English Department Spelling, Punctuation &

Grammar Workbook

Name: ……………………………………………………..

English Teacher: ……………………………………………………

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Word Class Wordsearch

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TASK: See how many adjectives / verbs / nouns you can spot above and list them below.

Common Nouns

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TASK: Circle the nouns

TASK: Write at least three nouns for each letter of the alphabet below.

First, fill in the missing letters.You can use a dictionary to help you!

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Verbs and AdverbsTASK: In the table below, underline all of the verbs and circle all of the adverbs.

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jump make dog lambwheel

fish there chicksad

bike burger tractorgate happy flower go

uselovely

play shout batduck

run chair hat ball

Verb – an action / doing word Adverb – Describes the verb (ly)

TASK: Choose, write 4 of the verbs and write them into sentences

yourself.

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TASK: Now, choose 4 of the adverbs and write them into sentences below.

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sneezed quickly threw satloudly happily washed

barked yawned angrily cutswam eat carefully suddenly

quietly closely silentlyskip sadly

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TASK: The sentences below are missing all capital letters. Can you correct them?

1. last saturday i went shopping in london.

2. yasmin’s favourite film is ‘frozen’; she loves princess elsa!

3. we always go trick-or-treating in october.

4. in the summer holidays i visited america with my sister sophie and

went to disney land.

5. year ten have maths first thing on a monday.

6. can we go to nandos for dinner?

7. have you read ‘billionaire boy’ by david walliams?

8. i really love raspberry cheesecake, it’s my favourite!

TASK: Below, write 8 sentences yourself using correct capital letters

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Sentence types

Statements - Statements are sentences which tell you something. They end with a full stop.

Questions - Questions are sentences that ask you something. They usually end with a question mark.

Commands - Commands are sentences that tell you to do something. They are often urgent or angry and can be very short.

Exclamations - Exclamations are sentences that begin with ‘what’ or ‘how’. They are full sentences, include a verb and end with an exclamation mark.

TASK: Next to each sentence, write down which type of sentence it is.

1. Is it cold outside?2. How kind of him to do that!3. Climb up that tree.4. “What a nice young man!” shouted Anne.5. It is great fun going to the park.6. A puppy will grow up to be a dog.7. Should you really eat 7 chocolate bars?8. Get down from the roof!

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TASK: Now, have a go at creating your own. Make sure you label what it is (statement, question, command or exclamation).

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Sentence types

Simple Sentences - A simple sentence contains a subject and a verb e.g. The baby cried for food.

Compound Sentences - Basically, a compound contains two simple sentences. These independent clauses are joined by a conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, because, so). e.g. The baby cried for food because she was hungry.

Complex Sentences - A complex sentence contains a main clause and an independent clause to add additional information e.g. The baby cried for food, after his mother had changed his nappy.

TASK: Below, identify the type of sentence – simple, compound or complex.

While the sun shone, they stayed on the beach. ……………..

I went into town and then drove to Manchester airport. ……………..

All of a sudden, in the middle of the match,

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the phone rang. ……………..

The girl had a blister on her heel. ……………..

The panda ate loads of bamboo shoots. ……………..

Caravans were parked all the way along the coast. ……………..

The new Harry Potter book is brilliant. ……………..

I like all types of food including fish. ……………..

When the branch snapped, Matt fell outof the tree and broke his arm. ……………..

Elephants are bigger than snails. ……………..

Elephants, which are large mammals,are bigger than snails. ……………..

Mice like to eat grain. ……………..

In India, during the monsoon season, itis extremely hot and wet. ……………..

TASK: Have a go at creating your own. Below, write three simple sentences: 1. …………………………………………………………………………………………

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TASK: Now, have a go at changing each sentence above into a compound sentence. Think about joining two simple sentences together with a conjunction in the middle.

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TASK: Now, change each sentence above into a complex sentence. Think about using a main cause and including additional information that relies on the main clause to make sense.

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TASK: Now you have explored different sentence types, focus on improving the sentences below by adding detail and using vocabulary, punctuation and sentence types to make them more effective.

1. The dog found a bone.

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2. The horse jumped over a fence.

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3. The ball went into the net.

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4. The fish was swimming slowly.

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5. The boy looked dirty.

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6. It was a cold winter morning.

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7. The dog was barking loudly.

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Synonyms – a word that has a similar meaning e.g. big and large

A Find another word (or words) with a similar meaning to the word written in capitals:

a) GRADUAL – momentary, slight, happening slowly … b) PROMPT – immediate, quickly … c) SOLITARY – lonely, alone, quiet, timid … d) PROCEEDED – followed, continued…

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e) ACTUALLY – likely, probably …

B Write down a synonym for each word:a) strong b) deliciousc) curious d) dulle) tremble f) leapg) strike h) hungryi) small j) tease

C Match up the synonyms in the list:

round correct speedy courageousright circular mournful hardbrave gloomy rapid difficult

D Can you find eight different words expressing degrees of anger? Arrange them in order if you can. E.g. start with ‘cross’

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TASK: Choose an alternative word for the underlined word with the same meaning.

