The Grammar 3 Handbook follows on from The Grammar 2 Handbook, revising, consolidating and extending the teaching from The Grammar Handbook 2:
36 structured grammar lessons
36 spelling and punctuation lessons
Develops dictionary and thesaurus skills
Improves vocabulary and comprehension
Photocopiable activities
Topics covered:
Continues to introduce new grammar elements.
Revision of elements covered in The Grammar Handbooks 1 & 2.
New spelling patters – tch, dge, ure, gn, gh, ex, n for /ng/, s, se and ze for /z/, a for /ar/, y for /i/, a for /o/, ere for /air/, and eer and ere for /ear/.
Suffixes -'less', 'able' and 'ful'.
Proper adjectives.
Nouns acting as adjectives.
Collective nouns.
Pronouns – possessive/subjective and object.
The present particle and the continuous tenses.
Paragraphs.
Subject and object in a sentence.
Conjunctions.
Questions and exclamations in speech.
Contents
PART 1
Introduction 1
Teaching Ideas for Grammar 3
Teaching Ideas for Spelling 16
PART 2 Photocopiable Material
Photocopy Section 1 - Grammar and Spelling Lesson Sheets 23
Week Spelling Grammar
1 Digraphs Using a Dictionary 26
2 ,, Parts of Speech and Parsing 30
3 ,, Simple Tenses 34
4 ,,, 3rd Person Singular: Verbs Ending in <-y> 38
5 ,, Verb 'To Be': Past, Present, Future 42
6 ,, Syllables (1) 46
7 Present Participle 50
8 for /ng/ Present Continuous 54
9 Soft Past Continuous 58
10 Soft Proper Nouns: Places 62
11 Proper Adjectivees 66
12 Syllables (2) 70
13 Paragraphs (1) 74
14 Paragraphs (2) 78
15 for /z/ Speech Marks (1) 82
16 and for /z/ Speech Marks (2) 86
17 Suffix: <-less> Future Continuous 90
18 Suffix: <-able> Suffixes: <-less> and <-ful> 94
19 for /ai/ Contractions 98
20 for /ee/ Comparatives and Superlatives 102
21 for /ie/ Adverbs: Made Adding <-ly> to Adjectives 106
22 for /oa/ Nouns Acting as Adjectives 110
23 <-o> for /oa/ Adjectives: Made Adding <-y> to Nouns 114
24 for /ue/ Irregular Plurals 118
25 for /ar/ The Subject of a Sentence 122
26 for /ee/ The Object of a Sentence 126
27 for /i/ Sunject and Object Pronouns 130
28 for /o/ Possessive Pronouns 134
29 ,, Homophones: 'Our' and 'Are' 138
30 Homophones Homophones: 'There','Their','They're' 142
31 ,, Questions and Exclamations in Speech 146
32 Prefixes 150
33 for /n/ Collective Nouns 154
34 and for /f/ Sentences and Phrases 158
35 ,, The Subject and Object of a Sentence 162
36 Verb Tenses 166
Photocopy Section 2 - Spelling List Sheets 170
Photocopy Section 3 - Extension Activity Sheets 178
The Grammar 3 Handbook follows on from The Grammar 2 Handbook, revising, consolidating and extending the teaching from The Grammar Handbook 2:
36 structured grammar lessons
36 spelling and punctuation lessons
Develops dictionary and thesaurus skills
Improves vocabulary and comprehension
Photocopiable activities
Topics covered:
Continues to introduce new grammar elements.
Revision of elements covered in The Grammar Handbooks 1 & 2.
New spelling patters – tch, dge, ure, gn, gh, ex, n for /ng/, s, se and ze for /z/, a for /ar/, y for /i/, a for /o/, ere for /air/, and eer and ere for /ear/.
Suffixes -'less', 'able' and 'ful'.
Proper adjectives.
Nouns acting as adjectives.
Collective nouns.
Pronouns – possessive/subjective and object.
The present particle and the continuous tenses.
Paragraphs.
Subject and object in a sentence.
Conjunctions.
Questions and exclamations in speech.
Contents
PART 1
Introduction 1
Teaching Ideas for Grammar 3
Teaching Ideas for Spelling 16
PART 2 Photocopiable Material
Photocopy Section 1 - Grammar and Spelling Lesson Sheets 23
Week Spelling Grammar
1 Digraphs Using a Dictionary 26
2 ,, Parts of Speech and Parsing 30
3 ,, Simple Tenses 34
4 ,,, 3rd Person Singular: Verbs Ending in <-y> 38
5 ,, Verb 'To Be': Past, Present, Future 42
6 ,, Syllables (1) 46
7 Present Participle 50
8 for /ng/ Present Continuous 54
9 Soft Past Continuous 58
10 Soft Proper Nouns: Places 62
11 Proper Adjectivees 66
12 Syllables (2) 70
13 Paragraphs (1) 74
14 Paragraphs (2) 78
15 for /z/ Speech Marks (1) 82
16 and for /z/ Speech Marks (2) 86
17 Suffix: <-less> Future Continuous 90
18 Suffix: <-able> Suffixes: <-less> and <-ful> 94
19 for /ai/ Contractions 98
20 for /ee/ Comparatives and Superlatives 102
21 for /ie/ Adverbs: Made Adding <-ly> to Adjectives 106
22 for /oa/ Nouns Acting as Adjectives 110
23 <-o> for /oa/ Adjectives: Made Adding <-y> to Nouns 114
24 for /ue/ Irregular Plurals 118
25 for /ar/ The Subject of a Sentence 122
26 for /ee/ The Object of a Sentence 126
27 for /i/ Sunject and Object Pronouns 130
28 for /o/ Possessive Pronouns 134
29 ,, Homophones: 'Our' and 'Are' 138
30 Homophones Homophones: 'There','Their','They're' 142
31 ,, Questions and Exclamations in Speech 146
32 Prefixes 150
33 for /n/ Collective Nouns 154
34 and for /f/ Sentences and Phrases 158
35 ,, The Subject and Object of a Sentence 162
36 Verb Tenses 166
Photocopy Section 2 - Spelling List Sheets 170
Photocopy Section 3 - Extension Activity Sheets 178