English
Grammar, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, comprehension and more. From apostrophes to complex sentences, we build the foundations of confident written English.
Whole Curriculum Adaptation for English
Most learning apps adapt within a single topic – if your child struggles with a question, they see an easier one.
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If they're flying through apostrophes but finding subordinate clauses tricky, we'll adjust – not just within grammar, but across comprehension, spelling and vocabulary too.
The result is a learning journey that strengthens weaknesses without neglecting strengths, keeping your child challenged and motivated across the entire English curriculum.
Full curriculum coverage for English
Punctuation
7Punctuation helps us make sense of writing. It shows us where to pause, stop, or add extra meaning. We use different marks for different jobs – commas to break up ideas, apostrophes to show possession or missing letters, speech marks for talking, and colons, semi-colons, dashes, brackets and hyphens to link or explain. Full stops, question marks and exclamation marks bring sentences to a clear end.
Apostrophes
Learn when to use apostrophes for contractions (like don't and can't) and to show possession (like Sarah's book). You'll practise spotting where apostrophes are needed and using them correctly.
Brackets
Learn how to use brackets (parentheses) to add extra information to your sentences. Discover how brackets can make your writing clearer by showing which bits are extra details.
Colons, semi-colons and dashes
Learn to use colons to introduce lists and explanations, and semicolons to join related sentences together. These special punctuation marks help make your writing more sophisticated.
Commas
Learn where to place commas in sentences, including in lists, after introductory phrases, and around extra information. Commas help readers understand your meaning by showing where to pause.
Direct and reported speech
Learn how to punctuate dialogue correctly using speech marks, commas and capital letters. You'll practise writing what people say in stories.
Hyphens
Learn when to use hyphens to join words together, like in "ten-year-old" or "hands-on". Discover how hyphens can change meaning and make compound words.
Sentence punctuation
Master the basics of ending sentences correctly with full stops, question marks and exclamation marks. Learn which punctuation mark fits different types of sentences.
Reading Comprehension
5Reading Comprehension is all about understanding what you read. It's not just about reading the words themselves, it's about thinking carefully about their meaning. You'll explore different kinds of writing, like stories, plays, poems, factual texts and persuasive pieces. You'll practise spotting key details, working out what the writer means, and explaining your own ideas about the text.
Fiction
Read exciting stories and answer questions about characters, events and what happens next. You'll explore how authors create imaginary worlds and bring characters to life.
Non-fiction
Learn to read and understand factual texts about real topics like science, history and nature. Practise finding information and understanding how facts are presented.
Persuasive writing
Discover how writers try to convince readers of their opinions using clever techniques. Learn to spot persuasive language and understand different viewpoints.
Plays
Explore scripts and dramatic texts, learning how plays tell stories through dialogue and stage directions. Understand how characters speak and act on stage.
Poetry
Discover the magic of poems with their rhythm, rhyme and creative language. Learn how poets use words in special ways to create pictures and feelings.
Sentence Structure and Syntax
11Sentence Structure and Syntax is about how sentences are built and joined together. Think of it like building blocks: words form phrases, phrases form clauses, and clauses form sentences. You'll learn how to use conjunctions and other linking words, how to spot subjects and verbs, and how to make sure they agree. You'll also practise switching between active and passive voice, using capital letters correctly, and choosing the right style for formal or informal writing.
Active and passive voice
Learn the difference between "The cat chased the mouse" (active) and "The mouse was chased by the cat" (passive). Discover how to switch between these two ways of writing.
Capital letters
Master when to use capital letters for names, places, days of the week and sentence beginnings. Learn all the rules for making your writing correct.
Cohesive devices
Learn how to link your ideas smoothly using connecting words and phrases. Make your writing flow better with words like "however", "therefore" and "in addition".
Conjunctions
Master joining words like 'and', 'but', 'because' and 'although' to connect ideas in sentences. Learn how these little words make big differences to meaning.
Formal and informal writing
Discover the difference between casual chatty language and formal polite language. Learn when to use each style in your writing.
Main clauses
Understand the main part of a sentence that makes complete sense on its own. Learn to spot the essential building blocks of every sentence.
Phrases
Explore groups of words that work together as a team in sentences. Learn about noun phrases, verb phrases and prepositional phrases.
Shuffled sentences
Practise putting jumbled words in the correct order to make proper sentences. Build your understanding of how English sentences are structured.
Subject and verb agreement
Learn to match singular and plural subjects with the right verb forms. Master rules like "she walks" but "they walk".
