How words can combine to make sentences
Text Structure Sequencing sentences to form short narratives
Punctuation Separation of words with spaces
Introduction to capital letters, full stops, Correct choice and consistent use of question marks and exclamation marks to Subordination (using when, if, that, or because) present tense and past tense throughout demarcate sentences Regular plural noun suffixes –s or –es [for example, dog, and co-ordination (using or, and, or but) writing dogs; wish, wishes], including the effects of these suffixes on the Capital letters for names and for the personal Expanded noun phrases for description and Use of the progressive form of verbs in meaning of the noun pronoun I specification [for example, the blue butterfly, the present and past tense to mark Suffixes that can be added to verbs where no change is Use of capital letters, full stops, question plain flour, the man in the moon] actions in progress [for example, she is needed in the spelling of root words (e.g. helping, helped, marks and exclamation marks to demarcate drumming, he was shouting] How the grammatical patterns in a sentence helper) sentences Introduction to paragraphs as a way to indicate its function as a statement, question, How the prefix un– changes the meaning of verbs and Commas to separate items in a list group related material exclamation or command adjectives [negation, for example, unkind, or undoing: untie the Apostrophes to mark where letters are Headings and sub-headings to aid boat] Expressing time, place and cause using missing in spelling and to mark singular conjunctions [for example, when, before, after, presentation Formation of nouns using suffixes such as –ness, –er and by possession in nouns [for example, the girl’s while, so, because], adverbs [for example, then, Use of the present perfect form of verbs name] compounding [for example, whiteboard, superman] next, soon, therefore], or prepositions [for instead of the simple past [for example, He Formation of adjectives using suffixes such as –ful, –less (A Introduction to inverted commas to example, before, after, during, in, because of] has gone out to play contrasted with He fuller list of suffixes can be found in the spelling appendix.) punctuate direct speech went out to play] Noun phrases expanded by the addition of Use of the suffixes –er, –est in adjectives and the use of –ly in Use of inverted commas and other Use of paragraphs to organise ideas modifying adjectives, nouns and preposition Standard English to turn adjectives into adverbs punctuation to indicate direct speech [for phrases (e.g. the teacher expanded to: the strict around a theme example, a comma after the reporting clause; Formation of nouns using a range of prefixes [for example maths teacher with curly hair) Appropriate choice of pronoun or noun end punctuation within inverted commas: The super–, anti–, auto–] Fronted adverbials [for example, Later that day, within and across sentences to aid conductor shouted, “Sit down!”] Use of the forms a or an according to whether the next word cohesion and avoid repetition I heard the bad news.] Apostrophes to mark plural possession [for begins with a consonant or a vowel [for example, a rock, an example, the girl’s name, the girls’ names] Relative clauses beginning with who, which, Devices to build cohesion within a open box] where, when, whose, that, or an omitted relative paragraph (e.g. then, after that, this, firstly) Use of commas after fronted adverbials Word families based on common words, showing how words pronoun are related in form and meaning [for example, solve, solution, Brackets, dashes or commas to indicate Linking ideas across paragraphs using solver, dissolve, insoluble] Indicating degrees of possibility using adverbs parenthesis adverbials of time [for example, later], [for example, perhaps, surely] or modal verbs The grammatical difference between plural and possessive -s Use of commas to clarify meaning or avoid place [for example, nearby] and number [for example, might, should, will, must] ambiguity Standard English forms for verb inflections instead of local [for example, secondly] or tense choices Use of the passive to affect the presentation of spoken forms (e.g. we were instead of we was, or I did instead Use of the semi-colon, colon and dash to information in a sentence [for example, I broke Linking ideas across paragraphs using a of I done) mark the boundary between independent the window in the greenhouse versus The wider range of cohesive devices: clauses [for example, It’s raining; I’m fed up] Converting nouns or adjectives into verbs using suffixes [for window in the greenhouse was broken (by me)]. repetition of a word or phrase, example, –ate; –ise; –ify] Use of the colon to introduce a list and use of grammatical connections [for example, the semi-colons within lists Verb prefixes (e.g. dis–, de–, mis–, over– and re–) The difference between structures typical of use of adverbials such as on the other informal speech and structures appropriate for Punctuation of bullet points to list The difference between vocabulary typical of informal speech hand, in contrast, or as a consequence], formal speech and writing [for example, the use and ellipsis information and vocabulary appropriate for formal speech and writing [for of question tags: He’s your friend, isn’t he?, or example, find out – discover; ask for – request; go in – enter] How hyphens can be used to avoid ambiguity the use of subjunctive forms such as If I were or Layout devices, such as headings, subHow words are related by meaning as synonyms and antonyms [for example, man eating shark versus manheadings, columns, bullets, or tables, to Were they to come in some very formal writing [for example, big, large, little]. eating shark, or recover versus re-cover] Joining words and joining clauses using and
Word Structure
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Terminology for Pupils letter, capital letter, word, singular, plural, sentence, punctuation, full stop, question mark, exclamation mark noun, noun phrase, statement, question, exclamation, command, compound, suffix, adjective, adverb, verb, tense (past, present), apostrophe, comma preposition conjunction, word family, prefix, clause, subordinate clause, direct speech, consonant, consonant letter vowel, vowel letter, inverted commas (or ‘speech marks’) determiner, pronoun, possessive pronoun, adverbial modal verb, relative pronoun, relative clause, parenthesis, bracket, dash, cohesion, ambiguity subject, object, active, passive, synonym, antonym, ellipsis, hyphen, colon, semi-colon, bullet points
All terms in bold should be understood with the meanings set out in the glossary.
