Quick tips for grammar: I or me?
Which of the following sentences is correct?
The bus waited for Sam and me.
The bus waited for Sam and I.
I explain how to help your students make the right choice by referring to pronouns, subjects, objects and a quick and dirty trick.
Quick Tips for Grammar: Expanded Noun Phrases
A quick walk through expanded noun phrases - what the national curriculum says about them, some of the myths busted and a selection of ideas to teach this important aspect of grammar across Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.
Quick tips for grammar: the die is cast
A collection of ideas for using dice to support the teaching of grammar.
Quick tips for grammar: commas and clauses
Quick and easy ideas to support teaching and learning about commas and clauses.
Quick tips for grammar: commas in lists
Quick and easy ideas to support teaching and learning about commas in lists.
Quick tips for grammar: possessive apostrophes
Quick and easy tips to support teaching and learning about possessive apostrophes.
Quick tips for grammar: inverted commas
Quick and easy tips to support teaching and learning about inverted commas.
Quick tips for grammar: using question marks
Quick and easy tips for teaching and learning about question marks.
Quick tips for grammar: capital letters and full stops
Quick and easy tips for teaching and learning about capital letters and full stops.