Grammar 1

Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation Lessons

Week Spelling Grammar and Punctuation

1 ‹sh› Rainbow Capitals

2 ‹ch› Sentence Sticking

3 ‹th› Sentences

4 ‹ng› Capital Letters

5 ‹qu› Proper Nouns

6 ‹ar› Common Nouns

7 Short Vowels Alphabetical Order (1)

8 ‹ff› ‘A’ or ‘An’

9 ‹ll› Plurals

10 ‹ss› and ‹zz› Pronouns

11 ‹ck› Initial Blends Wheel

12 ‹-y› for /ee/ Initial Blends

13 Vowels Alphabetical Order (2)

14 ‹a_e› Verbs

15 ‹i_e› Conjugating Verbs

16 ‹o_e› Past Tense

17 ‹u_e› Doubling Rule

18 ‹wh› for /w/ (Verbs) The Future

19 ‹ay› Alphabetical Order (3)

20 ‹ea› Nouns

21 ‹igh› Adjectives (1)

22 ‹y› Adjectives (2)

23 ‹ow› Final Blends

24 ‹ew› Compound Words

25 ‹ou› Alphabetical Order (4)

26 ‹ow› Finding Verbs

27 ‹oi› Adverbs (1)

28 ‹oy› Adverbs (2)

29 ‹or› ‹-es› Plurals

30 ‹al› Antonyms

31 ‹nk› Alphabetical Order (5)

32 ‹er› Speech Marks

33 ‹ir› Word Webs

34 ‹ur› Questions (1)

35 ‹au› Questions (2)

36 ‹aw› Parsing and Revision

 Grammar 2
Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation Lessons

Week Spelling Grammar and Punctuation

1 Silent ‹b› Alphabetical Order (1)

2 Silent ‹w› Sentence Writing

3 Silent ‹k› Speech Marks

4 ‹wh› for /w/ Questions

5 ‹ph› for /f/ Commas in Lists

6 ‹ea› for /e/ Exclamation Marks

7 Soft ‹c› for /s/ Alphabetical Order (2)

8 Soft ‹g› for /j/ Proper Nouns

9 ‹wa› for /wo/ Adjectives

10 ‹ou› for /u/ Plurals: ‹-s› and ‹-es›

11 ‹air› for /air/ Possessive Adjectives

12 ‹ch› for /k/ Homophone Mix-Ups

13 /ai/ Alphabetical Order (3)

14 /ee/ Sentences and Verbs

15 /ie/ Adverbs

16 /oa/ Verb ‘To Be’ (Simple Present)

17 /ue/ Regular Past Tense

18 /k/ Irregular Past Tense

19 /er/ Using a Dictionary

20 /oi/ Proofreading Sentences

21 /ou/ Verb ‘To Be’ (Simple Past)

22 /or/ Expanding a Sentence

 23 ‹ey› for /ee/ Conjunctions

24 ‹ear› for /ear/ Plurals: ‹-s› and ‹-ies›

25 Silent ‹h› Word Webs

26 Silent ‹c› Proofreading a Story

27 ‹are› for /air/ Prefixes

28 ‹ear› for /air/ Apostrophe ‹s›

29 ‹ti› for /sh/ Contractions

30 ‹si› for /sh/ and /zh/ Prepositions

31 ‹ei› and ‹eigh› for /ai/ Finding the Meaning

32 ‹o› for /u/ Suffix: ‹-ing›

33 ‹ture› Suffixes: ‹-er› and ‹-est› Comparatives and

Superlatives

34 ‹ie› for /ee/ Interesting Words

35 ‹ore› for /or/ Commas in Speech

36 ‹le› Parsing

Grammar 3
Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation Lessons

Week Spelling Grammar and Punctuation

1 Digraphs Using a Dictionary

2 ‹ai›, ‹ay›, ‹a_e› Parts of Speech and Parsing

3 ‹ee›, ‹ea›, ‹e_e› Simple Tenses

4 ‹ie›, ‹y›, ‹igh›, ‹i_e› 3rd Person Singular: Verbs Ending in ‹-y›

5 ‹oa›, ‹ow›, ‹o_e› Verb ‘To Be’: Past, Present, Future

6 ‹ue›, ‹ew›, ‹u_e› Syllables (1)

7 ‹e_e› Present Participle

8 ‹n› for /ng/ Present Continuous

9 Soft ‹c› Past Continuous

10 Soft ‹g› Proper Nouns: Places

11 ‹tch› Proper Adjectives

12 ‹dge› Syllables (2)

13 ‹le› Paragraphs (1)

