Perton Middle School
Summer Holiday
English Practice
Nouns
A proper noun is the name of a specific item, person or place and will
always begin with a capital letter no matter where it occurs in a
sentence. Examples: Paris, Tuesday and August.
A common noun is a noun that refers to a person or thing and doesn’t
need a capital letter. Examples: chair, friend and holiday.
A collective noun is a noun used to define a group of objects, people or
animals. Examples: a bouquet of flowers or a pride of lions.
Abstract nouns are nouns which are the names of ideas, feelings or
qualities. Examples: courage, imagination and love.
Your Turn
Create spidergrams showing five more examples of the
noun types above.
Adjectives
An adjective describes the noun.
Underline the adjectives in the descriptions below.
The soft bear.
The clever owl.
The bright, shiny star.
The happy child.
The beautiful flowers.
The angry rabbit.
Find the adjectives to finish the sentences.
The man is …
She is a …
girl.
It is a
van.
The boy was very …
I have a
dog.
tall hat
pin clever
mat big
will tall
small wall
Look at the words you haven’t used. What type of words are they?
3. Choose 3 adjectives (be adventurous) and write a sentence for each
of them.
Verbs
Verbs are action or doing words. The ending of a verb could
change depending on whether it is referring to the past, present or
future. Example: ran and running.
Add exciting verbs to complete the poem.
It was so quiet that I heard
An ant __________ across the lawn
It was so quiet that I heard
A leaf ____________onto the floor
It was so quiet that I heard
A raindrop __________down the window pane
It was so quiet that I heard
A mouse ___________across the floor
It was so quiet that I heard
A child_________in her bedroom
It was so quiet that I heard
The wind ___________ down the road
It was so quiet that I heard
A man ____________in the street
It was so quiet that I heard
The trees ___________ on the window
It was so quiet that I heard
________________________________________
It was so quiet that I heard
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It was so quiet that I heard
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It was so quiet that I heard
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Complete the grid and add some verbs of your own.
Verb
Past
Present
future
To eat
ate
eating
eat
To sleep
To cry
To fly
To play
Adverbs
Adverbs are words that describe verbs in a sentence (they
explain how something is done. Examples: quickly,
happily, willingly.
Underline the adverbs in the sentences below.
When the teacher explained, the class happily got on with their work.
After falling over, the boy gingerly tested his leg on the ground.
He quickly jumped on his horse and bravely rode into battle.
Now come up with 3 sentences of your own that use at
least one adverb.
Synonyms
Synonyms are words that have a similar meaning to each
other. Example: some synonyms for big are huge,
massive, vast, colossal.
How many synonyms can you come up with for the words
below?
Small
Pretty
Great
Prepositions
Prepositions are words that suggest place or time in a sentence and are
usually are found in front of a noun. Examples: under, over, behind, since,
during, until.
Underline the prepositions in these sentences.
We walked under the bridge.
Everyone stayed quiet during assembly.
The station master walked onto the platform.
Since we broke up from school, I have read 5 books!
We watched the Wolves win and after we went to Macdonalds.
Holiday Reading Record
During the holiday, record any books you read. House
points will be awarded at the start of term to recognise
your great efforts!
Book title
Date
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