1. National Curriculum 2014 (UK)
2. English
3. Key Stage 1
4. Year 2

Vocabulary, Grammar & Punctuation

Outcomes

• Word
  Formation of nouns using suffixes such as -ness, -er and by compounding [for example, whiteboard, superman] Formation of adjectives using suffixes such as -ful, -less (A fuller list of suffixes can be found on page 54 in the year 2 spelling section in English Appendix 1) Use of the suffixes -er, -est in adjectives and the use of -ly in Standard English to turn adjectives into adverbs
  Play Activities 12
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• Sentence
  Subordination (using when, if, that, because) and co-ordination (using or, and, but) Expanded noun phrases for description and specification [for example, the blue butterfly, plain flour, the man in the moon] How the grammatical patterns in a sentence indicate its function as a statement, question, exclamation or command
  Play Activities 4
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• Punctuation
  Use of capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate sentences Commas to separate items in a list Apostrophes to mark where letters are missing in spelling and to mark singular possession in nouns [for example, the girl's name]
  Play Activities 6
  Examples
• Terminology for Pupils
  Noun, noun phrase Statement, question, exclamation, command Compound, suffix Adjective, adverb, verb Tense (past, present) Apostrophe, comma
  Play Activities 81
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