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Speech marks practice
Can you continue this conversation between Harry and Thenusha using the correct rules for reported speech? Remember to start each character’s speech on a new line. Use “ to open the speech. End the speech with !, ? or , and use ” to close the speech. Use a reporting clause (a verb like said, whispered or announced).
Column words: adjectives
Can you place the words in the correct rows in the grid so that the shaded column spells out another adjective?
Fronted adverbials
A fronted adverbial is an adverb or adverbial phrase at the beginning of a sentence. It describes where, when and how something is done. Cut out these parts of sentences. Can you match the fronted adverbial to the correct sentence ending?
Using relative clauses
Relative clauses are used to add information to a sentence. They usually start with when, who, that, which or whose. Cut out the relative clauses in the table below and work out where they should go in the following sentences.
Clauses in a sentence
When we talk about clauses in a sentence, we mean their parts. Clauses always have a noun and a verb in them and are often linked by a connective. These sentences each have two clauses with a comma or connective between them. Underline each of the separate clauses.
Year 6 English Challenge Pack
Challenging reading comprehensions and activities for Year 6 readers and writers, designed to stretch your child and offer them the opportunity to explore their year-group topics in greater depth.
Year 5 English Challenge Pack
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Year 3 English Challenge Pack
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Year 2 English Challenge Pack
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Year 1 English Challenge Pack
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Using imperative verbs
Learn a card trick to amaze friends and family and practise identifying and using imperative verbs in this Y4 activity worksheet.
Identify imperative verbs
Identify and underline all the imperative verbs in this instruction text about making an omelette – then make and eat one yourself!
Apostrophes and singular nouns ending in -s
When a noun we want to add an apostrophe to ends in -s we add 's to show possession, according to the national curriculum. Practise the rule by punctuation some sentences.
Key Stage 2 - 2018 English SATs Papers
Help your child prepare for the Year 6 English SATs, taken at the end of Key Stage 2, with some revision and at-home practice. These complete 2018 Y6 SATs past papers are the official past papers from the Department for Education, used in schools.
Key Stage 1 - 2018 English SATs Papers
Help your child prepare for the English KS1 SATs, taken at the end of Year 2, with some at-home practice. These complete 2018 Y2 SATs past papers are the official papers from the Department for Education, used in schools.
Year 6 proofreading: editing and improving
This information text needs punctuating and dividing into paragraphs. Try to include punctuation marks like semi colons, brackets and dashes, too.
Year 3 proofreading: correcting punctuation
Each of the following sentences need a punctuation mark at the end. Can you choose a “.”, “?” or “!” for each one?
Using conjunctions to link sentences
A conjunction is a word that links sentences together. Conjunctions we use all the time include: and, but, or, so, after, because, if, since, until, when. Here is a list of time conjunctions. Can you choose the right one to fit into each of the gaps in the text?
Proofreading: adding commas
Look at these list sentences. Can you correct them by replacing the word “and” with commas? Remember, you need to use “and” before the last item in the list.
Proofreading: adding brackets
Can you edit and improve each of these sentences by adding brackets (also called parentheses)?
Making new words with suffixes and prefixes
Look at the word list. Work out how many new words you can make by adding a prefix or suffix. Some of the words can have more than one prefix or suffix and be careful with the spelling as the words may change slightly!
Improving writing with expanded noun phrases
A noun phrase is a group of words that act in the same way as a noun. Expanded noun phrases improve a piece of writing by adding more information about the noun, making the text more interesting to read. Can you edit these sentences and improve them by matching them to one of the given expanded noun phrases?
Apostrophes to mark contraction
This text includes lots of words that could be shortened and replaced with an apostrophe (for example, I have = I’ve). This is called contraction. Circle all the words that could be shortened and write in the contraction.
Editing: adding powerful verbs
Can you improve the sentences below by replacing “said” with another appropriate verb?