Jungle Challenge!

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Year 7 Homework Project

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Year 7 Spring TermJungle Challenge!

The project is called ‘The Jungle Challenge’. During the project you will get the chance to win bugs, spiders and worms! The more you collect, the more merits you will gain at the end of the project.

It’s punctuation, spelling and grammar time! Welcome to your next challenge!

Your challenge is to complete as many of the activities as you can. Along the way you will earn bugs, spiders and worms. The more you collect, the more merits you’ll be awarded at the end of the project!

Try and complete all of the tasks. You should be spending about 1 hour a week on your English homework. It is important that you do regular homework and don’t leave it until the last minute. Your teacher will ask to check the progress of your homework project a couple of times each term to make sure that you are working well.

The level of difficulty of each task is shown by the number of bugs, spiders or worms each one is worth! There are also 2 Challenge tasks for those of you who really want to stretch yourselves in English!

Ask your teacher if there’s anything you don’t understand!

Keep working hard and enjoy!!

Contents page Section A

Jungle Challenge1: Sentences and Parts of sentences

Jungle Challenge 2: Capital letters

Jungle Challenge 3: Full Stops

Jungle Challenge 4: Commas

Jungle Challenge 5: Apostrophes

Jungle Challenge 6: Direct Speech punctuation

Jungle Challenge 7: Spellings

Jungle Challenge 8: Plurals

Jungle Challenge 9: Homophones

Jungle Challenge 10: Word Confusions

Jungle Challenge 11: Correction Tasks

Jungle challenge 1: Sentences and parts of sentences

The sentence is fundamental to all written and spoken communication. A sentence is a group of words that makes complete sense by itself.

A sentence may be:

A statement ‘Today’s winner is Tom.’

A question ‘Who chose these clothes?’

A command ‘Close the window.’

An exclamation ‘I don’t believe it!’

Write down whether each group of words is a statement, a question, a command, an exclamation or not a sentence at all.

(Remember that a sentence is a group of words that makes complete sense by itself.)

Write the answer next to each sentence. Number one has been done for you…

1. I look forward to the holidays. Statement

2. My cat chases all the dogs in our street.

3. To the dustbins you can

4. Where have you put my books?

5. Look out!

6. What size do you need?

7. My English teacher really annoys me.

8. If only there

9. I’m busy doing my homework.

10. Take cover!

11. Beware of the bull!

12. Why should I be punished?

13. If I was going

14. Amazing!

15. Add the sugar to the cake mix.

If you get them all right you will earn one bug!

Sentences continued...

Building a sentence is like building a wall. If you miss out one of the bricks, the wall will collapse. If you miss out an essential part of a sentence, it will not make sense.

Look at the sentences below. Read them out loud then suggest a word that could be added somewhere in the sentence to make the words make sense. Write the revised sentence on the line.

1. James to the library. ______________________________

2. The was shut. ______________________________

3. My bus late. ______________________________

4. What you want? ______________________________

5. Emma ran towards the. ______________________________

6. I hate doing. ___________________________

It is now important to think about the essential ingredients for every sentence. Every sentence must have a subject (usually a noun.) Every sentence must have a verb.

These are the two basic ingredients.

NounsA word that names anything is a noun. There are proper nouns and common nouns.A proper noun begins with a capital letter. The real name of something is a proper noun. E.g. Buckingham Palace, Tom Jones.

Proper nounsYour own name is a proper noun. Write out your full name below, remembering capital letters.

Write the name of the town or village where you live.

Write the name of your English teacher.

__________________________________________________________________________

Common nounsA common noun names something that does not have a given name. E.g, table, chair, pen, house, tree, computer etc.Write the name of three other common nouns below:1. _______________________________

2. _______________________________3. _______________________________

Win a bug for completing the noun section correctly!

PronounsYou can use a pronoun to replace a noun.For example, Peter’s wife was strange.Becomes: His wife was strange.

LooEnglish k at the following list of pronouns:

Now fill in the following gaps choosing a suitable pronoun.

1. ................................luggage went missing.

2. ................................did not have her pen.

3. Is this ..............................sister?

4. It belongs to me. Put it down, it’s....................................

5. Is..........................throat sore?

6. ...............................could not find his football boots.

