English National Curriculum KS3 Spellings

1 diary

2 lonely

3 peaceful

4 remember

5 secondary

6 soldier

7 Saturday

8 beautiful

9 health

10 chocolate

11 interesting

12 autumn

13 climb

14 daughter

15 women

16 height

17 lovely

18 people

19 Wednesday

20 environment

21 modern

22 material

23 reaction

24 strength

25 evidence

26 safety

27 pattern

28 listening

29 diamond

30 technology

31 February

32 atmosphere

33 nervous

34 weight

35 physical

36 straight

37 surprise

38 conclusion

39 design

40 energy

41 argument

42 knowledge

43 original

44 parallel

45 happened

46 consequence

47 concentration

48 disappear

49 imaginary

50 accommodation

51 actually

52 evaluation

53 audience

54 texture

55 guard

56 enquire

57 continuous

58 development

59 persuade

60 reference

61 participation

62 disappoint

63 assessment

64 explanation

65 strategy

66 sequence

67 process

68 research

69 success

70 marriage

71 murmur

72 survey

73 necessary

74 alcohol

75 jealous

76 business

77 possession

78 meanwhile

79 fulfil

80 beginning

81 weird

82 potential

83 technique

84 sincerely

85 relief

86 unfortunately

87 skilful

88 interrupt

89 receive

90 queue

91 analyse

92 conscience

93 resources

94 embarrass

95 analysis

96 believe

97 prioritise

98 questionnaire

99 outrageous

100 miscellaneous

English National Curriculum KS3 Spellings

1 diary

2 lonely

3 peaceful

4 remember

5 secondary

6 soldier

7 Saturday

8 beautiful

9 health

10 chocolate

11 interesting

12 autumn

13 climb

14 daughter

15 women

16 height

17 lovely

18 people

19 Wednesday

20 environment

21 modern

22 material

23 reaction

24 strength

25 evidence

26 safety

27 pattern

28 listening

29 diamond

30 technology

31 February

32 atmosphere

33 nervous

34 weight

35 physical

36 straight

37 surprise

38 conclusion

39 design

40 energy

41 argument

42 knowledge

43 original

44 parallel

45 happened

46 consequence

47 concentration

48 disappear

49 imaginary

50 accommodation

Grammar Definitions Learn them for the exam!

Noun

A person, place or thing.

Non-count Noun

A noun that cannot be counted; sheep, water, fish.

Count Noun

A noun which can be counted and made plural; pens, desks, pictures.

Abstract Noun

A noun which cannot be seen or touched; joy, democracy, love.

Proper Noun

A noun which has a capital letter; Ra-chel, Birmingham, ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’.

Concrete Noun

A noun which can be seen or touched; carpet, book, bag.

Verb

A word which suggests an action or a state of being; to run, to sit, to prioritise, to be, to have.

Adjective

A word which describes a noun; pink,clear, quiet, exciting.

Comparative Adjective

An adjective which compares and has an ‘-er’ ending; better, faster, stronger, quicker, paler.

Superlative Adjective

An adjective which is superior to all oth-ers and has an ‘-est’ ending; best, brightest, loudest, safest.

Preposition

A position word; to, from, over, under, between, behind, at, in, on, above.

Adverb

A word which adds detail to a verb; suddenly, quickly, basically, nicely.

Personal Pronoun

A word which refers to a person or thing instead of using a name; he, she, it, we, I, they.

Possessive Pronoun

A word which shows an object belongs to someone; his, hers, theirs, my.

Conjunction

A word which joins two parts of a sen-tence together; and, but, or, however, therefore, because.

Skills Test Revision: Colour the Word Classes

Rapidly shoal Because Keyring Wanted Necklace Grubby

Poisonous Immediately Wooden Stroll alongside Playing Table

Banana Dropped Impatiently Glittery Sticky Insect Christmas

plastic astonishing tray Font Wig Speckled hungrily

before Daffodil Moon Shakespeare Green Overhead Reading

Tidy family Tuesday Golden Weatherhead swarm noisily

Katherine team wish Annoying Evil Lunchbox curiously

Adjectives – Red

Verbs – Blue

Proper Nouns – purple

Common nouns – green

Collective nouns – yellow

Prepositions – pink

Adverbs – brown

Conjunctions - orange

Look at the made up words – can you tell if they are nouns,

verbs or adjectives?

