SATs Survival GPS - PowerPoint

The 'SATs Survival GPS' PowerPoint is an educational resource designed to help students prepare for their SATs. It covers a variety of English language topics such as word types, tenses, prepositions, prefixes, tricky spellings, homophones, synonyms, antonyms, modal verbs, pronouns, determiners, relative clauses, subordinate clauses, and the active and passive voice. The resource provides interactive activities like 'Sort it Out', where students categorise words into nouns, verbs, and adjectives, and worksheets that challenge students to identify and use these elements correctly in sentences. The purpose of these exercises is to enhance the students' understanding and proficiency in English grammar and vocabulary, which are essential components of the SATs assessments.

One of the key features of this resource is the 'Sorting Words Worksheet', which presents a dual challenge: not only do students need to categorise words into their respective parts of speech, but they also need to use words that can function as both nouns and verbs in different sentences to demonstrate their understanding of word types. Additionally, the resource includes worksheets focusing on prepositions, prefixes, and modal verbs, where students must spot and use these grammatical elements correctly. The 'Tricky Words Worksheet' aids in distinguishing between commonly confused spellings, while the 'Homophones Worksheet' requires students to select the correct homophone in the context of a passage. Synonyms and antonyms are explored through a matching exercise, and understanding of pronouns, determiners, relative clauses, and subordinate clauses is reinforced through targeted activities. The resource concludes with exercises on the active and passive voice, where students learn to identify and convert sentences between these two forms, enhancing their writing versatility and grammatical awareness.