National Curriculum (CLA -written)

Question 1

What can year 1s understand about word structure

Answer 1

-regular plural noun suffixes -s or -es (e.g. dog, dogs; wish, wishes).
-suffixes that can be added to verbs (e.g. helping, helped, helper)
-how the prefix un- changes the meaning of verbs and adjectives
(Negation, e.g. unkind, or undoing, e.g. untie the boat)

Question 2

What can year 2s understand about word structure

Answer 2

-formation of nouns using suffixes such as -ness, -er
-formation of adjectives using suffixes such as -ful, -less (a fuller list of suffixes can be found in the spelling annex)
-use of the suffixes -er and -est to form comparisons of adjectives and adverbs

Question 3

What can year 1s understand about sentence structure

Answer 3

-how words can combine to make sentences
-how “and” can join words and join sentences

Question 4

What can year 2s understand about sentence structure

Answer 4

-Subordination (using when, if, that or because) and co-ordination (using or, and or but)
-expanded noun phrases for description and specification (e.g. the blue butterfly, plain flour, the man in the moon)
-sentences with different forms: statement, question, exclamation, command

Question 5

What can year 1s understand about text structure

Answer 5

-sequencing sentences to form short narratives

Question 6

What can year 2s understand about text structure

Answer 6

-the consistent use of present tense versus past tense throughout texts
-use of continuous form of verbs in the present and past tense to mark actions in progress (e.g. she is drumming, he was shouting)

Question 7

What can year 1s understand about punctuation

Answer 7

-separation of words with spaces
-introduction to the use of capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate sentences
-capital letters for names and for the personal pronoun

Question 8

What can year 2s understand about punctuation

Answer 8

-capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate sentences
-commas to separate items in a list
-apostrophes to make contracted forms in spelling

Question 9

What can year 1s understand about terminology for pupils

Answer 9

-word, sentence, letter, capital letter, punctuation, full stop, singular, plural, question mark, exclamation mark

Question 10

What can year 2s understand about terminology for pupils

Answer 10

-verb, tense (past, present), adjective, noun, suffix, apostrophe, comma