Year 2 SPaG Activity Workbook
Year 2 SPaG Activity Workbook
SPaG
Activity Booklet
For Parents
This year 2 activity booklet has been created to help your child practise some of the key skills that they
have learnt in school during key stage 1. The national curriculum subjects of English and maths have been
split among the different booklets (for example, SPaG, number, shape and reading). These booklets include
clear explanations, examples and activities for your child to try at home in order to help them develop their
confidence and understanding of each area.
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A 2D shape is any shape that is flat. It can only be measured in two dimensions,
such as height and width, but not in a third dimension of depth or thickness.
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In this pattern, the rule is square, square, triangle (or 2 squares, followed by
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What shape will be 8th in this sequence?
Repeating Pattern Colours and Shapes
Can you continue the patterns below?
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Contents Page
Phonics Pages 1 - 11
Apostrophes Pages 36 - 40
Contractions Pages 56 - 61
Conjunctions Pages 62 - 66
Adjectives Pages 67 - 73
Nouns Pages 78 - 85
Prefixes Pages 86 - 90
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Phonics
Phonics is made up of a series of letters that form the many different
sounds in the English language. When learning phonics, you will learn how
the different combinations of letters look and sound, blend them together
to read words and recognise the letters that look different but have the
same sound.
All this makes phonics really useful, not only for learning how to read
fluently, but also how to spell words.
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When you use phonics to help you spell words, you have to be careful…
Some sounds have numerous ways of spelling them!
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In these examples, all the words contain the same sound, but that sound is
spelt in a different way for each word.
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Parent Tip Help your child to practise recognising sounds in words all around them. Give them a sound (e.g. the long 'a' sound) then see if they can spot
any words in the room that contain that sound (e.g. if they are in the garden - snail, acorn, basin, gate, spade).
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High Frequency and
Common Exception Words
High frequency words are the words that appear the most in our writing.
They are often words that don’t really have much meaning on their own,
but add flow and meaning to the sentences they are used in.
As these words are the most common you will use in writing, it is
important to learn how to spell these words and be able to write them
fluently and accurately.
Fill in the missing words to find the code word (you may need to re-
order the letters!).
1. The ☐☐☐ ☐ play in the playground.
2. I hide ☐☐☐☐☐ the tree.
3. I don’t☐☐☐ what we have for dinner.
4. He is a very helpful and ☐☐☐ boy.
Put the highlighted letters together to make the code word.
The code word is
Write a sentence using the code word.
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4. He was the one left at school.
As common exception words don’t follow the usual phonetic spelling rules, your child will need to practise them
regularly in order to learn what they look like on sight.
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Full stops can be used in a variety of different ways in writing. You will
most often use full stops to end a sentence. They are used to show the
reader when a sentence has finished and the next one will begin.
Without full stops to end sentences, writing often doesn’t make sense.
I went to the rugby on Saturday the weather was sunny
Without using full stops, it is difficult to get the proper meaning from this
text. Did the person go to the rugby on Saturday? Or was the weather
sunny on Saturday? Or was it both?
Another place you will see full stops will be on the Internet, in
website addresses and in email addresses.
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The most common way your child will use full stops is to end a sentence. Get your child to act out sentences,
using actions and hand movements, then do a fist action to show a full stop at the end.
Capital letters are upper-case letters. They are larger than lower-case
letters and are only used at certain times in sentences.
You need to use capital letters at the beginning of sentences. Full stops tell
the reader when a sentence ends and capital letters start the next sentence.
Not only can capital letters be used at the beginning of sentences, but
they can also be used for proper nouns. This includes the names of
people, places, companies, days of the week and months of the year.
Capital letters are also used for the pronoun I (e.g. I went to
the shops).
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Monday January August
February September “Please can I Christmas
Tuesday Diwali
have an apple?”
Wednesday March October
Thursday April November
Friday May December
Saturday June
Sunday July
A) Capital Letters for Names
Use your understanding of capital letters to answer the questions.
Challenge!
Finish this sentence. Remember: Capital letters for names.
My teacher is called -------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------
To help your child get used to recognising which capital letters correspond to which lower-case letters,
try playing flashcard style games, where you show your child an upper-case letter, then they write the
matching lower-case letter.
