Expanded noun phrases (age 9+)
Form and use prepositional phrases (preposition + noun phrase) to add detail about time, location, or direction within sentences, recognising how they function as adjective or adverb phrases
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When your child writes directions or descriptions of a place — like "behind the old tree" or "near the top of the hill" — do they use prepositional phrases naturally to show where or when something is?
Form and use prepositional phrases (preposition + noun phrase) to add detail about time, location, or direction within sentences, recognising how they function as adjective or adverb phrases
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- Identify the preposition and noun phrase within a prepositional phrase, e.g. in 'under the old bridge', 'under' is the preposition and 'the old bridge' is the noun phrase
- Add prepositional phrases to expand sentences with detail about where, when, or how, e.g. 'The cat slept' → 'The cat slept on the warm windowsill throughout the afternoon'
- Distinguish prepositional phrases functioning as adjectives (modifying nouns: 'the house on the hill') from those functioning as adverbs (modifying verbs: 'she ran across the field')
“When your child writes directions or descriptions of a place — like "behind the old tree" or "near the top of the hill" — do they use prepositional phrases naturally to show where or when something is?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Grammar & Punctuation
- Age range
- Ages 9–10
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