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Year 2:
Grammar point
Example
Difference between questions, commands, exclamations and
You are my friend. (statement)
statements:
Are you my friend? (question)
Demarcates sentences accurately and recognises the imperative Be my friend! (command)
verb.
What a good friend you are! (exclamation)
Commas in a list:
Commas used to separate items in a list (there will always be I am going swimming and I am taking my flippers, mask, camera,
two fewer commas than items in the list).
snorkel and watch. (5 items in the list 3 commas)
Apostrophe for omission:
Use the apostrophe of omission to show where letters are
The girl didn’t know where it had gone.
missing in a contraction.
Apostrophe for possession:
Use the possessive apostrophe to show possession for single
Hannah’s mother went to town.
nouns.
Expanded noun phrases:
Uses adjectives to expand a simple noun phrase.
the big, black dog
Coordination of clauses:
Joins simple sentences using and, but, or.
Susan got a bus but Amra walked.
Subordination of clauses:
Generates subordinate clauses using when, if, that because.
We can watch TV when we’ve finished.
Past simple (attempted):
Used consistently for narration.
Regular (ed) and irregular verb formations.
The knight walked through the gate and broke into the armoury.
Progressive form of verbs:
She is drumming.
Use of verbs ending –ing to mark actions in progress.
She was shouting.
Grammatical terminology
noun, noun phrase, statement, question, exclamation, command, compound, suffix, adjective, adverb, verb, tense (past,
present), apostrophe, comma
Word
Definition
Example
subject
verb
object
clause
main clause
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The noun, noun phrase or pronoun that names the do-er
Verbs usually have a tense and can be conjugated.
An object is usually a noun, pronoun or noun phrase.
A type of phrase that contains a verb.
A sentence contains at least one clause that must be
a main clause.
Tom’s mother went out.
He lives in Leeds.
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It was raining.
It was raining. The sun was shining.
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phoneme
adjective
lowercase
A single sound made when speaking.
Usually found before a noun to add description.
Small letters as opposed to capitals.
exclamation mark
capital letter
A piece of punctuation to show an exclamation.
Large letters as opposed to lowercase letters.
question mark
A piece of punctuation that indicates an
interrogative clause.
A word is a unit of grammar: it can be moved around.
Morphology breaks words down into root words, which
can stand alone.
A full sentence expresses a complete idea and has a
verb.
A character representing one or more of the sounds in
speech.
Marks used to separate sentences and their elements.
A punctuation mark used at the end of a sentence.
Nouns can be used after an article (a, an, the).
Is added at the beginning of a root word to make a
different word.
Are used like nouns and can replace them.
A letter or letters added at the end of a root word
to change it.
A plural noun normally has a suffix –s or –es.
A proper noun is a name. They always have a capital
letter.
Conjugate means to change a verb into its different
forms.
Third person is when you discuss he, she or it. It
changes verbs.
Means that there is just one noun.
To show the boundaries of writing.
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An interrogative clause.
A sentence usually written in the imperative.
A sentence that gives a piece of information.
A sentence starting with how or what.
A type of verb that gives an instruction or command.
Used to separate clauses in a sentence or items in a
list.
They show where letters are missing in contractions.
word
root word
sentence
letter
punctuation
full stop
noun
prefix
pronoun
suffix
plural
proper noun
conjugate
third person
singular
demarcate
question
command
statement
exclamation
imperative verb
comma
apostrophe omission
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string - /s/ /t/ /r/ /i/ /ŋ/
The pupils did some really good work.
a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, I, j, k, l, m, n, o, p,
q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z
A bear!
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R,
S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
What is that?
head
played (root = play) unfair (root = fair)
football (roots = foot + ball)
Tom’s mother went out.
a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, I, j, k, l, m, n, o, p,
q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z
, . ? ! ( ) ; : - “ “ ‘
Bears can be found in Canada.
The players scored a goal.
disappear
Amanda waved to Michael. She waved to him.
looked, teacher, terrorise, greenish
dogs – boxes – mice
Mr Brown, Tuesday, Scotland
play – plays – played – playing
He plays tennis on Thursdays.
cat, boy
Bears live in Canada.
Should I eat these seeds?
Take these seeds away.
The dog chased the cat.
What a good friend you are!
Sit in your chair.
When the dust settled, they saw the
devastation.
Don’t, shouldn’t
apostrophe
possession
noun phrase
past simple
progressive
compound
adverb
tense
subordination
coordination
Used to show who owns something.
Tom’s shoes
A noun and all the words that describe it.
Used to show things that have happened. Regular
formation + –ed.
Used to show events in progress. Made with -ing and
the verb to be.
A compound word is made from at least two root words.
that girl over there
play – played
A word that modifies a verb, an adjective or another
adverb.
Shows when a verb takes place.
The two linked elements are unequal.
The two linked elements are equal.
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Michael is singing in the store room.
playground, armchair, blackbird, blow-dry,
bone-dry
then, quickly, upstairs, carefully, often
I swim – I swam – I was swimming – I will swim
big dogs (adjective is subordinate to the noun)
Susan and Amra met in a café.