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English - Grammar Progression
Reception
Year One
Year Two
Year Three
Year Four
Year Five
Year Six
Written words have meaning
Separation of words
Capital letters for names
Sentence demarcation – Capital letters and full
stops
Recognize question marks
Recognize exclamation marks
Write with spaces between words
Sequence simple sentences to form narratives
Write with correct demarcation including
questions and exclamations
Singular and plural
Proper nouns
Compound sentences using and
Prefix and suffix
Nouns (including abstract nouns by a suffix)
Adjectives
Verbs (including being words)
Adverbs
Changing word types using prefixes and suffixes
Statement/question/command/
Exclamation
Past tense / present tense
Progressive present and past tense verbs
Commas in lists
Apostrophes for omission
Apostrophes for possession
Using connectives, conjunctions, adverbs and
prepositions to express time, place and causes
Paragraphs
Headings and sub-headings
Present perfect form of verbs (He has finished
etc)
Inverted commas - direct speech
Clause or phrase?
Subordination using conjunctions
Coordination using conjunctions
Comparison of spoken and standard written
English.
Verb inflections singular/plural
Expanded noun phrases
Fronted adverbials
Use of pronouns and nouns within a sentence to
preserve meaning but avoid repetition.
All punctuation within direct speech inc’
commas after reporting clause.
Commas after fronted adverbials
Apostrophes for plural possession
Determiners and articles
Relative clauses
Indicating possibility using adverbs – perhaps,
maybe etc.
Indicating possibility using modal verbs – could,
should, might, must.
Linking paragraphs using adverbs of time.
Brackets, commas or dashes for parenthesis.
Commas to avoid ambiguity
Subject and object of sentence
I or me?
Antonyms and synonyms
Informal spoken/formal spoken and written
English.
Active and passive voice
Use of question tags
Subjunctive form
Ellipsis
Colon to introduce lists
Semi colons within complex lists
Semi colons between independent clauses with
equal importance.
(cont’)
Hyphens to avoid ambiguity re-cover / recover
Past perfect tense
Present perfect tense
Progressive perfect tense