Year 1 Grammar Terminology: Spot It in the Sentence
Apply the statutory Year 1 grammar terminology (letter, capital letter, word and more) to short constructed sentences, with an answer key.
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Year 1 Grammar Terminology: Spot It in the Sentence
Use the Year 1 grammar terminology from the National Curriculum (English Appendix 2) to answer each question. Write your answer on the line.
- 1.How many words are in this sentence? The cat sat on the mat.
- 2.Which letter in this sentence is a capital letter? The dog barked.
- 3.How many letters are in the word 'sun'?
- 4.Is the word 'dogs' singular or plural?
- 5.Is the word 'apple' singular or plural?
- 6.Write the plural of 'wish'.
- 7.Write the plural of 'dog'.
- 8.Which punctuation mark should end this sentence? Where is my coat
- 9.Which punctuation mark should end this sentence? I like jam
- 10.Which punctuation mark should end this sentence? What a mess
- 11.Add the prefix un- to 'kind'. What word do you make?
- 12.Which joining word links the clauses? We ran home and we had tea.
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Accuracy and sources
These references support the historical wording and answer key on this worksheet.
- DfE, English Appendix 2: Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation (statutory) — The per-year 'terminology for pupils' is reproduced verbatim from the DfE appendix under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Crown copyright). Definitions and practice sentences are ChalkBee's own.