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Anglo-Saxons

Daily Life 4
Daily life for Anglo-Saxons was very different to today. If you
travelled back in time, you might not recognise the food or the
clothes, and you’d definitely find life as a child much harder than
you do today.
Food
Food was an integral part of Anglo-Saxon life. They loved a good
feast and would often have huge feasts in the chief’s house.
These were often filled with roasted meats, bread and beer. The
only entertainment at the time was singers and storytellers, so
many classic myths of the time were told around the table.
The Anglo-Saxons were farmers in Europe, and they brought
these traditions over to Britain with them. They grew wheat and
barley amongst much else. They knew how to grow many types
of vegetables and planted fruit trees across the country. They
farmed pigs, sheep and cows.
Clothing
Cotton wasn’t imported into Britain until five hundred years
after the Anglo-Saxons were defeated. Instead, clothing had to
be made from whatever they had to hand. The most common
material was wool, which was used to make most of the clothes.
This included things like trousers. Can you imagine wearing
woollen trousers? Even underwear was made of wool!

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Focus on - Word
1 Change the past tense verbs into the present tense.

was _____________________
knew _____________________
brought _____________________

2 Place the nouns in the correct column.

Anglo-Saxon farmer country vegetable


a an

3 Write a word in the same word family as the one in each box.
Remember to punctuate your answers correctly.
entertainment

Singers and storytellers would _______________________ guests at Anglo-


Saxon feasts.
traditions

______________________________ stories would be told around the table.


Focus on - Sentence
1 Match the sentence to its function.

Can you imagine


wearing woollen statement
trousers?

Even underwear was


exclamation
made of wool!

They farmed pigs, sheep


question
and cows.

2 What is the grammatical term for the underlined words?


Tick one.
Anglo-Saxons planted fruit trees across the country.
⃝ prepositional phrase
⃝ main clause
⃝ subordinate clause
⃝ fronted adverbial

3 Tick the subordinating conjunction in the sentence below.

Cotton wasn’t imported into Britain until the Anglo-Saxons were defeated.

Challenge
4Which type of adverb has been underlined below?
Circle the correct answer.
If you could travel back in time, you’d definitely find life as a child much harder
than you do today.

adverb of time adverb of number adverb of possibility


Focus on - Text
1 Identify which type of pronoun the two words belong to.
Draw lines to match the boxes.

1st person pronoun


they
2ⁿd person pronoun
you
3rd person pronoun

2 Identify the underlined verb tense.


Tick one box in each row.
sentence present tense past tense

They loved a good feast!

The Anglo-Saxons were farmers in Europe.

Life as a child in Anglo-Saxon times was harder


than it is today.

Challenge
3 Insert an appropriate adverbial that provides cohesion between the two
sentences.

The Anglo-Saxons were farmers in Europe. ________________________, they


brought these traditions over to Britain with them.
Sometimes As a result Other than Until then
Focus on - Punctuation
1 Identify which type of apostrophe has been used in each of the sentences.

sentence possessive contraction


apostrophe apostrophe
You’d definitely find life as a child much harder than
you do today.
They loved a good feast and would often have huge
feasts in the chief’s house.
Cotton wasn’t imported into Britain until five
hundred years after the Anglo-Saxons were defeated.

2 Which sentence uses the plural possessive apostrophe correctly?


Tick one.
⃝ Anglo-Saxons feasts’ would include roasted meats, bread and beer.
⃝ Anglo-Saxons’ feasts would include roasted meats, bread and beer.
⃝ Anglo-Saxons feasts would include roasted meats’, bread and beer.
⃝ Anglo-Saxons feasts would include roasted meats, bread and beer’.

3 Insert the missing comma.

Today daily life is very different to life in Anglo-Saxon times.

Challenge
4 Tick the box that shows where a dash is needed.

Anglo-Saxons grew many crops like wheat and barley.


Answers - Daily Life
WORD
1. grew = grow
knew = know
brought = bring
2. a = farmer, country, vegetable
an = Anglo-Saxon
3. Singers and storytellers would entertain guests at Anglo-Saxon feasts.
Traditional stories would be told around the table.

SENTENCE
1. Can you imagine wearing woollen trousers? = question
Even underwear was made of wool! = exclamation
They farmed pigs, sheep and cows. = statement
2. 1st option – prepositional phrase
3. Cotton wasn’t imported into Britain until the Anglo-Saxons were defeated.

TEXT
1. they = 3rd person pronoun
you = 2nd person pronoun
2. They loved a good feast! = past tense
The Anglo-Saxons were farmers in Europe. = past tense
The Anglo-Saxons were farmers in Europe. = present tense

CHALLENGE QUESTION:
The Anglo-Saxons were farmers in Europe. As a result, they brought these traditions over to Britain with them.

PUNCTUATION
1. contraction apostrophe – You’d definitely find life as a child much harder than you do today.
possessive apostrophe – They loved a good feast and would often have huge feasts in the chief’s house.
contraction apostrophe – Cotton wasn’t imported into Britain until five hundred years after the Anglo-Saxons
were defeated.
2. 2nd option – Anglo-Saxons’ feasts would include roasted meats, bread and beer.
3. Today, daily life is very different to life in Anglo-Saxon times.

CHALLENGE QUESTION:
Anglo-Saxons grew many crops — like wheat and barley.

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