KS2 English Flashcards
What is the root word in disorganised? 1
Root Words
Root Words
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organise (dis- is a prefix and –ed is a suffix suffix.) 1
Add a prefix to the word changed to make a word that means not changed. 2
The prefix un- means not so add this to make unchanged. Prefixes
Prefixes
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What word type is a word likely to be if it ends in the suffix -ful? 3 KS2 Revision English
Which word in this sentence is the conjunction conjunction? Sophie went shopping because she wanted 4 some new shoes.
Suffixes
An adjective adjective, for example, beautiful, wonderful.
Structure and Organisation
Structure and Organisation
Suffixes
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because 4
Which of the following words is an antonym for cold? cool chilly hot coldest mild 5
Using Dictionaries
Using Dictionaries
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hot 5
Which of the following prose? are types of prose Limericks Novels Biographies Sonnets Magazine articles
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Prose Genres
Prose Genres
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Novels, biographies and magazine articles 6
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What is the difference between summarising and evaluating evaluating? 8
Themes and Conventions
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Picking Out and Commenting on Details
What is a theme in a piece of writing?
An idea that is developed throughout the piece of writing. There can be a number of themes in a piece of writing.
Summarising involves picking out the main details and putting them into a shorter version in your own words. Evaluating involves making a judgement on something and giving reasons for your judgement. 8
Types of Poetry
Picking Out and Commenting on Details
Themes and Conventions
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A haiku
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Types of Poetry
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What type of poem is this? The mighty river Crashing and flowing quickly Cutting the landscape
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What does PEE stand for? 10
Retrieving Information
Retrieving Information
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• Point – state your point. • Evidence – give evidence for your point (usually as a quotation). • Explain – explain your reasons for your point, based on your evidence.
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Is this sentence fact or opinion opinion? Harry drew a good picture.
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Fact and Opinion
Fact and Opinion
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Opinion (Some people might think Harry’s picture is good, but others might not.) 11
What does form mean when looking at texts? 12
Comparing Texts
Comparing Texts
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The kind of texts you are looking at, for example, a poem, a novel, a newspaper article, a letter, etc.
12
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It’s, too and our:
It’s / Its going to be too / to late for us to eat are / our 13 dinner.
Homophones
Homophones
Which are the correct homophones to use in this sentence?
It’s going to be too late for us to eat our dinner.
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Spell these words correctly: nesesary conseince definatly 14
Common Misspellings
Common Misspellings
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necessary conscience definitely 14
In this sentence, does the cat belong to one of Miryam’s friends or more than one of Miryam’s friends? Miryam took her friends’ cat to see the vet.
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Apostrophes
Apostrophes
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The possessive apostrophe is after the s, so it belongs to more than one friend. 15
What are the silent letters in these words? island science 16 unknown
Silent Letters
Silent Letters
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Island – silent s Science – silent c Unknown – silent k 16
Which words are spelt incorrectly in this sentence? On Tewsday we set off on a jurny to see our frends. 17
One-off and Irregular Spellings
One-off and Irregular Spellings
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Tuesday, journey and friends: On Tuesday we set off on a journey to see our friends. 17
Which of these words is a synonym for upset? happy elated sad overjoyed 18 uncomfortable
Using a Thesaurus
Using a Thesaurus
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sad 18
What is personification? personification 19
Learning from Other Writers
Learning from Other Writers
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Why is it important to think about audience and purpose before starting your writing? 20
Audience and Purpose
Audience and Purpose
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When a writer gives something human, or living, characteristics. 19 Who you are writing for and why you are writing help you to produce writing that is appropriate and uses the correct language techniques and 20 level of formality.
Give two examples of conjunctions that show changes in time.
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Paragraphs
Paragraphs
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Examples include: • Firstly • Previously • After a while • Later
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What part of a story plot is the climax climax? 22
Settings, Character and Plot
Settings, Character and Plot
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The most exciting or suspense-filled part of a story story. 22
What is meant by the term genre genre? 23
Organising and Planning Your Writing
Organising and Planning Your Writing
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The style or ‘category’ that a piece of writing falls into, for example, adventure, science fiction, romance.
