| Grammar objective | In other words... |
| Understanding subordination and co-ordination | Children learn to use subordination in a sentence (where the connectives 'when', 'if', 'that' or 'because' are used and one clause is subordinate to another); for example: 'He couldn't give in his homework because he couldn't find it.'
Co-ordination is when the connectives 'or', 'and', 'but' are used, for example: 'I wanted to go for a jog, but it was too hot.' |
| Using expanded noun phrases | A noun phrase is a phrase that contains a noun, for example: 'the dog'. Children are encouraged to use adjectives to expand their noun phrases, for example: 'the tired, hungry dog'. |
| Understanding sentence function (statement, question, exclamation or command) | Children are taught that a statement communicates a fact, a question allows you to ask something and ends in a question mark, an exclamation communicates anger, joy or humour and ends in an exclamation mark and a command is when you are telling someone to do something. |
| Using present tense and past tense | Children need to understand how to use the present and past tense and will be expected to keep the tense of their writing consistent. |
