🔍 Part 1: Spotting Repetition

1. Read this paragraph and circle all the repeated nouns that make it sound repetitive:

The teacher walked into the classroom. The teacher looked at the students. The teacher smiled and said hello to the teacher's class. The teacher asked the students to open the students' books. The students listened to the teacher carefully.

2. How many times did you find "the teacher" repeated?

3. Which paragraph sounds better? Circle your choice:

Paragraph A: "The dog ran fast. The dog was scared. The dog barked loudly."

Paragraph B: "The dog ran fast. It was scared and barked loudly."

📝 Part 2: Pronoun Power

4. Replace the repeated nouns with pronouns (he, she, it, they). Rewrite the sentences:

Original: "Sarah picked up Sarah's bag. Sarah walked to Sarah's car."

Improved: ________________________________________________

Original: "The students finished the students' work. The students handed the work to their teacher."

Improved: ________________________________________________

5. Match each pronoun to what it could replace:

1. He

2. She

3. It

4. They

A. The book

B. The boys

C. Mrs Johnson

D. Mr Smith

🔄 Part 3: Synonym Solutions

6. Choose synonyms to replace the repeated word "teacher". Check all good options:

educator

instructor

student

Ms Williams

the woman

7. Rewrite this sentence using a synonym instead of repeating "car":

Original: "Dad washed the car. The car looked shiny after Dad finished cleaning the car."

8. Fill in the blanks with appropriate synonyms:

The dog was hungry. The __________ barked loudly. When the __________ saw food, it wagged its tail.

✂️ Part 4: Ellipsis Excellence

9. Cross out unnecessary repeated words to make these sentences flow better:

Example: "The children played games. The children played games in the playground."

Better: "The children played games in the playground."

Your turn: "Emma likes reading books. Emma likes reading books about adventure."

Improved: ________________________________________________

Your turn: "The cat climbed the tree. The cat climbed the tree quickly."

Improved: ________________________________________________

10. What does ellipsis mean in writing? Circle the best answer:

Adding more words to make sentences longer

Removing repeated words when the meaning is still clear

Using only pronouns in writing

🎨 Part 5: Cohesion Clinic Challenge

11. Here's your patient paragraph! Use all three techniques (pronouns, synonyms, ellipsis) to improve it. Colour-code your changes:

Patient Paragraph:

"The teacher walked into the classroom. The teacher looked at the students. The teacher smiled and said hello to the teacher's class. The teacher asked the students to open the students' books. The students listened to the teacher carefully."

Your Improved Version:

12. Create your own colour-coding key:

🟡 Yellow = Pronouns | 🟢 Green = Synonyms | 🔵 Blue = Ellipsis

13. Reflection: Which technique helped the most to improve the flow? Explain why: