Subordination Plural &

Capitals/
Prefixes Suffixes and Commas Determiners Possessive
Full Stops Coordination s

Question/ Present
Fronted Modal
Verbs Adjectives Exclamation and Past Conjunctions
Marks Adverbials Verbs
Tense

Commands
Nouns & Verb Cohesive Formal and
Adverbs & Prepositions
Pronouns Inflections Devices Informal
Statements

Continuous Perfect Passive & Colons &

Verb
Apostrophes Form of Form of Parenthesis Active Semi
Prefixes
Verbs Verbs Voice Colons

Synonyms
Inverted Relative Noun Subjunctive
& Elision Hyphens
Commas Clauses Phrases Form
Antonyms
Prefixes
Prefixes are a letter or group of letters that go Examples:
at the beginning of a word il: illegal, illogical
im: impossible
They are added to a root word: (e.g. heat =
in: inactive
root)
ir: irregular, irrelevant
pre + heat dis: dislike, disagree
un: unnecessary
Prefixes can give a word an opposite meaning
re: readjust, rebuild
un + happy = unhappy trans: transport
Root words do not change their spelling to pre: prepaid, preview
allow for a prefix, so dont add or remove letters auto: autograph/matic
when you add a prefix.

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Suffixes
Suffixes are a letter or group of letters that go at Examples: (modification)
the end of a word. happy + ness = happiness
Like prefixes, they always attach to a root word. care + er = carer
active + ity = activity
Suffixes form nouns- ment, ness, er, ity rely + able = reliable
Suffixes form adjectives- less, ful, able, ible reverse + ible = reversible

Suffixes form adverbs and verbs- ly, ise, ify, ily want (present) + ed =
Suffixes change the tense of a verb- ed, ing wanted (past)
run (present) + ing =
Often, if the root word ends in e or y you drop running
this off. If a root word ends in a consonant, you
need to double it.
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Capital Letters and Full Stops
This might seem really obvious but there are a Examples:
lot of mistakes made on a daily basis, by adults He wanted to catch fish.
as well as children when it comes to basic The lake was very big.
sentence punctuation.
Darren and Mr Hunter
A capital letter is needed: at the beginning of a
were good at football.
sentence, for the name of a place, person or
They wanted to play for
thing (a proper noun), the word I.
Barcelona in Spain.
Full stops are required to finish a sentence. They
allow the reader time to stop, breathe and Cello lessons begin on
think. Avoid using commas where full stops the 1st Tuesday in March.
should go.

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Verbs
Verbs are doing or action words Extra:
They tell you what a person or thing is doing or Verb tenses tell you
being. Its not always obvious, for example: when something
happens, for example
I am an artist. I talked. (PAST)
Whoever is doing the verb is the subject. I talk. (PRESENT)
I will talk. (FUTURE)
The girl talks loudly. Not all past add ed
Verbs change depending on who is doing them. go > went; eat > ate; take
> took; do > did; have >
I look confused. > It looks confused. had; see > saw; etc.
She sells seashells. > They sell seashells.
He tries the sandwiches. > We try the sandwiches.

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 Adjectives
Adjectives describe a noun. You can use more than
one. Adjectives can be placed before the noun or Examples:
even at the end of a sentence. The handsome prince
looked for the beautiful
The worm is green. I found a green worm. princess.
Adjectives can be used to create a noun phrase: The frog was green and
that is a phrase with a noun and any words that slimy.
describe it. My house is more
Alex hid from the ugly, strange creature. expensive than yours.
Vanilla is the least
Adjectives can also be comparatives/superlatives:
popular flavour ice-
Comparative: the bike is newer, bigger, better, lighter cream.
Superlative: the alien is the ugliest, laziest, worst
Compound Adjectives: ill-fated, two-seater, free-
range (these adjectives contain a hyphen)

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