700 prompts matching "Proofreading Practice: checking that your meaning is clear (Y5)"
Tricky words: advice / advise
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Explain the difference between advice / advise in simpl
CE timed practice: comprehension and vocabulary
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Set up a timed 20-minute comprehension and vocabulary t
CE timed practice: planning under pressure
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Set up a timed essay-planning exercise under exam condi
Topic review: precis and summary writing
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Give me a short quiz of four quick questions covering p
Homophone check: missed vs mist
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Quiz me on the homophones 'missed' and 'mist' with five
Spelling clinic: bruise
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Check my understanding of the word 'bruise' by asking m
Spelling clinic: criticise
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Check my understanding of the word 'criticise' by askin
Spelling clinic: disastrous
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Quiz me on the spelling of 'disastrous' by reading it a
Spelling clinic: existence
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Check my understanding of the word 'existence' by askin
Formal or informal? greeting a visitor
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Help me practise the difference between greeting a visi
Register switch: chatting with friends vs speaking to the head teacher
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Help me compare how I would phrase the same request cas
Spot the slang: rewriting text-message English formally
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Give me short text-message-style sentences full of slan
Formal or informal? asking for permission
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me polite, formal ways to ask an adult for permis
Register switch: a diary entry vs a news report
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Help me compare the informal, personal tone of a diary
Formal or informal? apologising to a friend vs a teacher
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me different phrases for apologising informally t
Upgrade my words: making 'nice' more precise
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me at least eight more precise words to use inste
Skimming skill: getting the gist fast
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to skim a short passage quickly to get the
Checking my writing against the success criteria
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to check my finished writing against a sim
Ellipsis: leaving words out for effect
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me what ellipsis punctuation is and how it can be
Crossing out mistakes tidily instead of scribbling
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me the correct, tidy way to cross out a mistake i