Sentence Structure
Key: Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
Statutory Programmes of Study and Attainment Targets
How words can combine to make sentences
Text Structure Sequencing sentences to form short narratives
Punctuation Separation of words with spaces
Introduction to capital letters, full stops, Correct choice and consistent use of question marks and exclamation marks to Subordination (using when, if, that, or because) present tense and past tense throughout demarcate sentences Regular plural noun suffixes –s or –es [for example, dog, and co-ordination (using or, and, or but) writing dogs; wish, wishes], including the effects of these suffixes on the Capital letters for names and for the personal Expanded noun phrases for description and Use of the progressive form of verbs in meaning of the noun pronoun I specification [for example, the blue butterfly, the present and past tense to mark Suffixes that can be added to verbs where no change is Use of capital letters, full stops, question plain flour, the man in the moon] actions in progress [for example, she is needed in the spelling of root words (e.g. helping, helped, marks and exclamation marks to demarcate drumming, he was shouting] How the grammatical patterns in a sentence helper) sentences Introduction to paragraphs as a way to indicate its function as a statement, question, How the prefix un– changes the meaning of verbs and Commas to separate items in a list group related material exclamation or command adjectives [negation, for example, unkind, or undoing: untie the Apostrophes to mark where letters are Headings and sub-headings to aid boat] Expressing time, place and cause using missing in spelling and to mark singular conjunctions [for example, when, before, after, presentation Formation of nouns using suffixes such as –ness, –er and by possession in nouns [for example, the girl’s while, so, because], adverbs [for example, then, Use of the present perfect form of verbs name] compounding [for example, whiteboard, superman] next, soon, therefore], or prepositions [for instead of the simple past [for example, He Formation of adjectives using suffixes such as –ful, –less (A Introduction to inverted commas to example, before, after, during, in, because of] has gone out to play contrasted with He fuller list of suffixes can be found in the spelling appendix.) punctuate direct speech went out to play] Noun phrases expanded by the addition of Use of the suffixes –er, –est in adjectives and the use of –ly in Use of inverted commas and other Use of paragraphs to organise ideas modifying adjectives, nouns and preposition Standard English to turn adjectives into adverbs punctuation to indicate direct speech [for phrases (e.g. the teacher expanded to: the strict around a theme example, a comma after the reporting clause; Formation of nouns using a range of prefixes [for example maths teacher with curly hair) Appropriate choice of pronoun or noun end punctuation within inverted commas: The super–, anti–, auto–] Fronted adverbials [for example, Later that day, within and across sentences to aid conductor shouted, “Sit down!”] Use of the forms a or an according to whether the next word cohesion and avoid repetition I heard the bad news.] Apostrophes to mark plural possession [for begins with a consonant or a vowel [for example, a rock, an example, the girl’s name, the girls’ names] Relative clauses beginning with who, which, Devices to build cohesion within a open box] where, when, whose, that, or an omitted relative paragraph (e.g. then, after that, this, firstly) Use of commas after fronted adverbials Word families based on common words, showing how words pronoun are related in form and meaning [for example, solve, solution, Brackets, dashes or commas to indicate Linking ideas across paragraphs using solver, dissolve, insoluble] Indicating degrees of possibility using adverbs parenthesis adverbials of time [for example, later], [for example, perhaps, surely] or modal verbs The grammatical difference between plural and possessive -s Use of commas to clarify meaning or avoid place [for example, nearby] and number [for example, might, should, will, must] ambiguity Standard English forms for verb inflections instead of local [for example, secondly] or tense choices Use of the passive to affect the presentation of spoken forms (e.g. we were instead of we was, or I did instead Use of the semi-colon, colon and dash to information in a sentence [for example, I broke Linking ideas across paragraphs using a of I done) mark the boundary between independent the window in the greenhouse versus The wider range of cohesive devices: clauses [for example, It’s raining; I’m fed up] Converting nouns or adjectives into verbs using suffixes [for window in the greenhouse was broken (by me)]. repetition of a word or phrase, example, –ate; –ise; –ify] Use of the colon to introduce a list and use of grammatical connections [for example, the semi-colons within lists Verb prefixes (e.g. dis–, de–, mis–, over– and re–) The difference between structures typical of use of adverbials such as on the other informal speech and structures appropriate for Punctuation of bullet points to list The difference between vocabulary typical of informal speech hand, in contrast, or as a consequence], formal speech and writing [for example, the use and ellipsis information and vocabulary appropriate for formal speech and writing [for of question tags: He’s your friend, isn’t he?, or example, find out – discover; ask for – request; go in – enter] How hyphens can be used to avoid ambiguity the use of subjunctive forms such as If I were or Layout devices, such as headings, subHow words are related by meaning as synonyms and antonyms [for example, man eating shark versus manheadings, columns, bullets, or tables, to Were they to come in some very formal writing [for example, big, large, little]. eating shark, or recover versus re-cover] Joining words and joining clauses using and
Word Structure
© 2013 PrimaryTools.co.uk - All on One A4 Sheet
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationalcurriculum-in-england-framework-for-key-stages-1-to-4
Terminology for Pupils letter, capital letter, word, singular, plural, sentence, punctuation, full stop, question mark, exclamation mark noun, noun phrase, statement, question, exclamation, command, compound, suffix, adjective, adverb, verb, tense (past, present), apostrophe, comma preposition conjunction, word family, prefix, clause, subordinate clause, direct speech, consonant, consonant letter vowel, vowel letter, inverted commas (or ‘speech marks’) determiner, pronoun, possessive pronoun, adverbial modal verb, relative pronoun, relative clause, parenthesis, bracket, dash, cohesion, ambiguity subject, object, active, passive, synonym, antonym, ellipsis, hyphen, colon, semi-colon, bullet points
All terms in bold should be understood with the meanings set out in the glossary.
Sentence Structure
Key: Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
Statutory Programmes of Study and Attainment Targets