On the Farm
Read the piece of writing below. Think about when a sentence ends
and when a new one begins. Write the sentences out yourself, adding
in any full stops and capital letters.
I will soon visit my nan at her farm nell and her sister may join me
she will let us feed the hens she has goats and cows as well as hens it
is fun on the farm
At the River
Read the piece of writing below. Think about when a sentence ends
and when a new one begins. Write the sentences out yourself, adding
in any full stops and capital letters that are needed. Can you add
your own sentences about something else that is happening at
the river?
max and vikram sail a wooden boat jeff chucks bits of a bun in the
river for the ducks yasmin sits on a rock and looks for fish bill and
bob see an eel ken the dog sits down in the mud and gets in a mess.
In all these examples, the apostrophe and ‘s’ are added to the name of
the person who owns the thing.
The hoop is Isla’s, the cake is Ali’s and the hair is Luna’s. These
apostrophes show who owns each object.
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Help your child to recognise the words that they can form contractions with by practising naming them
and spotting the words that form them. For example, ask your child to say which words make up can’t,
where’s or I’m.
To help you identify if a question is being asked, keep an eye out for
question words. These words are function words that can be used to
ask questions.
Be careful - not all sentences that contain these words are question
sentences.
B) Question or Command
Use your understanding of question marks to decide if each of these
sentences is a question or command. Then, decide which piece of
punctuation should end each sentence.
1. Use ‘Q’ and ‘C’ to show whether these sentences are questions or
commands. Add in the missing punctuation to help you.
a) Does milk come from cows __
b) Turn up the volume __
c) Why don’t you get some sleep __
d) Shall we get some chips __
e) Don’t speak to your mother like that __
To get your child used to recognising questions, get them to pose three questions. Ask them to think about
their day. Can they think of three questions about what has happened during the day? Remember to
remind them that each question needs a question mark.
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When you write a sentence that contains a list, commas can make the
items clearer and separate from each other.
Simon bought a banana apple pear and orange from the shop.
In this sentence, there is a list of items that Simon has bought. You can
separate these items using commas. Place the first comma after the first
item in the list. Then, add a comma after each item in the list until you
reach the word ‘and’. You do not need to add a comma at this part of
the list because the word ‘and’ replaces the last comma.
Simon bought a banana, apple, pear and orange from the shop.
To get your child used to recognising questions, get them to pose three questions. Ask them to think about
a) The dog likes to fetch, run and swim.
cricket and volleyball.
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their day. Can they think of three questions about what has happened during the day? Remember to
b) This year John, is playing football
b) The dog likes to fetch run and swim.
cricket, and volleyball.
c) This year John is playing football,
cricket and volleyball. c) The dog, likes, to fetch run, and swim.
a) My mum, planted peppers, tomatoes and
courgette, in the garden.
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courgette in the garden.
Write your own sentence about what you would put in Little Red
Riding Hood’s basket. Make sure you use commas in your list!
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Put the exclamation mark into these sentences in the correct place.
• The concert was amazing
• Wow That star is really bright.
• What a lovely smile you have
• “Sit down and be quiet ” the man shouted.
Interjections are words that can be used on their own, with an exclamation mark, to express sudden emotions
(such as joy, excitement or surprise). These words form sentences of their own. Get your child to practise
using these words in spoken sentences. E.g. Wow! Stop! Hooray! Help!
• be • have
• will • had
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These verbs are combined with the following pronouns or adverbs to form
contractions:
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• you • they • when
• he • that • why
• she • who • how
• it • what
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C) Which Contraction?
Use your understanding of contractions to fill in the missing information.
1. did + not =
2. + not = couldn’t
3. have + not =
4. + not = can’t
5. + will = he’ll
6. + would = I’d
7. should + have =
8. should + not =
Use sticky notes to write the two words that make a contraction. Get your child to practise overlaying the
words and using an apostrophe to see how the words change to form a contraction. This will act as a visual
aid for your child.
because if or
The two main types of conjunctions that you will use are coordinating and
subordinating conjunctions.
Coordinating conjunctions are used to join or link words, phrases or
clauses together. One thing is linked to another.