7. The whole team had lost ...........................football boots....................could not be found anywhere.

8. .................................were completing ......................homework.

he hershe I

my

we ouryourtheir me

his mineyouthey

Win a bug if you get all the pronoun activities correct!

The second ingredient: the verb

A verb tells us what something, or someone, does. (Sometimes known as a doing word!) A sentence can be as short as two words, as long as you have a subject (usually a noun) and a verb.

Dogs bark. Fish swim. Ships float.

Most sentences are longer but still always have a noun and a verb.Underline the verbs in the following sentences.

1. The boy walked along the dark, cold street.

2. Asha hated her new, blue school jumper.

3. The cat jumped onto the fence.

Now fill in the missing verb in each sentence.

1. David...........................towards the main entrance.

2. After school Andrew......................home.

3. Rebecca............................when her cat died.

4. The library shelves...........................under the weight of the heavy books.

5. The leaves.....................on the tree and the flowers....................in the garden.

Another bug if you get all the verb activities correct!

There are other ‘ingredients’ which help make a good sentence.

AdverbsAdverbs describe how you do something. (They describe the verb.)

Look at the following sentence. ‘Jack sang.’

In this sentence Jack is the noun and ‘sang’ is the verb. If we want to know how he sang, we need an adverb. Adverbs normally end in ‘ly’.

The sentence would then change to ‘Jack sang loudly’. Or ‘Jack sang quietly.’

Underline the adverbs in the following sentences.

1) The swan glided peacefully on the pond.

2) She stood up quickly.

3) Suddenly, the car swerved.

4) Please cross the road carefully.

Read the following sentences then write them out in a paragraph, adding adverbs to the sentences. You can use the adverbs from the word bank if you like.

1) I sat at the edge of the river.2) The water moved past me.3) There was a sound.4) I heard the sound of an engine.

5) It was heading towards me.6) I pulled in my fishing line and watched.7) The noise grew louder.8) The boat was speeding along the river.9) As it passed, I looked at the name of the boat.10) It said, ‘Wave-Maker’!

Use the box to write the answer in.

Word bank: Adverbs

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peacefully sluggishly noisily angrily

gently hardly suddenly massively

immediately automatically instinctively

quickly carefully crazily recklessly

madly closely speedily merely

simply nervously apparently

Win yourself another bug if you’ve completed all these activities correctly!

The final ingredient we’re going to deal with here are adjectives.

Adjectives describe the noun and they help make an interesting sentence. They allow us to label things and to make our descriptions of nouns more precise.Examples of adjectives are:

Choose a person in your household, or a family member or friend and write a description of them, using as many adjectives as you can. Write it in the space below. When you have done this, show it to someone else in your house and ask if they can guess who it is!

My description:

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

excellent brilliant marvellous horrible hateful

large short dull bright red green

beautiful ugly happy sad old unhappy

comfortable smelly hard dark young

Now get someone to guess who it is!

My name is ....................................................... and my guess is ……………….........................

Adjectives can be used to bring your writing alive. The word ‘nice’ is an adjective but it is often over-used.Replace ‘nice’ in the following sentences to make them more interesting and to tell you something more specific about the noun.

1. It was a nice party.

2. They were nice people.

3. The food was nice.

4. The presents were nice.

Earn another bug if you’ve completed all the adjective activities correctly!

The dangers of overwriting

Some writers believe that adjectives can be over-used and that using lots of adjectives actually makes the writing weaker. Read the following passage and look carefully at the adjectives which are underlined.

Imagine that you are an editor at a publishing company. Re-write the following piece of text so that it is less cluttered with description and then answer the questions that follow.

1. Write out your revised text.

2. The extract contains 20 adjectives. How many did you cut out? How many did you keep?

I stood alone on the dark, gloomy, jutting cliff thinking about what faithful old Max had said. Were his secret, whispered words honest? I watched the billowing waves, the rolling hills of wild, crashing, icy water explode beneath my dainty feet. The cool, chill, biting wind lifted and cut into my tightly-wrapped, worried face. I faced an uncertain, dark future all alone.

