Author: Tom Carr

Playing rules
Ensure all players start with the same amount of money (£200 is recommended).
Take turns to roll the dice and move your counter the appropriate amount of spaces.
All Reading, Grammar and Spelling spaces can be purchased for £30 each.
Place a counter or marker to show which spaces you own. These should be of different colours.
Reading, Grammar and Spelling spaces all require a question to be answered.
For Spelling questions, another person must read the card aloud. One word should be read, not both. Top word = 3/4 list. Bottom word = 5/6 list.
If someone else owns the space you land on and you answer the question correctly, you do not owe this person anything. Incorrectly = £20 payment.
Correctly answering a homophone check card is rewarded with £10 from the bank. Incorrect answers result in a £10 payment to the bank.
Early release from jail costs £30.
The winner could be the last player left with any money, or the person with the most money / property after 5 or 10 turns for each player.

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Reading
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Reading
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Reading
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How many books are in the Harry Potter series?

Bilbo is the what in the book by JRR Tolkien?

Name a book by Dick King-Smith

In which Michael Morpurgo book is Michael cast adrift from his parents and marooned on an island?

Who had a giant peach in the classic Roald Dahl book?

What type of table did King Arthur and his knights sit at?

In which book does Auggie want to be treated like everyone else?

What series of books is written by Jeff Kinney?

Who is the girl that lives at the foster home she calls ‘the dumping ground’?

What animal can Hiccup talk to in Cressida Cowell’s adventure series?

What type of Gods and Goddesses were ‘let out’ in Maz Evans’ book?

What caused towerblocks to fall in the Boy in the Tower?

What animal did Charlotte communicate with in Charlotte’s Web?

What was Danny champion of in Roald Dahl’s book?

What metal was the giant man made of in Ted Hughes’ book?

Where did Stig live in Clive King’s book?

Spelling
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Spelling
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Spelling
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Spelling
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actual
according

bicycle
accommodate

continue
ancient

knowledge
determined

recent
immediately

possession
language

quarter
neighbour

strength
sacrifice

business
yacht

calendar
vegetable

guard
temperature

probably
necessary

surprise
pronunciation

pressure
government

regular
bruise

separate
awkward

Grammar
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Grammar
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Grammar
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Grammar
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Write three words using the prefix
dis-

Write two words using the suffix
–ise

What is the relative pronoun?
The man, who was younger than he looked, began to walk.

Write down three modal verbs

How can relative clauses be punctuated?

What types of adverbial phrases are there?

Where should the apostrophe go?
All of the girls coats were on the pegs.

Which pronouns could be used for a male character?

Which is correct?
We was walking.
We were walking.

Where should the comma go?
I like eating books and my family.

Add a relative clause to this sentence
Slowly, the cat moved towards the shadow.

What is the correct name for the dot, dot, dot
...

Which tense has this question been written in?

Which tense is the phrase ‘were walking’?
Future
Past progressive
Past

Insert the inverted commas
Run! Mabelle shouted.

Write a sentence and include a prepositional phrase

Reading answers
1) 7
2) The Hobbit
3) The Sheep-Pig, The Hodgeheg, The Invisible Dog etc
4) Kensuke’s Kingdom
5) James
6) Round
7) Wonder
8) Diary of a Wimpy Kid
9) Tracy Beaker
10) Dragons
11) Ancient Greek / Greece
12) Bluchers / Plants
13) Spider
14) The world
15) Iron
16) The dump

Grammar answers
1) dislike, disagree, disown, disappear etc
2) advertise, maximise, etc
3) who
4) might, could, should, would etc
5) commas, dashes or brackets
6) time, place, manner, frequency, degree
7) girls’
8) he, him, his etc
9) we were walking
10) eating, books
11) discuss answer
12) ellipsis
13) past
14) past progressive
15) “Run!” Mabelle shouted.
16) discuss answer

The hotel manager welcomed in the ____.
guessed
guest

History lessons mainly involve events from the ___.
past
passed

The young girl was confused _______ way to go.
which
witch

Monopoly is a ____ game.
bored
board

_____ running away. It must be them!
their
they’re
there

The calming, ____ waves of the ocean lapped on to the shore.
blew
blue

Bravely, the woman walked straight ____ the doorway.
through
threw

Everyone looked around, confused why the alien had been ____.
scent
sent

The signpost offered not assistance in ____ to go.
where
were
wear

At the end of the fight, the two armies stood in ___.
piece
peace

I paid using my bank card. Thankfully, it was _______.
accepted
excepted

____ be waiting for you when you get home.
I’ll
aisle
isle

The dog wagged its __ with delight.
tail
tale

To make the car go faster, the drive pushed the __.
peddle
pedal

I had to go to the opticians for a ___ test.
site
sight

The _____ seed was placed in its pot and watered.
flower
flour

The hotel manager welcomed in the ____.
guessed
guest

History lessons mainly involve events from the ___.
past
passed

The young girl was confused _______ way to go.
which
witch

Monopoly is a ____ game.
bored
board

_____ running away. It must be them!
their
they’re
there

The calming, ____ waves of the ocean lapped on to the shore.
blew
blue

Bravely, the woman walked straight ____ the doorway.
through
threw

Everyone looked around, confused why the alien had been ____.
scent
sent

The signpost offered not assistance in ____ to go.
where
were
wear

At the end of the fight, the two armies stood in ___.
piece
peace

I paid using my bank card. Thankfully, it was _______.
accepted
excepted

____ be waiting for you when you get home.
I’ll
aisle
isle

The dog wagged its __ with delight.
tail
tale

To make the car go faster, the drive pushed the __.
peddle
pedal

I had to go to the opticians for a ___ test.
site
sight

The _____ seed was placed in its pot and watered.
flower
flour

Ask the player on your left who their favourite author is

Ask the player on your right what their favourite book is

Ask the player opposite you what book they are reading at the moment

Ask any player what book they would like to be turned in to a film

Ask the player on your left to tell you a spelling they struggle with

Ask the player on your right what their reading habits are

Ask the player opposite you what the funniest book they have read is

Ask any player who they would like to meet from any book they have read

Ask the player on your left if they prefer reading a book or online e.g. a kindle and why

Ask the player on your right to recommend a book you should read

Ask the player opposite you for a game of rock, paper, scissors

Ask any player how much money they have at the moment

Swap places with the player on your left

Create a handshake with the player on your right

Tell the player opposite you something you like about them

Ask any player where they would like to travel to in the world

Ask the player on your right what their favourite book is

Ask the player opposite you what book they are reading at the moment

Ask any player what book they would like to be turned in to a film

Ask the player on your left to tell you a spelling they struggle with

Ask the player on your right what their reading habits are

Ask the player opposite you what the funniest book they have read is

Ask any player who they would like to meet from any book they have read

Ask the player on your left if they prefer reading a book or online e.g. a kindle and why

Ask the player on your right to recommend a book you should read

Ask the player opposite you for a game of rock, paper, scissors

Ask any player how much money they have at the moment

Swap places with the player on your left

Create a handshake with the player on your right

Tell the player opposite you something you like about them

Ask any player where they would like to travel to in the world

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