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Primary 4 / Year 4 English Curriculum

Alpha Brain teaches Primary 4 (Year 4) English through 14 dojos and 41 short narrated levels, for children aged 8–9.

Coverage spans Vocabulary, Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation and Reading & Comprehension.

Every level is matched to both the Nigerian NERDC primary curriculum and the British Key Stage 2, and plays in a browser or the installed app.

Class (Nigeria)
Primary 4
Year group (UK)
Year 4
Stage (UK)
Key Stage 2
Age
8–9
Dojos
14
Levels
41

Primary 4 English topics

Vocabulary

  • Word Twins

    Synonyms & homophones

    3 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 4

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “Which means the same as weary?”
    • “Which means the same as beautiful?”
    • “Which means the same as scared?”

  • Word Pictures Dojo

    Similes, metaphors & idioms

    4 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 4

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “Bola felt as light as a feather after the exam. What does this tell us about Bola?”
    • “Bola walked as proud as a ___ in the yard.”
    • “Tunde is as strong as an ___ at the farm.”

Spelling

  • Word Builder

    Prefixes & suffixes

    3 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 4

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “Add "-ing" to "sleep". Which word?”
    • “Add "un-" to "kind". Which word?”
    • “Add "re-" to "read". Which word?”

  • Tricky Words

    Spell them right

    4 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 4

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “Which word is spelled correctly?”

Grammar

  • Describing

    Adjectives & adverbs

    3 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 4

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “Which word is an adjective?”
    • “Which word is an adverb?”

  • Who's That

    Pronouns

    3 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 4

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “Which word is a pronoun?”

  • Time Travel

    Past, present, future

    3 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 4

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “Pick the past tense of "help".”
    • “Pick the future tense of "catch".”
    • “Pick the present tense of "play".”

  • Little Words

    Articles & prepositions

    3 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 4

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “The boy hides ___ the tree.”
    • “Pick the correct article before apple.”
    • “Pick the correct article before elephant.”

  • Sentence Sorter

    Statement, question…

    3 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 4

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “Which mark goes at the end?”
    • “Which type of sentence is this?”

  • Joining Words Dojo

    and, but, because & more

    2 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 4

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “___ the sun sets, the sky turns orange.”
    • “Emeka was late ___ the bus broke down.”

Punctuation

  • Pause & Ask

    Commas & question marks

    3 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 4

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “Where does the comma go?”

  • Apostrophe Dojo

    Don't forget the apostrophe

    3 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 4

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “Musa ___ hungry right now.”
    • “Ada ___ open the jar by herself.”
    • “The cat licked ___ paw.”

  • Speech Dojo

    Punctuating what people say

    2 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 4

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “Which sentence shows the speech marks in the right place?”
    • “Which sentence is punctuated correctly?”

Reading & Comprehension

  • Reading Dojo

    Read & answer

    2 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 4

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “What did the customer pay with instead?”
    • “What did Sam help with?”

What a level is like

Every level is 10 questions long and takes a few minutes. Questions are read aloud in recorded narration rather than robotic text-to-speech, and answers are tapped, dragged or typed on a number pad rather than written, so a child who is still learning to read can play unaided.

Most dojos open with a short lesson before the questions start. Get one wrong and the level teaches the step you missed before showing the answer, and you can play the level again — the questions vary on each replay, so it is practice rather than memorising a fixed sheet. Levels are scored out of three stars.

Primary 4 English questions parents ask

What does Alpha Brain cover in Primary 4 English?
Alpha Brain teaches Primary 4 (Year 4) English through 14 dojos and 41 short narrated levels, for children aged 8–9. The topics are Word Twins, Word Builder, Tricky Words, Describing and 10 more, grouped under Vocabulary, Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation and Reading & Comprehension.
What is Primary 4 in the British system?
Primary 4 in Nigeria matches Year 4 in the UK, which sits in Key Stage 2, for children aged 8–9. Alpha Brain teaches both from the same English levels, so a family moving between the two systems keeps its progress.
Is the Primary 4 English content aligned to the NERDC curriculum?
Yes. Every English dojo is tagged to a NERDC strand — at Primary 4 that is Vocabulary, Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation and Reading & Comprehension — and the same levels are matched to the British Key Stage 2 programme of study.
How many English levels are there for Primary 4?
41 levels across 14 dojos at Primary 4 / Year 4, at 10 questions a level — about 410 questions. A level takes a few minutes, so it fits a school night.
How much does Alpha Brain cost?
Alpha Brain costs ₦15,000 per year for a child, and a 3-day free trial unlocks when you invite three friends. That covers all three subjects — Maths, English and Science — from Nursery 1 to Primary 6, not just English.

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