3. Write a sentence describing your response to the original text. What was wrong with it? What was right with it?

4. Write a sentence about your own edited version. How have you improved the original? How does it feel different?

Award yourself another bug for completing this activity!

Key point: Adjectives are powerful tools for adding detail- but they can be used too much. Too many clog up the reader’s response to the text. When using adjectives, make sure that they are serving a precise purpose-otherwise cut them!

Another ingredient of a sentence is a conjunction. Conjunctions are used to join parts of sentences together.

The following words are all examples of words which can be used as conjunctions.although, after, and, as, because, before, but, despite, if, of, unless, until, when, where, while

Re-write the following sentences using appropriate conjunctions to join them.

1. Sam and Jim went to the library. It was closed.

2. I have missed the bus. I will have to wait for the next one.

3. I don’t like cabbage. I was made to eat it when I was little.

4. He was found innocent of the charges. Some people still thought he was guilty.

Now re-write the following passage to make it more interesting by adding conjunctions. You do not need to use a conjunction between every sentence, choose one only when you think it is needed. Try to avoid using ‘and’ all the time. You can also cut a word or change the order of words to make the sentence flow better.

Your re-written paragraph

It was raining. The sky looked heavy. The trees swayed. They lost their leaves in the strong wind. The pavements hissed. The rain fell onto them. The gutters filled up. The drains worked overtime. I sat at the window. I watched the miserable scene.

Often students use the word ‘and’ too much. Imagine you are a teacher. Correct the following paragraph of a student’s writing. Use a coloured pen to show where the student has used ‘and’ too much and in the wrong places.

What advice would you give to the student?

Award yourself another bug for completing this activity!

Mrs Fletcher sat there and wondered if he would come home and she made herself a cup of tea. Then there was a knock at the door and when she opened it she saw her husband and he said ‘Can I come in?’ And she thought for a minute and then she said ‘Yes’ and so he came into the room and sat down. For a few seconds there was silence and then she said ‘Do you want some tea?’ and he said ‘Yes please’ and they started to get along better again.

PrepositionsA preposition shows us where something is in relation to something else.

The dog was in his bed.

The word in tells us where the dog was in relation to his bed. He was in his bed.

Read the following passage and write in the missing prepositions so that it makes sense.

Another bug for the correct completion of these tasks!

across through back front onin

under over up down

The hen hopped__________________from its perch

straight_______________top of the waiting cat. The cat, taken by surprise,

leaped___________________the hen house, out of the door

and____________________the garden table. The hen didn’t seem to notice.

She walked ______________________-the open door towards the__________

of the house; hopped________________the half door of the kitchen and ate

the cat’s breakfast.

Jungle Challenge 2: Capital letters

Sentences must start with a capital letter and end with a full stop.

There are some other times when you must use a capital letter.

You must also use a capital letter for all proper nouns. A proper noun is a real name - of a person, place or thing. When you use the letter ‘I’ to refer to yourself, you always need to use a capital letter.

Earn yourself another bug and correct this piece of writing. Add in the missing capital letters.

i think that saturday is the worst day of the week. on saturday i have to do the cleaning and cooking and i can’t go out with my friend sally to cambridge. I think the best day is sunday because then i can lie in bed and eat chocolate; cadbury’s flake is my favourite. i think january in england is the worst month because i always get a cold and i have to go to doctor gordon. I think august is the best month because we go to butlins at skegness. one year on holiday we went on the oxford canal and on the river thames and it was great.

Another bug if you spotted all the mistakes!

Jungle Challenge 3: Full stops

A world without full stops would be a very confusing place. For your sentences to make sense they must start with a capital letter and end with a full stop.

Say the following passage out loud.

The room was stuffed with books of all shapes and sizes the largest books were covered in dust and hadn’t been touched in years there seemed to be no order to where anything was placed on the shelves it was obviously time the town appointed a new librarian unfortunately the town council had run out of money and could not afford to pay any wages

Did you find that it was really difficult to say out loud? Was it difficult to understand the meaning?

Now add five full stops to make the passage make sense. You will also need to add a capital letter after each full stop.

Read it out loud again to see how much easier it is now there are proper sentences!

Mark had just seen a robbery and was giving his story to the police. Trying to get his story out quickly, he hardly paused for breath.

