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Grammar

11+ Knowledge Organiser Tuition with Taylor

What do I need to know?

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10. Phrases

1. Nouns

11. Conjunctions

2. Pronouns

12. Standard English

3. Verbs

13. Formal and informal writing

4. Adjectives

5. Adverbs

6. Prepositions

7. Determiners

8. Sentences

9. Clauses

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Nouns

A noun is a thing, a person, an animal, an idea or a place. There are different types of nouns: - Proper noun - the name of a person or place, starting with a capital letter. - Common noun - describes a class of objects and does not have a capital letter. - Concrete noun - a person, place or object you can physically touch. - Abstract noun - a thing that cannot be touched or seen. - Collective noun - used to describe a group of something. (Some of these categories overlap, so some words will be included in more than one category)

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Pronouns

A pronoun is a word used to replace a roun so that we don't need to keep repeating the same now. For example: he, she, they, it.There are two types of pronouns: 1) Personal pronoun - a word which can be used instead of a person, place or thing, such as I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her, us and them. 2) Possessive pronoun - these show ownership of a person or thing, such as mine, yours, his, hers, our, theirs, whose and my.

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Verbs

A verb shows an action (either mental or physical) or a state of being. There are three types of verbs: 1) Imperative verb - tells someone to do something (you may have called these 'bossy verbs'). 2) Irregular verb - verbs that don't form their tenses in the regular way. 3) Modal verb - shows possibility or ability, such as would, could, might, will.

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Adjectives

Adjectives describe and give more information about a noun. It's important that you use lots of adjectives in your writing and are able to spot adjectives in sentences. You could create a word bank of adjectives that you can use in the future.

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Adverbs

An adverb gives more information about a verb and describes how, when, where or why something is being done. They usually end in '-ly'. It's important that you use lots of adverbs in your writing and are able to spot adverbs in sentences. You could create a word bank of adverbs which you can use in the future.

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Prepositions

Prepositions explain where something is (such as beside, or under) or when something is happening (such as, until, during, or after). Prepositions are usually used before nouns or pronouns. It's important that you use lots of prepositions in your writing and are able to spot prepositions in sentences. You could create a word bank of prepositions that you can use in the future. There are around 150 prepositions.

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Determiners

Determiners are words that go before a noun and gives the noun more detail. There are six types of determiners: - Articles, such as a, an, or the. - Demonstratives, such as this, that, these or those. - Possessives, such as his, her, my, or their. - Quantifiers, such as some, each or every. - Numbers, such as one, two, or three. - Question words, such as which, what, or those.

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Sentences

A sentence is a group of words that makes sense by itself. They begin with a capital letter and end with a punctuation mark, such as a full stop, a question mark, or an exclamation point. Different types of sentences: Click on each one to learn more...

- Simple, complex and compound sentences.

- Active and passive sentences.

- Exclamations, questions, statements and commands.

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Clauses

A clause is a group of words that contain a subject and a verb. There are four different types of clauses: 1) Main clause - these contain a subject and an object. They make sense on their own. 2) Subordinate clause - these contain a subject and a verb. They do not make sense on their own so they need to be attached to a main clause. 3) Relative clause - a type of subordinate clause that is used to add information about the noun, so it must be ‘related’ to the noun. 4) Embedded clause - a subordinate clause that is in the middle of a main clause.

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Phrases

A phrase is a group of words that do not contain a verb. (When we add a verb to a phrase, it becomes a clause). There are three types of phrases: 1) Noun phrase - includes one noun and words that describe it. (Example: The red coat) 2) Prepositional phrase - includes a preposition. (Example: Under the table) 3) Adverbial phrase - includes an adverb. (Example: Very slowly)

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Conjunctions

A conjunction connects two clauses in a sentence. A conjunction can go at the beginning or in the middle of a sentence. There are two types of conjunctions: 1) Coordinating conjunctions - these join two clauses that are of equal importance (such as and, but, or). 2) Subordinating conjunctions - these introduce a subordinate clause (such as after, because, if).

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Standard English

Standard English is when we use English in the correct way. It has correct grammar and tense. Example: Non-standard English: I were there yesterday. Standard English: I was there yesterday.

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Formal and informal writing