Verb suffixes where root word is unchanged (-ing, -ed, -er)
‘un-‘ prefix to change meaning of adjectives/adverbs
To combine words to make sentences, including using ‘and’
Sequencing sentences to form short narratives
Separation of words with spaces
Sentence demarcation ( . ! ? )
Capital letters for names and pronoun ‘I’
Year 1 Punctuation
Beginning to punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark
Using a capital letter for names of people, places, the days of the week, and the personal pronoun ‘I’.
Year 1 Grammatical Terminology
Letter
Capital letter
Word
Singular
Plural
Sentence
Punctuation
Full stop
Question mark
Exclamation mark
Year 2
Year 2 Vocabulary
Expanded noun phrases to describe and specify
Year 2 Grammar
Sentences with different form: statement, question, exclamation, command
The present and past tenses correctly and consistently including the progressive form
Subordination (using when, if, that, or because) and co-ordination (using or, and or but)
Some features of written Standard English
Suffixes to form new words (-ful, -er, -ness)
Sentence demarcation
Commas in lists
Apostrophes for omission and singular possession
Year 2 Punctuation
Learning how to use both familiar and new punctuation correctly, including full stop, capital letters, exclamation marks, question marks, commas for lists and apostrophes for contracted forms and the possessive (singular)
