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  • English // Grammar & Punctuation

    Basic Nouns & Verbs

    Use frequently occurring nouns (people, places, things) and verbs (action words) appropriately in speech and writing

    Ages 5 to 6Language

  • English // Grammar & Punctuation

    Question Words

    Understand and use question words (who, what, where, when, why, how) to form and answer questions

    Ages 5 to 6Language

  • English // Grammar & Punctuation

    Prepositions

    Understand and use the most frequently occurring prepositions of location and direction (e.g. to, from, in, out, on, off, for, by, with)

    Ages 5 to 7Language

  • English // Grammar & Punctuation

    Grammar words: letter, word, sentence

    Use basic grammatical terminology when discussing reading and writing: letter, capital letter, word, singular, plural, sentence, punctuation, full stop…

    Ages 5 to 6Language

  • English // Grammar & Punctuation

    Grammar Terms: Nouns, Verbs and Tense

    Use and understand Year 2 grammatical terminology in discussion: noun, noun phrase, statement, question, exclamation, command, compound, suffix, adjective…

    Ages 6 to 7Language

  • English // Grammar & Punctuation

    Grammar Terms: Clauses and Conjunctions

    Use and understand Year 3 grammatical terminology accurately when discussing reading and writing: preposition, conjunction, word family, prefix, clause…

    Ages 7 to 9Language

  • English // Grammar & Punctuation

    Choosing A or An

    Use the correct form of the indefinite article — 'a' before words beginning with a consonant sound and 'an' before words beginning with a vowel sound (e.g., a…

    Ages 7 to 8Language

  • English // Spelling & Word Study

    Phonics Vocabulary

    Know and use the vocabulary of phonics and word structure — phoneme, grapheme, GPC (grapheme-phoneme correspondence), blend, segment, digraph, CVC, vowel…

    Ages 4 to 7Language

  • English // Vocabulary

    Discussing and Questioning New Words

    Ask and answer questions about unknown words in texts; discuss word meanings and link new vocabulary to words already known

    Ages 5 to 11Language

  • English // Vocabulary

    Shades of Meaning

    Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs describing similar actions and among adjectives differing in intensity; make real-life connections between words and…

    Ages 5 to 9Language

  • English // Vocabulary

    Using New Vocabulary

    Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, being read to, and responding to texts in own speech and writing

    Ages 5 to 9Language

  • English // Vocabulary

    Formal and Informal English

    Recognise and compare formal and informal uses of English, understanding that language choices vary based on audience, purpose and context

    Ages 7 to 10Language

  • English // Writing Composition

    Writing Process Vocabulary

    Know and use the vocabulary of the writing process — compose, plan, draft, revise, edit, proofread, genre, audience, purpose, narrative, recount, instruction…

    Ages 5 to 8Language