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Creepy Verbs and Adverbs in Super Stories

Transform a boring horror story into a bestseller by selecting effective verbs and adverbs to increase its impact and make it more exciting. Select illustrations that highlight the horror as the story of the Sea Cave unfolds.

7-11 year olds
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What is an adverb?

This site explains how adverbs work and there is an interactive game where you need to find the adverbs in sentences.

7-9 year olds
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What is a fronted adverbial?

A short video which explains fronted adverbials and how they are used in sentences.

7-9 year olds
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Points of View Newspaper Report

Witnesses to accidents can see different things. Read and listen to two witness reports of a skateboarding accident, and learn about how journalists structure newspaper reports and use verbs, adverbial phrases and pronouns to create an effect.

7-11 year olds
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Skillswise Word Grammar

Games, short videos and quizzes from the BBC to help adults improve their knowledge of parts of speech such as nouns, adjectives and the like. The games are useful for children too.

7-16 year olds
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Grammar Slammer

Rules and tips to help you write your best. Glossary of grammatical terms.

11-16 year olds
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Finish the Story: Bushfire

Edit the comic book adventure called Bushfire to make the story more interesting. Choose a conclusion for the story and then improve the grammar by looking changing nouns to pronouns, by adding adverbs and choosing saying verbs.

7-11 year olds
Pupils
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