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Subordination!
Expanded Noun
Phrases: Get
Spellings... I need to know many of these:

Working towards Year 5 Use these conjunctions Descriptive!

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to create super complex a magnificent, actual(ly) continue group naughty recent
sentences: sparkling necklace
Punctuation Power! address decide guard notice regular
with priceless although describe guide occasion reign
Capital letters for the start of if because as
diamonds
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unless since when appear difficult heart often sentence
the ferocious,
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. sentence. Can you use subordinate
clauses in different places in inside the cage believe early history ordinary special

Exclamation marks for your sentences? bicycle earth imagine particular straight
! exclamations or surprise.
After Superman arrived, the
the breath-taking, breath eight increase peculiar strange
scenic view beyond
dangling bus was saved breathe eighth important perhaps strength
Question marks for questions. the valley
? from the cliff top. build enough interest popular suppose
business exercise island position surprise
Apostrophes for showing
busy experience knowledge possess(ion) therefore
something belongs to someone Can You Sneak in an
‘ and to mark missing letters in
Extra Clause?
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contracted words, e.g. didn’t
caught extreme length potatoes thought
Use ‘which’ or ‘who’ to add extra information! Be
Commas to separate items in a careful with your commas! centre famous library pressure through
, list and to mark fronted
adverbials and clauses. The Queen, who has reigned for 60 years, has four century favourite material probably various
children. certain February medicine promise weight
Hedgehogs eat garden snails, which is important circle forward(s) mention purpose woman
Have you...
within the food chain. complete fruit minute quarter women
• made your verbs and subjects
agree? was/were did/done
Front it Out!
• written in the correct tense and Marvellous Modals! Use fronted adverbials with a comma to help to link sentences and
person? Include modal verbs to show possibility: paragraphs:
• written in paragraphs? can/ cannot could/ could not Time At that moment, On Saturday, Finally,
• included all the features of the should/ should not might/ might not Place Over the bridge, Inside the chest, Beyond the clouds,
genre? must / must not may/ may not Frequency Every few weeks, Never before, Occasionally, Often,
would/ would not will/ will not Manner/ Behaviour As quick as a flash, Breathing heavily,
ought/ ought not Waiting anxiously, Without warning, Totally overwhelmed,
 Writing Mat Use a mixture of simple, compound and complex sentences. Use Check for tense, subject/verb agreement,
a thesaurus to up-level your vocabulary choices. person, paragraphs and genre features!
Expected Year 5
Spellings… I need to know most of these:
Marvellous Modals! Front it Out! Expanded Noun Phrases:
Include modal verbs to show Link your sentences and accommodate correspond hindrance recognise
possibility:
paragraphs: accompany criticise individual recommend Get Descriptive!
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might must may At that moment, On Saturday, inside the cage
achieve definite interrupt restaurant
would will ought Finally, the breath-taking, scenic
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view beyond the valley
(and their negative versions) Over the bridge, Inside the chest, amateur determined leisure rhythm
Beyond the clouds,
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Punctuation Reminders:
Frequency
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Every few weeks, Never before,
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surely possibly Occasionally, Often, appreciate embarrass mischievous shoulder initials and proper nouns.

certainly perhaps Manner/ Behaviour attached environment muscle sincere

. Full stops.
Breathing heavily, Waiting
anxiously, Without warning,
available equip(-ped) necessary sincerely
! Exclamation marks for
exclamations or surprise.
Super Suffixes! average equipment neighbour soldier

-ation preparation sensation awkward especially nuisance stomach ? Question marks.

-ous courageous curious serious It’s All Relative! bargain exaggerate occupy sufficient ‘ Apostrophes for possession and
missing letters and to mark
-ly gently angrily frantically Use a ‘which’, ‘who’ or ‘that’ missing letters in contracted
bruise excellent occur suggest
relative clause to add extra words, e.g. didn’t.
information: category existence opportunity symbol

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, Commas in lists , and to mark
parenthesis, fronted adverbials
Super Subordination! The Queen, who has reigned for and clauses.
communicate familiar physical temperature
60 years, has four children.
Use these conjunctions to create community foreign prejudice thorough ““ Inverted commas for speech.
(Don’t forget the commas too!)
super complex sentences: Hedgehogs eat garden snails, competition forty privilege twelfth
which is important within the - Hyphen to connect words togeth-
if because as food chain. conscience frequently profession variety er.

before after until

conscious government programme vegetable
- Dashes to show longer pauses or
parenthesis.
The stench was so putrid that controversy guarantee pronunciation vehicle
that since when it made her eyes water. () Brackets for parenthesis.
convenience harass queue yacht
 Writing Mat Punctuation Reminders: Spellings… I need to know all of these:
accommodate correspond hindrance recognise
A Capital letters for sentences,
Greater Depth Year 5 initials and proper nouns. accompany criticise individual recommend

. Full stops. according curiosity interfere relevant

Front it Out! achieve definite interrupt restaurant

Link your sentences and paragraphs:
! Exclamation marks for
exclamations or surprise. aggressive desperate language rhyme
Time
? Question marks. amateur determined leisure rhythm
At that moment, On Saturday, Finally, ancient develop lightning sacrifice
Place ‘ Apostrophes for possession and missing
letters and to mark missing letters in apparent dictionary marvellous secretary
Over the bridge, Inside the chest, Beyond the clouds, contracted words, e.g. didn’t.
appreciate embarrass mischievous shoulder
Frequency
attached environment muscle sincere
Every few weeks, Never before, Occasionally, Often, , Commas in lists , and to mark
parenthesis, fronted adverbials and available equip(-ped) necessary sincerely
Manner/ Behaviour clauses.
average equipment neighbour soldier
Breathing heavily, Waiting anxiously, Without warning,
““ Inverted commas for speech. (Don’t
forget the commas too!) awkward especially nuisance stomach
bargain exaggerate occupy sufficient
It’s All Relative! - Hyphen to connect words together.
bruise excellent occur suggest
Use a relative pronoun to add a relative clause.
who, which, where, when, whose, that - Dashes to show longer pauses or
parenthesis. category existence opportunity symbol
The Queen, who has reigned for 60 years, has four children. committee explanation parliament system
Hedgehogs eat garden snails, which is important within the () Brackets for parenthesis.
communicate familiar physical temperature
food chain. community foreign prejudice thorough
The stench was so putrid that it made her eyes water. Splendid Subordination!
competition forty privilege twelfth
They had ventured deep into the forest where they began to Use these conjunctions to create super
complex sentences: conscience frequently profession variety
feel uneasy.
conscious government programme vegetable
if because as controversy guarantee pronunciation vehicle
Marvellous Modals! before after until convenience harass queue yacht
Include modal verbs to show possibility:
unless since when
can could should
Super Suffixes!
might must may Can you use subordinate clauses in
-ation e.g. preparation -ous e.g. courageous
would will ought different places in your sentences?
(and their negative versions) -ly e.g. frantically

Could you pop in an adverb of possibility? Check for tense, subject/verb Use a mixture of simple, compound and complex
surely possibly agreement, person, paragraphs and sentences. Use a thesaurus to up-level your
certainly perhaps genre features! vocabulary choices.