SPaG all-in-one

Find quick activities, snappy ideas and correction activities to improve your students' spelling, punctuation and grammar. You'll find resources suitable for key stage 3, key stage 4 and key stage 5 students.

You can also find ideas to improve KS3 skills and resources to improve KS4 skills or look at our SPaG resource collection for more teaching materials.

Quick style hacks - making writing more formal

Tips for students on how to make choices about vocabulary, punctuation  … read more

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KS3 KS4 | Grammar and vocabulary | Published: 14/10/2019 | From the resource collection(s): Punctuation | Sentence construction

Sorting out your Standard English

A quick starter for students to 'correct' non-standard or incorrect  … read more

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KS3 KS4 | Grammar and vocabulary | Published: 17/10/2016 | From the resource collection(s): Standard English

Sentence types learning mat

A handy learning mat covering sentence types, including direct  … read more

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KS3 KS4 KS5 | Grammar and vocabulary | Published: 27/07/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Transition | Learning mats | Sentence construction

Sentence skills mat

A learning mat covering sentence construction, from simple sentences  … read more

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KS3 KS4 KS5 | Grammar and vocabulary | Published: 27/07/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Transition | Learning mats | Sentence construction

Word class learning mat

A learning mat covering word classes including nouns, pronouns,  … read more

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KS3 KS4 KS5 | Grammar and vocabulary | Published: 20/07/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Transition | Learning mats | Word classes

Spelling and punctuation game

A fun board game for students to practise their spelling, punctuation  … read more

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KS3 KS4 | Grammar and vocabulary | Reading | Published: 26/05/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Assessment and revision | Punctuation | Revision skills & exam preparation | Spelling | Word games

Ending sentences

A handy worksheet for students to practise end of sentence p  … read more

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KS3 | Grammar and vocabulary | Published: 16/03/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Punctuation

SPaG mistakes: posters, adverts and signs

Silly gaffes and errors on signs, adverts and posters for students  … read more

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KS3 KS4 KS5 Published: 23/06/2014 | 

SPaG: Crime Scene Investigators (S.C.S.I.)

A fun twist on a proofreading task. Challenge students to spot  … read more

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KS3 | Writing | Published: 16/06/2014 | From the resource collection(s): Proofreading | SPaG correction exercises

Literacy placemat

A differentiated AFL checklist for writing, which encourages  … read more

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KS3 KS4 | Reading | Published: 13/01/2014 | From the resource collection(s): Transition | AfL | Assessment and revision | Learning mats and featured in our teaching pack(s) Argue and persuade pack | Essay writing

SPaG: Fortune teller game

A flexible and fun template, which can be used for a variety  … read more

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KS3 KS4 KS5 | Grammar and vocabulary | Published: 21/10/2013 | From the resource collection(s): Punctuation

Assessment for learning grammar and punctuation checklist

Assessment for learning grid for identifying students' strengths  … read more

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KS3 KS4 | Planning and assessment | Published: 21/10/2013 | From the resource collection(s): Transition | Assessment and targets | Self-assessment

SPaG mat

A handy mat covering key aspects of grammar, spelling and punctuation.  … read more

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KS3 KS4 | Writing | Published: 21/10/2013 | From the resource collection(s): Transition | Drafting and redrafting | Learning mats | Proofreading

20 teaching ideas for SPaG

Twenty creative, fun and differentiated activities to use when  … read more

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KS3 KS4 | Planning and assessment | Published: 30/09/2013 | From the resource collection(s): 20 teaching ideas for ...

Self-mark starters

Some short, sharp and useful starter activities around spelling,  … read more

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KS3 KS4 | Writing | Published: 15/06/2004 | From the resource collection(s): Transition | Proofreading | Self-assessment | SPaG correction exercises

Correction exercises - 3 short extracts

Flexible and quick spelling / punctuation tasks.  … read more

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KS3 | Writing | Published: 12/06/2002 | From the resource collection(s): Proofreading | SPaG correction exercises