Then, rewrite the sentences and think about your synonym choices for effect!

1. The house was enormous.2. The bank was secure.3. The children were dancing with joy.4. The girl was beautiful inside and out.5. The teacher told funny stories.6. The mouse was quiet.7. The cat was nice.8. The new game was good.9. The most exciting thing happened today. It snowed a lot!10. The castle was huge.11. The sausage dog was very fat.

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Connective section:

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TASK: Circle the most suitable connective to complete the sentences below

1. Anne went to the hospital ……………….. she had broken her arm. However because despite yet

2. The girls completed the marathon……………….having a stitch. However because despite yet

3. The snow lay thickly on the floor………………. school was open. However because despite yet

4. The elderly lady continued on his way……………….it was getting dark. Unless as although because when since

5. Do not come in the room………………………a red light is on. Unless as although because when since

6. People rushed toward the river Trent…………the fire was out of control.

Unless as although because when since

7. Alan fell asleep on the settee……………………he was so tired. Unless as although because when since

8. Precious gobbled her food…………………she saw the cat coming.Unless as although because when since

Write an ending for these sentences

1. The lion roared loudly when……………………………………………………….

2. The lion roared loudly because…………………………………………………….

3. The lion roared loudly although……………………………………………………

4. The lion roared loudly until………………………………………………………..

5. The lion roared loudly so…………………………………………………………..

6. The lion roared loudly if…………………………………………………………. Grammatically correct sentences

TASK: Fill in the blanks so the sentences are grammatically correct.

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1. The window was …………………………by the ball.

2. The car…………………..into the fence.

3. The cat nearly got …………………over by the car.

4. The fence……………………..down in the high winds.

5. The lake was ……………………………with ice.

6. The two girls………………………………..at Victoria Centre shopping

centre.

7. Mum………………………..cupcakes all day.

8. We………………..playing in the park.

9. I………………….walking down the street.

10. They ………………………..playing football at the park.

11. I………………….so proud to swim 25 metres.

12. Wendy ……………………………horse riding in her best shoes.

13. Today……………………the best day ever!

14. I feel like……………………..to see my friends.

15. The mouse…………………………..into the hole at top speed.

16. The cattle………………………led into the milking parlour.

17. I am……………………………..the the toilet.

18. We are…………………………………..town to get some a game

for our console.

Challenge: Write 10 sentences that are grammatically correct.

TASK: Complete the following sentences using either I or me.

1. I wanted my family to watch……………….. play football.

2. After we went horse riding, Molly and ……………were cold.

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3. Mrs Ingle asked Dylan and………………to collect the books.

4. Fred and………………. went to the skateboard park.

5. Today Francesca and…………………. went shoe shopping.

6. After Ice skating, Louis and…………………ached all over.

7. I wanted Mum and Dad to see…………………….sing at school.

8. Mrs Ingle told Fred and……………..off because we were naughty.

9. After we saw One Direction, Libby and……………….. had no voice!

10. …………………feel like laughing when someone falls over.

Have a look at these sentences.

Circle the words that should have a capital letter.

For the words you circled, explain why they need a capital letter.

1. peter kay is coming to the ice arena in december.

2. chinese students come to nottingham to learn english.

3. molly`s favourite subject is english, she takes her exams in june.

Missing verbs: have, are, is, has

Each of the sentences below is missing a verb. TASK: Write in the missing

verb.

1. Louis and Ryan …………………gone outside.

2. The children…………………………..working hard in literacy.

3. Louis…………….forgotten his homework.

4. Mrs Ingle……………………..writing on the interactive white board.

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5. Molly and Demi……………………have gone horse riding in the snow.

6. Class four……………………reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

7. The snow……………………fallen like a blanket on the ground.

8. Mandy………………….the tallest in our class.

9. Fred and Bill ………………………tell the best jokes.

10. Precious the dog ………………………excited to go for a walk in

the snow.

Challenge:

Now write ten sentences using the correct verb.

A command is when you demand / order someone to do something. TASK: Turn these questions into a command.

1. Could you get my coat?

2. Could you pass the tomato sauce?

3. Can you lend me £1?

4. Could you get my skateboard?

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5. Could you fix my Lego?

