English Revision Videos

Our revision videos are the perfect way to help your child build confidence with the most common question types found in the 11+ exam. Each bite-sized lesson explains key techniques in a clear and engaging way, making revision manageable and effective. Browse our collection of videos below, and let your child test their understanding with interactive questions included in every lesson.

Reading

Retrieving information from a text

Making inferences using evidence from the text

Explaining the meaning of words using context

Summarising paragraphs and longer passages

Predicting what may happen next

Identifying themes and conventions

Explaining characters' thoughts, feelings and motives

Comparing characters, settings and ideas

Identifying fact and opinion

Recognising the author's purpose

Explaining the effect of vocabulary and language choices

Identifying figurative language, including similes, metaphors and personification

Understanding dialogue and its contribution to character and plot

Spelling

Common Year 5 statutory spellings

Words containing silent letters

Words ending in -able and -ible

Words ending in -ably and -ibly

Words ending in -ance, -ancy, -ence and -ency

Words ending in -ant, -ent, -ance and -ence

Words ending in -cial and -tial

Prefixes including inter-, super-, anti-, auto- and trans-

Root words, prefixes and suffixes

Homophones and commonly confused words

Punctuation

Capital letters and full stops

Question marks and exclamation marks

Commas in lists

Commas for clarity

Apostrophes for contraction and possession

Brackets

Dashes

Hyphens to avoid ambiguity

Colons to introduce lists

Semi-colons to separate independent clauses

Bullet points with correct punctuation

Inverted commas for direct speech

Grammar

Word classes (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Word classes (conjunctions, prepositions and determiners)

Word Classes (prepositions)

Word Classes (pronouns & proper nouns)

Expanded noun phrases

Relative clauses

Relative pronouns

Modal verbs

Fronted adverbials

Adverbs of possibility

Cohesive devices within and between paragraphs

Verb tenses, including present perfect

Active and passive voice (recognition and simple use)

Standard English

Formal and informal language

Synonyms and antonyms