Key Stage 1 English: Types of Word
Key Stage 1 English: Types of Word
Last year’s Key Stage 1 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test paper was really challenging, especially the grammar. Questions such as the one below came up very early in the paper:
6. What type of word is underlined in the sentence below?
Gran thought that the flowers were pretty.
Tick one.
noun
verb
adjective
adverb
It is now expected that children by the end of Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2, aged 5 to 7) will know and understand the following:
Nouns are usually called ‘naming words’.
A common noun is the word used for a class or person, place or thing.
A proper noun names a specific person, place or thing. It takes a capital letter.
Verbs are usually seen as ‘doing’ or ‘being’ words.
Adjectives are usually thought of as words that describe somebody or something. They usually come before a noun, but they can be put after linking verbs such as be, get, seem, look.
Adverbs are best seen as words which ‘add to the verb’. They can describe how, where or when an action occurred.
KS1 pupils should understand the use of -ly in Standard English to turn adjectives into adverbs (e.g. bad – badly etc.) These are usually ‘how’ words or adverbs of manner.
Luckily we have a good selection of worksheets concentrating on nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs and we also have a section called ‘Word Classes’ which looks at all of these within sentences. We have just added a further two pages to this, aimed specifically at KS1 children.
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