Word Classes

Sorting animal names into alphabetical order, using the first letter.

Sorting animal names into alphabetical order, using the second letter.

Sorting animal names into alphabetical order, using the third letter (or more).

Putting various fruits and vegetables into alphabetical order.

A first look at nouns as naming words.

Common nouns that are people.

This page looks at common nouns that are the names of types of place.

More on common nouns, including sorting into categories.

A first look at proper nouns and writing them with capital letters.

More on proper nouns.

More on the difference between proper nouns and common nouns.

An introduction to the idea of abstract nouns, suitable for KS1.

More on abstract nouns.

A light hearted look at collective nouns for groups of animals.

A brief look at some of the collective nouns we use for objects.

This page takes a quick look at collective nouns for groups of people.

A look at nouns made up of two words: compound words (harder).

An introduction to using noun phrases to say more about the noun.

Expanded noun phrases explained.

Do we add 's' or 'es' to make the plural of words ending in 'o'?

A quick look at spelling rules for words that end in 'y'.

Usually to make the plural of a word ending in 'f' or 'fe', change the 'f' or 'fe' to a 'v' and add 'es'.

Sometimes to make a word plural we need to change most of the word!

There are some words where the plural is the same as the singular.

Remember all the rules to complete this page correctly.

Recognise the adjectives in the sentences and link them to the nouns they describe.

Further work with adjectives that end in 'ful'.

Making adjectives from nouns using the suffix less.

Nice is an overused word. This page explores some of the words which could replace nice.

All the adjectives on this page describe the moods of different people.

A closer look at some of the adjectives that can be used instead of small or large.

A first look at comparative and superlative adjectives.

A look at some of the more unusual comparative and superlative adjectives, such as good, better, best.

Exercises on how sentences can be made more interesting by adding adverbs, adjectives and further information.

Writing simple verbs in the past tense.

A verb can tell us what a noun has done in the past, is doing now or will do in the future.

More on the tenses of verbs.

Looking at the present continuous form of words when something is happening now and will continue to happen.

Using the present perfect tense.

Using the past progressive tense.

A look at some irregular verbs.

A look at adverbs of time and place.

A look at using adverbs of place including adverbial phrases.

Using adverbs to make speech more interesting.

Introduction to fronted adverbials

Putting the adverb, or adverbial phrase, at the beginning of the sentence for effect.

Adding adjectives and adverbs to make sentences more interesting.

A simple introduction to pronouns.

A first look at relative pronouns such as that, which, who and whom.

Help when deciding whether to use I or me.

Some determiners are called 'articles' and they tell you whether the noun is general or specific.

A look at 'a' and 'an' as indefinite determiners.

Demonstrative determiners are used to show whether the noun is nearby or far away and if it is singular or plural. These determiners are: that these this those

These are determiners that can be used to ask a question about a noun. They can be used to ask about specific nouns, or general ones.

These determiners are used in front of a noun to show who possesses it.

Using extracts from The Railway Children to identify determiners.

Quite tricky pages on the difference between co-ordinating and subordinating conjunctions.

Using connectives to provide cohesion between sentences and improve the quality of writing.

Simple introduction to four conjunctions.

Conjunctions to show time, such as whenever, before, after and while.

More work on conjunctions expressing time, including the order of the sentence.

Conjunctions of place give more information about the whereabouts of something, linking two parts of a sentence (clauses).

A first look at conjunctions to express cause.

A look at how we use the prepositions at, on and in with time.

A look at when to use on time and when to use in time.

Using the prefix pre, meaning before.

The prefix re means again, or do again.

Using the prefix 'in', meaning 'not'.

The prefixes il and ir can be put at the start of a word to mean not.

The prefix 'in' can change to 'ir', 'il' or 'im'

Sub can be added to some words to mean below, under or beneath.

Adding 'ment' to words to make new words.

Adding the suffix 'ly' to words, usually to make adverbs.

A further look at the suffixes 'ful' and 'ness'.

Recognising nouns and verbs in sentences.

Recognising nouns, adjectives and verbs in sentences.

A look at nouns, verbs and adjectives in sentences.

A further look at nouns, verbs and adjectives in sentences.

A look at the subject and object in a sentence.