Homophones - words that sound the same Start a new paragraph when there is:

but have different spellings and meanings. • a change of topic;

• a jump in time;
were is the past tense of are.
We were playing football. • a change of place;
where is used for places and positions. • a new speaker.
Where is Italy? By Mr Haughton
we’re is short for 'we are'.
Speech marks used correctly. Similes usually use ‘as’ or ‘like’ and compare something
We're going to school.
wear is what you do with clothes to something else.
“I like dancing,” said Mary. The clouds were fluffy like cotton wool.
I wear slippers.
Claire cried, “I wanted to ride the horse.” He was as cool as a cucumber.
their belongs to someone.
The children hung up their coats. “What time is it Tom?” asked Fred. Metaphors describe something as if it was something
they’re is short for 'they are'. else.
They are going to the zoo. The night is a blanket of black.
there is about places. Apostrophe to show a letter missing. It was a rainbow of flavours.
There are three books.
do not don’t
of The jar was full of biscuits. will not won’t Astounding Adverbs Vary those sentences!
He is a friend of mine. can not can’t quietly, silently, Sentence of three:
off Time for a break. bravely, gracefully, The boy opened the door, slipped
Twenty pounds off. Apostrophe to show something belongs to energetically, through the gap and crept into the
suspiciously, garden.
someone. Add words in:
too means 'as well' or 'too much'. angrily, sulkily,
I ate too much. The scruffy dog ran across the busy
John’s book sadly, sneakily, road.
two is just the number. faintly, stupidly,
The dog’s tail (1) Add words at the end:
I want two toys. strongly, weakly,
The cats’ tails (2+) The dog ran across the road because
to means towards or is part of a verb. happily. he saw a cat.
I am going to the park. children’s Add on at the beginning:
laughing loudly,
women’s men’s When it saw the cat, the dog ran
grinning
new is not old. across the road.
Jim bought a new car. unpleasantly, Change words:
knew is the past tense of 'know'. Use a comma between each item in a running swiftly, The dog scampered across the road
Jenny knew how to ride a bike. list, except for the last item where you sleeping soundly, when it noticed the cat.
use and. gazing longingly, Add in a simile:
use a colon The dog, running like the wind,
no is used to refuse or disagree. sighing wistfully,
No, I won't go to the park. chased after the fleeing cat.
There are: five gold rings, four calling birds, talking secretly,
Alliterate:
know is regarded as the truth. three French hens, two turtle doves and a stomping angrily, The canny canine capered after the
I know she won't fall off. partridge in a pear tree. dancing elegantly flea-bitten, fleeing feline.