Year 4 were or was, did or done worksheet and PowerPoint

Standard English

Standard English is the form of English we use in writing and in formal speech. Some ways of speaking are fine with friends but are not Standard English, so we correct them in our writing.

Examples

• They were playing outside.
• She has done well.

Key words

Standard English

the form of English used in writing and formal speech, with the usual grammar

dialect

the way people speak in one place or group

non-standard

not Standard English

What is on the worksheet

Every sheet for this lesson has a short teaching box and 12 questions that get gradually harder: 8 fluency questions, then 4 reasoning questions that ask pupils to explain or choose. A writing challenge follows. The questions use the same styles as the key stage 2 grammar and punctuation test (circle, underline, tick, fill the gap, add punctuation, rewrite, explain). They are written for this website, not copied from past papers.

All the answers are on the last page of the same editable Word file. New questions are made every time, so you can print a different sheet for every group or for homework. The same sheet code always gives the same sheet.

Writing challenge: Write six sentences about last weekend. Use was, were, did, done, saw and seen correctly once each.

Pupil target: I can use was, were, did and done correctly.

The PowerPoint

A 20-slide lesson deck for the same lesson: a starter that revisits earlier learning, key words, an I do and a You do question on each slide with a countdown timer, answers that appear one click at a time, and a challenge. Download the were or was, did or done PowerPoint.

Where this lesson fits

This is lesson 33 of 60 in the Year 4 SPaG scheme, in the block “Standard English”.

Other lessons in this block

• I or me
• Have not of, those not them
• Standard English in paragraphs

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