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KS2
Grammar
Part of English
Grammar
What is a verb?
Learn what verbs are and how
you can use them in your
writing.
Verbs and the different
tenses
Matching the verbs to
the subject
Learn how to use verbs to form
the past, present and future
tense.
Learn to make sure the subject
of a sentence matches the verb
correctly.
What is a pronoun?
Pronouns take the place of
nouns in a sentence, examples
are 'him', 'her' and 'them'.
What are adjectives?
Find out what adjectives are
and how they are used in your
writing in this Year 3 and 4
guide.
What is a preposition?
A preposition is a word that
tells you where or when
something is in relation to
something else, like
"after","before" or "on".
What is a passive verb?
What is an adverb?
An adverb tells you how
something happens, like quickly
and slowly.
What are subordinating
conjunctions?
A subordinate conjunction joins
two ideas or clauses in a
sentence.
When the subject of a sentence
isn't active the verb is passive. If
you want to make a sentence
active, the subject of the
sentence should be doing
something.
What are coordinating
conjunctions?
Conjunctions are joining words,
coordinating conjunctions join
groups of words about similar
things.
What are modal verbs?
Find out how modal verbs can
be used in your writing.
What is a relative
clause?
A relative clause starts with a
relative pronoun (who, that,
which, whose, where, when) and
is often added to a sentence to
define a noun.
Using conjunctions to
build sentences
What is an expanded
noun phrase?
Practise using conjunctions
and, but, for, or, while, until,
before, after, because in order
to extend sentences.
Expanded noun phrases tell you
more about the noun, so the
reader will have more
information.
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Conjunctions including
'because'
Learn how to write sentences
that include the word 'because'.
What is a fronted
adverbial?
What are fronted adverbials?
When can you use them to
replace adverbials?
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