14 ‹qu› Paragraphs (2)

15 ‹s› for /z/ Speech Marks (1)

16 ‹se› and ‹ze› for /z/ Speech Marks (2)

17 Suffix: ‹-less› Future Continuous

18 Suffix: ‹-able› Suffixes: ‹-less› and ‹-ful›

19 ‹a› for /ai/ Contractions

20 ‹e› for /ee/ Comparatives and Superlatives

21 ‹i› for /ie/ Adverbs: Made Adding ‹-ly› to Adjectives

22 ‹o› for /oa/ Nouns Acting as Adjectives

23 ‹-o› for /oa/ Adjectives: Made Adding ‹-y› to Nouns

24 ‹u› for /ue/ Irregular Plurals

25 ‹a› for /ar/ The Subject of a Sentence

26 ‹ie› for /ee/ The Object of a Sentence

27 ‹y› for /i/ Subject and Object Pronouns

28 ‹a› for /o/ Possessive Pronouns

29 ‹aw›, ‹au›, ‹al› Homophones: ‘Our’ and ‘Are’

30 Homophones Homophones: ‘There’, ‘Their’, ‘They’re’

31 ‹ear›, ‹eer›, ‹ere› Questions and Exclamations in Speech

32 ‹ure› Prefixes

33 ‹gn› for /n/ Collective Nouns

34 ‹ph› and ‹gh› for /f/ Sentences and Phrases

35 ‹air›, ‹are›, ‹ear›, ‹ere› The Subject and Object of a Sentence

36 ‹ex› Verb Tenses

 Grammar 4
Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation Lessons

Week Spelling Grammar and Punctuation

1 ‹ch›, ‹sh›, ‹th› Verb Tenses

2 Homophones Identifying Verb Tenses

3 ‹nch› The Subject and Object of a Sentence

4 ‹se› for /s/ Homophones: ‘Your’ and ‘You’re’

5 ‹ve› for /v/ Antonyms

6 Plurals: ‹ves› Grammatical Agreement (1): Plural Nouns

7 Schwa: ‹a› Synonyms

8 Schwa: ‹o› Concrete Nouns

9 Schwa: ‹u› Abstract Nouns

10 Schwa: ‹ar› Possessive Nouns: Singular

11 Schwa: ‹or› Present Participles as Adjectives

12 Schwa: ‹er› Comparatives and Superlatives: ‘More’, ‘Less’

13 ‹or› for /er/ Changing Verb Tenses (1)

14 ‹ear› for /er/ Homophones: ‘Its’ and ‘It’s’

15 ‹u› for long /oo/ Grammatical Agreement (2): Subject and Verb

16 ‹gh›, ‹ough›, ‹augh› Comparatives and Superlatives: ‘Good’, ‘Bad’

17 ‹ive› for /iv/ Homophones: ‘To’, ‘Two’ and ‘Too’

