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sentence tense past · present

am · is · are

infinitives to be · to want

phrasal verbs look up · let down

phrasal verbs 2 get on · send off

phrasal verbs 3 give up · go out

verb forms look · looks · to look

countable · uncountable

demonstratives this · that · these · those

possessive pronouns my · your · their

indefinite pronouns everyone · anyone · no one · someone

were · wear · where · we're

adjective · adverb crazy · crazily

subject · object pronouns she · her

word types happy · happily · happiness

auxiliary verb question words

full stop · comma

ei · ie spellings receipt · fierce

single · double consonants with -ing

active · passive voice

FANBOYS

sentence structure simple · compound · complex

speaker's point of view 1st · 2nd · 3rd person

past · present · future tense

past tense aspects simple · progressive · perfect

perfect tense had seen · has seen · will have seen

present tense aspects eat · is eating · has eaten

progressive tense was going · is going · will be going

simple tense past · present · future

bought · brought

fewer · less · many · much

homophones son · sun

who's · whose

common nouns · proper nouns lemon · London

gerund · infinitive playing · to play

preposition · determiner · adjective · conjunction before · the · sunny · yet

apostrophe of contraction I am → I'm

apostrophe of possession

noun suffixes -ance · -ment · -ness

prefix meanings re- · de- · co- · mis-

does · do

does not · do not

has · have

was · were

sports verbs go swimming · play tennis

a · an

homophones for · four

tricky words breath · breathe

its · it's

more homophones band · banned

subject · object pronouns we · us

Standard English · Non-Standard English got to · gotta

syllables hol–i–day

proofreading commas

proofreading dashes

proofreading exclamation marks

proofreading question marks

adjective suffixes -ary · -ish · -ous

noun suffixes -ance · -ence · -ment · -ness

verb suffixes -ify · -ate · -ise · -en

spot the cohesive pronouns

Year 1 & 2 spellings each · with

'i' sound spelled with 'y' gym · myth

Year 3 & 4 spellings busy · circle

silent letters climb · knee

Year 5 & 6 spellings foreign · amateur

proofreading speech marks

does the sentence have a preposition?

preposition · pronoun

word families odd one out dark · darkly · dare · darker

irregular past tenses went · ate · saw

perfect tense gone · won

comparatives slow · slower

superlatives fast · fastest

match the homophones see · sea

adjective antonyms light · dark

adjective synonyms big · huge

Standard English should of → should have

adjective suffixes -ful · -ish · -ous

noun suffixes -ence · -ment · -ness

plurals leaf · leaves

verb suffixes -ify · -ise · -ate

future perfect tense win · will have won

past perfect tense had gone · had won

past tense of -y verbs try · tried

present perfect tense do · have done

adverbs bright · brightly

abbreviations ASAP · DIY

collective nouns herd · flock

compound nouns football · toothbrush

generic and precise nouns dog · labrador

irreversible word pairs fish & chips

capital letters a — A

contractions did not · didn't

hyphenated words all-star · high-tech

punctuation marks ? · ! · ( )

common prefixes inter- · micro-

negative prefixes un- · ir- · non-

formal and informal synonyms go up · increase

noun antonyms day · night

noun synonyms stone · rock

verb antonyms push · pull

verb synonyms cut · slice

country · nationality adjectives Spain · Spanish

jobs act · actor

definitions of Latin origin words maximum · dialogue

US · UK words highway · motorway

common verbs · Chinese–English 去 · go

common verbs · French–English aller · go

common verbs · Japanese–English 行く · go

question words who · when · where

adjective synonyms large · huge

verb synonyms say · move · look

apostrophe of contraction will not → won't

adjective suffixes -ful · -ish · -some

plurals -s · -es · -ies

verb suffixes -ify · -ise · -ate

point of view pronouns 1st · 2nd · 3rd person

third person present tense sees · mixes · tries

adjectives for quality awful · average · amazing

degrees of possibility cannot · might · definitely

Standard English · Non-Standard English give me · gimme

'shun' suffixes -sion · -tion · -cian

common prefixes auto- · super- · sub-

negative prefixes un- · ir- · de-

noun suffixes -ance · -ence · -ness

noun suffixes 2 -hood · -ship · -ment

-ar -er -or noun spellings sugar · baker · doctor

adjective synonyms 2 small · good · old

verb synonyms 2 eat · hit · think

-ed endings wanted · looked · used

-s endings faces · looks · bags

place prepositions on the bus · at home

time prepositions at 10am · on Monday

number word families unit · twin · triangle · quadrant

word families vision · finish · fluid · fact

loan words from Asian languages Japanese · Chinese · Hindi

loan words from European languages Spanish · French · German · Italian

US · UK words highway · motorway

present simple tense go · goes

auxiliary verbs

articles a · an · the

there · their · they're

to · two · too

your · you're

-ed · -ing adjectives excited · exciting

auxiliary verb questions

gendered words men · women · people

tricky vowel spellings persuade · cemetary

past tenses regular and irregular

tricky words of · off

triple homophones sees · seas · seize

modal verbs

possessive pronoun or relative pronoun her · when

apostrophe · plural

apostrophes contraction · possession

run-on sentences We arrived they left.

