PPT supports the new curriculum. Word class and identifying the 'subject, object and verb' are recapped before phrases, clauses and conjunctions are looked at in more detail. Phrases Covers noun phrases, adverbial phrases and preposition phrases. Terminology is defined, examples given and children asked to use this knowledge to identify different phrases. Clauses Covers main, subordinate and relative clauses. Aims to equip children with the appropriate knowledge to enable them to distinguish between the different types of clause. Includes multiple opportunities for pupil participation and a quiz to assess retention. Conjunctions The role of conjunctions, difference between coordinating and subordinating conjunctions and placement of conjunctions within a sentence is briefly looked at. Please review.

PPT defines modal verbs and demonstrates their role in establishing certainty and possibility. Contains multiple opportunities for pupil participation. Pupils asked to: - Identify modal verbs - Convert modal verbs to their negative forms - Discuss how different modal verbs change the certainty of action verbs - Decide how modal verbs affect the meaning of a sentence. Please review.

PPT covers the role of determiners in writing, looking at articles, interrogatives, demonstratives, possessives and quantifiers. Examples are given for each and children asked to practise identifying the different types of determiners. Please review.

PPT covers the distinction between reported and direct speech plus how to punctuate direct speech correctly. Contains examples of each, opportunities for pupil participation and a quiz at the end to assess retention. Please review.

Two comprehension exercises based on 'Cinderella' and 'Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf' from Roald Dahl's wonderful collection of 'Revolting Rhymes'. Includes the text, questions and a mark scheme. Both poems belong to the extraordinary Roald Dahl, no copyright infringement intended. Suitable for upper KS2.

Practise locating nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs from within complex sentences. Useful for upper KS2. SPaG paper, tick-box style answering system.

Two comprehension exercises based on 'The Sweet Shop' and 'The Great Mouse Plot' chapters from the wonderful 'Boy: Tales of Childhood' by Roald Dahl. Includes the text, questions and a mark scheme. Both passages belong to the extraordinary Roald Dahl, no copyright infringement intended. Suitable for upper KS2.

Worksheet for children learning to identify nouns within sentences. Number of nouns per sentence is bracketed. Does not distinguish between sub-types.

PPT covers when capital letters should be used as well as the different ways of punctuating the end of a sentence. Contains examples of each, opportunities for pupil participation and a quiz at the end to assess retention.

Worksheet contains eight short, simple sentences missing all capital letters. Children are asked to draw upon their knowledge of where capital letters should be used (i.e. start of a sentence, for proper nouns and the pronoun 'I') to fix the sentences.

Asks pupils to read twelve sentences and decide whether they are a statement or command. Second sheet contains a mixture of statements and questions. Children are asked to rewrite as commands.

Simple display posters for each of the eight major word classes. A3 sized. Handheld are four to an A4 sheet.

Children decide whether the underlined section of a sentence is a phrase or a clause.

Two comprehension exercises based on 'Jack and the Beanstalk' and 'Snow White' from Roald Dahl's wonderful collection of 'Revolting Rhymes'. Includes the text, questions and a mark scheme. Both poems belong to the extraordinary Roald Dahl, no copyright infringement intended. Suitable for upper KS2.

PPT covers action and auxiliary verbs (to be, to have and to do), their importance in establishing tense and role in writing Standard English. Split into three sections: Action Verbs - Pupils asked to identify verbs, select stronger verbs to improve sentences, change verbs into the past, present and future tense and 'fix' verbs written in the incorrect tense. Auxiliary Verbs - Definition and examples provided along with discussion of the irregularity of be, have and do. Pupils asked to identify verbs from within sentences. Standard English - Pupils asked to correct verbs so that they are written in Standard English.

Three 'SATs' style questions to evidence whether children can distinguish between main clauses and subordinate clauses.

Children use their knowledge of capital letters, apostrophes, word class, prefixes, tenses and homophones to decipher clues and reveal the location of the long lost city of Midas. Contains PPT setting the story, five clues for children to solve, answers and location sheet. Geography bonus - all information on the location sheet (official language, national flag, capital city etc.) is factually accurate.

Worksheet for children learning to identify verbs from within sentences. Number of verbs per sentence bracketed at end. Does not contain auxiliary verbs.

PPT outlines the role of adverbs / adverbial phrases and there importance with writing. Pupils are provided with definition and asked to practise identifying adverbs showing how, when, where and how much something has happened. Covers the role of adverbs in modifying verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. Please review.

Worksheet to assess children's understanding of how to punctuate the end of their sentences correctly i.e. when to use full stops, exclamation marks and question marks.

PPT covers five different types of nouns: common, proper, concrete, abstract and collective. Contains definitions and examples of each, multiple opportunities for pupil participation and a quiz at the end to assess retention.