English Curriculum Writing Year 4 Vocabulary, Grammar & Punctuation Punctuation Conjunctions Sentences Fronted Adverbials Standard English Word Class Vocabulary coordination: and, but, Complex sentences - Who (+adjectives) Y3: Was/were Past progressive Similes As Year 3 plus: or, so, as Adverbs of time: then, Seen/saw (was/were +ing) and alliteration simple time connectives Synonyms and Th/f (phonics) future possibilities (will, onomatopoeia End punctuation (e.g. subordination: (moving clauses) pronouns in noun Did/done might, would, could,) full stop or comma) in because, when, if, phrases (, dog, beast, travelling verbs speech marks. although, Compound (and, but, creature, animal). Are/our Irregular verbs or, so) colour words New speaker+new line. Adverbs of time: then, When (prep phrases Of/have Present perfect simple time connectives Relative clauses e.g. as, while, after, when) said verbs Apostrophes (repeat after, while, as soon who, which, Verb phrases(v + adv Y3: contraction and as, before, until, Where (prep including speech verbs sensory words sounds, – singular possession) meanwhile, +adverb) smells, textures adverbials) and plural possession Question words/ Noun phrases Noun synonyms (, dog, beast, ellipsis question tags (adjective + creature, animal). prepositional phrases) Comparative & superlative Determiners (definite and indefinite articles & Thesaurus for precise possessive pronouns synonyms such as my, your, his) Composition: plan/draft & write, evaluate & edit Transcription Text Type Focus Cohesion Spelling
English Curriculum Writing Year 4 Vocabulary, Grammar & Punctuation Punctuation Conjunctions Sentences Fronted Adverbials Standard English Word Class Vocabulary As Year 3 plus: End punctuation (e.g. full stop or comma) in speech marks. New speaker+new line. Apostrophes (repeat Y3: contraction and singular possession) and plural possession ellipsis coordination: and, but, or, so, as subordination: because, when, if, although, Adverbs of time: then, simple time connectives after, while, as soon as, before, until, meanwhile, Complex sentences - Adverbs of time: then, simple time connectives (moving clauses) Compound (and, but, or, so) Relative clauses e.g. who, which, Who (+adjectives) Synonyms and pronouns in noun phrases (, dog, beast, creature, animal). When (prep phrases as, while, after, when) Where (prep adverbials) Question words/ question tags Y3: Was/were Seen/saw Th/f (phonics) Did/done Are/our Of/have Past progressive (was/were +ing) and future possibilities (will, might, would, could,) Irregular verbs Present perfect Verb phrases(v + adv including speech verbs +adverb) Noun phrases (adjective + prepositional phrases) Determiners (definite and indefinite articles & possessive pronouns such as my, your, his) Similes alliteration onomatopoeia travelling verbs colour words said verbs sensory words – sounds, smells, textures Noun synonyms (, dog, beast, creature, animal). Comparative & superlative Thesaurus for precise synonyms Composition: plan/draft & write, evaluate & edit Transcription Text Type Focus Cohesion Spelling
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