Spelling, punctuation and grammar are the building blocks of good writing. It is essential that we can spell words accurately, use a wide range of punctuation with precision and that our sentences have the correct grammatical structure. Use the links below to improve your understanding, and usage, of key spag skills.
Punctuation
For help understanding and using commas click here
For help understanding and using apostrophes click here
For help understanding and using colons click here and semi colons click here
For help understanding and using dashes click here and hyphens click here
For help understanding and using speech marks and quotation marks click here
For help understanding and using parentheses (brackets) click here
Grammar – Different classifications of words
For help understanding and using nouns click here and pronouns click here
For help understanding and using verbs click here and adverbs click here
For help understanding and using adjectives click here
For help understanding and using conjunctions click here
For help understanding and using interjections click here
For help understanding and using prepositions click here
Spelling
The biggest aid to our spelling would be to learn all the words in the Year 5 Spelling List (see earlier blog entry) as soon as possible.
For help understanding and using common tricky spellings click here
Glossary of Spag terms
Some of the vocabulary used when talking about Spag can be confusing (correlative conjunction anyone!) click here to look up a term that you don’t understand
Thank you for these useful links about grammar, I know in Parent’s Evening you suggested these links for me, they are extremely useful. I now know how to use a semi-colon, for example in a list like Bob the Boss; Terry the Deputy; me; and my dog.
I’m glad you’re finding the resources helpful Thomas. A really useful thing to learn is the different clauses within sentences. Can you find any information on main clauses and subordinate clauses? What punctuation would be needed in a sentence to show the difference between a main clause and a subordinate clause?
I also learnt that you can use a colon before quotation marks.
Very useful, thank you Mr Antcliffe.
I am going to work on brackets( ), using more nouns and pronouns e.g. kitten for a noun and I am definitely going to work on the Year 5 spelling list.
Thank you Mr Antcliffe, these links really help me, as you suggested them in Parent’s Evening.