This KS2 section is split into important aspects of the English curriculum including speaking and listening, handwriting and drama. Children also have the opportunity to take the online @school assessment tests to see how well they are doing with English.
The main part of English is literacy, consisting of Word Level including phonics, word recognition, spelling, dictionary work, and various texts; Sentence Level including grammar and punctuation, looking at adjectives, adverbs, capital letters, nouns, prepositions, pronouns, sentences, syntax, and verbs; Text Level including writing, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays, and different texts. The @school activities are in an interactive, online test, or printable format, bringing a different dynamic to the subject.
Adverbs - Interactive activity to extend vocabulary
African Animal Word Search - Print out this word search to practice recognising various words.
Alternatives for ‘said’ - Interactive activities to find alternatives for ‘said’
Anagram Server - www.wordsmith.org/anagram/index.html Anagram Server A simple application that automatically comes with anagrams of whatever you put in.
Collective Nouns - Information about Collective Nouns.
Common Homophones - Interactive activity to choose the right homophone
Compound Challenger - Can you find the hiding compound words?
Compound Connectives - Identify the meaning of compound connectives
Compound Words - An interactive and fun word building activity.
Contractions - Interactive activity to match the word to its contraction
Contractions 2 - Interactive activity to match the word to its contraction
Correcting Prefixes - Year 6 - Interactive activity where you need to place the correct prefix in for each word.
Crazy Compound Words - Interactive activities about compound words
Create Words - Interactive game creating words from different letters.
Crossword (tion) - Print out this crossword then find the tion words.
Don't Use Said - Interactive activity using other words instead of SAID
Double Consonant Word Search - Print this word search with words containing double consonants.
Double Consonants - Find out about paired consonants with this activity.
EE Spellings - Year 3 - Interactive spelling quiz.
Endings of words - Year 4 - Term 3 - Interactive task where you need to change the ending of a word so it fits in with the sentence.
English Activities - Interactive activities including grammar, word meaning, and bright ideas for writing.
Feminine Words - Level 4 - Interactive activity looking at gender words.
Find Short Words - Printable activity to find short words within long words
Find the Root - Interactive activity to find and spell the root words
Funbrain Stay Afloat - A good word game similar to hangman.
Funbrain Word Searches - Lots of wordsearches for different topics.
Here or hear. Year 4. - A simple activity to help distinguish between the spellings and meanings of common homophones.
High Frequency Words - Interative activity about finding the correct meaning within the text.
Homonym Quizzes - Over 50 homonym online activities for children to practice.
Homonyms - Interactive activities about homonyms
Homonyms - Weak and Week - Interactive quiz using week and weak - homonyms.
Homonyms Wordsearch - Interactive online wordsearch.
Homophone Riddles - Interactive activity to guess the homophones from the riddles given.
Homophones - Simple activity to help to distinguish between to/too
Homophones - Interactive activities about homophones
Homophones - Interactive activities about homophones
Homophones - Another homophone activity
Homophones – there/their/they’re - An interactive activity to choose they’re/there/their
Homophones 2 - Simple activity to help to distinguish between to/too/two
Homophones 3 - A further interactive homophone activity
Homophones 4 - Interactive homophone activity
Homophones Match - Interactive game to match homophones
Homophones our/are/hour - An interactive activity to choose our/are/hour
Irregular Tense Changes - Interactive activity to match verbs with their irregular past tense.
Irregular Tense Changes - Interactive activities to learn about irregular tense changes.
Its or it’s? - Interactive activity to distinguish between its and it’s
-le Word Search - Print this wordsearch with words ending in le.
Literacy Hour Crossword - Complete the crossword by clicking on the boxes and typing in the correct letters.
Making Words - Printable activity to make words using prefixes, suffixes and root words.
Matching Opposites - Online activity about Antonyms - for older children.
Medium Frequency Word Search - Printable word search with medium frequency words
Medium Frequency Word Search 2 - Printable word search with medium frequency words
Medium Frequency Word Search 3 - Printable word search with medium frequency words
Medium Frequency Word Search 4 - Printable word search with medium frequency words
Medium Frequency Word Search 5 - Printable word search with medium frequency words
Medium Frequency Word Search 6 - Printable word search with medium frequency words
Medium Frequency Words - List of medium frequency words for Year 4 and 5
Missing words - Year 4 - Term 2 - Choose the correct spelling for each sentence with this online activity.
More Synonyms - Interactive activities about synonyms
Plural Cranes - Interactive activity where you have to choose the correct plural endings for diffeent words - es or s.
Plural Test - Type the correct plurals into the spaces below and click the grey button to see your score.
Prefixes - Interactive activity where you have to match the correct prefix to the correct word.
Qu Words - An interactive activity introducing the qu digraph.
See n Spell - Plurals - Interactive spelling game
Silent Letters ‘g and k’ - Match the silent letter to the rest of the word
Similar sounding words. Year 4 - A simple activity to help distinguish between the spellings and meanings of common homophones.
Singular and Plural - Year 4 - Change singular words into plurals with this online activity.
Super Match Game - Interactive game to match homophones
Syllables in Poetry - Interactive activities to find syllables in poetry
Synonyms - Interactive activities about synonyms
Synonyms - Interactive activities to find alternatives for common words
Synonyms for Said - Presentation about using other words instead of said
There or their. Year 4 - A simple activity to help distinguish between the spellings and meanings of common homophones.
Using Synonyms - Interactive activities about synonyms
Were or where. - A simple activity to help distinguish between the spellings and meanings of common homophones.
Word Central - This site has lots of activities to do with words and word definitions.
Word Families - Interactive activity about word families.
Word Families - Year 5 - Interactive activity about word families.
Word Families 2 - Interactive activity about word families.
Word Find - Excellent online activity which test your powers of word recognition.
Word meanings - Year 4 - Term 1 - Interactive task about making sentences meaningful.
Word Patterns - Year 3 - Online task that involves word families.
Word roots - Year 6 - Term 1 - Interactive task about looking at word roots.
Wordfind - Lots of different wordsearches online.
Would or wood. Leaf, leave or leaves. Year 4 - A simple activity to help distinguish between the spellings and meanings of common homophones.