Would you like a Nikita would love a Noah could win the
cheese or would you pet dog or she might skipping race or
like a ham sandwich? like a pet cat. Barnaby might win.
You can have a sticker Cheng was happy When I’ve finished my
when you have tried when his family vegetables, please can
your best. surprised him. I have a pudding?
and but or
f. I took my dog for a walk across the field we both got muddy.
At the party the children played games and ice cream for dessert?
They were going to build a road, but people didn’t want them to.
Try playing ‘tell me more’ with your child. This works by asking your child about something, then when they
respond, ask them to tell you more. They then use conjunctions to add further detail to the sentence.
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2. Mark has long legs.
3. She cut her hand on the rough log.
4. The shiny diamond sparkled in the bright sun.
5. The calm penguin looked around the pebbly beach.
6. The huge elephant drank from the murky waterhole.
7. The small dog has fluffy, brown fur.
Now, choose five of the sentences above and rewrite them below, changing
the adjectives to make them more exciting.
Example: The cat had attractive eyes.
caring
happy
clever
cross
brave
horrible
bold
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wise kind grumpy scary
angry helpful rude cunning
ugly gentle mean furious
nasty handsome noble smart
unkind wicked polite evil
friendly pretty shy cruel
beautiful honest calm charming
Adjectives are all around us. You will find them in books, magazines, adverts and instructions as just a few
examples. Use these examples to get your child to practise spotting adjectives. Can they tell you which
words are the adjectives in sentences?
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C) Identify the Adverbs
Circle the adverbs in these sentences.
Then use your own adverbs to complete the sentences.
Verbs happen around us all day. There are always things happening around your child for them to describe
using adverbs. Get them to practise using adverbs by describing the different actions they see all around them.
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footballer
doctor
teacher
boy
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school
London
shop
church
swimming pool
beach
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cat
pencil
television
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fire bird
butter sticks
fish chair
note bowl
chop coat
arm man
lady cup
vine yard
green house
rain book
c) Abigail quickly ate some breakfast – she knew she would need to
race to school so she wasn’t late. Jumping as fast as
he could, Daniel won the race.
Help your child identify the different types of nouns by asking them to tell you which type of noun
a word is. For example, if you see a sign while out and about, ask them which type of noun ‘sign’
is (sign = concrete noun).
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examples of words using them.
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A) Sorting Prefixes
Choose the correct prefix for each word, then write the words in the correct box.
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fasten
obey
happily
beaten
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agree
beatable
covered
loyal
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3. dote
4. calculate
5. fiction
6. behave
7. terior
8. writer
9. clockwise
10. place
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un not unhappy
Get your child to practise understanding what prefixes mean by playing the definitions game. Take it
in turns with your child to give a definition of a word that uses a prefix. For example, ‘Have a different
opinion to each other’ or ‘Do not agree with someone else’ = disagree.
For example, ‘ful’ means to be full of or filled with. So, ‘joyful’ means
to be full of joy.
The suffix ‘ness’ means a state of something. So, ‘sadness’ means to
be in a state of feeling sad.
When adding suffixes that begin with a consonant, you generally just add
the suffix straight to the root word without making any changes. The main
exceptions to this rule are the word ‘argue’, which becomes argument and
root words ending in ‘y’ with a consonant before it.
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plenty → plentiful
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Get your child to create suffix word families. Choose a suffix and ask your child to think of as many words
as possible that end in that suffix. As they come across more of them in day-to-day life, add them to the
different families.
jump jumped
grab grabbed
grab explore
thought saved
grabbed explored
Past progressive tense tells the reader about events that happened in
the past but that lasted for a longer duration of time.
I was reading.
In this example, the word ‘was’ tells you this action happened in the
past, but the reading lasted for a longer spell of time.
Present progressive tense tells the reader about events that are
happening now and are ongoing and in progress.
Examples of present progressive tense include…
Present Tense (regular Present Progressive Tense Past Tense (regular Past Progressive
verbs have no suffix or (is/are + -ing suffix) verbs end in the suffix Tense (was/were +
have –s or –es added) –ed but many irregular -ing suffix)
• The children are
reading their books. verbs do not) • We were
• Jake plays with
his toy cars. • The small boy cried. playing football.
