Year 7

Grammar booklet 1
and tasks

Introduction and key points

to remember
Nouns and verbs
Key points to remember in English:
Tips on learning spellings
Write out the word correctly a few times. Then see if you can write it out three times correctly
without looking. If not, keep practising!

• Get someone to test you. Can you visualise the spelling and speak the letters at the same
time?
• Do you know the meaning of the word? You will need to for the written task. Check the
word’s meaning in a dictionary, online or through a dictionary app.
• Write, cover, check.
• Say it as it is spelled.
• Learn a spelling rule e.g. i before e, except after c.
Weird ways to learn your spellings!
Rainbow Words - spell words using different coloured pens or pencils for each letter.
Small/Medium/Large Words - write the word using the smallest letters you can possibly write,
then doing it normal sized and finally jumbo sized.
Scrabble Spelling - use scrabble pieces to build words.
Sing - Use whatever song or beat you like, but a simple B-I-N-G-O like song & some clapping works
wonders, especially on the first day of practising words.
Record – Record yourself and listen back to you spelling words.
Make a Video - use your phone to take some quick video of you spelling the target words.

Grammar Tips
There, their and they’re They’re over there, talking with their friends.
To, too and two I was too late to catch the two o’clock film.
Its and it’s Look at that dog. It’s over there on its own
Effect or affect My work was affected by the effects of glandular fever
Your and you’re You’re amazing at tidying your room.
Could have/should have. Not
She could have won her race, and she should have.
‘of’

Here and hear Come over here, you can hear the music better.

Structure and Paragraphing

 You need to organise and structure your work. It should be in clear, appropriate steps. If it's
muddled, it will confuse the reader.
 Think about the beginning - will it interest other people? Will it make them sit up and take
notice?
 Remember to use a new paragraph for a new time, place, topic or person.
 The ending is not just when you stop writing - you need to make it memorable and as
interesting as the start.
 Word Classes/Parts of Speech

Noun – A naming word: tree, Bob, pen.

Verb – A doing or action word, e.g. walk, be, say.

Adjective – Describes a noun: blue, big, thin.

Adverb – Describes a verb: quietly, fast.

Preposition – Describes position: behind, in, after

Pronoun – Replaces a noun: he, she, you, I.

Definite article – The word ‘the’.

Indefinite article – The words ‘a’ and ‘an’

Nouns

• A noun is a naming word.

• Common nouns are names of people, places or things: a girl, the park, a dragon.
• A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place or thing. Proper nouns
begin with capital letters: France, Jenny.
• A collective noun is the name of a group of things or people: a swarm of bees, an army,
a flock.
• An abstract noun is the name of a feeling or an idea: love, jealousy, anger
• It is usually possible to put an “article” such as “a”, “an” or “the” before
common, collective or abstract nouns.

Look at the box of nouns below. Copy and complete the chart by sorting the nouns from
the box into the chart. (Remember, proper nouns have a capital!)

Jamila doctor
Wednesday Mars
park bus
desk pyramid
One Direction Supermarket

Unscramble the words from the box to find clues to the following questions. They are all
proper nouns so make sure you use a capital letter and check your spelling!
a) The name of the biggest desert in Africa.
b) A famous ruler of Ancient Egypt whose tomb contained a uaaukttnmn aashra
golden bed. c) People in live in Norway. ifeelf naernwgois
d) The river that flows through London. hmetas hrdnbeing
e) A large metal tower in Paris.
f) The capital of Scotland.
Find the collective nouns for ‘a lot of’ in these examples. Use the dictionary to help.
a. A lot of cattle (h___)
b. A lot of fish (s____)
c. A lot of people about to riot (m__)
d. A lot of ships (f____)
e. A lot of soldiers (a___)
f. A lot of wolves (p___)

List all the abstract nouns in the sentences below.

1. The head teacher asked all the students to think about the importance of friendship.
2. When I looked at the new mother, her love for her new born baby was obvious.
3. He looked at the pile of money with greed in his eyes, and then he tried to grab it.
4. He patted his full stomach with satisfaction after he finished eating his dinner.
5. Her eyes were full of hope as she asked her mum to let her keep the puppy.
Write a sentence using at least one common noun, one proper noun and one abstract
noun.

Homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled differently)

1. bear bare
2. boys buoys
3. break brake
4. buy bye
5. drawer draw
6. hear here
7. hour our
8. night knight Choose ten homophones and write a
sentence for each, showing you
9. dye die
know the meaning of the word. Use
10. heel heal
a dictionary to look up the meaning
11. peace piece
if you are unsure.
12. keys quays
13. rain reign
14. rowed road rode
15. scent sent
16. site sight
17. through threw
18. waste waist
19. wear where
20. weather whether
Verbs

Every sentence must have a VERB. A sentence does NOT MAKE SENSE without one. A verb
may be an ‘ACTION’ word or a BEING’ word.

In the example below, the first verb is an ‘ACTION’ verb, and the second verb is a BEING
word.
• The TENSE of a verb tells you WHEN the action took place in time e.g. The
dog chased the boy. The boy was terrified.
• I am driving my
car in the country. This is happening NOW, so the verb is in the
PRESENT tense.
• Yesterday I drove my car in the country. This happened in the PAST, so the verb is in
the PAST tense.

Think of 5 verbs that describe what these people do. Write them in a sentence. The
first one is done for you.
a) A footballer jumps, runs, kicks, dives and heads a ball.
b) A secretary…
c) A fire-fighter…
d) A singer in a band…
e) An author…
f) A teacher…

Copy and complete the chart above to show the past tense of some verbs. Be careful
with the spelling. A dictionary may help.

Today I… Yesterday Today Yesterday

I… I… I…

Play-am playing played speak

jump laugh

shout walk walked

write sit

begin grab

Rewrite these sentences. Identify the verbs and change each one into the past tense.
I sit at my desk. I copy all the correct spellings. I pop all the balloons.
I leave the house at 8 o’clock. I shop at the supermarket. I grab my bag from the kitchen.
I begin the book.

The past tense of the verb in each sentence below is incorrect. Rewrite each sentence
correctly.
 a) I buyed a lot of presents on holiday.
b) The goalkeeper catched the ball.
c) My mum leaved her bag on the train.
d) The thief stealed the video from our house.
e) The children all drinked their milk quickly.
f) The water on the lake freezed over last night.
g) Apparently, the ghost shaked its chains to scare the visitors.
h) “Who ringed my bell?” Mrs Reynolds sayed.
i) My sister weeped quietly at the film.

Look at the verbs in the box below.

I ran We sail I am
She sees We looked He had
He stood I sing You make
They write She came She reads
They push You sell We watched

Now use the verbs to complete this chart.

Present tense (today...) Past tense (yesterday…)

I run I ran

Write out these sentences using the verb in the past tense.
a) It took him two years, but Glen finally (to write) his novel.
b) Police searched all week but they never (to find) the missing necklace
c) You could tell he loved the baby by the way (to hold) it.
d) ‘I have (to teach) you for a term and am proud of your exam results’, said our teacher.

The following paragraph contains six errors in verb tense. Write the paragraph out
correctly, underlining your correct verb tenses.
Mean Machine!
Recently in Birmingham, Pat Richards, a security guard, pay 50 pence in a hospital vending
machine and reach in to get a chocolate bar. When the machine catch his hand, he rock the
machine and kick it twice. The second kick break some wires, and he got his hand out.