Download year 4 grammar scheme of work objectives

YEAR 4 GRAMMAR SCHEME OF WORK OBJECTIVES
Verb inflections
To be able to change verb to indicate tense or person e.g. walk,
walks, walked.
Adverb
To extend knowledge and understanding of adverbs including
adverbs to link paragraphs e.g. firstly, next, finally.
Adjectives
Use adjectival phrases in writing e.g. Sam ordered a very spicy, but
quite small pizza.
Noun
To consolidate use of proper nouns and introduce and be able to use
collective nouns e.g. They came across a pod of pelicans!
Subordinate/Main Clause To introduce term ‘subordinate/main clause’ and be able to use a
subordinate clause in their writing (see conjunctions below).
Pronouns
Conjunctions
Standard English
Pluralisation
Punctuation
Commas
Inverted commas
(speech marks)
Apostrophe
Fronted Adverbials
Future Tense
determiners
1st, 2nd and 3rd person
Prefix
Suffix
Suffix (adjective)
Suffix
Suffix
Comparative adjectives
and adverbs
Synonyms
Homophones
Common errors
To consolidate the use of pronouns in sentences.
Extend the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a
wide range of conjunctions including: when, if, because, although.
To ensure grammatical agreement in speech and writing of pronouns
and verbs, e.g. I am, we are, in standard English.
To extend knowledge and understanding of pluralisation of words
(adding s, es, ies, removal of y, etc).
Correct use of capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation
marks and commas (see commas below).
Used to separate items in lists, after fronted adverbials and to show
demarcation of sentence in subordinate clauses.
To begin to recognise the term ‘inverted commas’, identify them in
reading, use them in their own writing and use a capital letter at the
beginning of direct speech.
Use and understand apostrophes to mark plural possession in nouns
e.g. The Boys’ Club or the children’s hats.
Use and understand fronted adverbials in sentences, including the
use of the comma e.g. After some time, the scenery changed.
Be able to convert verbs and sentences into the future tense.
To understand what a determiner is and recognise them in their
writing/reading e.g. the, my, this, an, what, etc.
To understand verbs in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd person.
To know and use the prefixes: pre, in, im, mis, and de.
To know and use the suffixes: ment, ness.
To know and use the suffixes: ly and ful.
To know and use the suffixes: able, ible.
To know and use the suffixes: est, less,
To know and use comparative adjectives and adverbs e.g. prettier,
slower, uglier, faster, etc.
To know and use a variety of synonyms e.g. beautiful, attractive,
pretty, alluring, etc.
To know the meaning and spelling of common homophones.
Double letters. To know and be aware of when words need double
letters.