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SPAG Revision 2022
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Word Classes
Adjectives
Prepositions
Nouns
Describing words
Tell us where something is
under, over, beside, on
They give extra information
about the noun.
I went to the park in the glorious sunshine
Naming words
Proper nouns - need
capital letters
Pronouns - used to
replace nouns in a sentence
They show the relationship
between the noun and other
words.
Sophie went to the park before she had tea.
Determiners
Verbs and Adverbs
Clarify nouns
Verbs tell us what something is doing.
Adverbs tell us how it is done.
a or an?
the, that
The bus arrived early.
The bus is here now.
The bus was going slowly.
one, two, three
determiners come before a noun
SPAG Revision
Punctuation for Parenthesis
( ) brackets
- - dashes
, , commas
Direct Speech
Monday 9th May 2022
Punctuating a list
Inverted commas
Speech Marks
" "
Punctuation
Can you name the punctuation types?
( )
-
Semi colon
:
!
" "
Semi colons are used to separate two linked independent main clause
,
'
?
;
Types of clauses
Apostrophes
'
;
tricky one -
shall not - shan't
Apostrophes are used for two reasons
Omission - where letters are missing (contractions
Possession - to show that something is owned by a subject
Conjunctions
Active and passive voice
Co-ordinating
Sub-ordinating
The boy opened the
door.
The door was opened
by the boy.
Hyphens
-
Main - makes sense on its own
Subordinate - at the beginning or end of the sentence (fronted adverbial tells you when)
Embedded - fits in the middle of a sentence, punctuated with commas
Relative - embedded clause that starts with who or which
Past or present progressive...
Subject and Object
The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing.
Past progressive
was were '...' ing
The object of a sentence is something that is acted upon by the subject.
Past progressive
is am are '...' ing
Simple, progressive, perfect