Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling BBC Bitesize (1)

Grammar, Punctuation and
Spelling

Complete the two activities from the BBC Bitesize website each week.

Week beginning: 8th June 2020

• What is an adverb?

• An adverb tells you how something happens, like quickly and
slowly.

• How to use possessive apostrophes

• Find out how to use an apostrophe to show that one thing
belongs to another.

Week beginning: 15th June 2020

• What is a pronoun?

• Pronouns take the place of nouns in a sentence, examples are
'him', 'her' and 'them’.

• What is a dictionary?

• We can use a dictionary to find out the meaning or spelling
of a word.

Week beginning: 22nd June 2020

• What is a preposition?

• A preposition is a word that tells you where or when something
is in relation to something else, like "after", "before" or "on".

• How to use inverted commas

• Find out how inverted commas are used to show when someone
is speaking.

Week beginning: 29th June 2020

• What is a thesaurus?

• Take a look at a thesaurus.

• What is an expanded noun phrase?

• Expanded noun phrases tell you more about the noun, so the
reader will have more information.

Week beginning: 6th July 2020

• What are coordinating conjunctions?

• Conjunctions are joining words, coordinating conjunctions join
groups of words about similar things.

• How to use the suffix -ous

• Find out what happens when you add the suffix -ous to the
end of a word.

Week beginning: 13th July 2020

• What are subordinating conjunctions?

• A subordinate conjunction joins two ideas or clauses in a
sentence.

• How to use the suffix -ation

• Find out what happens when you add the suffix -ation to the
end of a word.