18 Suffix: ‹-ic› Homophones: ‘Where’, ‘Wear’ and ‘Were’

19 ‹st› for /s/ Suffix ‹-al›: Making Nouns into Adjectives

20 Silent Letters Possessive Nouns: Plural

21 Suffix: ‹-ically› Root Words, Prefixes and Suffixes

22 Schwa: ‹al› Grammatical Person

23 Schwa: ‹el› Changing Grammatical Person

24 Schwa: ‹il› Parsing Verbs

25 Suffix: ‹-ery› Questions and Statements

26 Suffix: ‹-ary› Changing a Statement into a Question

27 Suffix: ‹-ory› Simple and Compound Sentences

28 Suffix: ‹-ant› More Homophone Mix-Ups (1)

29 Suffix: ‹-ent› Noun Phrases

30 Suffix: ‹-ist› Phrases, Clauses and Sentences

31 Prefix: ‹pre-› Infinitives

32 Prefix: ‹sub-› Onomatopoeia

33 Prefix: ‹anti-› Hyphens

34 Prefix: ‹trans-› Antonyms and Synonyms

35 Prefix: ‹inter-› More Homophone Mix-Ups (2)

36 Prefix: ‹tele-› Changing Verb Tenses (2)

 Grammar 5
Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation Lessons

Week Spelling Grammar and Punctuation

1 ‹age›, ‹ege› Parts of Speech and Parsing

2 ‹nge› One Word: Different Parts of Speech

3 Suffix: ‹-ance› Sentence Walls

4 Suffix: ‹-ancy› Simple and Continuous Tenses

5 Suffix: ‹-ence› Verb ‘To Have’: Past, Present, Future

6 Suffix: ‹-ency› Past Participles (1): Regular

7 Prefix: ‹multi-› Perfect Tenses: Past, Present, Future

8 Prefix: ‹auto-› Contractions and the Verb ‘To Have’

9 ‹mega-›, ‹micro-› Past Participles (2): Irregular

10 Prefix: ‹super-› Identifying Verb Tenses

11 ‹cent-›, ‹kilo-›, ‹milli-› Adverb Placement

12 Prefix: ‹post-› Proofreading

13 Suffix: ‹-tion› Prepositions

14 Suffix: ‹-sion› Prepositional Phrases

15 ‹ssion› Noun Phrases as Subjects and Objects

16 ‹cian› Compound Subjects and Objects

17 Suffix: ‹-ation› Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

18 ‹ch› and ‹che› for /sh/ Prepositional Phrases as Adverbs

19 ‹sure› Phrasal Verbs

20 ‹ture› More Phrasal Verbs

21 Suffix: ‹-ible› Making Verbs from Nouns and Adjectives

22 Suffix: ‹-ate› Nouns and Verbs: ‹-ce›, ‹-se›, ‹-cy›, ‹-sy›

23 Suffixes: ‹-ise›, ‹-ize› Adjective Order

 24 Suffix: ‹-ify› Writing Adjectives in the Correct Order

25 Suffix: ‹-ous› Adverbs of Manner

26 Suffix: ‹-ious› Adverbs of Degree and Place

27 ‹tious› Adverbs of Time and Frequency

28 ‹cial› Adverbs Describing Other Adverbs

29 ‹tial› Adverbs Describing Adjectives

30 Words Ending in ‹-i› Irregular Plurals: ‹-i›

31 ‹graph› Using a Colon and Bullet Points in a List

32 Suffix: ‹-ology› Parentheses (Round Brackets)

33 Suffix: ‹-ment› Homophone Mix-Ups

34 Suffix: ‹-ship› Homographs and Homonyms

35 Suffix: ‹-ward› Homographs and Heteronyms

36 ‹sch› Antonyms and Synonyms

Grammar 6
Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation Lessons

Week Spelling Grammar and Punctuation

1 Prefixes: ‹uni-›, ‹mono-› Homophones

2 Prefixes: ‹bi-›, ‹di-›, ‹du-›, Verb Tenses: Simple, Continuous and Perfect

3 Prefix: ‹tri-› Definite and Indefinite Articles

4 Prefixes: ‹quad-› and ‹quar-›, Countable and Uncountable Nouns

‹quin-› and ‹penta-›, ‹sex-› and
‹hexa-›

5 Prefixes: ‹sept-› and ‹hepta-›, Parts of Speech

‹oct-›, ‹novem-› and ‹nona-›
6 Prefix: ‹dec-› Direct and Indirect Objects

7 ‹ei› and ‹eigh› for /ai/ Indirect Objects and Sentence Walls

8 ‹ei› and ‹ie› for /ee/ Linking Verbs

9 ‹ei›, ‹eigh›, ‹eir›, Prepositional Phrases as Adverbs

10 ‹ci› for /sh/ Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives

11 ‹cious› Relative Clauses

12 Suffix: ‹-eous› Relative Clauses in Sentences

13 Double Letters Coordinating Conjunctions

14 ‹cc› for /k/ Semicolons and Compound Sentences

15 Doubling Rule for ‹fer› Colons in Sentences

16 Long /oo/ Subordinating Conjunctions

17 /ai/ Complex Sentences

18 Silent ‹h› Digraphs Simple, Compound & Complex Sentences

19 /t/ Adverbials

20 /m/ Past Participles as Adjectives

21 Silent ‹p› Digraphs The Active and Passive Voice

22 ‹ui› and ‹u› for /i/ The Passive Voice

23 ‹gh›, ‹gue› Gerunds

24 ‹gu› Idioms

25 ‹ough› Irregular Verb ‘To Do’

26 Schwa ‹ure› Using the Verb ‘To Do’ in Statements

27 Schwa ‹our› Using the Verb ‘To Do’ in Questions

28 Suffixes: ‹-ity›, ‹-ety› Modal Verbs

29 Suffix: ‹-ial› Modal Adverbs

30 Suffix: ‹-able› Imperatives

31 ‹que› for /k/ Using Paragraphs and Cohesion

32 ‹ne› for /n/ Formal and Informal Writing

33 Commonly Confused Words Alliteration

34 Suffix: ‹-ly› Homophone Mix-Ups

35 ‹ere› and /oa/ Antonyms and Synonyms

36 The Schwa ‘Grammar Consequences’ Game