Grammar and punctuation relevant to students at KS3
Words, the building blocks of language, are organised into various categories known as parts of speech or word classes. These classifications serve to facilitate the understanding of sentence structure and linguistic principles. Parts of speech Parts of speech are categories…
The word ‘that’ can cause much confusion to English language learners. In language, words are divided into word classes, or what are called ‘Parts of Speech’, and these word classes define the use of a word in a sentence. However,…
This post examines the key aspects of verb usage. Verbs are a class of word that expresses an action. There are various aspects of verb usage that students of English need to learn, and these include sentence structure, subject-verb agreement,…
The full stop is the small dot that appears at the end of a sentence written in certain scripts such as the Roman alphabet, which is used for the majority of Western languages. Likenesses of a full stop, also called…
The National Curriculum serves as a comprehensive guide for educators in England and, at secondary level, Wales. This means students from Key Stage 3 (KS3), years 7 to 9; KS4, years 10 and 11 (GCSE); and KS5, years 12 and…
‘Both,’ ‘either’ and ‘neither’ are words that are often taught together in grammar because they are all words that are used to express different types of agreement or disagreement in sentences. They are also all words that are used to…
In English grammar, intensifiers are simply words or phrases that are used to add emphasis or intensity to another word or expression. Intensifiers are typically used to make a word or phrase stronger, to convey emphasis, or to add force…
In the English language, the expression ‘used to’ can be used in two similar but different idiomatic ways, and neither of these expressions is using the verb ‘to use’ in its literal sense. ‘Used to’ can be an adjectival phrase, meaning…
There are two future verb forms for prediction and they are formed by using the words, ‘will’ or ‘going to’, and these are required grammar for students who wish to achieve B2 level English. B2 level English is the equivalent…
Sometimes there is a need to pass on or report something that was said. Reported speech, also known as ‘indirect speech’, is a way of reporting (second hand as it were) what someone has said in ‘direct speech’, but without…