Functional Grammar Lessons
Intro to Word Groups
To put students in the right frame of mind for tackling the word groups lessons and grammar in general.
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11
Noun groups
To identify noun groups and their components in any piece of text.
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18
Adjective groups
Teach students how to recognise an adjective group and classify its components into describers, classifiers, intensifiers and qualifiers.
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16
Verb groups
Recognise the components of a verb group in any type of text.
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19
Adverb groups
Teach students to recognise adverbs and adverb groups and classify their components as intensifiers and qualifiers.
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15
Prepositional phrases
Teach students to recognise prepositional phrases, understand their function, and use them to create meaning and expand detail.
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28
Conclusion to Word Groups
Practice using metalanguage and skills from the Word Groups lessons to analyse and model sentences.
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13
Simple sentences
Identify real-world elements within simple sentences and get a feel for writing them.
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11
Connectors and an introduction to complex meaning
Understand how connectors create relationships between events, and use a variety of connectors to control meaning.
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15
Understanding clauses
Identify clause components in sentences, and understand the nuances of the different components.
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11
Complex sentences
Learn how you can use complex sentences to create a variety of effects in your writing.
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18
Four and a half types of sentence
Distinguish between statements, commands, questions, exclamations and fragments in any piece of text.
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13
Nominalisation
Learn how to express processes, and qualities as nominalisations, and use them effectively when writing about complex events and concepts.
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13