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A shortened summary of a longer piece of writing. 24
Précis
Précis
What is a précis précis?
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Why is it important to proof-read your writing? 25
Proof-reading
Proof-reading
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So that you can correct any grammar, punctuation and spelling mistakes, and check that your writing makes sense.
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What tense and person is this sentence written in? Khalid and Thomas enjoyed the school trip.
The past tense and the third person person. 26
Verbs
Verbs
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What is the adverb and the modal verb in this sentence? The children will happily eat their lunch.
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Adverbs and Modal Verbs
Adverbs and Modal Verbs
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The adverb is happily and the modal verb is will. 27
Where should the comma be placed in this sentence? The cat went into the garden where it liked to sleep.
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Commas
Commas
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Between garden and where: The cat went into the garden, where it liked to sleep. 28
Where should the hyphens and brackets be placed in this sentence? He has a four year old daughter, who sings and dances a lot not very well!
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Hyphens, Dashes and Brackets
Hyphens, Dashes and Brackets
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He has a four-year-old daughter, who sings and dances a lot (not very well!) 29
Is the semi-colon used correctly in this sentence? I don’t want to; get out of bed yet I’m tired.
30
Semi-colons and Colons
Semi-colons and Colons
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No. It should be placed between yet and I’m: I don’t want to get out of bed yet; I’m tired. 30
Which words in this sentence are part of the noun phrase phrase? My mum is going on a fabulous holiday to Australia.
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Noun Phrases
Noun Phrases
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a fabulous holiday to Australia 31
Root Words
Root Words
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organise (dis- is a prefix and –ed is a suffix suffix.) 1
Add a prefix to the word changed to make a word that means not changed. 2
The prefix un- means not so add this to make unchanged. Prefixes
Prefixes
KS2 Revision English
2
What word type is a word likely to be if it ends in the suffix -ful? 3 KS2 Revision English
Which word in this sentence is the conjunction conjunction? Sophie went shopping because she wanted 4 some new shoes.
Suffixes
An adjective adjective, for example, beautiful, wonderful.
Structure and Organisation
Structure and Organisation
Suffixes
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3
because 4
Which of the following words is an antonym for cold? cool chilly hot coldest mild 5
Using Dictionaries
Using Dictionaries
KS2 Revision English
hot 5
Which of the following prose? are types of prose Limericks Novels Biographies Sonnets Magazine articles
6
Prose Genres
Prose Genres
KS2 Revision English
Novels, biographies and magazine articles 6
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What is the difference between summarising and evaluating evaluating? 8
Themes and Conventions
7
Picking Out and Commenting on Details
What is a theme in a piece of writing?
An idea that is developed throughout the piece of writing. There can be a number of themes in a piece of writing.
Summarising involves picking out the main details and putting them into a shorter version in your own words. Evaluating involves making a judgement on something and giving reasons for your judgement. 8
Types of Poetry
Picking Out and Commenting on Details
Themes and Conventions
KS2 Revision English
A haiku
7
Types of Poetry
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What type of poem is this? The mighty river Crashing and flowing quickly Cutting the landscape
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9
What does PEE stand for? 10
Retrieving Information
Retrieving Information
KS2 Revision English
• Point – state your point. • Evidence – give evidence for your point (usually as a quotation). • Explain – explain your reasons for your point, based on your evidence.
10
Is this sentence fact or opinion opinion? Harry drew a good picture.
11
Fact and Opinion
Fact and Opinion
KS2 Revision English
Opinion (Some people might think Harry’s picture is good, but others might not.) 11
What does form mean when looking at texts? 12
Comparing Texts
Comparing Texts
KS2 Revision English
The kind of texts you are looking at, for example, a poem, a novel, a newspaper article, a letter, etc.
