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Year 4 · English

Vocabulary Awareness

Year 4 learners practise using powerful verbs in writing.

The activities include Identify Powerful Verbs in Sentences, Practise Identifying Powerful Verbs in Sentences, Practise Using Powerful Verbs. The checked support below includes video, worksheet, teaching, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Identify Powerful Verbs in Sentences
  • Practise Identifying Powerful Verbs in Sentences
  • Practise Using Powerful Verbs

Checked learning resources

  • Lesson Twelve: Learning about Action Verbs

    Nancy Fetzer via Vimeo · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Child-facing lesson explicitly calls action verbs powerful, categorises physical, verbal and thinking verbs, then models identifying and coding verbs in short and longer sentences.

  • Powerful Verbs Worksheets

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    KS2 story-paragraph worksheets requiring pupils to identify dull verbs and replace them with precise, powerful verbs that make descriptive and creative writing more vivid and engaging.

  • Meaning of Powerful Verbs PowerPoint

    Twinkl · Teaching · Account may be required

    KS2 teaching PowerPoint explaining that powerful verbs are descriptive and exciting. Pupils replace mundane verbs so creative and descriptive writing creates a more vivid impression and greater impact.

  • Language

    BBC Bitesize · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 4 English resource matched to using powerful verbs in writing.

  • Oak Year 4: Writing a Setting Description

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 4 lesson video modelling a setting description that uses precise vocabulary, sensory detail and personification to create a chosen atmosphere.