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English // Grammar & Punctuation

Use frequently occurring nouns (people, places, things) and verbs (action words) appropriately in speech and writing

English // Grammar & Punctuation

Understand and use question words (who, what, where, when, why, how) to form and answer questions

English // Grammar & Punctuation

Understand and use the most frequently occurring prepositions of location and direction (e.g. to, from, in, out, on, off, for, by, with)

English // Grammar & Punctuation

Use basic grammatical terminology when discussing reading and writing: letter, capital letter, word, singular, plural, sentence, punctuation, full stop…

English // Grammar & Punctuation

Use and understand Year 2 grammatical terminology in discussion: noun, noun phrase, statement, question, exclamation, command, compound, suffix, adjective…

English // Grammar & Punctuation

Use and understand Year 3 grammatical terminology accurately when discussing reading and writing: preposition, conjunction, word family, prefix, clause…

English // Grammar & Punctuation

Use the correct form of the indefinite article — 'a' before words beginning with a consonant sound and 'an' before words beginning with a vowel sound (e.g., a…

English // Grammar & Punctuation

Know and use Year 4 grammar terminology including determiner, pronoun, possessive pronoun, and adverbial

English // Grammar & Punctuation

Know and use Year 5 grammar terminology accurately when discussing reading and writing: modal verb, relative pronoun, relative clause, parenthesis, bracket…

English // Grammar & Punctuation

Know and use Year 6 grammatical terminology accurately: subject, object, active voice, passive voice, synonym, antonym, ellipsis, hyphen, colon, semi-colon…

English // Grammar & Punctuation

Discuss reading, writing, and spoken language with precise and confident use of linguistic and literary terminology — including terms for word classes, sentence…

English // Reading Comprehension

Use structural terminology (chapter, scene, stanza) to refer to parts of literary texts and describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections

English // Spelling & Word Study

Know and use the vocabulary of phonics and word structure — phoneme, grapheme, GPC (grapheme-phoneme correspondence), blend, segment, digraph, CVC, vowel…

English // Vocabulary

Ask and answer questions about unknown words in texts; discuss word meanings and link new vocabulary to words already known

English // Vocabulary

Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs describing similar actions and among adjectives differing in intensity; make real-life connections between words and…

English // Vocabulary

Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, being read to, and responding to texts in own speech and writing

English // Vocabulary

Recognise and compare formal and informal uses of English, understanding that language choices vary based on audience, purpose and context

English // Vocabulary

Acquire and use accurately academic and domain-specific vocabulary relevant to grade-level topics, including words that signal precise meaning in informational…

English // Vocabulary

Distinguish between formal and informal vocabulary, selecting words appropriate for formal speech and writing such as 'discover' instead of 'find out' and…

English // Writing Composition

Know and use the vocabulary of the writing process — compose, plan, draft, revise, edit, proofread, genre, audience, purpose, narrative, recount, instruction…

English // Writing Composition

Know and use the vocabulary of writing craft and effect — form, structure, register, tone, voice, coherence, cohesion, argument, evidence, perspective…