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Capital letters revision
Do you know all the occasions when capital letters should be used? Read the following sentences and circle any letters that should be capitals.
Deduction in reading comprehension
The following extract is from the second chapter of the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Oliver has recently gone to live in a workhouse. Firstly highlight any words you don't understand and see if you can work out what they mean. Then summarise what is happening in each paragraph.
Etymology skills
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history. Complete the worksheet Deduction in reading comprehension, then choose five of the Oliver Twist words you highlighted and fill in this worksheet with the meanings
you guessed.
you guessed.
Identifying adverbs
As well as adverbs of manner there are adverbs of time (yesterday), frequency (often) and place (there). Can you identify the adverb in the following sentences? Underline it, then state which kind of adverb it is.
Improving writing: verbs and adverbs
Teachers and examiners get bored of reading the same old sentences all the time. It’s easy to make your writing more interesting and it will get you more marks too! Try and make the sentence 'The boy walked through the field' more interesting by using powerful verbs and adverbs.
Inference skills
Skilled writers often use a technique we might call ‘show not tell’. They use the actions of characters, or the situation they find themselves in, to tell us more about them, rather than spelling their meaning out and explaining it to us directly. Can you use your inference skills on this passage?
KS2 grammar wordsearch: A to O
Can you find the grammar terms hidden in this tricky KS2 grammar wordsearch?
KS2 grammar wordsearch: P to V
Can you find the grammar terms hidden in this tricky KS2 grammar wordsearch?
Modal verbs and the subjunctive
Modal verbs are related to this idea and can indicate the level of certainty, possibility, permission or obligation. Insert the correct modal verb into these sentences.