English Language
Coverage, Grammar and Functional Language Teaching Resource
Grade 4 General (Access)
Level 2.1
Term 3
2023 - 2024
Contents:
Emirates Schools Establishment Assessment Unit
Term 3 Preparation: Vocabulary
Key vocabulary
Day and Night | |
clock | jacket |
get up | walk |
breakfast | day |
homework | night |
hot | tree |
cold | grass |
warm | house |
dress | |
Term 3 preparation: Grammar
Key Grammar
NELCF Code | Grammatical structure |
G.13.1 | Present Time |
G.12.1 | Prepositions (place) |
G.1.1 | Adjectives (position) |
I clean my bedroom every day. There are 4 bedrooms in my house. | |
Grammatical structure | Present time; present simple (including verb ‘to be’) |
Usage | Used to describe when something is happening now or regularly. |
Other examples | My sister has 5 apples on the table. She has long hair. |
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The ball is on the table. The tortoise is under the tree. | |
Grammatical structure | |
Usage | To describe the position of something. |
Other examples | The chair is next to the desk. The cat is under the tree. |
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The tree is brown. The dog has long legs. | |
Grammatical structure | |
Usage | Words used to describe something. |
Other examples | The green apple is big. The bird is small. |
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Term 3 preparation:
Functional language
Functional Language
NELCF Code | Grammatical structure |
FL.3 | Expressing like and dislikes |
FL.6 | Describing places |
FL.7 | Describing objects |
Lexis | “ I like…” “ I don’t like…” |
Examples | I like to ride on boats. I don’t like to go to the beach. |
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Lexis | hot, cold, dry, wet, warm, cool, ice |
Examples | Dubai is hot. England is cold and wet. |
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Lexis | big, small, long, short |
Examples | The river is long and blue. The plane is big. |
Term 3 Assessment Example
Match the sentences to the pictures.
1. homework
2. park
3. bird
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Read the text and choose the correct word(s)
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We visit our family and friends and 4 _____ computer games. My mum makes nice 5 _____. I 6 _____ eat bananas because I don’t like them. 7 _____. I will take some chocolate.
Match the texts to the titles.
7. | Pizza is my favourite food. I always eat it with my family. I don’t like to drink tea. |
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8. | After school, I sit on my chair and read my books. The books are from my school. |
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In school, we are learning about animals. I like dogs. Mine is nice and has long ears. I don’t like birds. We are going on a school trip to see the animals. We are getting on the bus and driving to the zoo. It is a long way away.
10. The dog has long ears and is __________.
11. Her favourite animals are ___________.
12. The class are going to the __________ to see lots of animals.
13. They are going on a __________ for a long drive.
bus | long | zoo |
dogs | birds | nice |
Read the text and answer the questions. Use the words in the box to help you.
Read the text and answer the questions.
Plants
1. At school, we are learning about plants and animals. I like learning about how plants grow. I asked Mr. Ali about how to plant a flower. He said plants need water. The water helps the flower to grow tall. The plants in school are small because there is no water for them.
2. After school, I like to go to my garden. My mum and I like to see my flowers. They are tall. They have lots of colours. My favourite flowers are red. My mum’s favourite flowers are yellow.
14. Paragraph 1 is about _____.
A. big plants at school
B. blue plants at school
C. plants in my classroom
15. Paragraph 2 is about _____.
A. playing at school
B. my mum’s favourite animals
C. small plants at home
16. Both texts describe _____.
A. water
B. animals
C. plants
17. You can use this text to draw a picture of _____.
A. things that can grow
B. children at my school
C. animals at home
Writing
Look at the image. Answer the questions by writing complete sentences. Use the words in the box to help you.
What colour is your house?
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How do you get to school?
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yellow | red | bus |
small | white | car |
Answers
1. | C | 10. | nice |
2. | A | 11. | dogs |
3. | B | 12. | zoo |
4. | B | 13. | bus |
5. | B | 14. | C |
6. | A | 15. | C |
7. | C | 16. | C |
8. | Food I Like | 17. | A |
9. | My Homework | | |
Well done!