A noun phrase is a group of words that act in the same way as a noun. Look at these sentences. All the noun phrases are underlined. Can you expand each noun phrase and write a new, more
descriptive sentence underneath?
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Look through our new-style KS1 SATs practice papers to familiarise your child with the new Y2 assessments format. Written by primary-school teachers exclusively for TheSchoolRun subscribers.
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KS1 SATs practice papers for English, written in the style of the new-curriculum tests and available exclusively to TheSchoolRun subscribers.
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The Year 2 assessments will follow a new-curriculum format. TheSchoolRun's practice papers, available exclusively to subscribers, are presented in the new format to offer at-home practice opportunities for children at the end of KS1.
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New-style practice SATs papers, available exclusively to TheSchoolRun subscribers to help children practise reading comprehension, spelling and grammar in the run-up to the May Y2 assessments.
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Help your child get used to the new KS1 SATs format with our English practice papers, exclusive to TheSchoolRun subscribers. Each practice paper includes reading comprehension papers, a spelling test and a grammar test, as well as answers.
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Onomatopoeia is when we want to describe a sound and we use a word that actually makes that sound. It can be used for water (splash, drip), air (whoosh, swish), a collision (bang, crash), voice (whisper,
murmur), animals (moo, tweet), vehicles (zoom, chuff). Cut out the words in the table below and see if you can work out where they should go:
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Alliteration is when we use words together that start with the same letter. These sentences are supposed to use alliteration, but they have the wrong words at the end! Match up the sentence starters with the
correct end word so that the sentences are alliterative.
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A compound word is a word that is made up of two smaller words, for example: play + ground = playground. These compound words have been cut in half and jumbled around. Can you cut these words out and match up each purple half with the correct green half?
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Cut out these homographs. Can you think of two different meanings for each word? Now have a go at writing your own sentences using these homographs
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Climb the full stop tower by correctly placing the full stop in sentences.
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Look at these connectives in this box. Which ones could you use in the sentences below? You might find that more than one connective could work in each sentence.
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We use exclamation marks when something is funny or scary or if we are shouting. Look at these sentences. Which ones need full stops and which need exclamation marks?
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A compound word is a long word made up of two short words. The blue words in the left-hand column go first; the orange words in the right-hand column go second. Cut out the words and see if you can match them up correctly.
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Should these sentences end in a full stop, a question mark or an exclamation mark? Choose the correct punctuation mark for each one, and don’t forget to add in capital letters if they’re missing!
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A Year 2 printable worksheet created by a primary school teacher to help your child with capital letters and punctuation marks.
Read this paragraph and add in the capital letters, full stops, commas, exclamation marks and question marks where you think they should go
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We can use commas to separate items instead of using the word ‘and’. Can you rewrite these sentences using a comma instead of ‘and’? Remember, you will need ‘and’ before the final item.
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Ten words in this short story use apostrophes incorrectly. Identify them then find the words in the wordsearch.
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When we add the prefix un- to a word it changes the meaning of the word to its opposite meaning. Look at these sentences. Can you complete the second sentence by using the blue word and adding the prefix un-?
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These sentences need full stops, capital letters, question marks and exclamation marks. Where do you think they should go?
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