Y1 Grammar revision powerpoint tg 2012
- 1. Capital letters Capital letters are used at the beginning of a sentence and for proper nouns. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUV WXYZ The dog ate a bone. Perth, Tim, Monday
- 2. Full stops Full stops are used at the end of a sentence.
- 3. Sentence Rules: Sentences must: 1. have a capital letter 2. have spaces between words 3. end with a full stop 4. make sense 5. be written neatly
- 4. Proper nouns A proper noun is the name of a person, place, building or date and always starts with a capital letter. • Mr John Smith • Australia • Kalamunda Christian School • Monday
- 5. Common nouns Common nouns are naming words of things we can usually see. • desk • cloud _________ • paper • kitten _________
- 6. Alphabetical order Alphabetical order is when words are sorted according to the alphabet. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1______ 2______ 3_____
- 7. Articles Articles are the “a” , “an” and “the” words used before a noun. • ”a” is used before nouns that start with a consonant. • “an” is used before nouns that start with a vowel.
- 8. Articles “a” = before a consonant “an” = before a vowel a ______ a ________ an ______ an _______
- 9. Singular Singular means only one. • cup • a dog • an apple • the rabbit
- 10. plural Plural means more than one. • cows • boxes • cherries • children
- 11. Pronouns Pronouns are the little words that take the place of nouns. • I • you (singular and plural) • he • she • it • they
- 12. Verbs Verbs are doing words that describe an action. • to kick • to jump • to listen • to walk
- 13. Conjugating Verbs Conjugating verbs is when we put a pronoun in front of a verb. I kick you kick he kicks she kicks it kicks they kick
- 14. 1st, 2nd and 3rd person 1st person singular = I 1st person plural = we 2nd person singular = you 2nd person plural = you 3rd person singular = he, she, it 3rd person plural = they
- 15. I The pronoun “I” is always a capital letter, no matter where it is in a sentence.
- 16. Past tense of verbs When we want to show the past tense of a verb we can add /ed/. talk + ed = talked jump + ed = jumped Sometimes, verbs will already have an /e/ on the end, so we need to take off the /e/ before we add /ed/. smile + ed = smiled wave + ed = waved
- 17. The Doubling Rule When you add the suffix /ed/ to the end of a short word with a short vowel, you have to make a wall by doubling the final consonant so the bossy /e/ doesn’t make the short vowel go long. hop + ed = hoped hop + p + ed = hopped
- 18. Nouns Nouns are naming words. There are 3 types of nouns: • common nouns • proper nouns • pronouns
- 19. Adjectives Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns. sad The man was sad. carefully She put the glass down carefully. nicely He spoke nicely to the teacher. long I have long hair. quickly They worked quickly. pink The pink pig gobbled her food.
- 20. www.kalamundacs.wa.edu.au Visit our online resource pages