5 - 10 Minute Grammar Activities

The Autumn activities focus on securing the foundations of sentence writing, including sentence structure, capital letters and full stops. Short, practical activities help children revisit these essential skills regularly and build confidence over time.

Sort the Sentences

Help children build a secure understanding of sentence structure by sorting groups of words into sentences and not sentences. These engaging activities are perfect for quick grammar practice, interventions or practical sorting tasks.

Sort the Sentences 1

Sort the Sentences 2

Sort the Sentences 3

Sort the Sentences 4

Sort the Sentences 5

Spot the Subject

Help children develop a secure understanding of sentence structure by confidently identifying the subject in a sentence. Children find the person or thing doing the action by circling the subject or covering it with a counter.

Spot the Subject 1

Spot the Subject 2

Spot the Subject 3

Spot the Subject 4

Spot the Subject 5

Spot the Action

Help children develop a secure understanding of sentence structure by confidently identifying the action in a sentence. Children find what the subject is doing by circling the action or covering it with a counter.

Spot the Action 1

Spot the Action 2

Spot the Action 3

Spot the Action 4

Spot the Action 5

Who Did It?

Help children build confidence in constructing complete sentences by choosing and adding an appropriate subject. These simple activities reinforce the role of the subject and develop secure sentence structure.

Who Did It 1

Who Did It 2

Who Did It 3

Who Did It 4

Who Did It 5

What Did They Do?

Help children develop their understanding of verbs with this simple sentence completion activity. Children add an action or being word to each sentence, encouraging them to think about the words needed to make a complete sentence.