Terminology for pupils
See ‘Progression in sentence types’, ‘Progression in text structure, punctuation and story-making
language’ and ‘Devon Early Reading and Sound Spelling Programme’ for tips on how to teach these.
Year Group (by the end of)
1&2
3&4
5&6
Technical term
Word
Sentence
Letter
Punctuation
Capital letter
Full stop
Comma
Question mark
Exclamation mark
Apostrophe
Adjective
Noun
Verb
Tense (past & present)
Conjunction
Connective
Clause
Singular
Plural
Suffix
Word family
Direct speech
Inverted commas
Adverb
Conjunction
Connective
Preposition
Clause
Subordinate clause
Pronoun
Possessive pronoun
Adverbial
Bracket
Dash
Hyphen
Colon
Semi-colon
Bullet points
Modal verb
Relative clause
Parenthesis
Determiner
Cohesion
Ambiguity
Active and passive voice
Synonym