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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).
Word colouring: nouns and pronouns
Colour the squares with nouns in green. Colour the squares with pronouns in brown. Leave the blank squares empty, then work out what the picture is.
Column words: adjectives
Can you place the words in the correct rows in the grid so that the shaded column spells out another adjective?
Speech punctuation explained
Read this passage and add the correct speech punctuation. Remember the rules: 1) Use “ to open the reported speech 2) End the reported speech with !, ? or , 3) Use ” to close the reported speech
Sorting jumbled-up sentences
Cut out these words and think about how to organise them into sentences. Each sentence starts with ‘The’. Each sentence contains seven words. Each sentence contains a noun described by an adjective, plus a powerful verb. Once you have made your four sentences, see if you can re-arrange them into different sentences that still make sense.
Reading comprehension: The myth of Theseus and the Minotaur
Read this story about the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. Look at the part of the story in bold. The fight between Theseus and the Minotaur is not described in detail. Can you write a paragraph explaining what happened? Here are some of powerful verbs you could use.
Reading comprehension: Persephone and the pomegranate seeds
Read this conversation between Hades and Persephone when he takes her to the Underworld. Persephone wants to leave, but Hades is trying to persuade her she will be happy with him. Think about what Persephone and Hades might have said to each other and then write the conversation between them. Don’t forget the rules of speech: 1. Start each character’s speech on a new line. 2. Use “ to open the speech. 3. End the speech with !, ? or ,. 4. Use ” to close the speech. 5. Use a reporting clause (for example, said Hades or whispered Persephone)
Paragraphs explained
Paragraphs are sections of writing. In information texts, writers try to make sure that each thing they are writing about is separated into paragraphs. How would you split up this text about Chinese New Year into different paragraphs? Make a mark on the text to show where each new paragraph would start.
Matching nouns and adjectives
Cut out all the word cards on these two pages. Can you match each noun (white cards) with two adjectives (coloured cards)? There is no one correct way to do this, but your two adjectives must make sense with the noun you have chosen.
Improving information text
Nicola had to write an information text about teeth and was given these success criteria by her teacher: Group your facts into paragraphs; remember capitals and full stops in the right places; use connectives in your sentences. Did Nicola do what the teacher asked?
Imperatives in an instruction text
‘Bossy’ verbs are the verbs we use in an information text; they tell someone to do something. The proper name for them is imperative verbs. Can you underline the bossy verbs in this instruction text?
Identifying adjectives and powerful verbs
Read this adventure story. Can you identify the adjectives and powerful verbs that the author has used to make this piece of writing interesting to the reader?
Correcting punctuation
Maisie has written a letter to her favourite author, but she has forgotten all the punctuation! Can you go through her letter and add in capital letters and full stops? You may also need to include some exclamation marks, question marks and commas.
Calligrams
Can you turn any of these words into calligrams? Be as inventive as you can! Search the internet for calligrams and be inspired!
Word puzzles for Key Stage 2 English
Are you and your child tired of the same old English revision and practice sessions? Try something completely new and give them these fun English word puzzles instead! They'll review everything from connectives to apostrophes, using what they learn in class to solve codes, crosswords and wordsearches.
Join sentences with connectives
Choose which connectives you'd like to use to join the sentences in this worksheet
Using similes
Help your child practise using similes by completing these phrases to make comparisons.
Perfect Punctuation Workbook
Full stops, commas, semi colons, apostrophes… Whatever aspect of punctuation your child is grappling with, we’ve come up with a bumper pack of 60 activities to help them practise, as well as a parent's refresher guide to each punctuation mark and how it's used.
Homophones: which or witch?
Is your child finding it hard to remember how to use and spell the homophones 'which' and 'witch'? Help them clear up the confusion with this practice worksheet.
Conjunctions related to time
A list of half-sentences with a time conjunction at the end. Children need to complete the sentence, thinking about what the conjunction means.
Choosing the right conjunctions
A list of sentences with the conjunction in the middle missing. Children have to choose from the list at the bottom, making sure that the sentence makes sense.
What are adjectives?
This worksheet provides a list of incomplete sentences and encourages children to use the list of adjectives to make the sentences more interesting. This should encourage them to use adjectives more readily in their writing.
Using powerful verbs
Children are encouraged to write sentences containing powerful verbs about the given pictures. A list of powerful verbs is also given to support them.