Introductory book - Support for Basic Grammar series
Reading ages 5 to 7
This series supports the teaching of basic grammar and punctuation skills. The books are incremental in difficulty. They can be used in a systematic structured way or used to complement any other grammar work or text level work being undertaken.
Individual books RRP $15.95
Complete set RRP $143.55 on sale for a limited time
Introductory book
This book deals with:
composing and punctuating simple sentences (including questions)
introducing nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives.
Support for Basic Grammar 1
Book 1 deals with:
composing and punctuating simple sentences
introducing nouns (common and proper)
questions and joining sentences using the conjunctions ‘and’ and ‘but’.
Support for Basic Grammar 2
Book 2 deals with:
verbs (simple present tense, subject/verb agreement, using irregular past tense correctly)
questions
exclamation marks
commas in lists
use of speech bubbles and speech marks.
Support for Basic Grammar 3
Book 3 deals with:
verbs (with similar meanings: present and past tense; the verb ‘to be’)
nouns (proper nouns, singular, plural and collective nouns)
using speech marks in direct speech.
Support for Basic Grammar 4
Book 4 deal with:
adjectives (used in a variety of situations; categorising them according to type; opposites)
using commas demarcating grammatical boundaries in sentences
pronouns (personal and possessive)
subject/verb agreement
conjunctions.
Support for Basic Grammar 5
Book 5 deals with: S
verb tenses (the present simple and continuous, the past simple using regular and irregular verbs, the future tense)
adverbs (understanding their function, formation, and using synonymous adverbs)
apostrophes in contractions.
Support for Basic Grammar 6
Book 6 deals with:
adjectives (comparative and superlative adjectives which are suffixed by the addition of ‘er’ and ‘est’
longer comparative and superlative adjectives which are preceded by either ‘more’ or ‘most’
making adjectives from nouns
the use of similes as descriptors
possessive apostrophes (both singular and plural)
sentences (looking at the four basic types of sentences
stressing the importance of word order within sentences
extending or contracting sentences).
Support for Basic Grammar 7
Book 7 deals with:
verbs (the use of verbs in different types of text, selecting verbs to express meaning more accurately and the use of auxiliary or helper, verbs)
commas
phrases
conjunctions for joining sentences together and prepositions.
Support for Basic Grammar 8
Book 8 deals with:
direct and reported speech
subject and verb agreement
use of standard English
double negatives
homonyms
concrete and abstract nouns
experimenting with shortening sentences by taking out adjectives and adverbs and substituting synonyms in sentences whilst attempting to retain their essential meaning.
Reading ages 5 to 7
This series supports the teaching of basic grammar and punctuation skills. The books are incremental in difficulty. They can be used in a systematic structured way or used to complement any other grammar work or text level work being undertaken.
Individual books RRP $15.95
Complete set RRP $143.55 on sale for a limited time
Introductory book
This book deals with:
composing and punctuating simple sentences (including questions)
introducing nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives.
Support for Basic Grammar 1
Book 1 deals with:
composing and punctuating simple sentences
introducing nouns (common and proper)
questions and joining sentences using the conjunctions ‘and’ and ‘but’.
Support for Basic Grammar 2
Book 2 deals with:
verbs (simple present tense, subject/verb agreement, using irregular past tense correctly)
questions
exclamation marks
commas in lists
use of speech bubbles and speech marks.
Support for Basic Grammar 3
Book 3 deals with:
verbs (with similar meanings: present and past tense; the verb ‘to be’)
nouns (proper nouns, singular, plural and collective nouns)
using speech marks in direct speech.
Support for Basic Grammar 4
Book 4 deal with:
adjectives (used in a variety of situations; categorising them according to type; opposites)
using commas demarcating grammatical boundaries in sentences
pronouns (personal and possessive)
subject/verb agreement
conjunctions.
Support for Basic Grammar 5
Book 5 deals with: S
verb tenses (the present simple and continuous, the past simple using regular and irregular verbs, the future tense)
adverbs (understanding their function, formation, and using synonymous adverbs)
apostrophes in contractions.
Support for Basic Grammar 6
Book 6 deals with:
adjectives (comparative and superlative adjectives which are suffixed by the addition of ‘er’ and ‘est’
longer comparative and superlative adjectives which are preceded by either ‘more’ or ‘most’
making adjectives from nouns
the use of similes as descriptors
possessive apostrophes (both singular and plural)
sentences (looking at the four basic types of sentences
stressing the importance of word order within sentences
extending or contracting sentences).
Support for Basic Grammar 7
Book 7 deals with:
verbs (the use of verbs in different types of text, selecting verbs to express meaning more accurately and the use of auxiliary or helper, verbs)
commas
phrases
conjunctions for joining sentences together and prepositions.
Support for Basic Grammar 8
Book 8 deals with:
direct and reported speech
subject and verb agreement
use of standard English
double negatives
homonyms
concrete and abstract nouns
experimenting with shortening sentences by taking out adjectives and adverbs and substituting synonyms in sentences whilst attempting to retain their essential meaning.
Reading ages 5 to 7
This series supports the teaching of basic grammar and punctuation skills. The books are incremental in difficulty. They can be used in a systematic structured way or used to complement any other grammar work or text level work being undertaken.
Individual books RRP $15.95
Complete set RRP $143.55 on sale for a limited time
Introductory book
This book deals with:
composing and punctuating simple sentences (including questions)
introducing nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives.
Support for Basic Grammar 1
Book 1 deals with:
composing and punctuating simple sentences
introducing nouns (common and proper)
questions and joining sentences using the conjunctions ‘and’ and ‘but’.
Support for Basic Grammar 2
Book 2 deals with:
verbs (simple present tense, subject/verb agreement, using irregular past tense correctly)
questions
exclamation marks
commas in lists
use of speech bubbles and speech marks.
Support for Basic Grammar 3
Book 3 deals with:
verbs (with similar meanings: present and past tense; the verb ‘to be’)
nouns (proper nouns, singular, plural and collective nouns)
using speech marks in direct speech.
Support for Basic Grammar 4
Book 4 deal with:
adjectives (used in a variety of situations; categorising them according to type; opposites)
using commas demarcating grammatical boundaries in sentences
pronouns (personal and possessive)
subject/verb agreement
conjunctions.
Support for Basic Grammar 5
Book 5 deals with: S
verb tenses (the present simple and continuous, the past simple using regular and irregular verbs, the future tense)
adverbs (understanding their function, formation, and using synonymous adverbs)
apostrophes in contractions.
Support for Basic Grammar 6
Book 6 deals with:
adjectives (comparative and superlative adjectives which are suffixed by the addition of ‘er’ and ‘est’
longer comparative and superlative adjectives which are preceded by either ‘more’ or ‘most’
making adjectives from nouns
the use of similes as descriptors
possessive apostrophes (both singular and plural)
sentences (looking at the four basic types of sentences
stressing the importance of word order within sentences
extending or contracting sentences).
Support for Basic Grammar 7
Book 7 deals with:
verbs (the use of verbs in different types of text, selecting verbs to express meaning more accurately and the use of auxiliary or helper, verbs)
commas
phrases
conjunctions for joining sentences together and prepositions.
Support for Basic Grammar 8
Book 8 deals with:
direct and reported speech
subject and verb agreement
use of standard English
double negatives
homonyms
concrete and abstract nouns
experimenting with shortening sentences by taking out adjectives and adverbs and substituting synonyms in sentences whilst attempting to retain their essential meaning.