718 prompts matching "Grammar: Plain Explain and Practice — prepositions of place:"
Formal or informal? writing to the principal
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me the formal phrases and polite tone needed for
Formal or informal? asking for permission
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me polite, formal ways to ask an adult for permis
Formal or informal? a market conversation vs a job interview
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Help me compare the vocabulary and tone used in a livel
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
Formal or informal? giving instructions politely
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to turn a blunt, informal instruction into
Simile or metaphor? tell them apart
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me the difference between a simile and a metaphor
Personification power: giving life to objects
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me what personification is, show me three example
Spot the alliteration in a sentence
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me what alliteration is, then give me five senten
Building strong metaphors about feelings
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Help me practise building strong metaphors to describe
Understatement: saying less to mean more
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me what understatement means with examples, and c
Word pictures: choosing vivid adjectives
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Help me practise choosing vivid, precise adjectives ins
Idiom or literal? spotting the difference
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to tell whether a phrase is being used as
Scanning skill: finding an answer fast
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to scan a passage quickly to find a specif
Using quotation marks to prove my answer
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to lift a short quotation from a text as e
Reading the question before the passage
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me why reading the question first can help me rea
Checking my answer matches the mark scheme
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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
Repetition as a deliberate cohesive device
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how writers sometimes repeat words on purpose