Word Classes

Sometimes the same word can be used as a verb or a noun.

With the coming of the digital age more and more nouns are being used as verbs.

Making nouns from verbs using suffixes.

Changing nouns and adjectives to verbs using suffixes.

A noun phrase is a noun with more words added to it. The gate is a noun phrase. A noun phrase can include a noun modifier. A noun modifier is just another noun put before the main noun telling us more about it.

A quick look at adjectives which can be used to describe personality.

When to use more and most to make comparative and superlative adjectives.

We usually put a describing word which is an opinion before a describing word which is a fact. The hard part is separating fact from opinion!

A closer look at the order of adjectives.

Quite tricky work on adjective phrases.

Adding more information to a sentence with the use of an adjectival clause.

A look at using adverbs of time, including adverbial phrases.

Adverbs of manner can be thought of as 'how' adverbs. This section includes making adverbs from adjectives.

Adverbs of degree telling more about an adjective.

Adverbs of degree telling more about another adverb.

Adverbs of degree telling us more about the intensity or degree of a verb.

Using adverbs of possibility to show how certain we are about a situation or event.

An adverbial phrase is a group of words that act just like an adverb.

An introduction to correlative conjunctions:either/or, both/and, whether/or and not only/but also.

Further work on correlative conjunctions: neither/nor, no sooner/than, as/as and rather/than.

More work on conjunctions such as 'because' and 'so', when used to express cause or reason.

The prefix tele means distance and auto means independently, or without help.

Three more common prefixes.

Activities using a variety of prefixes.

More activities using a variety of prefixes.

A look at words beginning with uni, bi, tri and quad.

There are lots of words that end in 'ous'. It can mean 'having lots of...'.

Some harder words ending i n 'ous'.

A great selection of really tricky words ending in 'ous', suitable for older children.

The suffix 'ation' is added to some verbs to make nouns.

Sorting the latest fashionable names into alphabetical order.

Lists of counties which need placing in alphabetical order.

Putting lists of English, Scottish and Welsh cities in order.

Putting countries in alphabetical order and a little flat spotting.