6. Could you take my plate away?

7. Could you bring your glass down from your bedroom?

8. Can you bring me your dirty washing?

9. Can you take the rubbish to the bin?

Punctuation Read the sentences and add the punctuation you think is most likely -. , ? ! “” () ;:

1. What did you have for tea last night

2. Wow you look beautiful

3. Tim looked around the classroom

4. Molly felt sick as she saw another child vomit

5. How did you do that

6. Oh dear what a terrible accident

7. The dog ran out in front of a car

8. Where did you get those shoes from

9. I think you look amazing

10. Oh no

11. What made you become a teacher

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12. How did you feel today

13. Who is the best teacher in the world

14. The car rolled down the hill

15. The mouse scuttled into the hole

16. The cat ate the mouse

17. The dog chased the cat

18. Gosh is that true

19. How on earth did you get stuck in that hole

What is the plural for the following words? I have done the first one for

you…

1. Tooth = teeth 21. life

2. Deer 22. thief

3. Sheep 23. half

4. Bird 24. leaf

5. Child 25. loaf

6. Woman 26. plate

7. Man 27. dish

8. Toy 28. glass

9. Chimney 29. lolly

10. Spy 30. strawberry

11. Holiday

12. Torch

13. Class

14. Kiss

15. Fish

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16. Fox

17. Switch

18. Dictionary

19. Opportunity

20. Knife

Circle all the adverbs in each sentence.

1. Excitedly, Molly opened the present. She stopped briefly and

looked inside.

2. Sadly, the cat got knocked down. Happily, it wasn’t badly hurt.

3. Slowly, the girl walked home from school. Hungrily, she ate her

tea.

4. Quietly, the mouse scuttled into her hole and nibbled hungrily on

the crumb of bread.

5. Anxiously, the girl waited for her exam results. Excitedly she tore

them open and she realised she has passed.

6. Angrily, the old man shouted at the boys as they rudely called

him names.

7. Cleverly, the children revised for their test. Happily, they all did

well.

Challenge:

Write 10 sentences using adverbs.

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TASK: Change all the verbs from past tense to present tense.

Woke

Pulled

Sighed

Heard

Thought

Caught

Built

Chosen

Broken

Dug

Drawn

Done

Hid

Flown

Found

Made

Met

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Spoken

An adjective is a describing word. TASK: Circle all the adjectives in each sentence.

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1. The local butcher regularly makes fresh burgers.

2. The brown dog slept lazily till Thursday.

3. The cold and wet snow was all over my socks.

4. A big red lorry was stuck in the snowy road.

5. The action movie was very violent.

6. My favourite plums are the purple ones.

7. I was sad to see the overgrown garden.

8. I had trouble eating my hot soup today.

9. It was heavy bag full of school books.

10. He is a very lazy cat, he sleeps all day!

11. Please hand me the long ladle.

12. My friend wears very large shoes.

13. The new roller coaster had a short wait.

14. The old lady had a very bad attitude.

15. The old trees creaked in the wild wind.

16. My friend wears stylish clothes.

17. My friend has the greatest sense of humour.

18. I had trouble eating my spicy curry.

19. Rich orange clementines are my favourite fruit.

20. A fluffy cat and a scruffy dog were fighting in the street.

TASK: Write a question beginning with the words below.

1. How

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2. How

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10. When

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13. Who

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TASK: Insert commas in the correct places in the sentences below.

1. I need to pack a bathing suit some sun cream a hat

sunglasses and a swimming towel.

2. The teacher said we need a ruler a pencil a pen a compass

and a selection of coloured pencils.

3. I must remember to get bananas apples oranges and grapes

for my fruit salad.

4. The recipe says I need stewing steak two onions three carrots

and a turnip.

5. I need three shelves a back and front top and bottom and

twelve screws to make my book shelf.

6. In my car boot I have a torch three scrapers a spade and a

travel rug just in case I get stuck in the snow.

7. The lady ordered a diet coke a regular coke a lime and

lemonade and an orange juice.

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8. The zoo had hundreds of animals the tiger’s lions giraffes

elephants and penguins were my favourite.

9. I must remember to pack my laptop i-pad notebook and pens

for work today.

10. To make lemon cupcakes I need flour sugar margarine

eggs two lemons and lemon curd.

The following words have more than one meaning.

TASK: Write two sentences to show the two different meanings.

1. Present

2. Bark

3. Brush

4. Wound

5. Produce

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A prefix is a letter or a group of letters added to the beginning of a word

to make a new word. E.g. unhappy

TASK: Put a prefix at the beginning of each word to make it mean the

opposite

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…………………correct

…………………….possible

……………agree

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……………..engage

……………honest

…………….like

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…………..treat

………spell

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TASK: Insert the inverted commas (speech marks) in the sentences below.

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1. After the First World War, the teacher said. The Country had to

rebuild itself.

