This Real Grammar KS2 resources pack provides everything that you need to introduce how nouns and pronouns are used together to create clarity and cohesion when writing to pupils in Year 4. Teaching slides, worksheets, games and an opportunity to apply the new learning in a writing task are all included to teach or to revisit this area of learning.
Pupils will need to be familiar with nouns and pronouns before completing the activities in this Ks2 resource pack. Two Year 4 Real Grammar resource packs - types of nouns and personal and possessive pronouns - are available if pupils need to revisit these areas.
What is a noun?
Nouns are words that name people, places, objects, thoughts, ideas and feelings.
- The sun is high in the sky.
The words ‘sun’ and ‘sky’ are both nouns
What are the types of noun?
Nouns can be proper, common, concrete, abstract or collective.
Proper nouns
These name a specific person, place or organisation. They always begin with a capital letter.
- George visited the Lego Store in London.
Common nouns
These are generic names for people, places or organisations. Common nouns can also be concrete or abstract.
- A boy visited the shop in the town.
Concrete nouns
These name something that can be physically seen, touched, heard, smelt or tasted.
Abstract nouns
These name things that cannot be observed using the five senses. Abstract nouns are ideas, feelings or a state of being such as beauty or suffering.
- He had a dream while he slept.
Collective nouns
These name a group of people, animals or objects.
- The class watched a swarm of bees in the playground.
What is a pronoun?
Pronouns are words that can be used in a sentence to replace a noun or noun phrase. Examples of pronouns include I, me, my, we, they, yours and ours.
What are the types of pronoun?
There are different types of pronouns that pupils in Key Stage 2 will become familiar with in Year 4.
Personal pronouns
Personal pronouns are used when referring to people or things already known. Personal pronouns are: I, me, you, he, she, it, we, us, they or them.
Different pronouns are used when writing in the first, second or third person and can be singular or plural.
- I have a new toy. It is the same one that you have.
Possessive pronouns
Possessive pronouns indicate who owns the thing or things in the sentence. Possessive pronouns are: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours or theirs.
The toy is his.
Take care! The words his, her, your, its, our and their can also be used as possessive determiners which show who owns something. My is also a possessive determiner.
In the sentence above, ‘his’ is used as a possessive determiner before a noun. Care must be taken to decide if these words are used as pronouns or determiners. To check, pronouns replace a noun, whereas determiners are used with a noun to create a noun phrase.
What does ‘clarify’ mean?
To clarify means to make something less confusing and more understandable. Related words are clarifying, clarified and clarification.
What does ‘cohesion’ mean?
Cohesion refers to how a writer links different parts of a text together. This could be through the use of pronouns, adverbials, conjunctions or prepositions. This resource pack focuses on how pronouns can create cohesion by linking back to nouns that are known.
What is included in this resource pack?
This pack is divided into five parts:
TEACH
This section includes PowerPoint teaching slides and teaching notes with an optional script to introduce using nouns and pronouns for clarity and cohesion. It can also be used to revisit this aspect of grammar with pupils.
PRACTISE
An independent activity for pupils to practise using what they have been taught, allowing teachers to assess understanding.
REVISIT
A series of short, 10-minute activities that can be used following the TEACH session to revisit and rehearse what has been taught. These may be short writing tasks, grammar games or editing/proofreading activities.
APPLY
A short writing task where pupils can use the grammar skills taught in context to produce independent writing.
REVISE
Five SATs style test questions, including cloze activities and multiple choice quiz questions, based on the grammar that has been taught.
Teachers can choose which section of the resource pack to use according to their pupils’ needs and could use the activities over a series of lessons or weeks
Teacher notes are provided to show how these quality resources could be used with pupils.
How is this resource pack differentiated?
The PRACTISE and REVISE sections include three activities differentiated for three levels of ability:
- Worksheet 1 for pupils who may need support. Questions will have a lower cognitive domain (what is being asked of pupils) and/or vocabulary used may be simplified where possible.
- Worksheet 2 for pupils working at age related expectations.
- Worksheet 3 for pupils who may need an additional challenge and may be working at a greater depth in this area. Questions will have a higher cognitive domain with more challenging vocabulary.
SUPPORT and CHALLENGE ideas are also included in the teacher notes of each section where relevant, with ideas of how to support pupils working towards the expected standard or at greater depth in this area.
What pupil-facing resources are included?
- TEACH
PPT slides; model text ‘Boy strikes gold!’; pronouns word mat
- PRACTISE
Practise 1, Practise 2 and Practise 3 worksheets
- REVISIT
Game 1, game 2, game 3
Answer sheets for all worksheets are provided, where appropriate.