The perfect introduction to how English works. This friendly, engaging book shows how English really works. With over 125 flaps to lift, children can learn about verbs, pronouns, commas and more. Discover apostrophes at superhero school, defeat a dragon in a quest to understand adverbs and meet a pair of sloths who know the difference between its and it's. At the end, a Silly Sentence Maker game allows readers to practise what they've learned, and there are links to websites with more games, activities and help. Even the trickiest topics are brought to life by Shaw Nielsen's bright, quirky illustrations and characters.Chapters in this book include:- Nouns and pronouns- Adjectives- Verbs- Adverbs and determiners- Prepositions- Sentences- Clauses and conjunctions- Apostrophes- Speech marks- Spot the difference- Silly sentence maker