Topics
Spelling
- Which words use the 'ough' sound?
- Silent letters and unstressed vowels
- Silent letters
- Compound words
- Spelling patterns and the -y rule
- Spelling rules and patterns
- Understanding spelling rules
- Which words end with -cious and -tious?
- How to spell the 'shun' sound
- Spelling quiz
- When is the 'sh' sound spelt with 'ch'?
- When is the 'i' sound spelt with a 'y'?
- When is the 'uh' sound spelt 'ou'?
- When is the 's' sound spelt with 'sc'?
- Which words end with -ture and -sure?
- Which words end with -sion?
- Homophones
- Understanding homophones
- Using homophones and paragraphs
Prefixes and suffixes
- Using prefixes
- Prefixes and how to use them
- How to use prefixes correctly
- Using suffixes
- Suffixes and how to use them
- Suffixes and spelling rules
- Using suffixes to show tenses
- How to use suffixes
- Adding suffixes
- Using suffixes to form the past and present tense
- How to use the suffix -ation
- How to use the suffix -ous
- How to add suffixes to words ending in -fer
Punctuation
- Using commas in a list
- Using commas for clarity
- Using punctuation marks
- Using apostrophes
- How to use apostrophes in contractions
- Apostrophes to contract and combine words
- How to use possessive apostrophes
- Possessive apostrophes in practice
- Apostrophes and how to use them
- How to use a semi-colon
- Colons, semi-colons and dashes
- How to use semi-colons, colons and dashes effectively in your writing.
- How to use commas in sentences
- How to use hyphens and dashes
- The difference between hyphens and dashes
- Using hyphens and dashes
- How to use an ellipsis
- The ellipsis and how to use it
- Practise using ellipses
- How to use bullet points
- Using bullet points
- Using bullet points in writing
- How to use brackets
- Practise how to use brackets
- Using parenthesis in writing
- Using parenthesis
- What are paragraphs?
- How to use inverted commas
- Practise using inverted commas
- Writing direct speech
- Punctuating direct speech
- Their, they're and or there?
Grammar
- What is a verb?
- Verbs and the different tenses
- Matching the verbs to the subject
- What is a pronoun?
- Using adjectives
- What is an adverb?
- What is a passive verb?
- What are modal verbs?
- What is a preposition?
- Understanding synonyms and antonyms
- Further synonyms and antonyms
- Exploring synonyms and antonyms
- What are subordinating conjunctions?
- What are coordinating conjunctions?
- What is a relative clause?
- Relative clauses in practice
- Conjunctions including 'because'
- Using conjunctions to build sentences
- What is an expanded noun phrase?
- What is a fronted adverbial?
- Four types of sentence
- Writing longer sentences
- Using paragraphs
- Paragraphs - and how to use them
- Using and organising paragraphs
- Simple, compound and complex sentences
Sentences
Dictionaries
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