Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs and Adverbs:

• 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.
• Where WAS Wally? - Use characters from 'Where's Wally?' books to make sentences written in the past tense.
• 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).
• Adjectives - An interactive Powerpoint presentation which reinforces understanding of adjectives. Contributed by Jonathon Steele.
• 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.
• Pronouns - An interactive Powerpoint presentation which reinforces understanding of pronouns. Contributed by Jonathon Steele.
• Verbs Worksheets - Worksheets which teach children how to change the spellings of verbs when changing their tense.
• 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.
• Past Tense Crossword - Convert the clues into the past tense and add them to the correct place on the crossword. Contributed by Hassan Chowdhury.
• Verb and Adverb Actions - A drama idea which increases children's awareness of different verbs and adverbs.
• Adverb Poster - A wonderful poster which can be displayed to give children adverb suggestions. Contributed by Paul Litten.
• Adverbs - An interactive Powerpoint presentation which reinforces understanding of adverbs. Contributed by Jonathon Steele.

Nouns Resources	Types of Nouns Lots of free ideas and resources to help your children learn about different types of nouns.
Adjectives Resources	Adverbs Resources
Verbs Resources	Active Voice and Passive Voice A poster and activity sheet to help pupils to learn about ways of expressing the action of a verb.

 

Question Words:

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Question Words for Display

 

Words linked to Speech:

• 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 - A video which can be used to review the different parts of speech.
• Parts of Speech People - Reinforce the meanings of different parts of speech using this creative idea.

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Connectives:

• Connectives - An interactive Powerpoint presentation which reinforces understanding of connectives. Contributed by Jonathon Steele.

Connectives Posters

Championship Connectives

Other Word Work:

• Make a Sentence - A fun way of thinking about types of words and their agreement within sentences.
• Rhyming Words - Can children think of words which rhyme with the sets given here? Contributed by Lisa Daniels.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Matching Similes Game - A great set of printable cards that challenge children to match the parts of a simile. Contributed by Susan Powers.
• MadLibs-styled Grammar - A humorous game which can be used to reinforce knowledge of types of vocabulary.
• Prepositions Activities - Lots and lots of online interactive resources, ideas and worksheets to teach your children about prepositions.
• Alphabet Revision Game - A fun game which can be sued to revise vocabulary for any subject / topic. Contributed by Maja Hadzic.
• Onomatopoeia - A fantastic way of teaching children what onomatopoeia is, and remembering how to spell it!
• 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.

Proverbs A set of downloadable resources with related teaching ideas.	Similes A free poster, printable examples and teaching ideas, linked to similes.
Metaphors A number of resources and lesson ideas linked to metaphors.	Onomatopoeia Ideas and resources to help children to learn about onomatopoeia.
Prepositions Teach your children about prepositions using our free teaching ideas and resources.	Pronouns Learn about pronouns with our free resources.

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