A short teacher-controlled presentation for more able KS2 and KS3 pupils. It shows that that the Active and Passive ‘voices’ of verbs can exist in all tenses, including present and past continuous forms. The presentation ends with an on screen exercise where the task is to change 10 sentences from active to passive. The sentences require pupils to manipulate a variety of compound verbs (e.g. James Smith was reading the news / The news was being read by James Smith)

This is a game for 2-4 players. It is played with a single die and counters. Included are a simple game board with Christmas pictures every few squares, and a set of 24 question cards suitable for lower or upper KS2. The grammar content should have been covered by the end of Y3. If players land on a picture square, one of the other players reads out the Christmas themed grammar question. If players give the correct answer, they advance one square. If incorrect, they go back one square. A useful resource for the period leading up to the Christmas holiday.

Here you have a 17-slide presentation for teaching transitive and intransitive words. The first few slides explain how to spot whether a verb is transitive or intransitive by identifying the subject, verb and object of a sentence. The rest of the slides use teacher-controlled conceal/reveal animation for whole class practice in identifying transitive/intransitive verbs. For independent work, there is a worksheet where the task is to say whether the verbs in 8 sentences are transitive (v.t.) or intransitive (v.i.). There are three versions of the worksheet, which could be used together in class in order to prevent copying. Or they could be split and given as a follow-up homework or revision task.

3 handwriting worksheets for practising the pen movement for letters like ‘c’. One of the worksheets focuses on top joins. Suitable for beginner or remedial work for any year group.

This is the fourth in a series of exam-style reading comprehension tests taken from Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. The extract (approximately 1100 words from chapter 25) is the scene where Pip visits John Wemmick at his home for the first time. The test paper consists of 13 questions of varying difficulty. The allotted marks for each question are shown. There are 30 marks available in total. A mark scheme is provided.

This is the third exam-style reading comprehensions taken from Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. The extract (approximately 1100 words from chapter 11) is the scene at Satis where Pip meets a young gentleman who unexpectedly challenges him to a fight. The test paper consists of 13 questions of varying difficulty. The allotted marks for each question are shown. There are 30 marks available in total. A mark scheme is provided.

This is the second of several exam-style reading comprehensions taken from Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. The extract (approximately 1100 words from chapter 8) is the episode where the young Pip first meets Miss Havisham who wants to be entertained by watching a child play. The test paper consists of 10 questions of varying difficulty. The allotted marks for each question are shown. There are 30 marks available in total. A mark scheme is provided.

Three worksheets, each with ten sentences where the student has to underline the adverb. Answer sheets included.