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YEAR 4 English contents  

Unit 1 – Super sports 

Key vocabulary: sports 

Key structures: sport verbs; to be good or bad at something 

Life skills: coping with emotions  

Word Work: Capital letters / a personal text 

Tricky words: any, many 

Culture: Sports in the United States of America 

Language makers page38 

Unit 2 – TV Time!  Key vocabulary: genres 

Key structures: likes and dislikes. Talking about time. 

Life skills: healthy living 

Word Work: Syllables 

Tricky words: more, before, made 

Culture: A documentary about South Africa 

Language makers Page 72 

Unit 3 – Working day and night 

Key vocabulary: jobs and occupations  

Key structures: work verbs 

Life skills: coping with stress 

Word Work: Jobs ending in –er / a description of a job 

Tricky words: other, right, their, because 

Culture: Amazing jobs in Australia 

Language makers Page 110 and 94 

Unit 4 – Going shopping 

Key vocabulary: city buildings; euro, cent 

Ordinal numbers 

Key structures: How much..? 

Life skills: thinking about other people 

Word Work: a and an 

Tricky words: want, saw, were 

Culture: Covent Garden in London 

Language makers Page 208 

Unit 5 – Act out! 

Key vocabulary: appearance; emotions 

Key structures: description verbs 

Life skills: learning to learn / study skills 

Word Work: hard and soft c 

Tricky words: put, could, should, would 

Culture: theatre and dance in India 

Language makers Page 172 

Unit 6 – Fun days 

Key vocabulary: city buildings; adverbs of place 

Key structures: Present continuous. 

Life skills: planning a day out 

Word Work: Contractions 

Tricky words: two, four, goes, does 

Culture: Days out in Vancouver 

Language makers Page 190