Mill Lane Primary School

Information about GRAMMAR
Year 1 & 2

PAST AND PRESENT TENSES
If a sentence tells us about things that have already happened, we use the PAST TENSE.

Anna stroked the rabbit. Sam was stroking the cat.

If a sentence tells us about things that are happening now, we use the PRESENT TENSE.

Jack sits near the window. Alice is sitting next to me.

SENTENCES
A sentence can be:
•	A statement
eg. This is the first page of a booklet.
•	A question
eg.  How are you  today?
•	An exclamation
eg. What a lovely surprise!
•	A command
eg. Look at the board , please.

SPEECH MARKS/INVERTED COMMAS
When we write stories we use speech marks (inverted commas) to show that someone is speaking.
" M y name is Lucy," she said.	
" How wonder ful!" he exclaimed. Danny said," Let's play football."

CAPITAL LETTERS
We use a capital letter to start every sentence and for the names of people, places . days and months.

We live in Meadow Road. Taunton.
Our Uncle Dan is visiting us next Tuesday.

WORD CLASSES
Noun - names a person, place or thing
Tom has a cat that loves milk.
Sometimes a group of words can act like a noun. This is called a noun phrase.
She sat in her favourite chair.

Adjective - describes a noun
The clever wizard cast a wicked spell.

Verb - a doing or being word 
I walk to school every day. The giant was hungry.

Adverb - describes how something was done
She walked s lowly.
They sang loudly.

COMMAS IN   LISTS
We use a comma to separate things in a list. We went to the zoo and saw elephants, tigers, lions and zebras.

APOSTROPHES TO SHORTEN WORDS
When we shorten some words we use an apostrophe to replace the missing letters.

did not	didn' t

I am	I ' m

APOSTROPHES TO SHOW OWNERSHIP

We use an apostrophe to show that a thing belongs to someone or something.
,
That is David s bag.