Expressing Time, Place and Cause

PROCEDURAL

English›Grammar & Punctuation|Ages 7—8|ID: mt_uorNrPTh6U

Use conjunctions (when, before, after, while, so, because), adverbs (then, next, soon, therefore) and prepositions (before, after, during, in, because of) to express time, place and cause within and across sentences

Mastery Evidence

Use time conjunctions to connect clauses (e.g., 'We went inside because it was raining', 'After the bell rang, we lined up')
Use adverbs of time and cause within sentences (e.g., 'First, she opened the door. Then, she stepped outside. Therefore, she got wet.')
Use prepositions of time and cause in phrases (e.g., 'during the lesson', 'before lunch', 'because of the rain')

Assessment Prompt

“When [child] writes a story, do they use time words like "after", "while", or "soon" to show the order things happened — rather than starting every sentence with "then"?”

Curriculum Standards2 alignments

Eng.App2.Y3.Sent.1The national curriculum in England

Expressing time, place and cause

Expressing time, place and cause using conjunctions [for example, when, before, after, while, so, because], adverbs [for example, then, next, soon, therefore], or prepositions [for example, before, after, during, in, because of]

English · Key Stage 2

Eng_LKS2_Write_VGP_4The national curriculum in England

Use conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions

Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English Appendix 2 by using conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause

English · Key Stage 2

Prerequisites2

Prepositions
hardAges 5—7
Subordinate clauses
hardAges 6—9

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Prepositions hard
Using prepositions for time/cause builds on Y1 prepositions
- Listening and responding soft
  Listening and responding supports learning prepositions
Subordinate clauses hard
Time/cause conjunctions extend Y2 subordination/co-ordination
- Listening and responding soft
  Listening skills support understanding complex sentence structures
- Building sentences hard
  Must understand sentences before combining clauses
- Four Types of Sentences soft
  Understanding sentence types supports creating complex sentences
  - 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
- Joining Words with 'And' hard
  Must be able to join with 'and' before learning subordination and other co-ordinating conjunctions
  - Building sentences hard
    Must understand sentences before joining them

Unlocks3

Fronted Adverbials and Commas
hardAges 8—9
Expanded noun phrases (age 9+)
softAges 9—10
Conjunctions, Prepositions and Interjections
hardAges 10—11