Grammar Terms: Nouns, Verbs and Tense

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English›Grammar & Punctuation|Ages 6—7|ID: mt_qzwQAOfurw

Use and understand Year 2 grammatical terminology in discussion: noun, noun phrase, statement, question, exclamation, command, compound, suffix, adjective, adverb, verb, tense (past/present), apostrophe, comma

Mastery Evidence

Use the term 'noun phrase' when discussing expanded noun phrases in own writing
Identify adjectives, adverbs, and verbs in sentences using correct terminology
Explain what 'tense' means and give an example of past and present tense

Assessment Prompt

“If you ask [child] to point out a noun, a verb, or an adjective in a sentence from their reading book, can they find one and explain what it does in the sentence?”

Curriculum Standards2 alignments

Eng.App2.Y2.Term.1The national curriculum in England

Terminology for pupils

noun, noun phrase, statement, question, exclamation, command, compound, suffix, adjective, adverb, verb, tense (past, present), apostrophe, comma

English · Key Stage 1

Eng/KS1/Y2/VGP/3The national curriculum in England

Grammatical terminology

use and understand the grammatical terminology in English Appendix 2 in discussing their writing

English · Key Stage 1

Prerequisites5

Expanded noun phrases
softAges 6—7
Apostrophes: Contraction and Possession
softAges 6—7
Commas in lists
softAges 6—11
Grammar words: letter, word, sentence
hardAges 5—6
Four Types of Sentences
softAges 6—7

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Expanded noun phrases soft
Must understand noun phrases to use the term
- Defining Words soft
  Defining words by attributes supports choosing descriptive adjectives for noun phrases
  - Discussing and Questioning New Words soft
    Context clues support defining words
  - Sorting & Categorising Words hard
    Defining by attributes builds on Y1 categorisation and antonyms
    - How Many in Total? soft
      Sorting and categorising objects uses the same counting/cardinality skills from maths
      - One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Building sentences soft
  Sentence concept helps understanding where noun phrases fit
- Basic Nouns & Verbs hard
  Must know what nouns are before expanding noun phrases
Apostrophes: Contraction and Possession soft
Must understand apostrophes to use the term
- Spelling Contracted Forms hard
  Must understand contractions before using apostrophes in writing
  - Segmenting words into sounds hard
    Basic encoding ability needed to spell contracted forms
    - Phonics Vocabulary hard
      Segmenting words into phonemes and spelling CVC words requires knowing 'phoneme', 'segment', and 'CVC' as defined terms
    - Single Letter Sounds hard
      Need GPC knowledge to encode phonemes
      - Knowing all letters hard
        Must recognise letters before learning their sounds
        
        Understanding print hard
        Must understand print direction before letter identification matters
    - Onsets & Rimes hard
      Need segmenting skill for spelling
      - Rhyming words soft
        Rhyme awareness supports finer phoneme skills
      - Syllables soft
        Syllable awareness builds toward phoneme level
    - Sitting and holding a pencil soft
      Handwriting needed for spelling practice
  - Reading Contractions hard
    Spelling contractions builds on reading contractions
    - Blending Sounds to Read Words hard
      Need blending to read contractions
      - Single Letter Sounds hard
        Need GPC knowledge to blend
        
        Knowing all letters hard
        Must recognise letters before learning their sounds
        
        Understanding print hard
        Must understand print direction before letter identification matters
      - Onsets & Rimes hard
        Phoneme awareness needed for blending
        
        Rhyming words soft
        Rhyme awareness supports finer phoneme skills
        
        Syllables soft
        Syllable awareness builds toward phoneme level
- Starting and Ending Sentences soft
  Basic punctuation knowledge supports apostrophe use
  - Building sentences hard
    Must understand sentences before punctuating them
- Apostrophes for possession hard
  Must understand possessive apostrophe to use it in writing
  - Regular Plural Nouns hard
    Must understand plural -s before distinguishing possessive 's
    - Basic Nouns & Verbs soft
      Need noun concept before plural forms
  - Spelling Contracted Forms soft
    Understanding apostrophe in contractions helps understand its use in possession
    - Segmenting words into sounds hard
      Basic encoding ability needed to spell contracted forms
      - Phonics Vocabulary hard
        Segmenting words into phonemes and spelling CVC words requires knowing 'phoneme', 'segment', and 'CVC' as defined terms
      - Single Letter Sounds hard
        Need GPC knowledge to encode phonemes
        
        Knowing all letters hard
        Must recognise letters before learning their sounds
        
        Understanding print hard
        Must understand print direction before letter identification matters
      - Onsets & Rimes hard
        Need segmenting skill for spelling
        
        Rhyming words soft
        Rhyme awareness supports finer phoneme skills
        
        Syllables soft
        Syllable awareness builds toward phoneme level
      - Sitting and holding a pencil soft
        Handwriting needed for spelling practice
    - Reading Contractions hard
      Spelling contractions builds on reading contractions
      - Blending Sounds to Read Words hard
        Need blending to read contractions
        
        Single Letter Sounds hard
        Need GPC knowledge to blend
        
        Knowing all letters hard
        Must recognise letters before learning their sounds
        
        Understanding print hard
        Must understand print direction before letter identification matters
        
        Onsets & Rimes hard
        Phoneme awareness needed for blending
        
        Rhyming words soft
        Rhyme awareness supports finer phoneme skills
        
        Syllables soft
        Syllable awareness builds toward phoneme level
  - Basic Nouns & Verbs soft
    Understanding nouns supports identifying what can be possessive
Commas in lists soft
Must understand commas to use the term
- Building sentences soft
  Understanding sentences supports knowing where to place commas
- Starting and Ending Sentences hard
  Must know basic punctuation before learning comma usage
  - Building sentences hard
    Must understand sentences before punctuating them
Grammar words: letter, word, sentence hard
Y2 terminology builds on Y1 terminology
- Building sentences hard
  Sentence concept foundational to grammar terminology
- Starting and Ending Sentences soft
  Punctuation terms part of grammar terminology
  - Building sentences hard
    Must understand sentences before punctuating them
Four Types of Sentences soft
Must understand sentence types to use terms statement/question/exclamation/command
- Building sentences hard
  Must understand what a sentence is before learning sentence types
- Starting and Ending Sentences hard
  Must know basic sentence punctuation before varying it by type
  - Building sentences hard
    Must understand sentences before punctuating them

Unlocks3

Grammar Terms: Clauses and Conjunctions
hardAges 7—9
Past, Present and Progressive Tense
softAges 6—9
Grammar Terms: Pronouns and Determiners
hardAges 8—9