felt _______________ when he saw his puppy with its new owner.

6. After the initial bad news, Mel was determined to remain _______________.

7. The man became terribly _______________ after inheriting so much money.

8. The oranges in the supermarket looked ________________ and delicious.

9. The new kitten was very _________________ as it roamed around the house.

10. “How _______________,” said mum, “I’m sure I left my keys in the kitchen!”

inquisitive colossal greedy juicy

excited exhausted strange

wistful miserable optimistic

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Year 4 Maths‘Chunking’ Division

The chunking method is a way of working out longer division sums where the bus stop method won’t help us.

It can take a little while to get the hang of, but just follow the example below and we’re sure you’ll be cracking complicated division questions with ease in no time at all!

Example

386 ÷ 12

Remember that the above is really asking us, “how many 12s are there in 386?”. That’s a little too much to take in all in one go, so we need to break up our sum into ‘chunks’. We do this by repeating multiplication sums that take us closer and closer to our answer. Start by using numbers that are easy to multiply, like 5, 10 and 20.

12 x 20 = 240

We can work out quite easily that 20 x 12 = 240 (because we know that 12 x 2 = 24). Now, subtract 240 from 386.

20 x 12 = 240 386 - 240 = 146

We can now see that we have 146 left over. This means that we can’t take away another chunk of 20 x 12, as 240 is bigger than 146. However, 10 x 12 = 120, so we can take this away instead.

20 x 12 = 240 386 - 240 = 146

10 x 12 = 120 146 - 120 = 26

Now we only have 26 left! The closest we can get to 26 is 2 x 12 = 24, so we take that away too.

20 x 12 = 240 386 - 240 = 146

10 x 12 = 120 146 - 120 = 26

2 x 12 = 24 26 - 24 = 2

We’ve now got as close to zero as we can go. Turn to the next page to reveal the final step!

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Year 4 Maths‘Chunking’ Division (Continued)

To find our answer, we now need to add up all of the numbers on the left hand side of our working out (these are all of the numbers we multiplied by 12).

20 x 12 = 240 386 - 240 = 146

10 x 12 = 120 146 - 120 = 26

2 x 12 = 24 26 - 24 = 2

So, the answer to 386 ÷ 12 is 32 remainder 2 (because we had 2 left over at the end of our chunking).

That’s it! we know that it’s quite a lot to take in at first, but once you get the hang of it you should find that it’s a really useful tool for solving long division sums.

Activity

Now have a go at the chunking division questions below. Feel free to refer back to the example as many times as you need to, and don’t worry if it takes a little while to get right! You can show your workings out on a separate piece of paper if you don’t have enough room.

1. 348 ÷ 15 = _______ 2. 504 ÷ 12 = _______

3. 196 ÷ 13 = _______ 4. 418 ÷ 11 = _______

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32

English Answers Maths Answers

Choosing Correct Verbs

1. swerved2. bounced3. travelled4. dug5. sizzled6. gasped7. loomed8. bloomed9. forced10. lapped

Choosing Correct Adjectives

1. excited2. miserable3. exhausted4. colossal5. wistful6. optimistic7. greedy8. juicy9. inquisitive10. strange

‘Chunking’ Division (Continued)

1. 348 ÷ 15 = 23 r32. 504 ÷ 12 = 423. 196 ÷ 13 = 15 r14. 418 ÷ 11 = 38