SPAG Definition Reference Guide for Teachers

This guide took me literal days to create.

This guide contains definitions for hopefully all, if not most, SPAG terminology from Year 1 to Year 6.

It features simple, but accurate, definitions; modelling of the terminology’s use; and also states the year group in which the terminology is introduced (in accordance to the National Curriculum).

The guide was created to ensure the consistency of definitions being taught within a Junior School. All staff received a copy and use it as a reference guide when required. I recommend this is not given to parents as it is a reasonably overwhelming document!

The guide is editable as I do not consider myself a SPAG expert. It was created using the Government’s ‘definitions’ within the National Curriculum, reference to SATs SPAG paper questions, the internet and my sister’s understanding of grammar from her English Language degree. Soooo, if it isn’t perfect I won’t be surprised!

Definitions Included:
**Parts of a Sentence **

Subject
Object
Phrase
Clause (Main)
Sentence (Simple, Compound, Complex)
Statement
Exclamation
Question
Command
Parenthesis

**Word Types & Classes **

Noun (Singular, Plural, Common, Proper, Collective, Abstract)
Noun Phrase
Pronoun (Singular, Plural, Possessive, Relative)
Determiner (Article)
Adjective
Verb (Auxiliary, Modal, Imperative)
Subjunctive Verbs
Adverb
Adverbial Phrases
Preposition
Prepositional Phrase
Conjunction (Co-ordinating, Subordinating)
Subordinate Clause
Relative Clause
Simile
Metaphor

**Tenses & Voices **

Simple Tense
Progressive Tense (Progressive Verbs)
Perfect Tense (Perfect Verbs)
Present Perfect Progressive Tense
Active Voice
Passive Voice

**Punctuation **

Capital Letter
Full Stop
Comma
Apostrophe (Contraction, Possession)
Exclamation Mark
Question Mark
Inverted Commas (Speech Punctuation)
Ellipsis
Brackets
Dash
Hyphen
Bullet Points
Colon
Semi-colon

**Spelling **

Root Word
Prefix
Suffix
Compound Word
Word Families
Antonym
Synonym
Homophone
Homonym
Idiom