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Answers to Scholastic National CurriculumEnglish Practice Book for Year 6The answers are given below. They are referenced by page number and whereapplicable, question number. The answers usually only include the information thechildren are expected to give. There may be some places where the answers vary ormultiple answers are acceptable, these are marked as such.Note that answers in literacy will be varied and subjective from child to child, and afair degree of marker discretion and interpretation is needed, particularly if children’sunderstanding and skills have to be deduced from their us’ words: conscious, spacious, atrocious, luscious, subconscious,ferocious‘tious’ words: cautious, conscientious, ambitious, pretentious,ostentatious, infectiousFor this style of question, refer to a dictionary for the answers.34Children’s own answers.ambitious, vicious, surreptitious, superstitious, malicious, cautious,precious5Vicious, ambitious, ostentatious, surreptitious, precious, malicious,superstitious, cautious1presidential, beneficial, confidential, facial, antisocial, racial, glacial,official, torrential, martial, initial, impartial2‘tial’ family: presidential, torrential, martial, impartial, initial‘cial’ family: antisocial, beneficial, racial, glacial, facial, official93Across: 3. financial, 4. palatial, 5. initial, 8. racialDown: 1. official, 2. martial, 4. partial, 6. torrential, 7. glacial1041Children’s own answers.compet: competency, competence, competentfreq: frequent, frequencyoccup: occupant, occupancy112‘ant’ words: distant, significant, assistant, resistant, entrant, relevant,ignorant‘ent’ words: excellent, intelligent, competent, glish Year 6 Practice Book AnswersPage 1 of 23
PagenumberQuestionnumber1241314AnswersRootAdd ‘ance’ or‘ence’DefinitiondistdistanceThe length of the gap in between two usequenceFor this style of question,refer to a dictionary for the 5epreference5f6residencereluctant, incidence, attendance, insurgency, innocent, pregnancy,redundancy, maintenance, acceptance, patience, substance, crfelnimtancentepadegmbrbleChildren’s own answers.You can’t hear a whole word: terrible, terribly, visible, visibly,horrible, horribly, incredible, incredibly, feasible, feasiblyYou can hear a whole word: considerable, considerably, comfortable,comfortably, acceptable, acceptably, remarkable, remarkably, profitable,profitablyEnglish Year 6 Practice Book AnswersPage 2 of 23
serable3eresponsible3fsensible174Children’s own answers.1851Children’s own answers.Double the ‘r’: transferred, transferring, deferred, deferring, inferred,inferring, preferred, preferring, referred, referring161920Answers2aDon’t double the ‘r’: transference, deference, inference, aitEnglish Year 6 Practice Book AnswersPage 3 of 23
PagenumberQuestionnumber212aThe all-powerful ruler Exandicras has decreed that his servants mustgrovel in his presence.2bNew Year is a good time to re-evaluate your life and show self-restraintby giving up things that are bad for you.2cI received lots of sweets for my birthday, but my sneaky brotherredistributed some of them – to himself.2dI helped to make a gigantic working model of a rocket, but my codesigner took all the credit.2eWhen Mum decided to declutter my bedroom, I reasserted my right tokeep all my old toys.2231Children’s own answers.achieve, conceivably, grief, deceitful, field, receipt, ceiling, pierce, fanciest,either, weird, spicier, perceived, conceited232received, deceitful, grief, perceive, ceiling, pieces, field, weird, spicier,receive, achieve241sounds like ‘or’: thought, brought, nought, ought, bought, foughtAnswerssounds like ‘ow’ (snow): though, although, doughsounds like ‘uff’: rough, enough, toughsounds like ‘er’: thorough, boroughsounds like ‘off’: coughsounds like ‘ow’ (now): plough, Sloughsounds like ‘oo’: gh2ethought, ught2lcoughing2mrough2noughtEnglish Year 6 Practice Book AnswersPage 4 of 23
PagenumberQuestionnumber263AnswersFor breakfast this morning, Dad had a doughnut and a cup of coffee.Dad’s doughnut was tasty enough, but it didn’t contain much roughage,so he had an apple too.Dad gave Sam a bowl of cornflakes. It was full of roughage, but a bitboring.After breakfast, Sam went out to the park, to play with his friends.The sky was filled with puffy grey clouds, but that didn’t stop Sam’sgame.After roughly ten minutes, the sound of thunder echoed through thewhole area, and a rainstorm began.Sam was glad he had had the forethought to bring his raincoat.Sam ran home as fast as he could, but he got thoroughly wet.As Sam reached the front door, he started coughing.