Y2 Grammar & Punctuation Test Performance Descriptor Analysis
National Curriculum Objective (NAHT KPIs in bold)
3/4a-i
3.4b-i
3.4b-ii
learning how to use both familiar and new punctuation correctly (see
English Appendix 2) , including full stops, capital letters, exclamation
marks, question marks, commas for lists and apostrophes for
contracted forms and the possessive (singular)
sentences with different forms: statement, question, exclamation,
command
expanded noun phrases to describe and specify
3.4b-iii
the present and past tenses correctly and consistently including the
progressive form
3.4b-iv
subordination (using when, if, that, or because) and co-ordination
(using or, and, or but)
3.4b-vi
3.4c-i
3.4c-iv
some features of written Standard English
Formation of nouns using suffixes such as –ness, –er and by
compounding
Formation of adjectives using suffixes such as –ful, –less
Use of the suffixes –er, –est in adjectives and the use of –ly in
Standard English to turn adjectives into adverbs
Subordination and coordination
3.4c-v
Expanded noun phrases for description and specification
3.4c-vi
How the grammatical patterns in a sentence indicate its function as
a statement, question, exclamation or command
Correct choice and consistent use of present tense and past tense
throughout writing
3.4c-ii
3.4c-iii
3.4c-vii
Test Frameworks Performance Descriptor Statement
identify and use appropriate end punctuation to demarcate different
sentence types (full stop, question mark and exclamation mark)
identify and use a capital letter to start a sentence, for names of people,
places, days of the week and for the personal pronoun I
recognise and write different types of sentences: statements, questions,
commands and exclamations
combine given words to make clauses or sentences, or expand noun
phrases
identify and use the present or past tense forms of familiar, regular
verbs and some irregular verbs (e.g. has / had), including the
progressive form
understand that co-ordinating conjunctions (and, or, but) and
subordinating conjunctions (when, if, that, because) link words and
clauses, and use them to construct and extend sentences
Implied in other statements
use some suffixes to form nouns, adjectives and adverbs
use some suffixes to form nouns, adjectives and adverbs
use some suffixes to form nouns, adjectives and adverbs
understand that co-ordinating conjunctions (and, or, but) and
subordinating conjunctions (when, if, that, because) link words and
clauses, and use them to construct and extend sentences
combine given words to make clauses or sentences, or expand noun
phrases
recognise and write different types of sentences: statements, questions,
commands and exclamations
identify and use the present or past tense forms of familiar, regular
verbs and some irregular verbs (e.g. has / had), including the
progressive form
3.4c-viii Use of the progressive form of verbs in the present and past tense to
mark actions in progress
3.4c-ix
Use of capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation
marks to demarcate sentences
3.4c-x
3.4c-xi
Commas to separate items in a list
Apostrophes to mark where letters are missing in spelling and to mark
singular possession in nouns
Terminology: noun, noun phrase, statement, question, exclamation,
command, compound, suffix, adjective, adverb, verb, tense (past,
present)
3.4c-xii
National Curriculum Objective (from earlier year groups)
Taken from Y1 Programme of Study
identify and use the present or past tense forms of familiar, regular
verbs and some irregular verbs (e.g. has / had), including the
progressive form
identify and use appropriate end punctuation to demarcate different
sentence types (full stop, question mark and exclamation mark)
identify and use a capital letter to start a sentence, for names of people,
places, days of the week and for the personal pronoun I
use commas to separate items in a list
use apostrophes to indicate simple contracted verb forms
use apostrophes to denote singular possession
demonstrate familiarity with some word classes, their terminology and
their use: nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs
Test Frameworks Performance Descriptor Statement
understand that the prefix un– can change the meaning of some words