1. Spelling Use their, there and they’re correctly in 3 different sentences. there: They are over there: shows place their: It was their turn to do the dishes: shows possession. they’re: They’re all going to the party.

2. A or an? If a word begins with a vowel you put an ‘an’ before it. If a word begins with a consonant you put an ‘a’ before it. 1.An orange is full of vitamin C. 2.A tree fell down on top of the house. 3.An car has just driven the wrong way up the motorway. 4.A elephant is the largest land mammal 5.An apple a day is good for you. 6.A boy in my class was told off today 7.An penguin can cross many miles of ice in a day. 8.A egg is a good thing to have for breakfast. Task: Write out the sentences with the correct use of a and an.

3. Copy and correct the spelling in these 3 sentences:

4. Replace the word ‘very’ every time it appears in the passage below with more interesting and varied words. I am very lucky because my brother is very big and he looks after me. School was a very scary place when I first started. The bullies were very big and very mean; whereas I am very small and I was very nervous on my first day. But my brother is very brave and he told the bullies that it would be very silly of them to pick on me. My brother is very strong and very brave and I am glad he is my brother.

5. Replace the word ‘nice’ every time it appears in the passage below with more interesting and varied words. Make the sentences more interesting and varied too. I had a nice time on holiday in Spain. The hotel was nice. We had a nice room and there was a nice swimming pool. The food was really nice. The weather was nice every day, except the one day it rained. I met two brothers out there and they were nice to me and we played football on the beach. It was really nice to get away for a couple of weeks, but it’s also nice to be home now.

6. Rewrite this passage to vary vocabulary and sentences structure. I find Maths very easy. It’s just numbers. I find English easy too. It’s just words. I find Science easy. It’s like Maths, and that’s easy. I like History because it’s easy. But I don’t find PE easy. I have two left feet and find it very easy to fall over them.

7. Write 3 simple sentences that have a full stop and a capital letter. Mrs Jones went to hang out her washing.

8. Write 3 compound sentences using a variety of connectives. E.g: Use correct punctuation! Unlike below. the rain poured all day but it was forecast to be sunny tomorrow the football Flew over the neighbours fence and it hit grumpy mr smith right on his Nose

9. Write 5 short sentences to show use of the possessive apostrophe E.g: Sheila’s car had broken down. It was James’ turn to do the washing up. The trees’ leaves fell from the tree. The monster’s eye suddenly fell out! Could you give back Mark’s pen please.

10. List as many shortened words as you can in 2 minutes using the shortening apostrophe. didn’t- did not

11. Semi-Colon practice (;) Two sentences that make perfect sense and are about the same subject. E.g: Spain is a hot country; it rarely rains there. The enormous tree fell with a thundering crash; it took three weeks to clear the fallen giant.

12. Practising Complex sentences Punctuate correctly. 1. Start a sentence with a verb : (jumping, shuffling) 2. Start a sentence with a preposition : (above, below) 3. Start a sentence with an adjective: (dimply, sparkling, paling) 4. Start a sentence with an adverb: (frantically, harshly)

13. Worn out Words Replace the word ‘and’ every time it appears in the passage below with more interesting and varied words, and/or change the punctuation. I t was a Friday and I was at my friend’s house for a sleepover, with Lisa and Katie and Steph. Her mum cooked pancakes for tea and her dad made us milkshakes with whipped cream and marshmallows. It made it very difficult to sleep and we stayed up until really late. Lisa’s mum said we were all hyper and kept her up all night chatting and singing and being generally noisy. I had a really good time at Lisa’s sleepover and can’t wait until Steph has hers next weekend.

14. Me and I Me and my friend went to the zoo together. Should be: My friend and I went to the zoo. Write 3 sentences getting this correct using the following: James, The tree, Mum!

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