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Year 2 in England

1st grade grammar

10 1st grade grammar skills, each with a worked example, free practice that checks every answer, and a printable worksheet. Start with a mixed review, or jump to the skill you need.

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Ten questions drawn from every skill below.

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Nouns and verbs

CCSS L.1.1.BCCSS L.1.1.EEngland: Y1 GPSEngland: Y2 GPS (word classes)

Example

Which word is a noun (a person, place, animal or thing)? My brother kicked the ball hard.

  1. A noun names a person, place, animal or thing.
  2. So the answer is: ball

Answer: ball

Builds on: Naming words and action words

Leads to: Common and proper nouns, Past, present and future, Adjectives, Pronouns

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Common and proper nouns

CCSS L.1.1.BCCSS L.1.2.AEngland: Y1 GPS (capital letters for names)

Example

Which word is a proper noun (the name of a particular person, place or day)? We had pancakes in March.

  1. A common noun names any thing (city); a proper noun names a particular one (Tokyo) and has a capital letter.
  2. So the answer is: March

Answer: March

Builds on: Nouns and verbs

Leads to: Abstract nouns, Capital letters in titles (The Day the Robots Danced)

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Past, present and future

CCSS L.1.1.EEngland: Y1 GPSEngland: Y2 GPS (past and present tense)

Example

Choose the verb that matches the time in the sentence. Next week we ___ a picnic.

  1. The verb changes to show when something happens.
  2. It has not happened yet, so we use 'will' + verb.
  3. Put it back into the sentence and read it aloud: "Next week we will have a picnic."
  4. So the answer is: will have

Answer: will have

Builds on: Nouns and verbs

Leads to: Past tense (regular and irregular verbs), Present and past progressive (-ing), Past, present or future? Simple verb tenses

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What makes a sentence?

CCSS L.1.1.JEngland: Y1 GPS (sentences)

Example

Which one is a complete sentence? • my sister likes • My sister likes apples. • likes apples • My sister apples.

  1. "My sister likes apples." tells us who and what they did, starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop.
  2. So the answer is: My sister likes apples.

Answer: My sister likes apples.

Builds on: Building a simple sentence

Leads to: Joining words: and, but, or, because, Statements, questions, commands, exclamations, Fragments and run-on sentences, Who or what? Did what? (subject and predicate)

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Joining words: and, but, or, because

CCSS L.1.1.GEngland: Y1 GPS (joining clauses with 'and')England: Y2 GPS

Example

Choose the joining word that makes the most sense. I like apples ___ bananas.

  1. Conjunctions join ideas. Each one shows a different link between them.
  2. Put it back into the sentence and read it aloud: "I like apples and bananas."
  3. So the answer is: and

Answer: and

Builds on: What makes a sentence?

Leads to: Conjunctions: coordinating and subordinating, Joining ideas with and, but, or and so

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Swap the noun for he, she, it, we or they

CCSS L.1.1.DEngland: Y1 GPSEngland: Y2 GPS (pronouns)

Example

Which pronoun can take the place of the noun? Lily loves drawing. ___ draws every day.

  1. A pronoun stands in for a noun so we do not repeat it.
  2. It is about one girl or woman.
  3. Put it back into the sentence and read it aloud: "Lily loves drawing. She draws every day."
  4. So the answer is: She

Answer: She

Builds on: Nouns and verbs

Leads to: He hops, they hop: matching verbs to one or many, Reflexive pronouns: myself, himself, themselves…

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He hops, they hop: matching verbs to one or many

CCSS L.1.1.CEngland: Y1 GPSEngland: Y2 GPS (subject–verb agreement)

Example

Which verb fits? The bird ___ in the morning.

  1. The verb must match the subject. He, she, it and one noun take -s.
  2. Put it back into the sentence and read it aloud: "The bird sings in the morning."
  3. So the answer is: sings

Answer: sings

Builds on: Nouns and verbs, Swap the noun for he, she, it, we or they

Leads to: is, are, was or were?

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is, are, was or were?

CCSS L.1.1.ECCSS L.1.1.CEngland: Y1 GPSEngland: Y2 GPS (past and present)

Example

Choose the right word. We ___ at the zoo last Saturday.

  1. Now: is (one) / are (more). Past: was (one) / were (more).
  2. Put it back into the sentence and read it aloud: "We were at the zoo last Saturday."
  3. So the answer is: were

Answer: were

Builds on: He hops, they hop: matching verbs to one or many

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this, that, these or those?

CCSS L.1.1.HEngland: Y1 GPSEngland: Y2 GPS (determiners)

Example

Read the clue in brackets. Which word fits? (Lots of shoes, right here) ___ shoes are mine.

  1. Near: this (one), these (many). Far: that (one), those (many).
  2. Put it back into the sentence and read it aloud: "These shoes are mine."
  3. So the answer is: These

Answer: These

Builds on: Nouns and verbs

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Describing words for the five senses

CCSS L.1.1.FCCSS RL.1.4England: Y1 GPSEngland: Y2 GPS (adjectives)

Example

Which describing word tells how it sounds?

  1. "booming" tells how it sounds.
  2. So the answer is: booming

Answer: booming

Builds on: Describing words: colour, size, shape and feel

Leads to: Find the words that show senses and feelings

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