This resource contains two PowerPoint lessons on using the colon and semicolon appropriately in writing. They are both fully editable. The colons PowerPoint contains 60 slides and the semicolons PowerPoint contains 40 slides. The PowerPoints explain when and how colons and semicolons are used. They provide many examples and opportunities for pupils to practise using these punctuation marks correctly. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free. You may also be interested in: Colons - 13 Page Workbook Semicolons - Set of 7 Worksheets More English Resources Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales? Check out this step-by-step guide: How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step-by-Step Guide

This bundle contains 67 worksheets on alliteration, metaphors, onomatopoeia similes and personification. Resource 1: Similes and Metaphors - 13 Worksheets Resource 2: Personification - 16 Worksheets Resource 3: Alliteration -18 worksheets. Resource 4: Onomatopoeia - 20 worksheets Similes and Metaphors Worksheets There are 13 worksheets on similes and metaphors. Tasks include: Identifying similes and metaphors in sentences and poetry and literature from The Ancient Mariner by Coleridge, Sea Fever by John Masefield, I wandered lonely as a cloud by William Wordsworth, The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes, A red, red rose by Robert Burns, several bible verses and Shakespeare quotes. Composing sentences and short paragraphs containing similes and metaphors on themes including foggy day, the haunted house, the snow, the combine harvester, candle flame, trees, hate, love, happiness. The resource also includes a poster on the difference between similes and metaphors and an explanation sheet with examples of metaphors and similes and the difference between them. Personification Worksheets This resource contains a set of 16 worksheets on identifying and using personification. Tasks include: Identifying alliteration in sentences and poetry and literature from The Ancient Mariner by Coleridge, The Fog by Carl Sandburg, Jack Frost, The Eight-Story Kiss by Tom Robbins, The Windmill by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sea Fever by John Masefield, I wandered lonely as a cloud by William Wordsworth, Snow and Snow by Ted Hughes. Writing sentences and short paragraphs containing personification on themes. The resource also contains an explanation and definition sheet about personification. Alliteration Worksheets A set of 18 worksheets on identifying and using alliteration. Tasks include: Identifying alliteration in sentences and poetry and literature from Harry Potter, The Highwayman, The Listeners, Kubla Khan, Cargoes, Sea Fever and The Ancient Mariner. Composing sentences and short paragraphs containing alliteration. Onomatopoeia​ Worksheets This resource contains a set of 22 worksheets on the literary device of onomatopoeia. Tasks include: Identifying onomatopoeic words in sentences and literature and using onomatopoeia in sentences, to describe scenes and to create adverts. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free. You may also be interested in an accompanying set of PowerPoints on similes, metaphors, personification, onomatopoeia and alliteration. Four PowerPoint Lessons - Similes, Metaphors, Personification, Onomatopoeia and Alliteration Save money and buy the PowerPoint lessons and worksheets in a bundle at a discounted rate: Similes, Metaphors, Personification, Onomatopoeia and Alliteration - PowerPoints and Worksheets More Figurative Language Resources Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales? Check out this step-by-step guide: How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step-by-Step Guide

This bundle contains an 80-slide PowerPoint lesson, an 11 page workbook and 6 information/revision sheets on relative clauses. PowerPoint Lesson This editable 80 slide PowerPoint lesson explains what relative clauses are, the difference between defining and non-defining relative clauses and how relative clauses for objects can have the pronoun omitted . Opportunities are provided for pupils to identify both defining and non-defining relative clauses and to punctuate them correctly. Workbook/Worksheets This resource contains an 11-page workbook and 6 revision/explanation sheets on relative clauses. Tasks include: Identifying relative clauses Distinguishing between defining and non-defining relative clauses Choosing the correct pronoun for a relative clause Expanding a noun phrase with a relative pronoun Punctuating non-defining relative clauses Identifying relative clauses that do not need a relative pronoun or adverb Combining sentences with a relative pronoun to make a relative clause Deciding whether the relative pronoun can be omitted in a sentence Writing using relative clauses If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free More English Resources

This resource has been designed for students working towards Entry Level 2 Functional Skills English certification. It contains an age-appropriate, 110-slide PowerPoint lesson and a 35-page workbook on the Entry Level 2 writing component - form regular plurals (those ending in ‘-s’ and ‘-es’ ). PowerPoint Lesson The PowerPoint lesson clearly explains the rules for forming plurals and includes: regular nouns - adding ‘s’ nouns ending in ‘ch’ , ‘sh’, ‘x’ and ‘s’ nouns ending in ‘o’ nouns ending in ‘z’ Opportunities are provided within the PowerPoint for pupils to form plurals and there is a timed plural challenge activity. The PowerPoint also contains links to two short videos on the forming of plurals with ‘s’ and ‘es’. Workbook This 35-page workbook contains 11 information pages, 20 worksheets (with answers) and a progress check on making plural nouns for: regular nouns - adding ‘s’ nouns ending in ‘ch’ , ‘sh’, ‘x’ and ‘s’ nouns ending in ‘o’ nouns ending in ‘z’ Tasks include: selecting the correct plural form sorting nouns into those ending in ‘s’ and those ending in ‘es’ rewriting sentences containing the correct plural composing sentences containing plurals If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free. More Entry Level English Resources

This resource has been designed for students working towards Entry Level 1 Functional Skills English certification (Edexcel-Pearson, NCFE, City and Guilds, NOCN and Open Awards). It contains an age-appropriate, 22-page workbook and a 110-slide Powerpoint lesson on the Entry Level 1 reading component of the English Functional Skills specification. These resources will help pupils to achieve these learning outcomes: read words from the Entry Level 1 word list read short sentences understand short texts Workbook The 22 page workbook contains twelve texts: Short Texts x 2 Joe’s Driving Lessons Ben’s Party Invitation Come Bowling Coffee Cafe Part-Time Staff Wanted Cafe Trip Talent Show Paris Holiday Room For Rent Missing Cat The workbook is provided in PDF format and an editable PowerPoint version to enable personalisation of the resource. It can be used for classwork, homework, revision or as an independent learning pack. PowerPoint Lesson The editable, 110-slide PowerPoint clearly explains the reading specification for Entry Level 1. It focuses on the reading of words, short sentences and short texts. It is an ideal resource to introduce pupils to the reading component of the Entry Level 1 specification and for revision purposes. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be very grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free. You may also be interested in: Entry Level 1 Functional Skills English Resources Entry Level 2 Functional Skills English Resources Entry Level 3 Functional Skills English Resources Level 1 Functional Skills English Resources Entry Level Maths Resources