To use a greater range of adjectives: beautiful, fierce, miserable.
To understand the terms: noun, verb, adjective, adverb.
Formation of nouns using suffixes such as –ness, –er and by compounding e.g. whiteboard, superman.
Formation of adjectives using suffixes such as –ful, –less.
To understand use of the suffixes–er and –est in adjectives and the use of –ly to turn adjectives into adverbs.
Formation of nouns using suffixes such as –ness –er and creation of compound words: snowman, football.
Use suffixes –er –est in adjectives: long, longer, longest.
Use –ly to turn adjectives into adverbs: quick, quickly.
Use of the progressive form of verbs in the present and past tense to mark actions in progress (e.g. she is drumming, he was shouting).
After a practical activity or undertaking some research in books or the web, take part in a discussion in another curriculum subject, generalising from repeated occurrences or observations.
Distinguish between a description of a single member of a group and the group in general e.g. a particular dog and dogs in general.
Read texts containing information in a simple report format, e.g. There are two sorts of x...; They live in x...; the A's have x..., but the B’s etc.
Assemble information on another subject and use the text as a template for writing a report on it, using appropriate language to present, and categorise ideas.