English // Grammar & Punctuation
Grammar Terms: Pronouns and Determiners
Know and use Year 4 grammar terminology including determiner, pronoun, possessive pronoun, and adverbial
Quick check
If you ask the learner to find a "determiner" or a "possessive pronoun" in a sentence, can they point one out and explain what job it does?
Ask this to see whether the topic is secure.
Topic // Mastery
What mastery looks like
- Label the determiner, pronoun, and adverbial in 'She quickly opened her present on the table'
- Explain the difference between a possessive pronoun ('mine', 'theirs') and other pronouns ('I', 'they')
- Use the terms 'determiner' and 'adverbial' accurately when discussing a classmate's writing
Topic // Map
Where this fits
- RequiredMust come first
- HelpfulHelps, but not essential
Before this
2 topicsGrammar & Punctuation // Ages 6 to 7
Y4 terminology builds on Y2 terminology knowledge
Grammar & Punctuation // Ages 7 to 9
Y4 terminology builds directly on Y3 terminology knowledge
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Grammar Terms: Pronouns and Determiners
Ages 8 to 9 // Language
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1 topicGrammar & Punctuation // Ages 9 to 10
Y5 grammar terminology builds directly on Y4 terminology; learners must know determiner, pronoun, adverbial before adding modal verb, relative clause, parenthesis, cohesion, ambiguity
Topic // Standards
Curriculum standards
- The national curriculum in England: Key stages 1 and 2 framework document
- Eng.App2.Y4.Term.1Eng_LKS2_Write_VGP_10Eng_LKS2_Write_VGP_6
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