This book is one of a series which supports the teaching of basic grammar and punctuation skills. The series helps pupils meet the requirements of the National Curriculum and the National Literacy Strategy objectives. The books in the series are incremental in difficulty. They can be used in a systematic structured way or used to complement any other grammar work or text level work being undertaken. In addition to the ten units in each book there are also:
a. check up tests.
b. a glossary - provides a very useful reference of the whole book condensed onto a single page.
c. a record sheet.
d. teacher's notes.
Introduction to work at the simplest level. Capital letters, full stops, nouns, adjectives, indefinite article and prepositions.
Sentence punctuation - capital letters, full stops & question marks. Conjunctions (and & but), nouns and proper nouns.
Subject/verb agreement. Commas in lists. Exclamation & speech marks. More about questions.
Verbs - with similar meanings. Verbs - past & present tense. Nouns - common & proper.
Nouns - singular, plural & collective.
Adjectives. Commas. Pronouns - personal & possessive. Pronouns - 1st, 2nd & 3rd person. Subject/verb agreement. Conjunctions.
Verbs - past, present & future. Adverbs. Adjectives from adverbs. Apostrophes - word contractions.
Adjectives - comparative & superlative.
Adjectives - from nouns. Similes.
Apostrophes - possessive. Statements, questions & commands. Subject/verb agreement. Merging sentences.
Verbs - past and presenttense. Commas. Phrases. Conjunctions. Prepositions.
Direct/reported speech. Subject verb agreement. Standard English. Double negatives. Homonyms. Concrete and abstract nouns. Experimenting with words.
Reading age 5.5 - 8.5 years
Interest level 5 - 12 years