GRAMMAR REVISION

TOPIC / EXTRA DETAIL / IXL
WORD CLASSES
  1. Nouns
/ Common, proper, abstract, collective
Singular/Plural
Noun Phrases / Expanded Noun Phrases
(more than one word) / Y6 B1+B2
Y6 B3-B6
  1. Verbs
/ Past and present
Consistency
Past and present progressive
(showing actions in progress)
Past and present perfect
(showing relations between time and cause)
Modal
(showing degrees of possibility)
Subjunctive
Passive and Active / Y6 D6-D9
Y6 D4+D10
Y6 D11+D12
Y6 D14+D15
Y6 D2+D3
Y9 D11
  1. Adjectives
/ Y6 E1+E2
Y6 E7+E9
  1. Adverbs
/ Turn adjectives into adverbs (using LY)
Express time, place, cause and frequency
Indicate degrees of possibility
(eg. perhaps, surely)
Adverbials / adverbial phrases
(more than one word)
Fronted adverbials
(use of comma) / Y6 E5+E6
Y6 E3
  1. Conjunctions
/ Express time, place, and cause
(egwhen, before, after, while, so, because)
Co-ordinating
(for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
Sub-ordinating / Y6 A8
Y6 G1+G2
Y6 A9+G3
  1. Pronouns
/ To aid cohesion and avoid repetition
Correct use of ‘I’ and ‘me’ / Y6 C1-C5
  1. Possessive pronouns
/ Y6 C6
  1. Relative Pronouns
/ Who, which, where, when, whose, that / Y6 C9-C11
  1. Prepositions
/ Expressing time, place and cause
(eg before, after, during, in because of)
Prepositional phrases / Y6 F1
Y6 F3
  1. Determiners /articles
/ Including when to use ‘a’ or ‘an’ / Y5 E1-E3
  1. Subject and Object

FUNCTIONS OF SENTENCES
  1. Statements
/ Y4 A1
  1. Questions
/ Y4 A1
  1. Commands
/ Y4 A1
  1. Exclamations
/ Starting with ‘What’ or ‘How’ and ending with a verb.
(eg What a good friend you are!) / Y4 A1
PHRASES AND CLAUSES
  1. Phrases and Clauses
/ Phrase = no verb and doesn’t make sense on its own
Clause = verb + makes sense on its own / Y8 A9
  1. Relative clauses
/ Beginning with a relative pronoun / Y8 A14
  1. Subordinate clauses
/ Beginning with a subordinating conjunction
Identifying main and subordinate clause
(dependent and independent clause)
Use of comma if subordinate clause is at start of sentence. / Y6 A7
PUNCTUATION
  1. Capital letters
/ For proper nouns
At the start of a sentence
For the pronoun ‘I’ / Y6 I3
  1. Full stops
/ At the end of a statement sentence or weak command
  1. Question marks
/ At the end of a question sentence
  1. Exclamation marks
/ At the end of an exclamation sentence
At the end of a powerful command
At the end of an interjection
  1. Commas
/ Used in lists
To clarify meaning
To separate phrases and clauses
Used within direct speech / Y6 I2
  1. Inverted commas
/ To indicate direct speech
Use of comma and end punctuation
Converting direct and reported speech
  1. Apostrophes
/ Contractions
Singular possession
Plural possession / Y6 H1+H2
Y6 B7-B9
  1. Parenthesis
/ Brackets / Dashes / Commas / Y8 F7
  1. Colons
/ To introduce a list
To separate two independent clauses / Y8 F6
  1. Semi-colons
/ Used within lists
To separate two independent clauses / Y8 F6
Y8 F5
  1. Single dash
/ To separate two independent clauses
  1. Hyphens
/ Y8 F8
  1. Bullet points

VOCABULARY
  1. Synonyms and antonyms
/ Y6 M1-M4
  1. Prefixes
/ Use of unto change the meaning of verbs and adjectives
Use of super, anti, autoto create nouns
Verb prefixes
(eg. dis, de, mis, over, re) / Y6 J1-J5
  1. Suffixes
/ Suffixes ment, ness, ful, less, ly
Forming nouns using ness, er
Forming adjectives using ful, less
Converting nouns or adjectives into verbs using eg. ate, ise, ify
Plural suffixes s, es / Y6 J6+J7
Y5 K4-K6
  1. Word families
/ How words are related through a common root / Y6 K1-K5
STANDARD ENGLISH AND LEVELS OF FORMALITY
  1. Standard English
/ Subject / verb agreement
(eg I did/I done We were/We was)
Use of correct pronoun
(eg them/those that/what)
  1. Formal and informal
/ Difference between formal and informal speech and writing
(eg ask for / request) / Y6 N1
  1. Formal and informal structures
/ Difference between formal and informal speech and writing structures
(eg passive = formal / active = informal /
subjunctive =formal /contractions =informal) / Y6 N1