The BFG looked at Sophie and smiled, showing about twenty of his

square white teeth,

“Yesterday‟ he said „We was not believing in giants was we?‟ Today we

is not believing in snozzcumbers. Just because we happen to not have

actually seen something with our own two little winkles, we think it is

not existing. What about for instance the great squizzly scotch

hopper?”

“I beg your pardon?” Sophie said

“And the humplecrimp?”

“What‟s that?” Sophie Said

“And the wraprascal?”

“The what?” Sophie Said

“And the crumpscoddle?”

“Are they all animals” Sophie said.

“They is Common animals,” said the BFG contemptuously. “I is not a

very know-all giant myself, but it seems to me that you is a know-

nothing human bean. Your brain is full of rotten wool.”

“You mean cotton wool?” Sophie said.

Read the story carefully. Fill in the blanks putting VERBS and

ADVERBS in the right places.

Imogene ……. angrily into her bedroom, ……… the door behind her. She had

just had the worst day of her life! Her best friend Emily had ……… flour

at her in front of the whole class. When she ……. Emily why afterwards,

Emily said it was because Imogene had ……… her favourite dress at Lucy’s

party last week. Imogene ……. ……..on the bed, put her head in her hands

and ……. ……… What was she going to do? She had been so cross with Emily

that she hadn’t been able to …….. to her ………. about it.

Imogene decided to ……….. Emily on the telephone to ……. about it …….. She

……… down the stairs …………. After three rings Emily ……… up the

telephone.

“Can we be friends again?” Imogene asked.

“OK, I’m sorry that I ……flour at you.” Said Emily.

“Let’s never ……. friends again.” Said Imogene ………

“I’ll …….. agree with that” Said Emily.

Cried Properly Break Speak Thrown Ruined Gladly Ring Sat Talk Quietly Noisily Flew

Cheerfully Miserably Slamming Asked Calmly Picked Stormed Threw.

Read the following passage and add the correct punctuation:

the day after my birthday party kipper found a soggy blue balloon

in the garden it was odd because the balloons at my party were

red and white i blew it up at first i thought it was just an

ordinary balloon but now i am not so sure it is shiny and squeaky

and you can make rude noises with it and if you give it a rub you

can stick it on the ceiling just like an ordinary balloon but there is

something odd about my balloon it doesn’t matter how much you

blow it up it just goes on getting bigger and bigger you see it

never bursts never ever i have squeezed it squashed it and

whacked it with a stick i have kicked it run it over and stretched

it and kipper has attacked it but it is indestructible

Task 1: Read the extract from ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ and add the correct punctuation marks.

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Chapter One

Bruno Makes a Discovery

one afternoon when Bruno came home from school he was surprised to find Maria the familys maid who always kept her head bowed and never looked up from the carpet standing in his bedroom pulling all his belongings out of the wardrobe and packing them in four large wooden crates even the things that hed hidden at the back that belonged to him and were nobody elses business what are you doing he asked in as polite a tone as he could muster for although he wasn’t happy to come home and find someone going through his possessions his mother had always told him that he was to treat Maria respectfully and not just imitate the way father spoke to her You take your hands off my things maria shook her head and pointed towards the staircase behind him where Brunos mother had just appeared She was a tall woman with long red hair that she bundled into a sort of net behind her head and she was twisting her hands together nervously as if there was something she didn’t want to have to say or something she didnt want to have to believe mother said Bruno marching towards her whats going on Why is Maria going through my things

shes packing them explained Mother. packing them he asked, running quickly through the events of the previous few days to consider whether hed been particularly naughty or had used those words out loud that he wasn’t allowed to use and was being sent away because of it. He couldnt think of anything though In fact over the last few days he had behaved in a perfectly decent manner to everyone and couldnt remember causing any chaos at all Why he asked them What have I done mother walked into her own bedroom by then but Lars the butler was in there packing her things too She sighed and threw her hands in the air in frustration before marching back to the staircase followed by Bruno who wasnt going to let the matter drop without an explanation. mother he is insisted Whats going on Are we moving come downstairs with me said Mother leading the way towards the large dining room where the Fury had been to dinner the week before Well talk down here bruno ran downstairs and even passed her on the staircase so that he was waiting in the dining room when she arrived He looked at her without anything for a moment and had thought to himself that she couldnt have applied her make up correctly that morning because the rims of her eyes were more red than usual like his own after hed been causing chaos and got into trouble and ended up crying now you dont have to worry Bruno said Mother sitting in the chair where the beautiful blonde woman who had come to dinner with the Fury had sat and waved at him when Father

