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Year 2 Glossary
Adjective Adjectives are describing words. They tell you more about a noun. Adjectives
help to give the reader a clearer picture of what is being described and make writing
more interesting e.g. The energetic goat climbed the steep hill.
Article These are a subclass of determiners and are little words that go in front of nouns:
a or an ( indefinite- general ) and the (definite- specific)
‘an’ used before a noun beginning with a vowel sound and ‘a’ used when the noun
following begins with a consonant sound e.g. a chair, an elephant, an hour
Commas in a List You use commas to separate items in a list. Put a comma between
every item in the list except the last two. Put ‘and’ or ‘or’ between the last two items in
the list e.g. Peter bought a hat, boots, a scarf and a pair of gloves.
Complex Sentences Complex sentences are made up of at least two parts, or clauses. One
part is the main clause. The main clause makes sense by itself. The other part is the
subordinate clause. The subordinate clause gives extra information. It does not make
sense if you read it without the main clause.
e.g. Screaming wildly(subordinate), she jumped into the pool(main).
I love the summer(main) because we have a long holiday(subordinate).
Noun A noun is a naming word.
Noun Phrase A noun phrase works like a noun but is a group of words that work
together and contain a noun e.g.The girl. A noun phrase can be expanded to make an
expanded noun phrase e.g.The tall girl, the yellow butterfly etc.
Phrases and Clauses Longer sentences are made up of phrases and clauses.
A clause is a group of words that includes a verb – it usually tells you about an event
A phrase is a group of words that does not contain a verb – it gives extra information
about an event in a sentence.
A simple sentence can be made more interesting by adding phrases.
E.g. Once there lived a wise man.
Once, in a far and distant land, there lived a wise man with three daughters.
Pronouns Pronouns are words we use in place of nouns. Words like I, she, him and it are
all examples of pronouns. Pronouns are useful because they stop you from repeating the
same words over and over again e.g. Jack tried to carry Jack’s bag but Jack’s bag was
too heavy for Jack. would be written as Jack tried to carry his bag but it was too heavy
for him.
Simple Sentence A sentence is a group of words that are put together to say something.
A sentence must always make sense. A simple sentence has just one thing to say.
Statement A clear expression of something in speech or writing e.g. You are going to
school!
Time Conjunctions (Also known as words better than then)
Conjunctions used to indicate time include: after, before, since, until, when, whenever,
while, now that, firstly, finally, lastly, suddenly, next
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After Mary opened the door she switched on the light.
Since we have know each other we have remained great friends.
Next will wait here until the next bus arrives.
Finally we can make a decision.
When we arrived at the theatre it was busy.
Suddenly the noise started.
While there is a chance, we shall not give up.
Now that the matter had been put to rest, we shall not talk about it.
As I was on my way out, I fell.
When first introducing a time conjunction we teach that they go at the beginning of a
sentence (often replacing then) in order to move the writing on to the next part.
Verb A verb is a doing or a being word. Verbs often tell us about the actions – what
something or someone is doing e.g The cat sits. The door opens. John stops.