Grammar+Resources

Term 4 Grammar links, videos and tables are listed week by week below..


 * WEEK 1**

Our focus this week is Verbs, yes the "doing" words and all the other concepts involved! Check out this link at the BBC for a short video on what verbs are and then do the online quiz

Afterwards you can go to this BBC page and investigate verbs and all the tricks with past, present and future tense.

Have a giggle at this video...for those of you that liked "Conjunction Junction".

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Our focus this week is Adverbs, following on from last week's study of Verbs. Check out this link at the BBC for a short video on what adverbs are and then do the quiz.
 * Week 3: Adverbs.**

Once again, I have a soft spot for these Sesame Street videos!

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For those of you with a more rock 'n roll vibe, check this adverb video out:

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For the complete freaks out there, here's a list of common adverbs in alphabetical order!

List of Common Adverbs

 * **__A__**

abnormally absentmindedly accidentally acidly actually adventurously afterwards almost always angrily annually anxiously arrogantly awkwardly || **__B__**

badly bashfully beautifully bitterly bleakly blindly blissfully boastfully boldly bravely briefly brightly briskly broadly busily || **__C__**

calmly carefully carelessly cautiously certainly cheerfully clearly cleverly closely coaxingly colorfully commonly continually coolly correctly courageously crossly cruelly curiously || **__D__**

daily daintily dearly deceivingly delightfully deeply defiantly deliberately delightfully diligently dimly doubtfully dreamily || **__E__**

easily elegantly energetically enormously enthusiastically equally especially even evenly eventually exactly excitedly extremely ||
 * **__F__**

fairly faithfully famously far fast fatally ferociously fervently fiercely fondly foolishly fortunately frankly frantically freely frenetically frightfully fully furiously || **__G__**

generally generously gently gladly gleefully gracefully gratefully greatly greedily || **__H__**

happily hastily healthily heavily helpfully helplessly highly honestly hopelessly hourly hungrily || **__I__**

immediately innocently inquisitively instantly intensely intently interestingly inwardly irritably || **__J__**

jaggedly jealously joshingly joyfully joyously jovially jubilantly judgementally justly ||
 * **__K__**

keenly kiddingly kindheartedly kindly kissingly knavishly knottily knowingly knowledgeably kookily || **__L__**

lazily less lightly likely limply lively loftily longingly loosely lovingly loudly loyally || **__M__**

madly majestically meaningfully mechanically merrily miserably mockingly monthly more mortally mostly mysteriously || **__N__**

naturally nearly neatly needily nervously never nicely noisily not || **__O__**

obediently obnoxiously oddly offensively officially often only openly optimistically overconfidently owlishly ||
 * **__P__**

painfully partially patiently perfectly physically playfully politely poorly positively potentially powerfully promptly properly punctually || **__Q__**

quaintly quarrelsomely queasily queerly questionably questioningly quicker quickly quietly quirkily quizzically || **__R__**

rapidly rarely readily really reassuringly recklessly regularly reluctantly repeatedly reproachfully restfully righteously rightfully rigidly roughly rudely || **__S__**

sadly safely scarcely scarily searchingly sedately seemingly seldom selfishly separately seriously shakily sharply sheepishly shrilly shyly silently sleepily slowly smoothly softly solemnly solidly sometimes soon speedily stealthily sternly strictly successfully suddenly surprisingly suspiciously sweetly swiftly sympathetically || **__T__**

tenderly tensely terribly thankfully thoroughly thoughtfully tightly tomorrow too tremendously triumphantly truly truthfully ||
 * **__U__**

ultimately unabashedly unaccountably unbearably unethically unexpectedly unfortunately unimpressively unnaturally unnecessarily utterly upbeat upliftingly upright upside-down upward upwardly urgently usefully uselessly usually utterly || **__V__**

vacantly vaguely vainly valiantly vastly verbally very viciously victoriously violently vivaciously voluntarily || **__W__**

warmly weakly wearily well wetly wholly wildly willfully wisely woefully wonderfully worriedly wrongly || **__Y__**

yawningly yearly yearningly yesterday yieldingly youthfully || **__Z__**

zealously zestfully zestily ||


 * Week 4: Nouns**

For this week's noun work, refer to the BBC Skillswise quiz page on nouns.

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Look at this catchy little clip to begin a discussion about the correct use of apostrophes...

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...then go to this apostrophe game at BBC skillswise to test your understanding of the many uses of the apostrophe. For some teacher resources...choose one or both of these powerpoint presentations on the correct use of the apostrophe. Be warned though, they're confusing when it comes to the use of the apostrophe when forming plurals such as "Bob got three A's in his report." Not everyone agrees with that form.

Basic rules of apostrophe use:

More complete rules:


 * Week 5: Pronouns and using Quotation Marks, or talking marks.**

For quizes and games on use and identification of pronouns in a sentence go to this page on BBC Skillswise.

Watch this video on how to use Quotation Marks correctly...

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 * Week 7: Sentence Structure, Clauses, Conjunctions (again), Connectives and all manner of bits and pieces of what makes a sentence complete.**

Try these links for interactive games you can do with a partner:
 * 1) making sentences up... @http://www.fen.com/studentactivities/WallOfWords/wow19.html
 * 2) identifying what kind of sentence it is... @http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/sensort/index.html
 * 3) more sentence types... @http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-start.cgi?Grade=3&Unit=1&Topic=The+Sentence&x=23&y=7

This page will be used by teachers as a classroom resource for our Grammar lessons in term 3.

Look at these 2 comma usage powerpoint presentations, the first is a little easier to understand...the second is quite technical. You'll need to select each one and it'll download automatically into you Downloads folder. Open Powerpoint and select the files from your Downloads folder.
 * Commas**





Conjunctions are common words used to join two, or more, clauses and phrases together such as: and, but and or. Watch this classic video from the 1980s. It sets out the meaning of conjunctions in a fun way. Click here to go to a version of this clip with music and lyrics to use as class examples. See the table below the video for a technical definition of the different categories of conjunction and their function in sentences.
 * Conjunctions**

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