TheLearnDenYear 6 · English
Grammar And Vocabulary Awareness
Year 6 learners practise synonyms antonyms and formal vocabulary.
The activities include Analyse and Edit Text for Errors and Ambiguity, Change the Order of Sentence Structure for Effect, Choose Appropriate Vocabulary, and related practice. The checked support below includes teaching, lesson, video, worksheet. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
Activities covered
- Analyse and Edit Text for Errors and Ambiguity
- Change the Order of Sentence Structure for Effect
- Choose Appropriate Vocabulary
- Choose the Antonym
- Choose the Synonym
- Identify Appropriate Vocabulary
- Identify Synonyms and Antonyms
- Manipulate Sentence Structure For Effect
- Practise Selecting Appropriate Vocabulary
- Recognise and Use Connectives
- Recognise and Use Synonyms
- Recognise Synonyms
- Select Appropriate Vocabulary
- Select Appropriate Vocabulary
- Select Suitable Vocabulary
- Select the Correct Tenses
- Understand Formal Language
- Understand Synonyms
- Understand the Importance of Language in Fiction Texts
- Use Connectives
- Use Prefixes and Suffixes
- Vary Position of Embedded Clauses for Effect
Checked learning resources
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Oak: Key terminology, including determiners, fronted adverbials and parenthesis
Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website
Oak Year 6/KS2 unit linked to synonyms antonyms and formal vocabulary.
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Twinkl: Planit Y6 Spag Lesson Pack Synonyms And Antonyms
Twinkl · Lesson · Opens on the provider website
Twinkl Year 6 resource linked to synonyms antonyms and formal vocabulary.
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Twinkl: New Planit Y6 Spag Lesson Pack Formal And Informal Speech And Vocabulary
Twinkl · Lesson · Opens on the provider website
Twinkl Year 6 resource linked to synonyms antonyms and formal vocabulary.
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BBC Bitesize: Grammar
BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website
BBC KS2 Grammar support for synonyms antonyms and formal vocabulary.
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Who Is Arlo the Author? | KS2 English Concept Video
Twinkl · Video · Account may be required
Models how an author's vocabulary and phrase choices enhance meaning and affect the reader. This second video supports improving unclear vocabulary choices; the accompanying editing pack handles ambiguity and proofreadin
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Creating Compound and Complex (Multi-Clause) Sentences | KS2 English Concept Video
Twinkl · Video · Account may be required
Models how clauses can be combined and rearranged to create compound and complex multi-clause sentences. The video models changing how clauses are combined and ordered; the accompanying uplevelling resource applies that
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All About Main and Subordinate Clauses | KS2 English Concept Video
Twinkl · Video · Account may be required
Models how to recognise and use main and subordinate clauses in multi-clause sentences. The video identifies main and subordinate clauses, the exact structures pupils must reorder to alter emphasis and reader effect.
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Creating Grammatically Correct Sentences | KS2 English Concept Video
Twinkl · Video · Account may be required
Models checking tense consistency and subject-verb agreement when correcting sentences. The video explicitly checks tense choice and consistency in sentences, matching the correct-tense task.