The report was re-written using sentences so that the court would understand it. Write the report below so that Mark’s story makes sense. Use a capital letter at the start of every sentence and a full stop at the end.

Police Report

Witness Statement by Mark Jones

Signed....................................................

I saw them there were two, no, three of them running out of the shop the owner was running behind shouting at them to stop at least I think there were three the third one could have been the owner I’m not sure anyway they didn’t stop they just kept on running the first man knocked over a lady and didn’t even stop to say sorry do you want to know anything else?

Did you write the police report correctly? Win a bug if you did!

Jungle Challenge 4: CommasCommas are used for a number of reasons which can help to make sentences to make sense. Beware though, don’t use commas when you need full stops!

If there is a list in a sentence, a comma is used to separate each item.

Add commas to the lists in these sentences:a) When planning my walking holiday I had to remember to pack a compass map spare

pair of socks plasters and a raincoat.b) The cake recipe called for flour butter sugar and eggs.c) I left my work until the last minute and ended up having to do two essays a research

project and an art task all on the same night.d) I went shopping today and bought a new coat a pair of shoes a pair of jeans a black

top and a Nike baseball cap.

Commas can also be used to show a subordinate clause in a sentence (an extra part of a sentence which if left out, the sentence would still make sense.)

Read the sentence below.Mark the captain of the football team sprained his ankle and could not play.

By adding commas to show the subordinate clause the meaning becomes clearer.Mark, the captain of the football team, sprained his ankle and could not play.

Add commas to the sentences below to make the meaning clearer.a) Angela best friend of Susan wanted to go to the cinema.

b) Pete the oldest boy in the class was taller than his friends.

c) Jamie Jan’s son had baked a birthday cake.

d) My sister Sally a teacher is getting married in the spring.

Catch the comma!

Five commas have escaped from the following passage.

Add the five commas to the passage below.

, , , , ,

The long golden beach stretched out in front of her. The sea was a mixture of blues greens and flecks of gold. Three whole weeks with nothing to do but swim sunbathe and laze around. Sally who had never been here before thought that she was in heaven.

You will be awarded two spiders if you complete all of these tasks correctly.

Jungle Challenge 5: ApostrophesThere are two main reasons that you need to use apostrophes. Read the information and complete the following tasks to win yourself two spiders!

The apostrophe for possessionThis is to show that something belongs to something or someone.

The boy’s book. (The book belongs to the boy.)The teacher’s desk. (The desk belonging to the teacher.)The hen’s food. (The food belonging to one hen.)The hens’ food. (The food belonging to more than one hen.)

Add the apostrophes to the following sentences.a) The girls skirt was too short.

b) The cats milk had gone off. (more than one cat.)

c) My brothers bike has been stolen.

d) Simons hair had grown too long.

Now, using a bright coloured pen, add the missing apostrophes to the following passage.

Davids timetable was not looking good. His mums last words when he left home that morning were to remind him to work hard. His teachers comments on his last report showed that his work in all his subjects needed to improve. This timetable was a nightmare. Uncle Jims building firm was looking for workers. Should he forget about school and his mums plans for him and become a wage earner? The countrys laws, however, had different ideas. It said that he had to stay at school until he was sixteen and David was only seven!

The apostrophe for omission This is when the apostrophe is used to show when a letter, or letters, have been left out.

Look at the examples below and then complete the tasks to win your spiders!

We are not= we’re not (missing out the letter a)Do not go= don’t go (missing out the letter n)I am going= I’m going (missing out the letter a)We did not wait = We didn’t wait (missing out the letter o)

Use a coloured pen to add the apostrophes to the following sentences.a) Weve a big dog at home.b) They didnt help us much.c) I hope itll be a nice day tomorrow.d) The story wasnt a funny one.e) He cant see out of the window.f) Dont forget to post my letter.g) She wouldnt play with my doll.h) Hell soon be coming home.

Now write out these sentences using the abbreviated form for the words underlined. The first one has been done for you.

a) I have not been to the zoo.

I haven’t been to the zoo.

b) They were not afraid of the dog.

c) You should not play with fire.

d) It is not far to walk.

