Steps to SPAG success… - Ellingham Primary School

Steps to SPAG success…
When should you use an or a?
What affect do the suffixes ful or
less have to the word class?
What are connectives?
What do different connectives do
Was/were is/are
What is a superlative and how
can you spot one?
When do you use these?
What is an adjective?
How can you spot one?
What is a modal verb?
What is a comma?
When should it be used?
How can you tell?
What is the difference between a
question, a statement, a command
or an exclamation?
What is the difference between
past, present or future tense?
How can we change the tense of
words?
What is a subordinate clause?
How can you spot one?
What are inverted commas?
When should they be used?
What sort of punctuation do you
use to show where a sentence
ends? What is the difference
between them?
What are the rules for punctuating
direct speech?
How can we change a passive
sentence to active? Or vice
versa?
What is an adverb and how can
you spot one?
When should capital letters be
used?
What is an apostrophe?
When should it be used?
When should brackets, hyphens
or pairs of commas be used?
What is a semi-colon and when
should it be used?
What is a synonym?
What is a contraction?
What is a noun?
Can you change a question into a
statement or a statement into a
question?
What is a homograph?
How many different homographs
do you know?
What is a proper noun?
What is a preposition?
What is an antonym?
What is a main clause and how
can you spot one?
What is a homophone?
How many different homophones
do you know?
What are prefixes?
How many different ones do you
know?
What are their jobs?
How can you change direct
speech into reported speech?
How can you change reported
speech into direct speech?
What is a suffix?
How many different suffixes do
you know?
What is their effect?
What is the difference between a
phrase and a clause?
When do you add s or es to make
a word a plural?
What is a colon and when should
it be used?
What is a verb?
You are a SPAG superstar!!!