“Never mind,” said Dad thoughtfully. “At least there won’t be a droughtnow!”274Across: 1. breakthrough, 5. thoughtful, 8. drought, 9. thoroughDown: 2. roughly, 3. toughest, 4. coughed, 6. doughnut, 7. dough2851For this style of question, refer to a dictionary for the answers.knew, gnaw, pterodactyl, wrinkle, wry, sign, hymn, isle, psalm, comb,thumb, doubt, thistle, bomb, psychology2Silent ‘g’: gnaw, signSilent ‘b’: comb, thumb, doubt, bomb293Children’s own Psychology4ghymns4hthumb4i5doubtknead, fastening, shipwreck, limb, condemn, reignFor this style of question, refer to a dictionary for the answers.301Nouns: advice, device, practice, licence, prophecyVerbs: license, prophesy, advise, practise, deviseEnglish Year 6 Practice Book AnswersPage 5 of 23
dprophecies4Children’s own answers.5Children’s own faisle1gIsle2aisle2bI’ll2cI’ll, aisle2dfather, farther2efarther2ffather2geffect2haffect2iallowed, aloud2jallowed2kaloud3Children’s own answers.4Children’s own answers.5aaloud – allowed, farther – father5baisle – I’ll, father – farther, father – farther5caffect – effect5dfarther – father, isle – aisle5eThis sentence is the one with correct homophones.5faloud – allowed, effected – affected5g1allowed – aloudaltar – alter, bridle – bridal, herd – heard, guessed – guest, dissent –descent, ascent – assent3233343536AnswersEnglish Year 6 Practice Book AnswersPage 6 of 23
PagenumberQuestionnumber372aguessed, ascent2bassented, descent2cassent/assented2dbridle2ebridal2falter, altar2gguests2hheard, herd3aheard, guessed3bassent3cherd3dbridle3edescent3falter, dissent3gguest4aalter4bA group of animals such as cows4cguest4dascent4eTo do with a bride4fassent4gA table found in a church4hguessed4idescent4jheard4kThe act of moving tpassed – past, precede – proceed, cereal – serial, compliment –complement, led – lead, morning – mourning3839AnswersEnglish Year 6 Practice Book AnswersPage 7 of 23
PagenumberQuestionnumber402aproceed2bChildren’s own answers.2cprecedes2dcompliment2eFor this style of question, refer to a dictionary for the answers.2fcomplement2gmorning2hChildren’s own dren’s own answers.6amourning6bled, morning6ccompliment6dproceeded6ecereal, deddessert – desert, draft – draught, principal – principle, profit – prophet,stationary – stationery, steal – steel, weary – wary, who’s – nary2fsteal2gwary2hwhose3aprincipal – principle, desert – dessert3bstationary – stationery3cdraft – draught3dwho’s – whose, steal – steel3ewho’s – whose, principal – principle, prophet – profit3fwary – weary3gstationery – stationary41AnswersEnglish Year 6 Practice Book AnswersPage 8 of 23
PagenumberQuestionnumber44445Answersdessert, draught, whose, principal, stationary, profit, weary, pbtpieylbaroieegspspltdpatvprincipalm5Children’s own answers.61desert, draft, who’s, principle, stationery, prophet, wary, steelAcross: 1. compliment, 3. effect, 5. precede, 8. past, 9. stationary,12. descent, 13. principle, 14. passed, 15. waryDown: 1. cereal, 2. weary, 4. farther, 6. draught, 7. stationery, 10. steal,11. prophet4647481aChildren’s own answers.1bChildren’s own answers.1cChildren’s own answers.1dChildren’s own answers.1eChildren’s own answers.1fChildren’s own answers.1gChildren’s own answers.2Children’s own answers.3Children’s own answers.41Children’s own answers.crafty, dowdy, help, bawl, cuddle, wipe, weepChildren’s own answers.4923Children’s own answers.night – day, closed – open, proud – humble, retreat – advance, peace –war, small – large, seldom – often, slow – rapid4Across: 1. last, 4. top, 5. slows, 7. nightDown: 2. strong, 3. to, 5. sun, 6. sit5Children’s own answers.501Children’s own answers, using appropriate informal language.511Children’s own answers, using appropriate formal language.English Year 6 Practice Book AnswersPage 9 of 23
rmal1dformal1eformal1finformal2Children’s own answers, using appropriate formal or informal language.1athe apple1bThe tiny, three-headed purple aliens1cthe deep, dark, icy sea1d1ean enormous, enraged, rampaging elephanta gigantic birthday cake, which was covered in buttercream icing andcandles1fThe light, airy and pleasant room, which was painted yellow2Children’s own answers.34aChildren’s own answers.The enormous, gloomy castle, with its twin turrets looming over thetown below4bThe battered, filthy old trainers, my untidy, disorganised but cosybedroom4c4dA strange, shuddering feeling of intense fearThe warm autumn sunshine, as golden as honey, the thick, glossy,vibrant green leaves5Children’s own answers.1ahad been – time1bhad left – time1chad got up – cause1dhas won – cause1ehad finished – time1fhad asked – cause1ghad stopped – cause1hhas finished – time1ihad flooded – cause1jhad gone down – time53545556AnswersEnglish Year 6 Practice Book AnswersPage 10 of 23