Davids timetable was not looking good. His mums last words when he left home that morning were to remind him to work hard. His teachers comments on his last report showed that his work in all his subjects needed to improve. This timetable was a nightmare. Uncle Jims building firm was looking for workers. Should he forget about school and his mums plans for him and become a wage earner? The countrys laws, however, had different ideas. It said that he had to stay at school until he was sixteen and David was only seven!

e) She is coming over to play with me.

f) He could not see where he was going.

g) That is the way to the park.

h) I hope you will have a good time.

Now, using a coloured pen, add in the apostrophes to the following paragraph. You need to add apostrophes for possession and apostrophes for omission.

Gain two spiders if you’ve completed all the tasks correctly.

Peters house was cold and dark. Its windows were dirty and the next door neighbours weeds poked through the broken fence. He knew he shouldve warned someone that he was coming but it wouldnt do to tell people your business would it? Besides which, Mrs Prices wages for looking after the house werent small. She couldve done a better job!

Jungle Challenge 6: Using punctuation in speech

In this cartoon you can tell who’s speaking because the words that are spoken are in speech bubbles. Draw a cartoon strip of your own and add speech bubbles to show what’s being said.

When we are writing we use speech marks to show the words that are spoken. The words that are spoken are kept inside the speech marks.

Using a coloured pen or a highlighter, highlight the words that are actually said in the following sentences.

a) Mary said, “Don’t do that!”b) “What’s the matter with you?”she asked her friend.c) The nurse said, “How did you burn your hand?”

Now, in a different coloured pen, add speech marks to the following sentences.

a) How old are you? the shopkeeper asked.b) James said My exam marks are quite good.c) Where is your homework? Asked the teacher.

You also need to know how to punctuate when using direct speech. Look at where the punctuation goes in the following example.

“Hello,” said Tricia.

Mike replied, “Hi.”

Look at the example below and then re-write it so it is correct. 1) Use a new line for each new speaker.2) Use speech marks. 3) Add the correct punctuation.

Another two spiders if you complete these tasks correctly!

Hello said Debbie. Hi said Sam. Everything ok said Debbie. Sam replied Not really. Oh said Debbie.

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Capital letter at the start of the speaker’s words

Comma shows that the sentence continues

Paragraphing

Can you then show how you would split this passage into five paragraphs? Use a coloured pen and draw a line where the each new paragraph should start.

The Iron Man stood up straight. Slowly he turned, till he was looking directly at Hogarth. “We’re sorry we trapped you and buried you,” shouted the little boy. “We promise we’ll not deceive you again. Follow us and you can have all the metal you want. Brass too. Aluminium too. And lots of chrome. Follow us.” The Iron Man pushed aside the boughs and came into the lane. Hogarth joined the farmers. Slowly they drove back down the lane, and slowly, with all his cogs humming, the Iron Man stepped after them.

They led through the villages. Half the people came out to stare, half ran to shut themselves inside bedrooms and kitchens. Nobody could believe their eyes when they saw the Iron Man marching behind the farmers. At last they came to the town, and there was a great scrap-metal yard. Everything was there, old cars by the hundred, old trucks,

A TiP ToP way to remember the rules of paragraphing!

Ti Start a new paragraph when you move to a new period of time

P Start a new paragraph when you move to a different place

To Start a new paragraph when you move onto a new topic or subject

P Start a new paragraph when you bring a new person into your writing, or when you change from one person to another in speech.

Remember to TiP ToP!!

old railway engines, old stoves, old refrigerators, old springs, bedsteads, bicycles, girders, gates, pans – all the scrap iron of the region was piled up there, rusting away.

Jungle Challenge 7: SpellingsFor the spelling activities, you will earn three worms if you get all the answers correct!

What kind of speller are you? Think about your spelling needs by answering the following questions. Discuss the answers to these questions with an adult and get them to sign below when you’ve had this conversation.

1) Have you always found spelling easy or is it a problem for you?

2) What sort of comment have your teachers made about your written work?

3) What words do you find difficult?

4) How do you remember new words?

5) Do you think correct spelling is important? Why?

6) What sort of help do you think you need?

Organising your spellings

Use the following technique to help you learn your spellings.

