Two powerpoint presentations and two activities to help pupils understand types of clauses and two activities to practise relatiive clauses.

Powerpoint photos of groups of animals. List of different collective nouns which match the photos. List of animals without the collective nouns included. Can be used in a variety of ways to practise learning the more common collective nouns, eg. a pack of dogs, a pride of lions etc.

Children often struggle to identify verbs in sentences especially when the verb consists of more than one word. This powerpoint looks at: verbs in their simplest forms - eg. I have a brother verbs that might not really look like verbs because they do not seem very active - eg. he is in the bathroom verbs that are made up of more than one word and an explanation of the terms** auxiliary verb** and** main verb** It is interactive and you can ask the children to answer questions individually or to work in pairs on longer more creative activities.

Worksheet: chn highlight verbs and nouns in different colours. Information: List of dozens of words which can be either verbs or nouns. This might save you a lot of time!

Children work together to produce an alphabet of common nouns and proper nouns. As well as helping them learn the difference between different types of nouns it helps them choose appropriate vocabulary and to think about alliteration too.