Grammar and Punctuation: Teaching Guide
Reception
Punctuation
Terminology
Finger spaces
Finger spaces
Full stops
Letter
Capital letters
Word
Sentence
Full stops
Capital letter
Simile
Grammar and Punctuation: Teaching Guide
Year One
Punctuation
Terminology
Consolidate:
Reception list
Consolidate:
Finger spaces
Letter
Word
Sentence
Full stops
Capital letter
Simile
Introduce:
Capital letters
Capital letters for names
Capital letter for personal pronoun I
Full stops
Question marks
Introduce:
Punctuation
Exclamation marks
Question mark
Speech bubble
Exclamation mark
Bullet points
Speech bubble
Bullet points
Singular / plural
Adjective
Verb
Conjunction
Adverb (Time adverbs)
Alliteration
Grammar and Punctuation: Teaching Guide
Year Two
Punctuation
Terminology
Consolidate:
Year One list
Consolidate:
Finger spaces
Letter
Word
Sentence
Full stops
Capital letter
Question mark
Exclamation mark
Speech bubble
Bullet points
Introduce:
Demarcate sentences – Capital letters
Capital letters
Full stops
Question marks
Exclamation marks
Commas to separate items in a list
Comma after ly (adverb) opener
Speech bubbles / speech marks for
direct speech
Apostrophes to mark contraction
Apostrophes to mark singular
possession
Singular/Plural
Adjective
Verb
Conjunction
Adverb
Alliteration
Simile
Introduce:
Apostrophes (contraction and singular possession)
Commas for description
Speech marks – Inverted commas
Suffix
Verb /Adverb (connections)
Statement
Question
Exclamation
Command – Imperative verbs
Tense – Past, present, future
Adjective / Noun
Noun phrases
Generalisers (sometimes, often, maybe)
Grammar and Punctuation: Teaching Guide
Year Three
Punctuation
Terminology
Consolidate:
Year Two list
Consolidate:
Finger spaces
Letter
Word
Sentence
Full stops
Capital letter
Question mark
Exclamation mark
Speech bubble
Bullet points
Apostrophes (contractions)
Commas between adjectives
Singular/Plural
Suffix
Adjective/ Noun / Noun phrase/ Verb / Adverb/
Conjunction
Imperative verbs
Tense – Past, present, future
Alliteration
Generalisers (sometimes, maybe, often)
Simile
Introduce:
Colon before a list
Ellipses to keep reader hanging on
Secure use of inverted commas
Use of commas after fronted
adverbials (Later that day,)
Introduce:
Word family
Preposition
Direct speech
Inverted commas
Prefix
Consonant/ Vowel
Clause
Determiner
Synonyms
Relative clauses
Relative pronouns
Colon for instructions
Grammar and Punctuation: Teaching Guide
Year Four
Punctuation
Consolidate:
Year Three list
Introduce:
Commas to mark clauses and separate
fronted adverbials
Full punctuation for direct speech
Each new speaker on new line
Comma between direct speech and
reporting clause: “It’s late,” gasped
Cinderella.
Apostrophes to mark singular and plural
possession.
Terminology
Consolidate:
Finger spaces
Letter
Word
Sentence
Full stops
Capital letter
Question mark
Exclamation mark
Speech bubble
Direct speech
Inverted commas
Bullet points
Apostrophes (contractions)
Commas between adjectives
Colon - instructions
Singular/Plural
Suffix / Prefix
Adjective/ Noun / Noun phrase/ Verb / Adverb/
Conjunction
Preposition
Imperative verbs
Tense – Past, present, future
Clause
Subordinate clause
Relative clause
Relative pronoun
Alliteration
Determiner
Generalisers (sometimes, maybe, often)
Simile
Introduce:
Pronoun
Possessive pronoun
Adverbial
Fronted adverbial
Apostrophe – plural possession
Grammar and Punctuation: Teaching Guide
Year Five
Punctuation
Consolidate:
Year Four list
Introduce:
Rhetorical question
Dashes
Brackets / Dashes / Commas for
parenthesis
Colons
Use of commas to clarify meaning or
avoid ambiguity
Terminology
Consolidate:
Finger spaces / Letter / Word
Sentence / Statement / Command / Question /
Exclamation
Full stops / Capital letter
Question mark / Exclamation mark
Direct speech / Inverted commas
Bullet points
Apostrophes - contraction / possession
Commas between adjectives
Colon – instructions
Singular/Plural
Suffix / Prefix
Word family
Adjective/ Noun / Noun phrase/ Verb / Adverb/
Conjunction
Preposition
Imperative verbs
Tense – Past, present, future
Pronoun – Relative/possessive
Clause
Subordinate clause / Relative clause
Alliteration
Determiner /Generalisers (sometimes, maybe,
often)
Simile
Synonyms / Antonyms
Introduce:
Relative clause / pronoun
Modal verbs
Parenthesis – brackets / dashes
Cohesion
Ambiguity
Metaphor / Personification
Onomatopoeia
Rhetorical questions
Grammar and Punctuation: Teaching Guide
Year Six
Punctuation
Consolidate:
Year Five list
Introduce:
Use of colon, semi-colon and dash to
indicate stronger subdivision of a
sentence than a comma. Use of colon to
introduce a list and semi-colons within
lists
Punctuation of bullet points to list
information (non-fiction)
How hyphens can be used to avoid
ambiguity (e.g. man eating shark versus
man-eating shark, or recover versus recover)
Terminology
Consolidate:
Letter / Word
Sentence / Statement / Command / Question /
Exclamation / Rhetorical question
Full stops / Capital letter
Question mark / Exclamation mark
Direct speech / Inverted commas
Bullet points
Apostrophes - contraction / possession
Commas between adjectives
Colon – instructions
Parenthesis
Brackets, dashes
Singular/Plural
Suffix / Prefix
Word family
Consonant / Vowel
Adjective/ Noun / Noun phrase/ Verb / Adverb/
Conjunction / Preposition
Imperative verbs / Modal verbs
Tense – Past, present, future
Pronoun – Relative/possessive
Subordinate clause / Relative clause
Alliteration
Determiner /Generalisers (sometimes, maybe)
Ambiguity / Cohesion
Adverbial / Fronted adverbial
Simile / Metaphor / Onomoatopoeia
Synonyms / Antonyms
Introduce:
Active and passive voice
Subject and object
Hyphen
Colon / Semi-colon
Bullet points in non-fiction
Ellipsis