• My mum is drinking
• I see the tigers. a cup of tea. • My dog jumped • She was sleeping
over the fence. in the bed.
• Grandad enjoys • Ali is swimming
watching television. in the pool. • We cooked mum a • The boy scouts were
special meal. camping in a field.
• I like cheese. • The baby is crying.
• Grandad enjoyed the • Alice was singing in
• Lily brushes her hair. • The cows are jumping
film at the cinema. the talent show.
over the fence.
• The boys sit in a line.
• The children ran to • The sheep were
• We are cooking mum
the playground. grazing in the field.
a special meal.
• My dad ate fish and • The athletes were
chips for tea. running on the track.
A) Past or Present, Regular or Irregular
Use your understanding of simple tenses to answer the questions.
1. Look at the passage below. Change all the verbs from past tense to
the present tense.
One has been done for you.
Wakes
My mum’s alarm clock woke me at 6am.
2. Sort the past tense verbs from question 1 into regular and irregular.
Regular Irregular
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1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
9.
She was
sleeping.
She was
asleep.
One way for your child to practise their use of tenses is through spoken language. Encourage them to describe
what they are doing during the day. Can they describe what they are doing now and what they have already
done? For example, “I am peeling an orange. I brushed my teeth this morning. I was dancing in the puddles.
I am watching TV.”
Rainbows have 7 colours. They are Help me! Please stop doing that.
beautiful to look at.
Questions Exclamations
Questions are sentences that ask An exclamation is a sentence beginning with
you something. They usually end ‘What’ or ‘How’. It is a full sentence, including a
with a question mark. verb, which ends with an exclamation mark.
What did you have for dinner? What a dangerous mountain to climb!
Look at the text below and underline each type of sentence in a
different colour.
One warm, sunny day Jessica and Lilly went to play at the park.
When they arrived there were lots of people at the park.
To help your child to practise spotting question sentences, begin by checking if the sentence begins with a
‘wh’ word, such as ‘what’, ‘why’, ‘when’, ‘which’, ‘who’, etc. These words are all question-leading words
and most sentences that begin with one of these words will probably be a question. Not all will though!
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B)
e l e p h a n t f t u i
h g l p q w e d a f t g
k i y u m p t o e k i h
b r l j o w e r d f e u
z l b c n a q d g c j h
w m l p k c s q e r t a
e j k v e s t o s a j u
t b o y y m l p a y s n
r q k l p i y b c o s t
j e r g l u e b n n j e
k e r y g h k m v x a d
m c l o u d a q w y i n
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C)
cloud
ou
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au
ay
monkey girl
haunted
boy hay
queue
oy even
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wh ph
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elephant e-e
whistle
toe oe
High Frequency and Common Exception Words
A) My friend lives across the street.
I have never ridden a horse.
Will it snow today?
I told my mum about the school trip.
I sat next to my sister in the cinema.
B)
The children play in the playground.
I hide behind the tree.
I don’t mind what we have for dinner.
He is a very helpful and kind boy.
Code word = child
I climb up to the top of the mountain.
She had the most cake.
The wild tiger roared.
They both had short hair.
He was the only one left at school.
C)
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Full Stops
A) My favourite food is cheese. I love it melted.
My room was a mess. My mum told me to tidy it up.
I fed my dog after school. He had chicken.
B) Dear Mum and Dad,
I have been on Earth for two weeks. It is very different to Inko. People drive
around in metal boxes. Food is eaten by putting it in your face. Water falls
out of the sky a lot. I miss you all.
Love from Luvakass.
C) Chris found his wallet in the drawer.
Soup is a healthy kind of food.
Grown-ups teach us at school.
Snow and rain are part of our winter weather.
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Capital Letters
A) Sentences will vary depending on name choices. Names used need to
have capital letters.
The Queen lives in a big city called London.
Sentences will vary depending on the name of your teacher. The name of
the teacher must have a capital letter.
B) My brother’s dog is called Tess.
On Sunday, she went to the park.
The Titanic sank in 1912.
Toby and Mark are going to Spain in March.
Martha took her children to the zoo yesterday.
