Year 1: Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
Year 1 black, year 2 blue, year 3 red, year 4 green
word
Sentence
Text
Punctuation
Singular and plural
noun suffixes
Suffixes added to
verbs
Prefix
1 black
2 blue
3 red
4 green
helper, helping, helped
un and how it changes
meaning eg/ unkind
Combining words to
make sentences
Joining words and
Using ‘and’
clauses
Sequencing
To form narrative
sentences
Separation of words
with spaces.
Introducing capital
letters, full stops,?,
! to demarcate
sentences.
Capital Letters for
I
personal pronoun
.
Year
Year
Year
Year
s or es
Year 2: Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation.
Year 1 black, year 2 blue, year 3 red, year 4 green
word
Sentence
Text
Punctuation
Singular and plural
noun suffixes
Suffixes added to
verbs
Prefix
Formation of
adjectives using
suffixes.
use of suffixes er,
est in adjectives
turning adjectives
into adverbs
formation of nouns
using suffixes.
compound words
Combining words to
make sentences
Joining words and
clauses
subordination
co-ordination
Expanded noun
phrases for
description.
How grammatical
patterns indicate
statement, question,
exclamation,
command.
Sequencing
sentences
Consistent tense use
Use of progressive
forms of verbs in
both tenses for
action.
Separation of words
with spaces.
Introducing capital
letters, full stops,?,
! to demarcate
sentences.
Capital Letters for
personal pronoun
Apostrophes to mark
where letters are
missing and singular
s, es,
helper, helping, helped
un and how it changes
meaning eg/ unkind
ful, less
beautiful, powerless
prettiest
grumpy- grumpily
ness, er,
superman, whiteboard
using ‘and’
Using when, if, that,
because
using or, and but
The blue butterfly, plain
flour
To form narrative
Past and present tense
She is drumming, he was
helping.
I
Year 1 black
Year 2 blue
Year 3 red
Year 3: Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation.
Year 1 black, year 2 blue, year 3 red, year 4 green
word
Sentence
Text
singular and plural
suffixes added to
verbs
prefix
Formation of
adjectives using
suffixes.
use of suffixes er,
est in adjectives
turning adjectives
into adverbs
formation of nouns
using suffixes.
compound words
Formation of nouns
using a range of
prefixes.
Use of the forms a
or an depending on
next constant or
vowel.
Word families based
on common words.
Combining words to
make sentences
Joining words and
clauses
subordination
co-ordination
Expanded noun
phrases for
description.
How grammatical
patterns indicate
statement, question,
exclamation,
command.
Expressing time and
place using
conjunctions.
Expressing time and
place using adverbs.
Expressing time and
place using
prepositions.
Sequencing
sentences
s, es,
helper, helping, helped
un and how it changes
meaning eg/ unkind
ful, less
beautiful, powerless
prettiest
grumpy- grumpily
ness, er,
superman, whiteboard
eg super, auto, anti
a rug, an apple
solve, solution, solver,
dissolve
using ‘and’
using when, if, that,
because
using or, and but
the blue butterfly, plain
flour
when, before, after,
while, so because
then, next, soon,
thereafter.
before, after, during,
in, because of
To form narrative
Year 4: Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
Year 1 black, year 2 blue, year 3 red, year 4 green
word
Sentence
singular and plural
suffixes added to
verbs
prefix
Formation of
adjectives using
suffixes.
use of suffixes er,
est in adjectives
turning adjectives
into adverbs
formation of nouns
using suffixes.
compound words
Formation of nouns
using a range of
prefixes.
Use of the forms a
or an depending on
next constant or
vowel.
Word families based
on common words.
Difference between
plural and possessive
‘s’
Verb inflections
instead of local
spoken terms.
Combining words to
make sentences
Joining words and
clauses
subordination
co-ordination
Expanded noun
phrases for
description.
How grammatical
patterns indicate
statement, question,
exclamation,
command.
Expressing time and
place using
conjunctions.
Expressing time and
s, es,
helper, helping, helped
un and how it changes
meaning eg/ unkind
ful, less
beautiful, powerless
prettiest
grumpy- grumpily
ness, er,
superman, whiteboard
eg super, auto, anti
a rug, an apple
solve, solution, solver,
dissolve
‘we were’ not ‘we was’
‘I did’ not ‘I done’
using ‘and’
using when, if, that,
because
using or, and but
the blue butterfly, plain
flour
when, before, after,
while, so because
then, next, soon,