Grammar & Punctuation
How sentences work.
44 adventures
Possessive Apostrophes: Fix the Signs in Apostrophe Town
Learn possessive apostrophes for one owner and many, like the girls’ coats and the children’s coats, by label…
Perfect Tense: Solve Time Cases with Tock the Owl
Learn the perfect tense, from has finished to had seen, and use it to show time, cause and links between para…
Verb Prefixes and Suffixes: Build Verbs in Gizmo's Workshop
Learn verb prefixes and suffixes: make verbs with –ate, –ise and –ify, change them with dis–, de–, mis–, over…
Determiners for Year 4: Ride the Determiner Express
Learn what determiners are, from a, an and the to my, some and every, by building word trains and spotting de…
Commas for Clarity: A Theatre Where Sentences Come Alive
Learn how commas make meaning clear and avoid ambiguity, by dragging commas into sentences and watching a the…
Colons, Semi-colons and Dashes: Bridge the Clause Islands
Learn how to use colons, semi-colons and dashes between clauses and in lists. Build punctuation bridges betwe…
Formal and Informal Language: Swap Hats with Mina
Learn formal and informal language: swap chatty words for formal ones, spot question tags, use If I were and…
The Subjunctive Form: Help Percy Speak Like Royalty
Learn the subjunctive form, from If I were you to Were they to come, by helping Percy the parrot turn chatty…
Word Classes: Sort Every Word with Dot the Robot
Learn the eight word classes, from nouns and verbs to determiners and conjunctions, by sorting word parcels i…
Writing Instructions: Help Bolt the Robot Follow Your Steps
Learn how to write instructions with titles, command words, time words, headings and diagrams, then test your…
Formal Letter Writing: Quill's Post Office Adventure
Learn formal letter writing: pick a formal or informal tone, then help Quill the owl write letters of request…
Synonyms and Antonyms: A Word Islands Adventure
Learn synonyms and antonyms, from big and large to big and little, by sailing round Word Islands, building br…
Homophones: An Island Adventure with Echo the Parrot
Learn how to choose the right homophone, from heard or herd to practice or practise, by solving word puzzles…
Commas and Speech Punctuation: All Aboard the Comma Express
Learn commas and speech punctuation for Year 4: commas after fronted adverbials and inverted commas, by punct…
Year 2 Suffixes: Build New Words with Toots the Train
Learn Year 2 suffixes like –ness, –ful, –less, –er, –est and –ly by coupling word carriages onto Toots the tr…
Linking Paragraphs: Build Bridges in Link Lagoon
Learn how linking paragraphs works: build cohesion with firstly, then, this, later, nearby and had by laying…
Subject, Verb and Object: A Sentence Theatre Show
Learn to find the subject, verb and object in a sentence, switch active to passive and make verbs agree, by d…
Writing Letters and Emails: Plan with Pip the Post Pigeon
Learn the skills behind writing letters and emails: spot the reader and reason, name each part, then discuss…
Hyphens and Bullet Points: Fix the Signs at Hyphen Harbour
Learn to use hyphens and bullet points correctly in Year 6 English: fix a man eating shark sign, tidy messy n…
Apostrophes: Missing Letters and Belonging with Posy
Learn how apostrophes show missing letters (can't, I'll) and belonging (the girl's book) by squashing words,…
Fronted Adverbials: All Aboard the Sentence Train
Learn how to start sentences with fronted adverbials that say when, where or how, then build sentence trains…
Year 1 Punctuation: A Park Adventure with Dot the Full Stop
Learn Year 1 punctuation: capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks. Fix sentences an…
Relative Clauses: All Aboard the Relative Railway
Learn how relative clauses add information with who, which, where, when, whose and that by hooking word carri…
Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs: Jobs in Word Park
Learn what nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are and the job each does in a sentence, by building, waking…
Expanded Noun Phrases: Paint Picture Town with Words
Learn how expanded noun phrases describe and specify, like the blue butterfly, by dragging describing words t…
Progressive Tense: She Is Drumming, He Was Shouting!
Learn the progressive tense: use is, am, are, was and were with -ing words, by making characters act in a par…
Expanded Noun Phrases: Hoot's Parcel Post Adventure
Learn how to build expanded noun phrases with adjectives, nouns and preposition phrases by writing exact parc…
Modal Verbs and Possibility: The Maybe-Meter Game
Learn how modal verbs like might, should, will and must, and adverbs like perhaps and surely, show possibilit…
Prefixes and Suffixes: Year 1 Word Workshop with Pip
Learn Year 1 prefixes and suffixes: add s, es, ing, ed, er and est, and use un, by dragging tiles onto words…
Commas in a List: A Market Adventure with Kit the Comma
Learn how to use commas in a list, with 'and' before the last item. Fill baskets, fix market signs and write…
Pronouns for Kids: Clear Writing Adventure in Pronoun Town
Learn when to use a noun or a pronoun, including possessive pronouns like mine and theirs, by fixing echoes,…
Year 1 Tricky Words: Heart Words and Days of the Week
Learn to read and spell Year 1 tricky words and the days of the week, find each word's tricky part and read I…
Active and Passive Voice: Showtime at the Voice Theatre
Learn active and passive voice: find the subject and object, then flip sentences around on a theatre stage wi…
Speech Marks: Catch the Words with Pip the Parrot
Learn how to use speech marks (inverted commas) to show what people say, by catching characters' words, traci…
Present Perfect Tense: A Time Detective Game with Max
Learn when to say 'has gone' and when to say 'went' with the present perfect tense, then solve time mysteries…
When to Use A or An: All Aboard the Sound Express
Learn when to use a or an by listening to the first sound of the next word, then load words into the right ca…
Year 3 and 4 Spelling: Sail the Spell Isles with Pip
Learn the Year 3 and 4 spelling rules, from prefixes and suffixes to homophones, by building words, tapping d…
Prefixes and Suffixes: Build Words in Dot's Word Workshop
Learn how prefixes and suffixes like un-, dis-, mis-, re-, sub-, -ly and -ation change words, by building, sp…
Past and Present Tense: A Time Trip with Tock the Clock
Learn when to use past and present tense by pulling a time lever, feeding verbs into an -ed machine and fixin…
Types of Sentences: Build and Join Them on Sentence Island
Learn the four types of sentences and how to join ideas with because, when and if, by building sentences step…
Capital Letters and Full Stops: A Sentence Train Adventure
Learn how capital letters and full stops make a sentence, then build sentence trains, fix capitals and join i…
Adverbs of Time, Place and Cause: Pip's Island Quest
Learn how adverbs of time, place and cause tell us when, where and why. Grow a sunflower, find a hiding kitte…
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