This activity helps children practise forming and recognising the past progressive tense. Pupils complete tasks such as circling the correct verb form, identifying sentences written in the past progressive tense and rewriting sentences to show an action that was happening… Read More »Past Progressive Tense Objective Starters
This activity helps children practise recognising and forming the present progressive tense. The tasks guide pupils to spot sentences in the present progressive, circle the correct verb forms and rewrite sentences to show actions happening now. It is ideal for… Read More »Present Progressive Tense Objective Starter
This activity helps children practise adding the common suffixes ‘er’, ‘ing’ and ‘ed’ to root words. Pupils are asked to complete sentences, circle the correct option and rewrite words with each suffix. Tasks like these build spelling confidence and show… Read More »Suffixes ‘er’, ‘ed’ and ‘ing’ Objective Starters
This activity is designed to help children understand when and how to use question marks correctly. Pupils will practise spotting mistakes, deciding whether sentences need a full stop or a question mark and writing their own questions. The task encourages… Read More »Question Mark Objective Starters
This activity helps children practise using the suffixes ‘er’ and ‘est’ to compare and describe. Pupils are encouraged to spot mistakes, decide which sentences are correct and then complete sentences by adding the correct ending. The tasks build an understanding… Read More »Suffixes ‘er’ or ‘est’ Objective Starters
This activity introduces children to the prefix un, helping them understand how it changes the meaning of a root word. Pupils practise by circling words that can take the prefix, rewriting sentences with the prefix added and matching new words… Read More »Prefix ‘un’ Objective Starters
This activity helps children practise recognising and forming plural nouns correctly. Pupils are asked to spot and correct mistakes, complete missing plurals and rewrite words accurately. The mix of tasks ensures they can apply their knowledge in different contexts, from… Read More »Plural Nouns Objective Starters
This activity helps children practise using the conjunction ‘and’ to join ideas together and build longer, more complete sentences. Pupils are asked to tick the correct sentences, add in the missing word and rewrite short sentences so that they flow… Read More »Joining Sentences Using ‘and’ Objective Starters
This activity helps children practise recognising where full stops should go to show the end of a sentence. Pupils will spot sentences that have been stuck together, add in missing full stops, tick the correct use and rewrite sentences so… Read More »Full Stops Objective Starters
This activity helps children understand how and when to use exclamation marks correctly. Pupils are encouraged to spot sentences that use exclamation marks in the right way, decide whether a sentence needs an exclamation mark or a question mark and… Read More »Exclamation Marks Objective Starters
