Grammar Years 1 to 6
Year
Word structure
Sentence structure
Text structure
Punctuation
Terminology for pupils
1
Regular plural noun
How words can combine to
Sequencing sentences to
Separation of words with
word, sentence, letter, capital
suffixes –s or –es (e.g. dog,
make sentences
form short narratives
spaces
letter, full stop, punctuation,
dogs; wish, wishes)
singular, plural, question
Joining words and joining
Introduction to capital letters,
mark, exclamation mark
Suffixes that can be added
sentences using and
full stops, question marks
to verbs (e.g. helping,
and exclamation marks to
helped, helper)
demarcate sentences
How the prefix un– changes
Capital letters for names and
the meaning of verbs and
for the personal pronoun I
adjectives (negation, e.g.
unkind, or undoing, e.g. untie
the boat)
2
Formation of nouns using
Subordination (using when,
Correct choice and
Use of capital letters, full
verb, tense (past, present),
suffixes such as –ness, –er
if, that, or because) and co-
consistent use of present
stops, question marks and
adjective, noun, suffix,
ordination (using or, and, or
tense and past tense
exclamation marks to
apostrophe, comma
Formation of adjectives
but)
throughout writing
demarcate sentences
using suffixes such as –ful,
–less
Expanded noun phrases for
Use of the continuous form
Commas to separate items in
(A fuller list of suffixes can
description and specification
of verbs in the present and
a list
(e.g. the blue butterfly, plain
past tense to mark actions
be found in the Year 2
spelling appendix.)
flour, the man in the moon)
in progress (e.g. she is
Apostrophes to mark
drumming, he was shouting)
contracted forms in spelling
Use of the suffixes –er and
Sentences with different
–est to form comparisons of
forms: statement, question,
adjectives and adverbs
exclamation, command
3
Formation of nouns using a
Expressing time and cause
Introduction to paragraphs as
Introduction to inverted
word family, conjunction,
range of prefixes, such as
using conjunctions (e.g.
a way to group related
commas to punctuate direct
adverb, preposition, direct
super–, anti–, auto–
when, so, before, after,
material
speech
speech, inverted commas (or
while, because), adverbs
“speech marks”), prefix,
Use of the determiners a or
(e.g. then, next, soon,
Headings and sub-headings
consonant, vowel, consonant
an according to whether the
therefore, or prepositions
to aid presentation
letter, vowel letter, clause,
next word begins with a
(e.g. before, after, during, in,
subordinate clause
consonant or a vowel (e.g.
because of)
Use of the perfect form of
a rock, an open box)
verbs to mark relationships
of time and cause (e.g. I
Word families based on
have written it down so we
ii