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English · Key Stage 2 · The School
Word classes
NOUN names a thing; PRONOUN replaces one; VERB is what is done; ADJECTIVE describes a noun; ADVERB describes a verb; PREPOSITION shows position or relation; CONJUNCTION joins; DETERMINER introduces a noun (the, a, this, my). Being able to NAME them is separately assessed from being able to use them, which is why the list is worth learning.
Clauses and phrases
A CLAUSE contains a verb. A MAIN clause makes sense alone; a SUBORDINATE clause does not and depends on the main one. A RELATIVE clause begins with who, which, that, whose or where and adds information about a noun. A PHRASE has no verb — a noun phrase like "the very old brown dog" is still just a naming group.
The terms most often tested
Fronted adverbial (a description of how, when or where, placed first and followed by a comma). Modal verb (might, should, must). Subjunctive ("if I were"). Active and passive voice. Determiner. Relative pronoun. Cohesive device. Each is a name for something you already do — the assessment is whether you can name it.
"The dog barked. The dog was hungry. The dog ran to its bowl." Vague advice: "make it flow better." Precise advice using the terms: "join the first two with a SUBORDINATE CLAUSE and replace the third NOUN with a PRONOUN." Result: "Because it was hungry, the dog barked and ran to its bowl." The terms did not improve the sentence — they let you say exactly what to change.