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Grammar Colour Coding

 

Punctuation

Joining sentences

Nouns

Adverbials

Verbs

Y1

Beginning to use CL . ? !

 

CL for names

 

I for person pronouns

Join words and clauses using and

Plural nouns using -s and -es

 

Pronoun I

 

Prefix -un

 

Suffixes added to verbs where no change is needed e.g. helping, helped, helper

Y2

, to separate items in a list

 

‘ for some contractions

 

‘ for singular possession of nouns

Subordination

e.g. when, if that, because

 

Co-ordination e.g. or, and, but)

Nouns using suffixes -ness -er, est, —less, -full

 

Compound nouns e.g. whiteboard

 

Expanded noun phrases e.g. the  stripy ball

 

Use -ly to turn adjectives into adverbs

Correct present/past tense verbs throughout a text

 

Progressive verbs e.g. She was swimming.

Y3

“ “ for direct speech

Time, place and cause conjunctions e.g. so, because

Nouns using prefixes e.g. super-, anti-, auto-

 

Determiners a/an

Time adverbials e.g. then, next

 

Prepositions e.g. after, before, when, while

Present perfect e.g. He has gone outside.

 

Y4

Correct punctuation for direct speech

 

, after fronted adverbials

Range of conjunctions e.g. if, because, although, however

Expanded noun phrases

Fronted adverbials

Standard English e.g. I did not I done

 

Accurate tense choices

Y5

Possessive ’ for plural nouns

 

Relative clauses with who, which, where, when, whose, that

Adverbs to show degrees of possibility e.g. surely, perhaps

 

Time adverbials e.g. later

 

Place adverbials e.g. nearby

 

Prepositional phrases

Degrees of possibility using modal verbs e.g. might, must, will, would

 

 

Y6

, and - to avoid ambiguity

 

( ) - - ,  , for parenthesis (don’t need all 3)

 

, to clarify meaning

 

: to introduce a list

 

; to separate items in a list

 

Consistent punctuation of bullet points

 

 

 

Passive verbs

 

Subjunctive mood