Understanding texts
What are metaphors and similes?
Metaphors and similes are descriptive tools that can help bring your writing to life. Find out more in this Bitesize 2nd level English and literacy guide.
What is personification?
Giving human feelings and actions to objects or ideas is called personification. Find out more in this Bitesize Primary 2nd level English and literacy guide.
What is inference?
Inference is when you read between the lines and look for clues in a story. Find out more in this Bitesize Primary 2nd level English and literacy guide.
What are synonyms and antonyms?
Synonyms are words with the same meaning. Antonyms are words that mean the opposite of each other. Find out more in this Bitesize Primary 2nd level English and literacy guide.
What are subordinating conjunctions?
A subordinate conjunction joins two ideas or clauses in a sentence. Find out more in this Bitesize Primary 2nd level English and literacy guide.
Video playlist
'The Iron Man' by Ted Hughes (animation) Video
An animated extract from the first chapter of 'The Iron Man' by Ted Hughes.
'Jabberwocky' by Lewis Carroll (Dramatisation) Video
A reading of 'Jabberwocky' by Lewis Carroll.
'George's Marvellous Medicine' by Roald Dahl (dramatisation) Video
A dramatised extract from 'George's Marvellous Medicine' by Roald Dahl.
'Boy: Tales of Childhood' by Roald Dahl - the bicycle (dramatisation) Video
The young Roald Dahl longs to be like an older boy he watches on his bike.
