Grammar resources

This task assesses student ability to find the text features of a science report about moa.

Students complete a cloze passage and use their vocabulary and knowledge of grammar to create well-formed sentences.

This task assesses student ability to find the text features of a science report about one of our native birds. The task is essentially a literacy task in the context of scientific writing, and can also be accessed from the English Bank.

Students make choices about which adjectives to use to create a poem about a school of fish. A video clip provides the stimulus for this task.

This resource assesses grammar knowledge. Students identify the adjectives in a short story about making breakfast.

Students read through an article about a pending tidal wave. From their comprehension of the cloze passage, they fill in the gaps with their own words. SJ-2-2-1982. Text provided.

Students create simple and compound sentences to go with given photos. The focus is on combining sentences, using simple conjunctions. A peer sharing task completes the resource.

Students create simple then compound sentences to go with a photo, using simple conjunctions to join sentences. A peer sharing task completes the resource.

A model of combining two short sentences is given. Students create simple then compound sentences to go with some photos, using simple conjunctions to join sentences. A peer sharing task completes the resource.