STUDY-COVER-WRITE-CHECK

a) Study

Can you split the word into smaller parts?

Do the sounds in the words help you?

Is there anything about its spelling which is similar to other words you know?

b) Cover the word and....

c) Write it from memory

This will fix it in your mind more firmly than if you just copy it.

d) Check to see if you were right.

If yes- write it twice more, covering the word each time.

I’ve discussed these questions with_________________(name of adult).

Signed_________________________________(signature of adult).

e) If you were wrong, go back to the first step and study the word again.

Study Cover Write Check

Now use this technique to create your own spelling log. You can choose words from the lists or include your own words (although ensure that you start with the correct spelling of the word!)

Spelling lists

Below is a list of tricky words which people often get wrong. Decide which ones you want to learn. Choose ten of them and then ask someone to set you a spelling test on these ten words. Tick the words when you are really certain that you know them. Be prepared that your teacher will probably check!

across recogniseaddress disappearanceannoyed doesanxious embarrassmentapology excitedargument expensiveawkward extremelybeautiful favouriteburglar Februarydaily ghostdefinitely governmentdecision graduallydescription immediatelydifferent informationdifficult intelligentinterested ridiculousinteresting safetyjealous scarcelylibrary secretarylonely sentenceluxury separatelymischievous sincerelymoment somethingopinion suggestion

opportunity surprisedpaid tomorrowperhaps valuableprobably worried

Award yourself three worms if you scored ten out of ten in your spelling test!

Jungle challenge 8: Plurals

If a word ends in ‘y’ and you want to make it plural, how do you decide whether to add an ‘s’ or ‘ies’?

Try making the following words into plurals.

Word Plural Word Plural

country body

donkey story

try century

journey emergency

valley memory

dictionary birthday

Boy = boysPlay = playsBUTParty = partiesBattery = batteries

The rule!

When words end with a vowel, then y = add s

boy+s = boys

When words end with a consonant, change y to ies

Party = parties

Try to make the following words into plurals. Check the rules if you get stuck.

history diary

Another three worms if you’ve completed all the plural activities correctly!

Jungle challenge 9: Homophones

Homophones are words which sound the same but which have different meanings and are spelt differently.

The word ‘homophone’ comes from two Greek words: homos meaning ‘same’ and ‘phone’ meaning sound.

There are eleven pairs of homophones all mixed up here. Write each one next to its partner.

wait steel been roadsite grown due breakcheap so groan sightdew sail brake cheepweight bean sew stealrode sale

1. wait = weight2. steel = steal3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.

How many other homophones can you think of?Fill the box below with as many as you can think of! Look at the pictures for some clues!

Write out the following sentences in the spaces below, choosing the correct spelling of each word.

1. It’s been/bean a week/weak since I had beans/beens for tea/tee.

2. A grate/great big beech/beach tree has grown/groan by the road/rode.

3. He waits/weights for the plane/plain which he knows/nose is due/dew to land at eight/ate o’clock.

Now fill in the missing words in the following sentences. Each sentence contains two homophones. The first one is done for you.

Threw blew where won seize heard

Paws whether fare caught

1. Vicky’s blue scarf blew away in the wind.

2. A herd of elephants could be __________trumpeting by the lake.

3. Jane ran through the crowd and _______the ball back to the team.

4. You’ll need £1.20 for your bus ______to the fair-ground.

5. I wouldn’t wear those jeans __________you are going.

6. My kitten will often pause in its step and lick its___________.

7. It was a close finish that no-one was sure who had _________the race.

8. Lifeboat crews show great bravery when they_________people from stormy seas.

9. Mum wonders_____________she should take the baby out in such cold weather.

10. Those who get______________shop-lifting end up in court.

Which word is which?Read the clues and find the correct words. Write them next to each other.

1. Hair on a horse’s neck. ______________________

2. Put socks on these.__________________________

3. Snap or smash._____________________________

4. Five of these on each foot.____________________

5. A place to build._____________________________

6. A line of people._____________________________

7. Most important._____________________________

8. An act of strength or courage.___________________

9. Stop the car._________________________________

10. Pull along.__________________________________

11. Something to see.____________________________

12. A stick used in snooker.________________________

toe mane queue sightsite

cue main brake featbreak

tow feet

Award yourself three worms if you did well on the homophone activities!