'shun' suffixes -sion · -tion · -cian

singular or plural? goose · children

-able · -ible

co-ordinating · subordinating conjunctions

co-ordinating conjunctions FANBOYS

subordinating conjunctions whether · when · because

noun · verb

verb · adjective jived to the *dance* music

adjective synonyms & antonyms wide, broad · wide, thin

noun synonyms & antonyms doctor, medic · doctor, patient

verb synonyms & antonyms win, lose · win, succeed

place prepositions at · on · in

loan word definitions · Asia

loan word definitions · Europe

spot the auxiliary verbs

spot the modal verbs

spot the verbs

spot the determiners

spot the object

spot the subject The boys · A cat · Two dogs

spot the adjectives

spot the nouns

spot the FANBOYS

spot the fronted adverbials

spot the adverbs (mixed) above · usually · happily

spot the adverbs of frequency often · usually · hardly ever

spot the adverbs of manner quickly · sadly · softly

spot the adverbs of possibility

spot the imperatives

spot the perfect tense

spot the present tense

spot the pronouns she · her · its

spot the adverbials

spot the cohesive devices

spot the intensifiers really · very · quite

spot the main clause

spot the noun phrases

spot the relative clauses

spot the relative pronouns who · which · that

spot the reporting clauses

subordinate clauses

spot the subordinating conjunctions

spot the antonyms The cat was fast, but the snail was slow.

spot the synonyms The puppy was happy, and the kitten was joyful.

spot the prepositions

tenses

auxiliary verbs

verbs

determiners

grammar

tricky words

word classes

questions

vocabulary

punctuation

prefixes · suffixes

spelling

clauses

tricky words 2

tricky words 3

pro word classes

pro punctuation

pro prefixes & suffixes

pro clauses

conjunctions

conversions

synonyms & antonyms

prepositions

past tense mistakes

present tense mistakes

determiner mistakes

question mistakes

missing spaces

proofreading capital letters

proofreading challenge

spelling mistakes

mixed tense mistakes

homophone mistakes

tricky word mistakes

apostrophe mistakes

'noun as adjective' mistakes

capitals in speech

alphabetical order

closed question word order

question word order

rewrite question as statement

statement word order

future time

present perfect sentence builder

adjective order

adverbs of possibility order

active voice

command sentence builder

passive voice

dict (say) dictionary · verdict

form (shape) inform · formal

ject (throw) projector · reject

port (carry) import · report

rupt (burst) disrupt · erupt

sign (mark/seal) design · signature

spect (look/see) inspect · respect

tend (stretch) extend · attendance

tract (drag/pull) tractor · subtract

cept (taken) accept · deception

duct (lead) conduct · abduct

fer (carry) transfer · infer

fic (make/do) fiction · artificial

fin (end/edge) final · infinite

flu (flow) influence · fluent

graph (write) autograph · biography

lev (light) lever · levitate

man (hand) manual · manager

mit (send) transmit · admit

ped/pod (feet) pedal · tripod

pend (hang/weigh) suspend · pendulum

plic (fold) replica · application

direct speech

indirect speech

commas

full stops

colons

colons before lists

commas after fronted adverbials

commas in addresses

commas in letters

commas in lists

dashes

hyphens

multiple missing punctuation marks

parenthesis

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semi-colons

commas with co-ordinating conjunctions

commas for speech

speech marks

past tense aspects ran · was running · had run

pronouns he · him · himself

comparatives and superlatives slow · slower · slowest

present tense aspects runs · is running · has run

triple homophones I'll · aisle · isle

gendered words dad · mum · parent

portmanteaus breakfast + lunch → brunch

precise noun categories animal · cat · tiger

triple compound words whatsoever · nowadays

synonyms smart · clever · brainy

verb synonyms cry · weep · sob

country word families Britain · British · a Briton

word families kind · kindness · kindly

word families for jobs teach · teaching · teacher

silent letters bomb · knee

unstressed vowels pocket · carrot · thunder

Year 3 & 4 words

Year 5 & 6 words

-ve endings phoneme /v/ · give

-y endings phoneme /i:/ or /ɪ/ · party

CVC words cat · dog

ff · ll · ss · ck · zz off · well · miss · back · buzz

ki · ke · ky phoneme /k/ · kit · sketch · risky

nk phoneme /ŋ/ · bank

ph · wh dolphin · wheel

tch phoneme /tʃ/ · catch

Year 1 & 2 words

-y endings phoneme /aɪ/ · cry · fly · dry

'or' sound before l phoneme /ɔ:/ · ball · talk

'uh' sound phoneme /ʌ/ · mother · Monday

'zhe' sound phoneme /ʒ/ · treasure · usual

al · el · il · le phoneme /l/ or /əl/ · metal · camel · table

ce · ci · cy phoneme /s/ · ice · city

ge · dge · ja phoneme /dʒ/ · edge

wa · wo · qua phoneme /ɒ/ · watch · word · quad

wr phoneme /r/ · write · wrap

-cial · -tial phoneme /ʃəl/ · special · partial

-gue · -que of French origin phonemes /g/ /k/ · league · unique

'i' sound spelled y phoneme /ɪ/ · myth · gym · pyramid

'shun' sounds phoneme /ʃən/ · tension

ch of French origin phoneme /ʃ/ · chef

ch of Greek origin phoneme /k/ · scheme

compound words football · playground

sc of Latin origin phoneme /s/ · science · scene

-cious · -tious phoneme /ʃəs/ · delicious · cautious

ei or ie phoneme /i:/ · ceiling · sieve

homophones passed · past

ough words thought · cough · dough

single · double letters success · tunnel

soft c · hard k sounds centre · king