closed the doors In fact if anything its going to be a great adventure what is he asked Am I being sent away no not just you she said as if she might smile for a moment but thinking better of it We all are Your father and I Gretel and you All four of us bruno thought about this and frowned He wasnt particularly bothered if Gretel was being sent away because she was a Hopeless Case and caused nothing but trouble for him But it seemed a little unfair that they all had to go with her but where he asked Where are e going exactly Why cant we stay here your fathers job explained Mother You know how important it is dont you yes of course said Bruno nodding his head because there were always so many visitors to the house men in fantastic uniforms women with typewriters that he had to keep his mucky hands off – and they were always very polite to Father and told each other that he was a man to watch and that the Fury has big things in mind for him well sometimes when someone is very important continued Mother the man who employs him asks him to go somewhere else because there’s a very special job that needs doing there what kind of job asked Bruno because if he was honest with himself which he always tried to be he wasnt entirely sure what job Father did

in school they had talked about their fathers one day and Karl had said that his father was a greengrocer which Bruno knew to be true because he ran the greengrocers shop in the centre of town And Daniel had said that his father was a teacher which Bruno knew to be true because he taught the big boys who it was always wise to steer clear of And Martin had said that his father was a chef which Bruno knew to be true because he sometimes collected Martin from School and when he did he did he always wore a white smock and a tartan apron as if hed just stepped out of his kitchen but when they asked Bruno what his father did he opened his mouth to tell them, then realised that he didnt know himself All he could say was that his father was a man to watch and that the Fury had big things in mind for him Oh and that he had a fantastic uniform too it’s a very important job said Mother hesitating for a moment A job that needs a very special man to do it You can understand that cant you and we all have to go too asked Bruno Of course we do said Mother You wouldn’t want Father to go to his new job on his own and be lonely there would you I suppose not said Bruno father would miss us all terribly if we weren’t with him she added who would he miss the most asked Bruno Me of Gretel He would miss you both equally said Mother for she was such a great believer in not playing favourites which Bruno respected especially since he knew that he was her favourite really But what about our house asked Bruno

whos going to take care of it while were gone Mother sighed and looked around the room as if she might never see it again It was a very beautiful house and had five floors in total if you included the basement where Cook made all the food and Maria and Lars sat at the table arguing with each other and calling each other names that you weren’t supposed to use And if you added in the little room at the top of the house with the slanted windows where Bruno could see right across Berlin if he stood up on his tiptoes and held onto the frame tightly We have to close up the house for now said Mother But well come back to it someday And what about Cook asked Bruno And Lars and Maria Are they not going to line in it theyre coming with us explained Mother But thats enough questions for now Maybe you should go upstairs and help Maria with your packing Bruno stood up from the seat but didnt go anywhere There were just a few more questions he needed to put to her before he could allow the matter to be settled

Personal Pronouns Subject pronouns can be used to substitute a noun in the subject position in a sentence. Singular I You He She It Plural We You They Example: Martha works for a cellular company. She has to travel to Orlando every week. Note on usage: Keep in mind that a name or noun should be used first to establish a frame of reference in a conversation or a piece of writing. Exceptions to this rule would be in creative writing, story telling, or when using the pronouns you and I.

Possessive Pronouns Possessive pronouns are used to show possession. They are not used with an apostrophe or to modify a noun. They serve their purpose on their own. Singular Mine Yours His Hers Its Plural Ours Yours Theirs Examples: This scientific discovery is theirs. I want mine to go there.

Exercise: Identify the pronouns in the following sentences and work out

whether they are personal or possessive.

Bethany felt proud because she had scored 100% in her homework.

I walked to the park to meet my friend but she had already left.

My brother lost his calculator and asked to borrow mine.

Saskia and Carina boasted about their recent trip to the cinema.#

The dog licked its paws gently.

You should not make anyone feel uncomfortable.

I would like to see your new mobile phone.

Kelsey considered her options carefully before deciding that she did not want

another sandwich.

Dracula Theme Park

Reading Revision

Log onto SAM Learning (www.samlearning.com) and practise your comprehension skills.

Click on Activities then Key Stage 3 then English

then Reading then Reading Focus: Critical

Interpretation then Reading Assessments.

There are five texts to work through:

The Dreaded Day The Lost World Interview with a Vampire The Legend of the Vampire