Subjects and objects
Identify who or what is doing the action (subject) and who or what receives it (object). Understand the key players in every sentence.
Subordinate clauses
Learn about the parts of sentences that add extra information but can't stand alone. Master using 'when', 'if', 'because' and 'although' clauses.
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Tense and Verb Forms
3Tense and Verb Forms show us when something happens and how it is happening. You'll learn how to use simple past, present and future tenses, as well as perfect and progressive forms to show actions that are finished, ongoing or repeated. You'll also meet the subjunctive mood, which is used in special situations like wishes or possibilities. Understanding tenses helps your writing stay clear, accurate and consistent.
Perfect and progressive tenses
Master verb forms like "have eaten", "had finished", "is running" and "was playing". Learn how these tenses show completed actions and ongoing activities.
Simple past, present and future tenses
Learn the three basic tenses: I walked (past), I walk (present), I will walk (future). Understand how to show when things happen in your writing.
Subjunctive mood
Discover special verb forms used for wishes, suggestions and imaginary situations. Learn phrases like "If I were..." and "I suggest that he go...".
Vocabulary and Word Knowledge
8Vocabulary and Word Knowledge is all about exploring how words work. You'll discover how words are built with prefixes and suffixes, how compound words join together, and how silent letters can change spelling. You'll learn about homonyms, homophones and homographs, and how synonyms and antonyms give words different shades of meaning. You'll also practise working out word definitions and recognising common letter strings.
Compound words
Discover how two words join together to make new ones, like "playground", "butterfly" and "toothbrush". Learn to spot and create compound words.
Homonyms, homographs and homophones
Explore words that sound the same (like "there" and "their") or look the same but have different meanings. Master these tricky words that often confuse people!
Letter strings
Practise common spelling patterns and letter combinations like "ough", "tion" and "ight". Build confidence with tricky spellings.
Prefixes
Learn how word beginnings like "un-", "re-", "pre-" and "dis-" change word meanings. Discover how prefixes can transform words into their opposites or give them new meanings.
Silent letters
Master words with letters you write but don't say, like the "k" in "knife" or the "b" in "thumb". Learn the spelling rules for these sneaky silent letters.
Suffixes
Explore word endings like "-ful", "-less", "-ment" and "-ly" that change how words work. Learn how suffixes can turn verbs into nouns or adjectives into adverbs.
Synonyms and antonyms
Build your vocabulary by learning words with similar meanings (synonyms) and opposite meanings (antonyms). Make your writing more interesting with varied word choices.
Word definitions
Practise understanding and explaining what different words mean. Build your vocabulary and learn to work out meanings from context clues.
Word Classes
10Word Classes are the groups that words belong to, depending on the job they do in a sentence. You'll learn about nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, as well as determiners, prepositions and modal verbs. You'll also explore plurals, relative pronouns, and how adjectives can compare things using the comparative and superlative forms. Knowing word classes helps you choose the right words and build stronger, more accurate sentences.
Adjectives
Learn about describing words that tell us more about nouns, like "big", "red", "happy" and "ancient". Make your writing more colourful and detailed with adjectives.
Adverbs
Discover words that describe verbs, adjectives or other adverbs, like "quickly", "very" and "carefully". Learn how adverbs answer questions like how, when and where.
Comparative and superlative adjectives
Master comparing things using words like "bigger", "biggest", "more beautiful" and "most beautiful". Learn the rules for making comparisons correctly.
Determiners
Learn about words like "the", "a", "this", "some" and "every" that come before nouns. Understand how these little words help specify which things we're talking about.
Modal verbs
Explore special verbs like "can", "should", "might" and "must" that show possibility, ability or necessity. Learn how modal verbs change the meaning of sentences.
Nouns
Master naming words for people, places, things and ideas. Learn about common nouns, proper nouns, concrete nouns and abstract nouns.
Plurals
Learn how to make one thing into many, including tricky plurals like "children", "mice" and "sheep". Master the spelling rules for adding -s and -es.
Prepositions
Learn about position and direction words like "in", "on", "under", "beside" and "through". Understand how prepositions show relationships between things.
Pronouns and relative pronouns
Master words that replace nouns, like "he", "she", "it", "they", "who" and "which". Learn how pronouns make writing less repetitive and more fluent.
Verbs
Explore action words (run, jump, think) and being words (is, are, was). Learn how verbs are the engine of every sentence, showing what happens or what exists.
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