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Subordinate clauses

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English›Grammar & Punctuation|Ages 6—9|ID: mt_wq-1OJ_8s5

Use subordination (when, if, that, because) and co-ordination (or, and, but) to join clauses and create compound and complex sentences

Mastery Evidence

  • Write 'I stayed inside because it was raining' using a subordinating conjunction
  • Use 'but' and 'or' to join ideas: 'I wanted to play but it was raining'
  • Use 'when' and 'if' clauses in writing: 'If it stops raining, we can go outside'

Assessment Prompt

“When [child] writes a story or a message, can they join two ideas with words like "because", "but", "when", or "if" — rather than writing every thought as a short separate sentence?”

Curriculum Standards7 alignments

L.1.1gCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
L.1.1g

Use frequently occurring conjunctions (e.g., and, but, or, so, because).

English Language Arts
L.2.1fCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
L.2.1f

Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences (e.g., The boy watched the movie; The little boy watched the movie; The action movie was watched by the little boy).

English Language Arts
L.3.1hCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
L.3.1h

Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.

English Language Arts
L.3.1iCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
L.3.1i

Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.

English Language Arts
Eng.App2.Y2.Sent.1The national curriculum in England
Subordination and co-ordination

Subordination (using when, if, that, because) and co-ordination (using or, and, but)

English · Key Stage 1
Eng/KS1/Y2/VGP/2dThe national curriculum in England
Subordination and co-ordination

learn how to use subordination (using when, if, that, or because) and co-ordination (using or, and, or but)

English · Key Stage 1
Eng_LKS2_Write_VGP_1The national curriculum in England
Extend range of sentences

Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English Appendix 2 by extending the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, including when, if, because, although

English · Key Stage 2

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