Jungle Challenge 10: Word Confusions To, too and two Two means the number 2.Too means more than enough as in too much or too small; it also means ‘as well’ as in ‘he came too.’ If it hasn’t got one of the above meanings it must be to. It is used in sentences like: He went to the cinema. It doesn’t mean much to me. Do you have to?

Underline the mistakes in the following passage and write in the correct spelling in a different coloured pen above or next to it.

Now fill in the missing gaps from this passage using the correct words.

The Brighton lifeboat had______be launched last night______rescue______young lads

who had been trapped on a sandbank for over ______hours. It was a stormy night and the

sea was_______rough for such a small boat. Their dog was with them______and all were

Yesterday I went to see my friend Jake. He wanted two see my new game. I

have too of the latest games. At first I thought I didn’t like them and I would

have too take them back two the shop. But after I played them for a while I

began two like them. My mate Sam was there too and he showed me his new

game. Jake doesn’t really like Sam so he came too my house afterwards. Sam

lives in the same road as me and he’s got to sisters. They came too play on the

soaked_____the skin. The lifeboat crew said the lads were far ______young _____be out

alone in such conditions.

There, their and they’reThere is the most commonly used word. Use it:• with words like ‘is’, ‘are’, and ‘was’• to mean a place.Use their when it means ‘belonging to them’.Use they’re when it’s short for they are.

Circle the correct word in the following sentences.

1. Umad lives over there/their/they’re.

2. I don’t know whether there/their/they’re is life in outer space but I’d like to travel there/their/they’re to find out.

3. They’ve forgotten there/their/they’re games kit again.

4. The girls got mud on there/their/they’re shoes at breaktime.

5. I don’t fancy those chips, there/their/they’re too greasy.

6. There/their/they’re not coming to the disco because there/their/they’re going to Megan’s party.

Fill in the gaps in the following passage choosing from there, their and they’re.

It’s pitch black and I can’t see a thing but I’m sure_______________is somebody________________. In fact _________’s more than one. I can hear __________footsteps even though______________trying to be quiet. Now________________much closer. I can hear_____________voices and I can even smell______________aftershave. I’m creeping back to the door, hoping__________not going to hear me. Made it! I’m sure glad to be out of _______________!

No, now and knowNo and know are often mixed up because they sound the same. Remember that know means knowing or having knowledge, while no is the opposite of yes.

“No, I’m not going to do that!”“I know the answer to that,” said Freddie.

Now gets muddled up with know because they are spelt similarly but are pronounced differently. Now means at this moment of time.

“Do it now!” demanded Natalie.

Pretend you are a teacher and correct the following passage choosing no, now or know.

“Know you can’t do that now,” she said.“Why not?” asked Annie.“I don’t no that I should tell you know,” said her mother.“But I want to no,” said Annie.“I think know-one should no,” said her mother.“But I really want to now. What is wrong with telling me know?”“Because soon it will be Christmas and you will soon now then.”

Now make up your own sentences using the correct words in the order given. The first one has been done for you.

1. no.....knowJasmine wanted to say no to her friend but she didn’t know how to do it.2. no.....now

3. no.....no

4. know....now

5. now......know.....no

Here and hearHere mainly means ‘at this place’ or ‘at this point’. Hear is easy to remember because it has the word ‘ear’ in it and it is always connected to hearing.

Circle the correct word in the following sentences.

1. Can you hear/here them singing?2. They are over hear/here.3. She couldn’t hear/here what she was saying.4. Hear/here was the spot where the treasure was buried.5. The wind was so strong that they could not hear/here each other.

Its and it’sIts is an ownership word which is used in sentences like, ‘the cat lost its fur’ and ‘the tree had lost its leaves’.It’s means ‘it is’ or ‘it has’ and is an abbreviation. Ask yourself the question when you’re not sure, ‘Can I say it is?’

Which version do you need in the following sentences?

1. Its/it’s going to be a long night.2. The book was old. Its/it’s pages were falling out.3. The internet connection is so slow. Its/it’s so annoying!4. I love my dog. Its/it’s fur is soft and golden.

