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Year 3 Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Objectives
Use and understand grammatical terminology when discussing
writing and reading: word family, conjunction, adverb,
preposition, direct speech, inverted commas (or 'speech marks'),
prefix, consonant, vowel, clause, subordinate clause.
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Extending the range of sentences with more than one clause by
using a wider range of conjunctions, including when, if, because. To punctuate and organise accurately
Choosing nouns or pronouns appropriately to avoid repetition.
Use conjunctions to express time, place and cause e.g. when,
before, while, so, because.
Use adverbs to express time, place and cause e.g. then, next,
soon, therefore.
Use prepositions to express time, place and cause e.g. before,
after, during, in, because of.
Use fronted adverbials.
Use commas after fronted adverbials.
Use speech marks/inverted commas for direct speech.
Use the present perfect form of verbs instead of the simple past
(e.g. he has gone out to play/he went out to play).
Recognise paragraphs as a way of grouping related material and
start to use in own writing.
Recognise headings and subheadings as a way to organise
writing and use within own writing.
Use taught prefixes and suffixes and understand how to add
them e.g. super-, anti-, auto-, -ation, -ly.
Use a and an accurately according to whether the next word
begins with a consonant or a vowel.
Recognise word families based on common words e.g. solve,
solution, dissolve and find related meanings.
Spell further homophones.
Spell correctly often misspelt words.
Place the possessive apostrophe accurately in words with
regular plurals (for example, girls', boys').
Use the first two or three letters of a word to check its spelling in
a simple dictionary.
Write from memory simple sentences, dictated by the teacher,
that include words and punctuation taught so far.
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Year 4 Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation Objectives
Use and understand grammatical terminology when
discussing writing and reading: pronoun, possessive
pronoun, adverbial, determiner.
Use prefixes and suffixes and understand how to add
Spell further homophones.
Spell correctly often misspelt words.
Place the possessive apostrophe accurately in words
with regular plurals (for example, girls', boys') and in
words with irregular plurals (for example, children's).
Use the first two or three letters of a word to check its
spelling in a dictionary.
Write from memory simple sentences, dictated by the
teacher, that include words and punctuation taught so
Extending the range of sentences with more than one
clause by using a wider range of conjunctions,
including when, if, because, although.
Use paragraphs to organise ideas around a theme.
Using the present perfect form of verbs in contrast to
the past tense.
Choosing nouns or pronouns appropriately within and
across sentences for clarity and cohesion and to avoid
Using conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to
express time and cause.
Using a range of fronted adverbials.
Expand noun phrases by adding modifying adjectives,
nouns and preposition phrases (e.g. 'the teacher'
expanded to 'the strict maths teacher with curly hair)
Using commas after fronted adverbials.
Using and punctuating direct speech accurately with
speech marks/inverted commas.
Using apostrophes consistently to mark plural
possession (e.g. the girl's name)
Recognise the difference between plural and
Recognise and use the standard english forms for verb
inflections (instead of local spoken forms) (e.g. 'we
were' instead of 'we was').
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Year 5 Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation Objectives
Develop understanding of writing concepts by: Recognising vocabulary and
structures that are appropriate for formal speech and writing.
Develop understanding of writing concepts by: Understanding passive and active
verbs.
Use devices to build cohesion within a paragraph (e.g. then, after that, this,
firstly).
Link ideas across paragraphs using adverbials of time (e.g. later), place (e.g.
nearby) and number (e.g. secondly) or tense choices (e.g. he had seen her
before).
Using expanded noun phrases
Using modal verbs (e.g. might, should, will, must) or adverbs (e.g. perhaps,
surely) to indicate degrees of possibility.
Using relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose, that or
an omitted relative pronoun.
Indicate grammatical and other features by:Using commas accurately to clarify
meaning.
Indicate grammatical and other features by: Using hyphens.
Indicate grammatical and other features by: Using brackets or commas to
indicate parenthesis.
Indicate grammatical and other features by: Using semi-colons to mark
boundaries between independent clauses.
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Indicate grammatical and other features by: Using a colon to introduce a list.
Use prefixes, applying guidelines for adding them (e.g. dis-, de-, mis-, over- and
re-)
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Convert nouns or adjectives into verbs using suffixes (e.g. -ate, -ise, -ify)
Spell some words with silent letters (knight, psalm solemn).
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Distinguish between homophones and other words that are often confused.
Understand that some words need to be learned specifically.
Use dictionaries to check spelling and meaning of words and to investigate word
families and spelling patterns.
Use the first three or four letters of a word to look up the meaning or spelling of
words in a dictionary.
Use a thesaurus.
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Year 6 Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation Objectives
Use and understand grammatical terminology when discussing writing and
reading: relative clause, modal verb, relative pronoun, parenthesis, bracket,
dash, determiner, cohesion, ambiguity.
Use prefixes, applying guidelines for adding them and inferring the meaning of
these.
Spell an increasing number of words with silent letters (knight, psalm solemn).
Distinguish between homophones and other words that are often confused,
including words in which nouns end -ce and verbs end -se.
Use knowledge of morphology and etymology in spelling and understand that
some words need to be learned specifically.
Use dictionaries to check spelling and meaning of words.
Use the first three or four letters of a word to look up the meaning or spelling of
words in a dictionary.
Use a thesaurus.
Use and understand grammatical terminology when discussing writing and
reading: active and passive voice, subject and object, hyphen, synonym,
antonym, colon, semi-colon, bullet points.
Develop understanding of writing concepts by: Recognising vocabulary and
structures that are appropriate for formal speech and writing, including
subjunctive forms (e.g. find out - discover; ask for - request; go in - enter).
Develop understanding of writing concepts by: Using passive verbs to affect the
presentation of information in a sentence (e.g. I broke the window in the
greenhouse/The window in the greenhouse was broken (by me)).
Develop understanding of writing concepts by: Using the perfect form of verbs
to mark relationships of time and cause.
Develop understanding of writing concepts by: Using expanded noun phrases to
convey complicated information concisely.
Develop understanding of writing concepts by: Using modal verbs or adverbs to
indicate degrees of possibility.
Develop understanding of writing concepts by: Using relative clauses beginning
with who, which, where, when, whose, that or with an implied (i.e. omitted)
relative pronoun.
Understand how words are related by meaning as synonyms and antonyms (e.g.
big, little, large).
Indicate grammatical and other features by: Using commas to clarify meaning or
avoid ambiguity in writing.
Indicate grammatical and other features by: Using hyphens to avoid ambiguity
(e.g. man eating shark/man-eating shark or recover/ re-cover).
Indicate grammatical and other features by: Using brackets, dashes or commas
to indicate parenthesis.
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Indicate grammatical and other features by: Using semi-colons, colons or dashes
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Indicate grammatical and other features by: Using a colon to introduce a list and
use of semi-colons within lists.
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Indicate grammatical and other features by: Punctuating bullet points
consistently to list information.
Linking ideas across paragraphs using a wider range of cohesive devices:
repetition of a word or phrase, grammatical connections (e.g. the use of
adverbials such as 'on the other hand', 'in contrast', 'as a consequence') and
ellipsis.
Use appropriate layout devices (e.g. headings, subheadings, columns, bullets,
tables) to structure texts.
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