Getting to Grips with Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling

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Grammar, putting words together

LESSON TASKS

Read about the 9 parts of speech

Put the sentences in the right order

Extract all the nouns, verbs and adjectives from the text and put them on separate lists

What type of words are these?

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Mechanics: You complete me

LESSON TASKS

Read about punctuation

Put periods/full stops followed by capital letters where needed in the following text

Where do the commas go?

Add apostrophes where needed

Colon or Semicolon?

CHALLENGE!! Add the correct punctuation in the sentences

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You don't have to be rubbish at spelling

LESSON TASKS

Read about Some Essential Spelling Rules

Free Task - Find two or three examples of words for each rule above. Use a dictionary

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Most common spelling mistakes in English

LESSON TASKS

Read about words most common spelling mistakes

Choose the correct homophone

Make up sentences with the following words

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Chips or French fries: Differences between British and American English

LESSON TASKS

Read about differences between British and American English

Match the proper word with the proper place or nationality

Add more different British and American words to the list if you can think of any