PagenumberQuestionnumber572aAnswersChildren may word their sentences slightly differently, so accept anysentences that use the perfect form of verbs accurately. Examples:When Sam had finished his game, he had a bath. (time)2bWhen the school team had beaten Highfields, they faced Grovelands inthe final. (time)2c2dI had argued with my best friend, so I felt extremely sad. (cause)Because I had forgotten to do my homework, Mr Fisher was cross withme. (cause)2eAfter we had been swimming, we chose a packet of crisps from themachine. (time)34aChildren’s own answers, for example:I was sleepy because of all the hard work I had done during the day.I had worked hard during the day, so I was sleepy.5812bDaniel wished he were better at football.If I were you, I wouldn’t do that.If Mrs Fletcher were our teacher, we would be good all the time.I wish my hair were dark and curly.593Uses subjunctive: The Queen requested that we be seated.The school rules demand that you be quiet in the corridors.Dad asked that we be silent.Does not use subjunctive: I prefer that my clothes are freshly ironed.She prefers that I am polite.4awere4bbe4cbe4dwere5Children’s own answers.English Year 6 Practice Book AnswersPage 11 of 23
PagenumberQuestionnumber601AnswersDear Parent,The following new rules will be introduced next term.612 In the morning, pupils will/must/shall wait outside until the8.35 bell. If it is raining, pupils may/will/can go straight to theirclassroom. Pupils must wear the correct uniform. Pupils must/may not wear jewellery, though girls may/canwear studs in their ears. Pupils must/may never run in the school building. Pupils must bring their swimming costumes on Wednesday. Pupils who can already swim 100 metres may/must/can bringtheir costumes on Friday. Pupils must behave at all times or they will be kept in detention.Definite: will, can, shall, must, surely, definitely, certainlyPossible: would, can, could, may, might, should, ought, probably,maybe, perhaps, possibly62633Accept ‘can’ in either or both categories.Children’s own answers, which make sense and show the right degree ofpossibility.1aThe road was crossed by the chicken.1bThe treasure chest was found by Sam.1cThe ground was covered by snow.2aThe teacher punished the naughty boy.2b3An iceberg sank the Titanic.Children’s own answers, which appropriately changes the relevantsentences from active to passive. For example:The day began disastrously when Helen overslept as the alarm hadnot been set accurately the evening before. Then a bottle of milkwas dropped and it smashed all over the floor. While cleaning up themess, Helen discovered that the tap had been left running and waterwas pouring all over the floor. It took half an hour for the glass, milkand water to be cleaned up, so by this time she was running nearlyone hour late.Upon arriving at work, Helen realised that her lunch had not beenbrought from home. Could Helen’s day get any worse?641that/which, which, that/which, who, that/which, that/which, whose, who,who/that/which, whomEnglish Year 6 Practice Book AnswersPage 12 of 23
PagenumberQuestionnumber652AnswersWe had just finished our tea, when Mum told us the incredible news.This is the city where we stayed on holiday.The dragon roared at the princess, who wasn’t the slightest bit scared.I spotted the giraffe, whose long neck stuck out high above the crowd.My favourite lesson is art, which we always have on Tuesdays.3This is the monster I saw chasing Sarah.I ate all the cake Mum made for tea.Have you got all the shopping I asked you to get?The alligator we saw in the river turned out to be a log.I opened the present Gran sent me for my birthday.661unify, authenticate, criticise, emphasise, specialise, apologise, stimulate,identifyChildren own sentences.672glorify, alienated, criticise, horrified, identified, accessorise, memorised,vaccinated, stimulated681‘dis’: disconnect, disapprove, dislike‘de’: declutter, dethrone, demystify‘mis’: misbehave, mishear, amble3foverworking4For this style of question, refer to a dictionary for the answers.7012Children’s own answers.Children’s own answers. Examples: although, furthermore, because,however, subsequently, on the one hand, however, on the other hand,nevertheless, consequently713aChildren’s own answers.3bChildren’s own answers.3cChildren’s own answers.45Children’s own answers.Children’s own answers, which should be clearly organised in paragraphsthat contain a variety of cohesive devices.697273English Year 6 Practice Book AnswersPage 13 of 23
