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• Adverb Poster - A wonderful poster which can be displayed to give children adverb suggestions. Contributed by Paul Litten.
• Adjectives - A colourful worksheet (PDF) which develops children's understanding of adjectives. Contributed by a visitor.
• Adjective Alphabet - A clever way of collecting adjectives for use in future written work.
• Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb - Reinforces knowledge of these four types of words (includes worksheet).
• Noun Rap - A fantastic way of helping children remember different types of words.
• Hamburger Writing - Use this fabulous technique to help your children's writing skills.
• Collective Nouns - A PDF containing an exercise to reinforce children's existing knowledge of collective nouns. Contributed by Jim Merrett.
• Nouns Worksheet - A PDF worksheet which encourages children to think about nouns. Contributed by Luke Townsend.
• Verbs Worksheets - Worksheets which teach children how to change the spellings of verbs when changing their tense.
• Verb and Adverb Actions - A drama idea which increases children's awareness of different verbs and adverbs.
• Verb Tenses - A useful PDF, contributed by Hafeez, asking children to change the verbs between the past and present tense.
• Improving Verbs - Can your children improve the verbs in this poem to make it more interesting? Originally created for Year 4 by Sue Powell.
• Where WAS Wally? - Use characters from 'Where's Wally?' books to make sentences written in the past tense.
• Past Tense Crossword - Convert the clues into the past tense and add them to the correct place on the crossword. Contributed by Hassan Chowdhury.

• Don't Use Said Flashcards - Encourage children to think of different ways of writing 'said' in their work. A set of great flashcards for addition to displays. Contributed by Trinity Educational.
• Parts of Speech People - Reinforce the meanings of different parts of speech using this creative idea.
• Parts of Speech - A video which can be used to review the different parts of speech.

• Synonyms and Antonyms - Team game in which children find synonyms and antonyms of words. Also encourages use of a thesaurus.
• Synonyms - A wonderful set of resources which make an enjoyable practical activity. Children have to sort the words into groups to make sets of synonyms. Contributed by Maureen Rice.
• Syns and Ants - A fun game to revise understanding of synonyms and antonyms.
• Synonym Pairs - A fabulous way of helping children to learn about synonyms.
• Synonyms worksheet - Write a word in the central shape, and the children should then find lots of synonyms. Contributed by Paul Litten.
• Anthony Antonym - Develop your children's understanding of antonyms with this excellent idea!

• Make a Sentence - A fun way of thinking about types of words and their agreement within sentences.
• Writing Definitions - A handy table which gives information about, and examples of, useful words and tools for writing. Contributed by Smitha Bangera.
• Starting and Extending Sentences - Two wonderful reference posters to encourage children to think about how to start (and also extend) their sentences. Contributed by Christine Stanger.
• Word Quilts - A very simple idea which helps children to know the different types of words. Also an excellent way to decorate your classroom.
• Oh How Boring! - A story which children must edit to make it less repetitive and boring.
• Alternative Meanings - Make up alternative meanings for words, based on how the words actually sound.
• Mr. Dickens Game - A game, which you create with your class, which helps children to learn the meaning of new words. Contributed by Helen Mygdal.
• Rhyming Words - Can children think of words which rhyme with the sets given here? Contributed by Lisa Daniels.
• Prepositions Activities - Lots and lots of online interactive resources, ideas and worksheets to teach your children about prepositions.
• Using a Thesaurus - A worksheet which encourages children to use a thesaurus to find synonyms.
• Three quick games which encourage children to think about the letters which make up words:
  • Step Words
  • Transformations
  • Heads and Tails -
• Super Sentences! - Turn boring simple sentences into Super Sentences!
• Mystery Bags - A fun way to introduce describing words.
• Alliteration - A fun idea to help children learn what alliteration is.
• Onomatopoeia - A fantastic way of teaching children what onomatopoeia is, and remembering how to spell it!
• Word Photo Booklet - Make a booklet, using digital photos, to review children's understanding of types of words.
• Boy / Girl - An interesting game for children which encourages them to share new vocabulary.
• Alphabet Revision Game - A fun game which can be sued to revise vocabulary for any subject / topic. Contributed by Maja Hadzic.
• Vocabulary Ideas - A number of useful games and activities which can be used to review different vocabulary. Contributed by Maja Hadzic.
• Shoot the Word - A fun and physical game which can be used to review existing vocabulary, or to introduce new language.
• The Sent Away Game - A fun game for introducing new words, and for developing memory skills.
• Names - Fun game, where children think of words (in specific categories) beginning with certain letters.
• MadLibs-styled Grammar - A humorous game which can be used to reinforce knowledge of types of vocabulary.

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Links to other sites:

• Pocket Basics - Look in the Downloads section of this site for some free useful Literacy (and Numeracy) resources.
• Word Search World - Allows you to create free wordsearches which you can print and use in the classroom.
• InsideStory Flashcards - A set of flashcards, with wonderful images, which would be great for expanding children's vocabulary.
• Kids Review - A website which uses ICT to encourage reading.
• English Resources - A great site containing free English language and literature resources (at secondary level).

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