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 suffixes

Devices to build cohesion within a paragraph

Link ideas across paragraphs using adverbials of time

Using commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity in writing

Using brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis

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