Synonyms for Said Word Bank

A word bank of alternatives to the word ‘said’. This word list is a useful resource for pupils who are learning to write direct speech and as a word mat when writing fiction, especially dialogues.

The synonyms for ‘said’ are grouped into categories to make pupils’ selection of the most appropriate word easier and quicker.

The word bank can be printed back-to-back onto A4 to be used as a handy desk-top resource or enlarged onto A3 paper and displayed on the wall of your classroom.

Other dialogue and direct speech resources:
✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Worksheets Differentiated
✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Quiz & Activities
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land Direct Speech to Reported Speech Differentiated Worksheets With Answers
✦ Street Child Dialogue Writing Example Text Pack
✦ The Nowhere Emporium Dialogue Writing Example Text
✦ The Hodgeheg Dialogue Example Pack
✦ Dialogue Example Pack: The Boy at the Back of the Class
✦ Dialogue Example Pack: The Butterfly Lion
✦ Dialogue Example Pack: The Boy Who Grew Dragons
✦ Dialogue Text Examples Differentiated: Journey by Aaron Becker
✦ The Twits Dialogue Writing Example Text Pack
✦ Christophe’s Story Dialogue Writing Example Text Pack
✦ Stig of the Dump Dialogue Writing Example with Feature Identification, Answers & Extract
✦ Stone Age Boy Example Dialogue Texts Differentiated, Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Iron Man Example Texts BUNDLE: Diary, Dialogue & Non-Chronological Report with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ The Iron Man Dialogue Writing Example Text, Feature Identification & Answers

Other useful resources:
✦ The Iron Man Complete Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Iron Man Apostrophe Activities Differentiated BUNDLE
✦ Apostrophes in Possessive Nouns Punctuation Activities & Quiz
✦ Daily Grammar & Writing Activities with Answers – Whole Term BUNDLE

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