Year 4 Grammar Terminology: Match the Term to Its Definition
Match every statutory Year 4 grammar term (determiner, pronoun, possessive pronoun and more) from English Appendix 2 to its definition, with an answer key.
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Year 4 Grammar Terminology: Match the Term to Its Definition
The National Curriculum expects Year 4 pupils to know these grammar terms (English Appendix 2, 'terminology for pupils', shown here with revision terms from earlier years). Circle the term that matches each definition.
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WordAdverbSuffixCommandPronounAdverbialDeterminerWord familyCapital letterPossessive pronoun
- 1.Which term means: a word that introduces a noun, such as the, a or an?
- a) determiner
- b) word family
- c) adverb
- 2.Which term means: a word used instead of a noun, such as he or it?
- a) capital letter
- b) pronoun
- c) possessive pronoun
- 3.Which term means: a pronoun that shows belonging, such as mine or yours?
- a) adverb
- b) word family
- c) possessive pronoun
- 4.Which term means: a word or phrase that works like an adverb, telling how, when or where?
- a) adverbial
- b) adverb
- c) word
- 5.Which term means: a word that describes a verb, often ending in -ly?
- a) adverb
- b) word family
- c) capital letter
- 6.Which term means: letters added to the end of a word to change it, such as -ness?
- a) pronoun
- b) word
- c) suffix
- 7.Which term means: a group of related words built from the same root, such as solve and solution?
- a) word
- b) word family
- c) adverb
- 8.Which term means: a group of letters with a meaning, written with a space on either side?
- a) command
- b) word
- c) adverbial
- 9.Which term means: the large form of a letter, such as A or B, used at the start of a sentence or a name?
- a) adverbial
- b) capital letter
- c) adverb
- 10.Which term means: a sentence that tells someone to do something?
- a) word family
- b) adverbial
- c) command
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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.