Year 6 English SATs Targeted Practice Workbook

with online quizzes

Audio test 2 Contents

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Verbs 1

Challenge 1

1 Underline the verb in each sentence below.

a) I have two brothers and one sister.

b) Zainab climbed to the top of the tree.

c) Sara felt sorry for the injured bird.

d) Calum was tired, bored and irritable.

e) The horses galloped along the shore.

Challenge 2

1 Verbs can be written in different tenses. State whether the sentences are in the past , present or future tense.

a) The fairies danced in the moonlight last night.

b) Do you have my book?

c) Later, we will ride our horses on the beach.

2 Write the correct version of the verb ‘be’ in each sentence below.

a) Tomorrow, we walking to school.

b) Everyone tired after their marathon run yesterday.

c) we really expected to learn all those spellings?

d) Yesterday, Moira and Stanley in the park.

e) Later, I supposed to meet my cousin at the cinema.

Challenge 3

1 Rewrite each sentence below so that the verb is in the simple past tense

a) My mum always was drinking coffee in the morning.

b) Today, we will be taking the bus to the cinema.

c) Every morning, they are brushing their teeth after breakfast.

d) This morning Freya is meeting her grandad for a walk.

e) In the school holidays, the children were playing in the park.

2 The following words can be either verbs or nouns. Write a sentence using each as a verb.

Progress test 1

1. Write the tense of each verb in the sentences below.

a) The dog runs obediently back to its owner.

b) My family and some of our friends went to the seaside yesterday.

c) Mark and Faiz are good friends.

d) We will be playing a lot of tennis during the summer months.

e) Our neighbour was mowing her lawn early this morning.

2. Underline the subordinate clause in each sentence below.

a) Daisy went to bed because she was feeling under the weather.

b) There’s no point in going to the park as it’s just started to rain.

c) I f you have time, please help me tidy up this mess.

d) After we’ve finished eating, Mum will take us shopping.

e) Eric loves jumping in the waves even though the water’s very cold.

3. Complete the sentences by writing the verbs in brackets in the present progressive tense.

a) Leila and Arthur (tease) their new puppy.

b) Pablo (be) rude to the teacher.

c) Our dog (bark) at the delivery man.

d) “I (write) the question on the board,” said Mr Fleming.

e) Clearly you (enjoy) your new book.

4. Complete each sentence with a suitable adverb from the box below.

breathlessly prolifically stealthily skilfully beautifully

a) My friends were singing in the choir.

b) The lion walked into the jungle.

c) Dom’s favourite mushrooms grow in the forest.

d) S he jumped off the diving board.

e) , Harriet explained that the shed was on fire.

5. Underline the two noun phrases in each sentence.

a) The ancient, dilapidated house was creaking in the howling wind.

b) The worried owner was delighted to find her missing dog.

c) We saw some monkeys swinging through the trees overhead.

d) I liked Van Gogh’s paintings best when we visited the art gallery.

e) The listing sailboat was struggling in the wild storm.

6. Read the poem and circle the four verbs that tell us what the eagle is doing. He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ring’d with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls.

‘The Eagle’ by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

7. Choose a suitable modal verb to complete each sentence below.

a) you speak French?

b) Dad said we leave early to avoid the traffic.

c) You make a noise while the baby is asleep.

d) “ I take the cake out now? ” asked Jenny.

e) Hughie said I help him wash his car.

8. Underline the object in each sentence below.

a) Freya enjoys playing the piano.

b) Adam told me he was going to London.

c) I poured a glass of juice.

d) Will gave his baby sister a new doll.

9. Rewrite each sentence, replacing the nouns and noun phrases in bold with a suitable pronoun

a) Fabian asked his brother, Cal, to help Fabian with his homework.

b) Cal said he would look at his homework when he’d finished his own.

c) Mum had told Cal and Fabian that she would take them swimming later.

d) So Cal and Fabian wanted to finish their homework as soon as possible.

e) Cal read Fabian’s answers and suggested some ways to improve the answers.

10. Insert a suitable subordinating conjunction to introduce the subordinate clause in each sentence.

a) Nadia practised hard at rugby training she was determined the team would win the cup.

b) Henry packed his waterproofs it was warm and sunny.

c) being unwell, Gretchen always had a smile on her face.

d) The teacher told us there was to be no talking we were doing the test.

11. Underline the subject in each sentence below.

a) The dogs chased the cat around the field.

b) We assumed that our teacher was sick, but she was simply late.

c) The TV series appealed to my love of art.

d) The young police officer arrested the thief as she came out of the shop.

12. Write these passive voice sentences in the active voice.

a) The boat was sailed across the Atlantic by an experienced crew.

b) My kitten, who was stuck in the tree, was rescued by the firefighter.

c) The delicious apple pie was baked by my cousin Andria.

Using a dictionary

Challenge 1

1 Put these words in alphabetical order. accompany communicate accord community accommodate committee

Challenge 2

1 Dictionaries use guide words at the top of a page to help you find words between them. Here are some guide words with their pages. 98 briefcase – brink 881 tailback – take away 286 evasion – everyone

jagged – jaw 668 presence – press

a) On which page would you find the word ‘take’?

b) The word ‘evening’ can be found on which page?

c) W here would you find the word ‘brilliant’?

d) W hat would you spread on your toast that is on page 450?

e) Would you find the word ‘presenter’ on page 668?