Download Grammar Policy J L Alderson Updated June 2016 Year 3 Grammar

Grammar Policy
J L Alderson
Updated June 2016
Year 3
Grammar/Language
Consolidate
Sentences
Expanded noun phrases
Statements
Questions
Commands
Exclamations
Expanded noun phrase
Word types and
Vocabulary
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Suffixes
a/an
Punctuation
Other
Past and present tense
Full stops and capital
letters for sentence
demarcation
Capital letter for a
proper noun
Commas in lists
Exclamation marks with
‘How’ and ‘What’
Question marks
Introduce
Sentences
Simple sentences clauses
Compound sentences –
‘and’ ‘but’ ‘so’
Complex sentences –
‘as’ ‘while’ ‘because’
‘when’
Word types and
Vocabulary
Fronted adverbials – ‘Then’
‘Next’ ‘Finally’ ‘First’ ‘Soon’
(related to time)
Consonant and vowel
Prepositions – ‘before’ ‘after’
‘during’ ‘in’
Word families (eg solve,
dissolve, insoluble) using range
of prefixes
Present perfect form of verbs
Other
Alliteration
Similes using ‘like’ or ‘as’
Questions with
increasingly varied
question words
Increased verb tense
accuracy
Terminology ‘consonant’
and ‘vowel’
Question marks with
more question words
(who, when, how, what,
where, which)
Capital letter for
personal pronoun I
Inverted commas for
direct speech
Year 4
Grammar/Language
Punctuation
Consolidate
Sentences
Simple sentences
(nouns, verbs, adj.,
adv.)
Compound
sentences – ‘and’
‘but’ ‘so’
Complex sentences –
‘as’ ‘while’ ‘because’
‘when’
Word types and
Vocabulary
Fronted adverbials –
‘Then’ ‘Next’ ‘Finally’
‘First’ ‘Soon’ (related
to time)
Consonant and vowel
Prepositions –
‘before’ ‘after’ ‘during’
‘in’
Word families (eg
solve, dissolve,
insoluble) using
range of prefixes
Present perfect form
of verbs
Other
Similes using ‘like’ or
‘as’
Alliteration
Full stops and capital letters
for sentence demarcation
Question marks
Capital letter for personal
pronoun I
Inverted commas for speech
Introduce
Sentences
Complex sentences –
‘if’ ‘although’
Phrase
Clause
Subordinate clauses
Fronted adverbials
Word types and
Vocabulary
Fronted adverbials
(inc. time) –
‘Suddenly’ ‘However’
‘Therefore’ ‘Also’ ‘In
addition’
Pronouns
Possessive pronouns
Paired adjectives
Determiners
Other
Increased verb tense
accuracy
Speech punctuation - all
Exclamation marks with
speech
Apostrophe for possession
Brackets for additional
information
Comma for paired adjectives
Comma after fronted
adverbial
Year 5
Grammar/Language
Punctuation
Consolidate
Sentences
Simple sentences
Compound
sentences –
FANBOYS
Complex sentences –
‘as’ ‘while’ ‘because’
‘when’ ‘if’ ‘although’
Phrases
Clauses
Subordinate Clauses
Fronted adverbials
Word types and
Vocabulary
FA – ‘Suddenly’
‘However’ ‘Therefore’
‘Also’ ‘In addition’
Paired adjectives
Determiners
Pronouns
Possessive pronouns
Other
Similes
Alliteration
Full stops and capital letters
for demarcation
Question marks
Speech punctuation
Exclamation marks with
speech
Apostrophe for possession
Brackets for additional
information
Comma for paired adjectives
Comma after a fronted
adverbial
Introduce
Sentences
Complex sentences
(see relative clauses
for new conjunctions)
Relative clauses –
‘who’ ‘which’ ‘where’
‘when’ ‘whose’ ‘that’
Short sentence for
effect
Command, Question,
Statement (recap
from Y2)
Word types and
Vocabulary
Nouns – abstract,
proper, collective,
common
Fronted Adverbial –
‘Consequently’
Determiners
Extend adjectives –
comparative/superlati
ve
Modal verbs
Relative pronouns
Adverbs for degree of
possibility
Adverbials of time,
place and number
Other
Metaphors
Irony
Increased verb tense
accuracy
Apostrophe for contraction
Exclamation marks to show
surprise/humour/fear
Ellipsis
Brackets, dashes or commas
to indicate parenthesis
Year 6
Grammar/Language
Punctuation
Consolidate
Sentences
Simple, compound and
complex sentences
(FANBOYS, as, while,
because, if when,
although)
Short sentence for effect
Command, Question,
Statement
Fronted Adverbials
Clause/Subordinate
clause
Word types and
Vocabulary
Nouns – abstract,
proper, collective,
common
Articles
Pronouns –
possessive and
relative
Modal verbs
Articles/ Determiners
Other
Metaphors and
similes
Apostrophe for
possession/contraction
Brackets, dashes or
commas to indicate
parenthesis
Exclamation marks to
show
surprise/humour/fear
Comma for fronted
adverbials
Ellipsis
Speech mark punctuation
Introduce
Sentences
Complex sentences – all
conjunctions above, plus
others
Manipulation of the
position of the
subordinate clause
Subordinating
conjunctions, coordinating conjunctions
Embedded clauses
Word types and
Vocabulary
Fronted adverbial –
‘Moreover’
‘Penultimately’ ‘
‘Nevertheless’
Synonym/antonym
Subjunctive form
Other
I/me
Direct/indirect
speech
Active/passive voice
Personification
’Subject’/’Object’
Semi-colons to mark
boundary of independent
clauses and within lists
Dash for additional
information
Hyphens to clarify
compound words
Commas around
embedded clauses
Comma to separate
clauses where a
subordinate clause is
followed by a clause
Colon for list or to mark
boundary of independent
clauses
Writing direct and indirect
speech