1,250 prompts matching "Checkpoint English Y9: Practising with a past paper — Spot My Mistake"
Fixing Pronoun Case: 'to me' not 'to I'
Act as my JSS1 English tutor. Explain why we say 'to me' and not 'to I' after a verb or pr
Main Verbs and Auxiliary Verbs
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Prepositions of Place, Time and Direction
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Simple Sentences vs Compound Sentences
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Main Clauses and Subordinate Clauses
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Phrases and Clauses: Knowing the Difference
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Turning Direct Speech Into Reported Speech
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Reporting Questions and Commands
Act as my JSS1 English tutor. Show me how to report questions and commands, not just state
Punctuating Direct Speech Correctly
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Future Forms: Will, Shall and Going To
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Introduction to the Active and Passive Voice
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Choosing Between Active and Passive Voice
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The Noun Phrase: Headword and Modifiers
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Understanding and Using Idioms
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Synonyms and Antonyms in Everyday Writing
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Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
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The Apostrophe for Contraction: Its vs It's
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Capitalising Titles of Books and Plays
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Spelling Words That End in -ible and -able
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Doubling the Final Consonant Before -ing and -ed
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