by melaniewp | Jul 8, 2013 | Colon, GCSE, IGCSE, KS3, Punctuation, Punctuation Exercises, SPAG
The colon is often used before a list of:ingredients;things to bring;things to do;and more. It is usually used for emphasis, when the list of items needs to stand out. It isn’t always used for every list. Sometimes, when you’ve been running, leaping,...
by melaniewp | Jul 3, 2013 | Apostrophes, Capital Letters, Colon, Full Stops, Punctuation, Punctuation Exercises
Oh no! The Headmaster at Cox Academy for the Criminally Gifted is trying to email parents but has forgotten how to use punctuation! Can you help him?idear mr and mrs bigginsi regret to inform you that some boys have set fire to their form tutors hair here at cox...
by melaniewp | Jun 26, 2013 | Apostrophes, Punctuation, Punctuation Exercises
This is an apostrophe exercise I wrote for my sixth form student who appreciates my strange sense of humour. Please note that it may give small children nightmares.You are looking for two types:[1] possessive -‘s – something belongs[2] it is, it has >...
by melaniewp | Apr 9, 2013 | Commas, Commas Exercises, Connectives, Full Stops, Full Stops Exercises, GCSE, Grammar, KS2, KS3, Punctuation Exercises, Subordinate conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions turn a sentence: Cats make me sneeze. into a non-sentence: it’s like magic!When cats make me sneeze.orBecause cats make me sneeze.orIf cats make me sneeze.orAs long as cats make me sneeze.orAlthough cats...
by melaniewp | Apr 7, 2013 | Capital Letters, Commas, Complex Sentences, Full Stops, GCSE, Grammar, KS2, KS3, Punctuation, Punctuation Exercises, Simple Sentences
Here are some fun sentences to teach the correct use of full stops – and capital letters.For What Age? 8-16Difficulty: increases gradually. If the first section looks stupidly easy (to them), skip to something that just looks ‘fairly easy’...
by melaniewp | Mar 29, 2013 | 11+, Apostrophes, Common Entrance, GCSE, Grammar, KS2, KS3, Punctuation, Punctuation Exercises
Here are some basic exercises to help with learning the possessive ‘s apostrophe:1. Punctuate the examples, including full stops, capitals and apostrophes;2. Then re-write them into the format the [____] of [____], e.g.The world’s end came as a...
