English — Year 3 to GCSE
54 lessons, each with practice questions, a printable worksheet and an end-of-chapter test. Free to browse.
- Reading Skills: Skimming, Scanning & Retrieval Years 6–11 · Learn to skim for the gist, scan for specific details and retrieve exact information…
- Inference & Deduction Years 6–11 · Learn to read between the lines, using clues in the text to work out meanings and…
- Summarising & Synthesis Years 7–11 · Learn to condense a text into its key points in your own words, and to combine…
- Reading Non-Fiction: Articles, Adverts & Leaflets Years 7–11 · Learn to read non-fiction critically, spotting purpose, audience and the persuasive…
- Comparing Two Texts Years 9–11 · Learn to compare two texts on the same topic, weighing their ideas, tone and techniques…
- The Unseen Reading Question (Exam Skills) Years 10–11 · Master exam technique for unseen passages: reading actively, timing your response and…
- Sentences, Paragraphs & Structure Years 6–9 · Learn to build clear sentences, shape focused paragraphs and organise a whole piece so a…
- Descriptive Writing Years 6–11 · Create vivid, atmospheric description using the senses, precise word choice and imagery…
- Narrative & Creative Writing Years 6–11 · Craft engaging stories with a clear structure, believable characters, controlled tension…
- Discursive & Argumentative Writing Years 8–11 · Build a persuasive case with clear structure, evidence, counter-arguments and rhetorical…
- Transactional Writing: Letters, Emails & Reports Years 7–11 · Master the layout, register and purpose of formal and informal letters, emails and…
- Articles, Reviews & Speeches Years 9–11 · Write engaging articles, balanced reviews and powerful speeches that grip an audience…
- Planning, Drafting & Proofreading Years 6–11 · Follow the full writing process, from planning and drafting to editing and proofreading,…
- Word Classes: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives & Adverbs Years 6–9 · Learn to spot and use the four main word classes so your sentences are clear and accurate.
- Sentence Types & Structure Years 6–9 · Understand statements, questions, commands and exclamations, and how clauses build…
- Tenses & Subject–Verb Agreement Years 7–11 · Use past, present and future tenses consistently and match verbs correctly to singular…
- Core Punctuation: Full Stops, Commas & Capitals Years 6–9 · Use capital letters, full stops and commas correctly to separate sentences and organise…
- Advanced Punctuation: Apostrophes, Colons, Semicolons & Speech Marks Years 7–11 · Master apostrophes, colons, semicolons and speech marks to punctuate ownership, lists,…
- Paragraphing & Cohesion Years 7–11 · Organise writing into focused paragraphs and link ideas smoothly using topic sentences…
- Spelling Rules & Common Errors Years 6–11 · Apply key spelling rules and avoid the everyday mix-ups that most often cost marks in…
- Speaking, Listening & Presentations Years 6–11 · Learn to plan, structure and deliver a clear spoken presentation while listening…
- Rhetoric & Persuasion (Ethos, Pathos, Logos) Years 8–11 · Discover how speakers persuade using ethos, pathos and logos, plus rhetorical devices,…
- Debating & Structuring an Argument Years 9–11 · Master formal debate: building a case, rebutting opponents, using evidence and…
- Elements of Fiction: Plot, Setting & Character Years 6–9 · Discover the building blocks of every story: what happens, where it happens, and who it…
- Narrative Viewpoint & Structure Years 7–11 · Learn who is telling the story and how it is arranged, and how both choices shape what…
- Characterisation Years 7–11 · Explore how writers build believable people and how to analyse the clues that reveal who…
- Themes & Symbolism Years 9–11 · Uncover the big ideas a story explores and the objects and images writers use to carry…
- Analysing Language in Prose Years 9–11 · Master close reading: examine a writer's word choices and devices to explain the precise…
- The 19th-Century Novel Years 10–11 · Read Victorian fiction with confidence, understanding its context, style and social…
- What Is Poetry? Form & Structure Years 6–9 · Learn how poems are built from lines, stanzas and forms, and how shape carries meaning.
- Sound Devices: Rhyme, Rhythm & Alliteration Years 6–9 · Explore how rhyme, rhythm, alliteration and other sound patterns give poems their music…
- Imagery: Simile, Metaphor & Personification Years 7–11 · Discover how poets paint pictures in the mind using similes, metaphors, personification…
- Analysing a Poem Years 8–11 · Build a clear method for analysing a poem's meaning, language, structure and effect on…
- Comparing Poems Years 9–11 · Learn to compare two poems by theme, technique, structure and tone, weaving both…
- Unseen Poetry (Exam Skills) Years 10–11 · Master a calm, timed method for reading and analysing an unfamiliar poem confidently in…
- Elements of Drama: Stage, Dialogue & Techniques Years 6–9 · Discover how plays are built from dialogue, stage directions and dramatic techniques…
- Understanding Shakespeare: Language & Context Years 7–11 · Learn to unlock Shakespeare's language, rhythm and world so his four-hundred-year-old…
- Analysing a Shakespeare Scene Years 9–11 · Master a step-by-step method for analysing a Shakespeare scene, using evidence and…
- Themes & Characters in Drama Years 8–11 · Explore how playwrights build memorable characters and weave big themes like ambition,…
- Modern Drama & Social Messages Years 10–11 · Discover how modern playwrights use realistic drama to deliver powerful social messages…
- Reading & Understanding a Story (Year 3–4) Years 3–4 · Read a short story and answer questions about who, what, where and when. Learn to find…
- Finding Facts in Non-Fiction (Year 3–5) Years 3–5 · Learn how non-fiction books help you find facts fast. Use the title, contents page and…
- Reading Between the Lines (Year 4–5) Years 4–5 · Learn simple inference: working out how a character feels and what a clue suggests, even…
- Nouns, Verbs & Adjectives (Year 3) Year 3 · Learn the three most useful kinds of words: nouns that name things, verbs that show…
- Sentences, Capital Letters & Full Stops (Year 3) Year 3 · Discover what makes a group of words a proper sentence. Learn where capital letters go,…
- Adverbs, Conjunctions & Prepositions (Year 4) Year 4 · Meet three helpful word types: adverbs that tell us how, when or where; conjunctions…
- Commas, Question & Exclamation Marks & Apostrophes (Year 4–5) Years 4–5 · Learn to use commas in a list, add question marks and exclamation marks, and use…
- Spelling Patterns & Tricky Words (Year 3–5) Years 3–5 · Learn helpful spelling patterns for adding -ing and -ed, making plurals, the magic 'e',…
- Writing a Story: Beginning, Middle & End (Year 3–4) Years 3–4 · Learn how a story has three parts: a beginning that grabs the reader, a middle with a…
- Writing to Inform: Letters, Recounts & Instructions (Year 4–5) Years 4–5 · Learn to write a friendly letter with the right layout, tell a recount in time order,…
- Describing with the Senses (Year 3–5) Years 3–5 · Learn to paint pictures with words using adjectives, the five senses, and similes such…
- Rhyme, Rhythm & Reading Poems (Year 3–4) Years 3–4 · Learn what rhyme and rhythm are, how to spot rhyming words, how to read a poem aloud…
- Writing a Simple Poem (Year 4–5) Years 4–5 · Learn to write acrostic and shape poems, use describing words and the five senses, and…
- Speaking Clearly & Presenting (Year 3–5) Years 3–5 · Learn to speak in clear sentences, stand tall and look up, speak loudly and slowly,…