C) I will soon visit my Nan at her farm. Nell and her sister may join me.
She will let us feed the hens. She has goats and cows as well as hens. It is
fun on the farm.
Max and Vikram sail a wooden boat. Jeff chucks bits of bun in the river for
the ducks. Yasmin sits on a rock and looks for fish. Bill and Bob see an eel.
Ken the dog sits down in the mud and gets in a mess.
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Apostrophes
A)
do not don’t
it will it’ll
he will he’ll
can not can’t
did not didn’t
she will she’ll
will not won’t
has not hasn’t
B)
t t h e s c h o o l ‘s s
h t h e c h i l d ‘s e o
e h m r a t a r l x ‘s v
g e d a p h t b f h a z
i w ‘s v o e e a m v t y
r o d i s m a d e l t d
l m u ‘s t a c o g ‘s j s
‘s a n k m n h g a f d f
v n ‘s n a ‘s e ‘s n q v y
t ‘s b k n v r a ‘s a p j
‘s m p x ‘s i ‘s a r k j x
p d q i e g t e d c d c
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Question Marks
A) Would you like a slice of cake?
Can I play with you?
What is Farhan doing?
Mum is cooking dinner.
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Commas in a List
A) My hobbies are football, skateboarding, tennis and climbing.
My parrot is red, blue, green and yellow.
I like fish and chips, pizza, Chinese food and curries.
They searched all day for butterflies, birds and insects.
B) Purple card → C
Blue card → B
Pink card → B
Orange card → A
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Exclamation Marks
A) The concert was amazing!
Wow! That star is really bright.
What a lovely smile you have!
“Sit down and be quiet!” the man shouted.
I saw Daniel Radcliffe in a film last night. What a brilliant actor he is!
“Help!” shouted the boy.
The wolf looked at Little Red Riding Hood. “What big ears you have!” she
said nervously.
Bang! The fireworks exploded in the air.
The woman gave some money to charity. How generous she is!
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Contractions
A) you have → you’ve
could have → could’ve
he would → he’d
had not → hadn’t
they will → they’ll
would not → wouldn’t
B) can’t = cannot
didn’t = did not
hasn’t = has not
haven’t = have not
mustn’t = must not
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Conjunctions
A) I wanted to go swimming but the swimming pool was closed.
I fell over and bumped my head.
Would you like to go to the park or would you rather play on your bike?
I wanted to go to the beach but mum said we couldn’t go.
I like to watch football but I can’t play it.
I took my dog for a walk across the field and we both got muddy.
C) so
unless
and
or
but
because
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Adjectives
A) Adjective choices will vary.
B) waved brightly
The adverb you choose will vary.
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Nouns
A) The nouns you find around you will vary.
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Prefixes
A) disobey disobedient disagree disloyal
unfrozen unfasten unhappily unbeaten unbeatable uncovered
or discovered
B)
1. ex / im / de / report
2. ex / pro / reclaim
3. antidote
4. mis / recalculate
5. non-fiction
6. misbehave
7. ex / interior
8. cowriter
9. anti / counterclockwise
10. mis / replace
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Suffixes
A)
p m s t t t t m v f q f o i u
i t h o u r l y v b t i r v n
q c o h a u n v l h i t p d j
h t u z c f p n w i l d l y i
a t l n k m f l x u z q p v l
x y s f s h h l w g l d r y c
i l x a g s e o r u o h i m o
r d m i o a e u m r k h c g s
e q b r y y r d c y n l k r t
a n s l e p i l l v d m l d l
s i p y a v l y n s b r y m y
i w o q r j y c d i l y a m d
l k w s l e j z c a m h s v e
y i h n y g l u m l y r d z m
l p i x z s z j j h y e w a w
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Past and Present Tense
A) I pull the pillow over my head and sigh.
Suddenly, I spot my mum on the landing.
“Great. So much for my lie in!” I think.
Regular = pulled sighed spotted
Irregular = woke thought
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
9.
She was
sleeping.
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Statement, Command, Exclamation or Question
A) The questions you create will vary.
B) I like to eat ice cream.
Cut up the red apple.
Where do you come from?
What big eyes you have!
C) The piece of writing you produce will vary.
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