English

Punctuation and Grammar – Year 6

Recognising vocabulary and structures that are appropriate for formal speech and writing, including subjunctive forms Using passive verbs to affect the presentation of information in a sentence Using the perfect form of verbs to mark relationships of time and cause Using expanded noun phrases to convey complicated information concisely Using modal verbs or adverbs to …

Punctuation and Grammar – Year 5

Using the perfect form of verbs to mark relationships of time and cause Using modal verbs or adverbs to indicate degrees of possibility Indicate degrees of possibility using adverbs Using relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose, that or with an implied (i.e. omitted) relative pronoun Converting nouns or adjectives into verbs using …

Punctuation and Grammar – Year 4

Choosing nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition Using fronted adverbials The grammatical difference between plural and possessive Correct verb inflections rather than local spoken English Noun phrases expanded by modifying adjectives, nouns and preposition phrases Use of paragraphs to organise paragraphs around a theme Using commas after fronted adverbials …

Punctuation and Grammar – Year 3

Using the present perfect form of verbs in contrast to the past tense Using conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause Formation of nouns using a range of prefixes Use a or an correctly Word families based on common words Using and punctuating direct speech Introduction to paragraphs to group material Headings and …

Punctuation and Grammar – Year 2

Learning how to use both familiar and new punctuation correctly including full stops, capital letters, exclamation marks, question marks, commas for lists and apostrophes for contracted forms and the possessive (singular) Sentences with different forms: statement, question, exclamation, command Expanded noun phrases to describe and specify The present and past tenses correctly and consistently including …