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Year Four Jargon Buster! Below is a list of grammatical terms your child will be learning about in Year Four. We have included a definition and an example for each of the terms. Verb inflection: A verb inflection is a change to the form of a verb, for example: ‘walk/walked’; ‘do/ did’; ‘go/went’. Adverbial: A phrase that acts like an adverb is known as an adverbial. A fronted adverbial is one that comes at the start of a sentence. Fronted adverbial: A fronted adverbial is an adverbial that comes at the start of a sentence. Pronoun: A pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun or noun phrase. The most common type of pronoun is the personal pronoun, but many other words can also be used as pronouns, for example: ‘this’, ‘that’, ‘who’ and ‘which’. Pronouns can be singular (for example: ‘I’, ‘she’) or plural (for example: ‘we’, ‘they’). Possessive pronoun: A possessive pronoun is a pronoun that shows ownership. For example: ‘my’, ‘mine’, ‘his’, ‘hers’, ‘theirs’ Noun: A noun is a name of a person, place, animal or thing. Common nouns are the names given to general categories, such as ‘girl’, ‘city’, ‘dog’ and ‘car’. Proper nouns are the specific names of people, places, animals and things, such as ‘Beth’, ‘Edinburgh’, ‘Lassie’ and ‘Mercedes’. Concrete nouns name items we can see and touch, while abstract nouns name things that exist only in our minds, such as ‘beauty’, ‘truth’ and ‘justice’. Nouns are an important element in a clause, because they are used to name the subject or object of the verb. For example, in the phrase ‘Max ate chips’, ‘ate’ is the verb, ‘Max’ is the subject and ‘chips’ is the object. See also noun phrase and pronoun. Cohesion: Cohesion refers to the devices used to structure and order a text or sentence and give it meaning. Grammatical cohesive devices include conjunctions and prepositions, which make links within and between sentences; adverbials, which act like signposts in a text, indicating, for example, time and sequence; nouns, noun phrases and pronouns, which refer backwards and forwards between sentences. For example: ‘Katy knocked on the door. Her mum opened it.’ Apostrophe: The apostrophe is a punctuation mark that is used to show either that letters have been missed out (for example: ‘I’ve’, ‘can’t’), or possession (for example: ‘the dog’s tail’; ‘the dogs’ tails’). Determiner: A determiner is a word that ‘homes in on’ a noun (for example: ‘the book’, ‘a book’, ‘this book’, ‘your book’). It usually comes at the beginning of a noun phrase. Year Four Jargon Buster! Year 4: Detail of content to be introduced Word The grammatical difference between plural and possessive –s Standard English forms for verb inflections instead of local spoken forms [for example, we were instead of we was, or I did instead of I done] Sentence Noun phrases expanded by the addition of modifying adjectives, nouns and preposition phrases (e.g. the teacher expanded to: the strict maths teacher with curly hair) Fronted adverbials [for example, Later that day, I heard the bad news.] Text Use of paragraphs to organise ideas around a theme Appropriate choice of pronoun or noun within and across sentences to aid cohesion and avoid repetition Punctuation Use of inverted commas and other punctuation to indicate direct speech [for example, a comma after the reporting clause; end punctuation within inverted commas: The conductor shouted, “Sit down!”] Apostrophes to mark plural possession [for example, the girl’s name, the girls’ names] Use of commas after fronted adverbials Terminology for pupils determiner pronoun, possessive pronoun adverbial