12
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It’s, too and our:
It’s / Its going to be too / to late for us to eat are / our 13 dinner.
Homophones
Homophones
Which are the correct homophones to use in this sentence?
It’s going to be too late for us to eat our dinner.
13
Spell these words correctly: nesesary conseince definatly 14
Common Misspellings
Common Misspellings
KS2 Revision English
necessary conscience definitely 14
In this sentence, does the cat belong to one of Miryam’s friends or more than one of Miryam’s friends? Miryam took her friends’ cat to see the vet.
15
Apostrophes
Apostrophes
KS2 Revision English
The possessive apostrophe is after the s, so it belongs to more than one friend. 15
What are the silent letters in these words? island science 16 unknown
Silent Letters
Silent Letters
KS2 Revision English
Island – silent s Science – silent c Unknown – silent k 16
Which words are spelt incorrectly in this sentence? On Tewsday we set off on a jurny to see our frends. 17
One-off and Irregular Spellings
One-off and Irregular Spellings
KS2 Revision English
Tuesday, journey and friends: On Tuesday we set off on a journey to see our friends. 17
Which of these words is a synonym for upset? happy elated sad overjoyed 18 uncomfortable
Using a Thesaurus
Using a Thesaurus
KS2 Revision English
sad 18
What is personification? personification 19
Learning from Other Writers
Learning from Other Writers
KS2 Revision English
Why is it important to think about audience and purpose before starting your writing? 20
Audience and Purpose
Audience and Purpose
KS2 Revision English
When a writer gives something human, or living, characteristics. 19 Who you are writing for and why you are writing help you to produce writing that is appropriate and uses the correct language techniques and 20 level of formality.
Give two examples of conjunctions that show changes in time.
21
Paragraphs
Paragraphs
KS2 Revision English
Examples include: • Firstly • Previously • After a while • Later
21
What part of a story plot is the climax climax? 22
Settings, Character and Plot
Settings, Character and Plot
KS2 Revision English
The most exciting or suspense-filled part of a story story. 22
What is meant by the term genre genre? 23
Organising and Planning Your Writing
Organising and Planning Your Writing
KS2 Revision English
The style or ‘category’ that a piece of writing falls into, for example, adventure, science fiction, romance.
23
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A shortened summary of a longer piece of writing. 24
Précis
Précis
What is a précis précis?
24
Why is it important to proof-read your writing? 25
Proof-reading
Proof-reading
KS2 Revision English
So that you can correct any grammar, punctuation and spelling mistakes, and check that your writing makes sense.
25
What tense and person is this sentence written in? Khalid and Thomas enjoyed the school trip.
The past tense and the third person person. 26
Verbs
Verbs
KS2 Revision English
26
What is the adverb and the modal verb in this sentence? The children will happily eat their lunch.
27
Adverbs and Modal Verbs
Adverbs and Modal Verbs
KS2 Revision English
The adverb is happily and the modal verb is will. 27
Where should the comma be placed in this sentence? The cat went into the garden where it liked to sleep.
28
Commas
Commas
KS2 Revision English
Between garden and where: The cat went into the garden, where it liked to sleep. 28
Where should the hyphens and brackets be placed in this sentence? He has a four year old daughter, who sings and dances a lot not very well!
29
Hyphens, Dashes and Brackets
Hyphens, Dashes and Brackets
KS2 Revision English
He has a four-year-old daughter, who sings and dances a lot (not very well!) 29
Is the semi-colon used correctly in this sentence? I don’t want to; get out of bed yet I’m tired.
30
Semi-colons and Colons
Semi-colons and Colons
KS2 Revision English
No. It should be placed between yet and I’m: I don’t want to get out of bed yet; I’m tired. 30
Which words in this sentence are part of the noun phrase phrase? My mum is going on a fabulous holiday to Australia.
31
Noun Phrases
Noun Phrases
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a fabulous holiday to Australia 31
