Table of Contents

• 1: Silent consonants
• 2: Root words
• 3: Prefixes
• 4: Suffixes
• 5: Antonyms
• 6: Antonyms: using a prefix
• 7: Punctuation: getting it right!
• 8: Advanced punctuation
• 9: Colons and semi-colons in lists
• 10: Colons and semi-colons in lists
• 11: Ellipses
• 12: Parenthesis: using brackets
• 13: Bullet points
• 14: Apostrophe to show possession
• 15: Homophones
• 16: Words with “ie” and “ei”
• 17: Direct speech
• 18: Reported speech
• 19: Formal and informal speech
• 20: Points of view
• 21: Personification
• 22: Exploring synonyms
• 23: Synonyms for “said”
• 24: Types of sentence
• 25: Clauses and connectives
• 26: Non-fiction writing
• 27: Onomatopoeia
• 28: Spelling practice
• 29: Answer section with parents’ notes and glossary

About the Author

Carol Vorderman, one of Britain's best known and loved TV personalities, feels passionately about the value of education. Carol joined forces with DK in 1999 to become DK's Educational Champion and has worked with them to build the bestselling Made Easy Series, which includes Maths, English, Science, and Computer Coding subjects. She has a degree in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and was awarded an MBE for services to broadcasting in 2000.