2. Let’s go and play, Molly said. It is such a beautiful day.

3. How high is that? Bill asked. Is it as high as the moon?

4. Today was the best day in the world. Louis said. I have got tickets to

see my favourite band.

5. Today we are going to be learning how to use punctuation. The

teacher said. What do we have at the end of a question?

Challenge: Write ten sentences that use inverted commas (speech marks).

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Homophones: they're, their and there These three homophones often lead to difficulty. Try to make sure that you know which is which:

"they're" is perhaps the easiest to remember. It is the shortened form of "they are". For example: They're catching a flight at 11.45.

"their" means "belonging to them". For example: Their house is in Elm Street.

"there" has two uses:       1) to mean a place For example: The post office is over there.

      2) with the verb "to be" (in phrases like "there is", "there are" etc) For example: There are 26 letters in the alphabet.

TASK: See if you can choose the correct words to fill the gaps in the following sentences.

1. They always take ___________ dog with them on holiday.

2. Let's wait _________ alongside the entrance.

3. Ask them if ________ coming tomorrow.

4. ___________ building an extension to our school.

5. ________ are over 1200 students at our school.    6. We'll call in at Mcdonald’s if _______’s time.

7. ____________ football team is at the top of the league.

8. Sam is always __________ in good time.

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9. __________ working with each other to train the dog.

10. Dad was pleased that they had done so well in __________ exams.

Homophones: two, too, to

Some people find these three homophones cause them difficulty. Try to make sure that you know which is which:

"Two" is always a number - the number 2 For example: The two boys shivered in the cold.

"Too" can be used in 2 ways:to mean "excessively" e.g. too far, too expensiveto mean "also" or "as well" e.g. Will you be skating too?

"To" is used in 2 ways:to show direction e.g. He passed the ball to his brotheras part of a verb e.g. He wanted to read the new Harry Potter book.

TASK: See if you can choose the correct words to fill the gaps in the following sentences.

1. There were __________ trains standing in the station.

2. I usually go ________ the swimming pool on Saturdays.

3. The question was _______________ hard for me.

4. My best subject is Geography but I'm quite good at English ___________.

5. Maisie tries ________ train my dog at least four times a week.

6. The music was far ___________ loud for Joe's parents.

7. “Today you will need _______ use your calculators” said the teacher.

8. Jack's ambition is ____________ become an actor.

9. _______________ heads are better than one!

10. "I'd like a cookie please," said Emma. "Me _______ !" shouted Mick.

Homophones continued

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TASK: Cross out the incorrect homophone.

1. The man ate/eight all the chocolate.2. The dear/ deer ran out into the road. 3. The bee/ be stung me. 4. My eye/ I hurts.5. The flour/ flower went everywhere.6. They’re / their going to the cinema. 7. Your / you’re the best friend, ever! 8. I can see / sea you clearly.

TASK: Some of these sentences contain the correct homophones and some are incorrect. Look at the underlined homophones and circle the ones that are correct and correct the others on the dotted line by rewriting the sentence.

1. He cent me a letter. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. The chef kneaded the dough violently. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. She threw a party for her brother. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

4. Queen Elizabeth is the raining queen. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

5. The earth orbits the son. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Spot the mistakes!

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TASK: Underline or highlight the spelling and grammar mistakes. I have written how many mistakes there are to find in the square next to them!

1. The twins decided that four there birthday thay each wanted an iPhone. There parents decided thay where to young for such an ecspensive presant. The twins where upset and had two think off something else insted. Some times you can’t have everything that you want.

2. I fell out with my sister and I didn’t want to looser, so i apologisd and we made up. I have alot of freinds at school. My favrite subject is maths. I like doing somes.

3. Toknight, I whant to go to Pizza Hut. The food they’re really apeals to me, because it’s tastey. There is a buffay know which is all you can eat.

4. When I get home, I will play Call of Dute with some mates. I enjoy kiling the zombis. You shoot bulets, but it takes ages for the gun to relowd. I like play on my consils.

5. The exitment of going on holiday in the morning was killing me. I couldn’t wait. I was going to my faviraute place in America. Geuss we’re it is!

6. I waited in suspence as the phone rang. I didn’t want to aswer it. I felt like I was in a horro story. It was wierd. Some one was going two capcher me and tern me in. Two minuts later, it rang agen.

7. I met an elephants at the zoo called Elmer. Maby one day I cauld go back their to see her again. Elephants and giraffes are my favourt animal.

8. My favarite ride is The Ultimut at Lightwater Valley. I went on that, than I went on the log flume. I tryed to stay dry, but ended up being soaking wet after the big drop. What is you’re favourite ride?

Spot the Celebrity Mistakes!

TASK: Read through the celebrity tweets and identify any errors with spelling, punctuation, capital letters and homophones. Annotate the

tweets with the corrections.

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