National Curriculum 2014
Year 4 Grammar & Punctuation
Sentence
 Noun phrases
expanded by the
addition of
modifying
adjectives, nouns
and preposition
phrases (e.g. the
teacher expanded
to: the strict
maths teacher
with curly hair)
 Fronted
adverbials [for
example, later
that day, I heard
the bad news]
Text
 Use of
paragraphs to
organise ideas
around a theme
 Appropriate
choice of
pronoun or noun
within and across
sentences to aid
cohesion and
avoid repetition
Punctuation
 Use of
inverted
commas and
other
punctuation to
indicate direct
speech
 Apostrophes
to mark plural
possession e.g.
girls’ names
 Use of
commas after
fronted
adverbials
[adverbial
openers]
Terminology
determiner
pronoun
possessive
pronoun
adverbial
Links to Docs
Text
Grammar for Writing:
3 Unit 15: Pronouns
4 Unit 25: Paragraphs in narrative
4 Unit 35: Writing for different audiences
5 Unit 39: Different types of nouns, functions of pronouns,
agreement between nouns, pronouns and verbs
Learning and teaching for bilingual children in the primary
years:
4 Unit 8: Adverbs
Sentence
Grammar for Writing:
3 Unit 16: Dialogue punctuation
3 Unit 19: Grammatical boundaries within sentences
4 Unit 23: Adverbs
4 Unit 24: Grammatical boundaries within sentences
4 Unit 27: Contractions and possession
5 Unit 36: Direct and reported speech
5 Unit 39: Different types of nouns; function of pronouns;
agreement between nouns, pronouns and verbs
5 Unit 43: Punctuation
Learning and teaching for bilingual children in the primary
years:
5 Unit 11: Adverbials