spot the verb

We _went_ to the park.

verb forms

go · goes · to go

phrasal verbs 1

up · down · in · out

phrasal verbs 2

on · off · back · get

phrasal verbs 3

give · go · break · look

verb or subject?

*I* love to cook.

infinitives

to go · to do

irregular past simple

I fall → I fell

past tense aspects

simple · progressive · perfect

present simple

I go · she goes

present perfect

build → have built

present tense aspects

simple · progressive · perfect

simple tense

past · present · future

progressive tense

past · present · future

perfect tense

past · present · future

past present future

convert all tenses

time prepositions

at night · on Tuesday

place prepositions

at school · in space

indefinite pronouns

anyone · everyone

spot the preposition

We went *to* the park.

spot the coordinating conjunction

I went to the shop, *but* it was closed.

spot the subordinating conjunction

*When* the water balloon burst,

noun or verb?

walk the *walk*

verb or adjective?

jived to the *dance* music

noun · verb · adjective · adverb

noun · verb · preposition · pronoun

-ed · -ing adjectives

amazed · amazing

gerund or infinitive?

meeting · to meet

subject · object pronouns

I · me / she · her

conjunction or pronoun

common nouns · proper nouns

carrot · Colin

preposition or pronoun

spot the noun

shoes · kitchen · children

spot the adjective

clean · new · short

spot the adverb

beautifully · carefully

spot the adverb of frequency

always · rarely · usually

spot the adverb of manner

beautifully · carefully

spot the adverb of possibility

certainly · perhaps · maybe

spot the intensifier

extremely · really · very

spot the pronoun

He · her · its

spot the imperative

Water · Feed · Take

adjective or adverb

shy · shyly

preposition or conjunction

since · before

preposition, determiner, adjective or conjunction

to · a · light · but

possessive or relative pronoun

his · when

singular or plural

cat · apples

nouns as adjectives

race horses · boat race

was · were

am · is · are

has · have

was · does · has

does · do

does not · do not

question starter words

Do...? Are...?

question starter words 2

Were · Do · Have

spot the auxiliary verb

spot the modal auxiliary verb

spot the determiner

I read *my* book.

a · an

articles

a · an · the · [none]

demonstrative pronouns

this · that · these

countable · uncountable nouns

fewer · less

possessive pronouns

my · their · your

spot the subject

*I* locked the back door.

spot the object

I read *my book*.

sentence structure

simple · compound · complex

coordinating conjunctions

FANBOYS

relative pronouns

who · when · what

cohesive pronouns

main clauses

subordinate clauses

relative clauses

noun phrases

a green beetle

fronted adverbials

reporting clauses

cohesive devices

sentence types

statement · command · question · exclamation

point of view

1st · 2nd · 3rd person

active · passive voices

kicked · was kicked by

subjunctive form

capital letters

full stop · comma

run-on sentences

sentence or fragment?

During the night.

fragment sentence or comma splice?

I like your pen, can I have it?

apostrophe or plural?

missing spaces

full stops

commas in speech

"I want to go," he said.

commas

commas with FANBOYS

question marks

commas after fronted adverbials

Sadly, I forgot my snack.

speech marks

commas in lists

Scotland, Wales, and France

apostrophe of contraction

commas in letters

Dear Grandma,

apostrophe of possession

commas in addresses

20 Park Lane, Barnet

dashes

contraction or possession

She shouldn't · My teacher's bag

colons

I know the secret: hard work

colons for lists

countries: Wales, France

semi-colons

I am hungry; I have no food

hyphens

runner-up · rock-hard

parenthesis

my friend, Mika, is here

match the word to pictures

match the word to definition

choose the word in context

choose the correct spelling in context

spot the spelling mistake

match the word to the sound

fill in the missing letter

to · two · too

there · their · they're

your · you're

its · it's

were · wear · where · we're

whose · who's

commonly confused

lose · loose

homophones

night · knight

more homophones

past · passed

triple homophones

heal · heel · he'll

silent letters

knee · climb

single · double letter +ing

run → ru__ing

single · double consonants

nece_ary · to_orrow

unstressed vowels

sep_rate · defin_te

"er" noun endings

vicar · baker · doctor

ei or ie

ceiling · sieve

plurals

-s -es -ies -ves

all plurals

prefix meanings 1

re- · de- · co- · mis-

prefix meanings 2

super- · non- · pre- · auto-

noun suffixes

-ance -ness -ment

verb suffixes

-ify -ise -ate

adjective suffixes

-ish -ful -ary

"shun" suffix spellings

-sion · -tion · -cian

-cial · -tial

special · initial

-able · -ible

suitable · horrible

-cious · -tious

spacious · ambitious

negative prefixes

un- · in- · mis- · non-

latin roots

audience · century · genius

Year 1 & 2 words

window · water

Year 3 & 4 words

believe · special

Year 5 & 6 words

average · persuade

syllables

collective nouns

herd · bunch · pack

gendered words

boy · girl · child

formal Standard English

cos → because

US → UK words

center → centre

UK → US words

colour → color

loan words · Europe

siesta · panini · cafe

loan words · Asia

wok · sumo · chutney

sports verbs

go swimming · play tennis

irreversible word pairs

bacon · eggs

bought or brought

bought · brought

comparatives

fast → faster

superlatives

fast → fastest

compound nouns

arm · chair

word families

state · statement

noun synonyms

cup · mug

verb synonyms

say · move · look

adjective synonyms 1

big · bad · fast

adjective synonyms 2

good · old · small

adjective synonyms 3

happy · joyful

noun antonyms

day · night

verb antonyms

push · pull

adjective antonyms

hot · cold

noun · verb · adjective forms

safety · save · safe

synonyms or antonyms · adjectives

asleep · awake

synonyms or antonyms · nouns

huge · enormous

synonyms or antonyms · verbs

run · sprint