PagenumberQuestionnumber746ain contrast6bon the other hand6cas a consequence7aIt is going to7bMy name is7cHe is years old7dI am7eI live in1a1bThe babies, who had just woken up, started crying.Relief workers, who help people affected by disasters, deserve ourrespect.1c2Elastic bands, which often snap, are a nuisance.Children’s own answer, which should make the point that the firstsentence means that Ben had eaten all the biscuits while feeling sad,and the second means that it is unfortunate that Ben had eaten all thebiscuits.Mr Marsh asked for volunteers, and I put my hand up, stupidly.75763aAnswersWithout the comma this means that the writer put her hand up in astupid way.3bDid you win, James?Without the comma it sounds as if the questioner is asking someoneelse if they won James.3cHow did you two meet, Mary?Without the comma it sounds as if the questioner is asking two otherpeople how they met Mary.3dIt looks as though you’ve finished, Philip.Without the comma this means that the person being addressed hasactually finished Philip.774aWhen we started eating, the dog ran up.4b4cMum was cooking, the baby was crying, and I was fed up.The bonfire was burning, the children were laughing, and the fireworkswere lighting up the sky.4dGrandma ate, Grandpa slept, and the cat scratched at the window.1a1bIt was my turn to fetch the register, so I dashed to the school office.My favourite author is JK Rowling; I particularly like The Order of thePhoenix.1cI looked under my bed; a horrible sight greeted me.1dI enjoy wrestling bears; it helps to keep me fit.1e2aI enjoy wrestling bears, and I also like swimming with sharks.Proving Mrs Bentley’s guilt was simple: she was wearing the stolennecklace.2bShe had no excuse for her actions: it was a ruthless act of theft.2cPC Jamieson was delighted: it meant he would at last be promoted.English Year 6 Practice Book AnswersPage 14 of 23
PagenumberQuestionnumber783aI opened the door – in the corner I saw a hippopotamus.3bI saw Jake in the park – he was swinging on the tyre swing.3c4Since my birthday is in January, I quite look forward to the winter.I never brush my hair I like it nice and messy. (Dash or colon)AnswersWe always go to the same place on holiday it’s getting boring. (Dash orsemicolon)We’ve got a tiny garden at least that means less weeding. (Semicolon)I’ve found out how to win the game you need to kill the dragon first.(Dash or colon)Janine likes in-line skating but she often falls over. (Comma)Oddly enough I don’t like chocolate it gives me a headache. (Dash orcolon)Tom likes art but Joe prefers sport. (Comma)Haroun’s favourite hobby is trampolining he’s getting quite good at it.(Semicolon or dash)The Stromboolian mongoose has a peculiar diet it eats coat-hangers.(Colon or dash)I had my balaclava on so no one recognised me. (Comma)791aSome choice of punctuation for some of the parentheses:I have never been to Australia, which takes about a day to reach byplane, but I would love to visit it one day. (Commas or brackets)1bThe giraffes, peering inquisitively over the enclosure wall, suddenlyspotted a crowd of people approaching. (Commas)1cJamie (who loves football but hates cricket) is coming round to myhouse on Sunday. (Brackets)1dWe were enjoying a peaceful picnic by the river when suddenly – withan enormous splash – a massive crocodile leapt out onto the bank.(Dashes)1eRaw eggs, which are sometimes used in dishes such as chocolatemousse, can occasionally cause food poisoning. (Commas or brackets)1fThe marching band – drums banging and horns blaring –marchedthrough the quiet streets of the town. (Dashes)English Year 6 Practice Book AnswersPage 15 of 23
PagenumberQuestionnumber802AnswersSome choice of punctuation is possible, so accept any consistently usedand appropriate punctuation around the parentheses. For example:Hi Jamal,You’ll never guess – not even in a million years – what has happened!Dad, who has been trying to get a new job for ages, has finally founda new career. He’s really excited (well, actually we all are) and it turnsout he’s going to start the new job next month. But – if you can believeit – there’s something even more exciting! We are going to move toAmerica, which is somewhere I’ve always wanted to go, and we will bein the same city as you! That means we will be able to meet up (if allgoes well) a lot more often.As soon as you’ve read this em
4 Across: 1. last, 4. top, 5. slows, 7. night Down: 2. strong, 3. to, 5. sun, 6. sit 5 Children’s own answers. 50 1 Children’s own answers, using appropriate informal language. 51 1 Children’s own answers, using appropriate formal language. English Year 6 Practice Book Answers Page 9 of 23 d e s s e r t r w a f f r t w g h u d e r v
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