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Practical guides for teaching, helping at home and studying — each with worked examples and free printable worksheets.
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Teachers · Parents · Students · 6 min read
Context Clues: 5 Types with Examples (and How to Teach Them)
Definition, synonym, antonym, example and inference clues — how readers work out unknown words without a dictionary, with sample sentences and a classroom routine.
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Students · Parents · Teachers · 7 min read
The 8 Parts of Speech: A Simple Guide with Examples
Nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections — what each one does, how to spot it, and the words that switch jobs.
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Students · Parents · Teachers · 6 min read
7 Reading Comprehension Strategies Every Student Should Use
Predict, question, visualize, summarize and more — what good readers do automatically, and how to practise each one.
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Students · Teachers · 7 min read
Literary Devices: 20 Examples Every Student Should Know
Simile, metaphor, personification, irony and more — each with a clear definition, an example, and a quick test for telling similar devices apart.
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Students · Teachers · Parents · 4 min read
Reading Inference: Find the Clue, Explain Your Thinking
A short original passage, a model answer and four questions help students move from guessing to evidence-based reading.
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Students · Teachers · 6 min read
Simple, Compound, Complex and Compound-Complex Sentences Explained
A clear way to tell the four sentence structures apart, with examples and the two-question test students can use on any sentence.
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