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Writing: Technical Skills

 

Making Sentences
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'Making Sentences' Factsheet A comprehensive factsheet on "making sentences"


 
'Making Sentences' Game Three interactive listening games to help pupils practise making simple sentences

 
'Making Sentences' Quiz A fun and interactive quiz asking "how do you know when a sentence is a sentence?"

 
'Making Sentences' Worksheet Five worksheets designed to test knowledge of sentence basics

 

Compound Sentences
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'Putting Sentences Together' Factsheet Three comprehensive factsheets on putting sentences together.
 


 
'Putting Sentences Together' Game Three games based on compound sentences

 
'Putting Sentences Together' Quiz A three level interactive "joining words" quiz

 
'Putting Sentences Together' Worksheet Four comprehensive "putting sentences together" worksheets

 

Paragraphs
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'Paragraphs' Factsheets Factsheet: eight factsheets designed to help pupils with writing paragraphs
 

 
'Paragraphs' Game Interactive Game: practise building paragraphs by putting pictures and sentences in the right order

 
'Paragraphs' Worksheets Worksheets: six worksheets designed to develop paragraphing skills


Verb Subject Agreement
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'Verb Subject Agreement' Factsheet Three factsheets detailing verb subject agreement

 
'Verb Subject Agreement' Game A fun and interactive game. Get your verbs and subjects right and win the treasure

 
'Verb Subject Agreement' Quiz A fun and interactive quiz designed to test a pupil's skills at making verbs and subjects agree

 
'Verb Subject Agreement' Worksheet Four worksheets designed to test a pupil's understanding of verb/subject agreement

 

Proofreading
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'Proofreading' Factsheet Four proofreading worksheets which identify the most common errors found in writing
 

 
'Proofreading' Quiz A three level interactive quiz designed to test how good pupils are at spotting mistakes in a piece of writing

 
'Proofreading' Worksheets A series of eight worksheets designed to test proofreading skills


Format and Structure
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'Format and Structure' Factsheets Six factsheets detailing how to present writing in various ways for different purposes
 

 
'Format and Structure' Quiz A three level interactive quiz designed to test pupils' abilities to decide which formats and structures are best suited for different types of writing

 
'Format and Structure' Worksheets 7 worksheets designed to help with format and structure

 

Adverbs
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'Adverbs' Factsheet Five worksheets on Adverbs

 
'Adverbs' Quiz A three level interactive quiz designed to test a pupil's knowledge of adverbs

 
'Adverbs' Worksheet Six worksheets designed to test a pupil's knowledge of adverbs

 
Adverbs [Word] Adverbs - Exercises and Revision

 

Apostrophes
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'Apostrophes' Factsheet A comprehensive worksheet detailing the use of apostrophes

 
'Apostrophes' Game "Beat the clock" and "Who owns what?" Two interactive games designed to test a pupil's understanding of apostrophes

 
'Apostrophes' Quiz A three level interactive quiz designed to test apostrophe knowledge

 
'Apostrophes' Worksheet Two worksheets designed to test a pupil's understanding of apostrophes

 

Pronouns
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'Pronouns' Factsheet Two comprehensive worksheets on Personal Pronouns

 
'Pronouns' Game A fun interactive game. Get your apostrophes right and find the treasure

 
'Pronouns' Quiz A fun interactive quiz designed to test a pupil's ability to use the correct personal pronoun

 
'Pronouns' Worksheet Four worksheets designed to test a pupil's understanding of personal pronouns

 
Pronouns [Word] Pronouns - Exercises and Revision

 

Commas
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'Commas' Factsheet A comprehensive factsheet on the use of commas

 
'Commas' Game A fun and interactive game designed to test a pupil's understanding of commas

 
'Commas' Quiz A three level interactive quiz designed to test a pupil's understanding of commas

 
'Commas' Worksheet Three worksheets designed to test a pupil's understanding of commas

 

Tenses
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'Getting the Right Tense' Factsheet Six factsheets on the use of the correct tense

 
'Getting the Right Tense' Game A fun and interactive game. Use the correct tense and win the treasure

 
'Getting the Right Tense' Quiz A fun and interactive quiz based on choosing the correct tense

 
'Getting the Right Tense' Worksheet Six worksheets testing a pupil's knowledge of choosing the correct tense

 

Double Negatives
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'Double Negatives' Factsheet Four factsheets detailing different types of listening

 
'Double Negatives' Game Three interactive listening games based on the BBC TV series "Casualty"

 
'Double Negatives' Quiz A three level interactive quiz designed to test a pupil's listening skills

 
'Double Negatives' Worksheet Six worksheets with audio commentary designed to test listening skills and based on the BBC series "Casualty"

 

Other

 
Adjectives [Word] Adjectives - Exercises and Revision

 
Nouns [Word] Nouns - Exercises and Revision

 
Prepositions [Word] Prepositions - Exercises and Revision

 
Possession [Word] Possession - Exercises and Revision
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Direct Speech [Word] An attractive colourful poster on Direct Speech. With thanks to Kelso High School.
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Parts of Speech [Word] Colourful posters. With thanks to Kelso High School.

 

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