Now read the following passage from the sports pages of a newspaper. Use a different coloured pen to correct the mistakes. Write the correct word next to the mistake. If you are unsure, ask someone to help you!

Its a shame that the team has lost it’s form. Its not long since it was top of it’s league.

Most people think its the fault of the manager. He gave the team it’s attacking image but

that’s no good with a defence like its got. Its a crying shame to have the defenders so far

up the field as its no help to the keeper. Even the pitch has lost the quality of it’s surface

Your and you’reYour means belonging to you and you’re is an abbreviation of you are. If you’re not sure which one to use, ask yourself ‘do you mean you are?’

Circle the correct word in the following sentences.

1. Your/you’re going to be late for school.

2. Your/you’re team is going to win interform.

3. Your/you’re dog has gone missing.

4. How is your/you’re sore arm now?

5. Your/you’re often told that your/you’re only young once!

Correct the following passage using a different coloured pen.

Award yourself three worms if you did well on the word confusion tasks!

Its a shame that the team has lost it’s form. Its not long since it was top of it’s league.

Most people think its the fault of the manager. He gave the team it’s attacking image but

that’s no good with a defence like its got. Its a crying shame to have the defenders so far

up the field as its no help to the keeper. Even the pitch has lost the quality of it’s surface

When your young it’s not easy to know your own mind. At school your expected to

know all the answers in your subjects. The teachers don’t realise that your not as

experienced as they are. They say that your not very clever when that’s not true at

all. Then they mark you’re work with critical comments which sometimes get you

down and really gets you’re back up! You’re dad tells you that it was much harder

when he was a kid and your much better off than he was.

Jungle Challenge 11: Correction tasksNow it’s up to you to become a teacher! Using your knowledge of all the jungle skills you’ve learnt, correct all of the following passages then write them out underneath. Remember to look for mistakes with capital letters, punctuation, grammar and spellings!

Next year when we go on holiday we sha’nt go to skegness. We went last year in july and stayed at the coppertree caravan park and we did’nt have a very good time. It was’nt that the whether was to bad but my mum court a cold after too days and we had to stay in the caravan. then my dad court the cold to and so we had too go home as there colds were so bad.

Their was know answer. he nocked on the door three times but nobody came. were could they be is anyboby their he shouted and waited four a reply. it seemed strange there howse was always bizzy. May be they’ve gon too the shops he thort, thats what it ull be. he ran round two the back of the house and looked threw the window. five bodys were lieing on the floor. he herd a sudden noise behind him as he turned he new he saw his last sunrise!

Dear Mr wright,I am righting to explain why my son jack was’nt in skool yesterday. when he was eating his breakfast their was a terrible incident with a peace of burnt toast. unfortunately he choked on the toast and ended up with a soar throat. He also said that they’re was a funny taste to the milk after hed drank it so i did’nt want to risk sending him to skool felling sick.I now i should have rung but i was very busy and the dog fell out of it’s basket and hit it’s head on the chair so i had to take him to the vets. Poor old trevor the terrier is in plaster so jack is also a bit upset today!Yours sincerely mr p speller

by the timje I was 7 I knew that I was the greatest footballer The world had ever seen I kneww that I wos better than pele And maradona put together. The truth is if I wanted to I could av been bought by machester united for a million Milion poundss. But I’m rich enough Already so I dont care so there id rather be the greatest teecher the world has ever seen like I am

when we reached the circus we found it was really busy lots of people bumped into us including small woman who starting shouting get out of my way really loudly how rude replied my dad some children started shouting their parents told them off and they were hustled and bustled into the big top we went in too and were surrounded by rows and rows of people waiting expectantly for the show to begin i was escited that at last i would see what all the fuss was about

Their was know answer. he knocked on the door three time’s but nobody came. were could they be is anybody their he shouted and waited four a reply. it seemed strange there house was all ways bizzy. May be theyve gone too the shops he thort, that’s what itll be He ran round to the back of the house and looked threw the window, five bodys where lying on the floor. he heard a sudden noise be hind him, as he turned he new h’ed saw his last sunrise

Award yourself three worms if you correct all these passages!

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