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The Grammar 1 Handbook follows on from The Phonics Handbook. It provides a full year's worth lessons for teaching grammar, spelling and punctuation to children aged 5+. It provides: * Practical advice and ideas for teaching * Step-by-step lesson plans and notes for the teacher* Introduces rudiments of grammar* 36 structured grammar and punctuation lessons* 36 spelling lessons* Revision and extension of The Phonics Handbook* Photocopiable activities* Fun actions for the grammar points Topics covered include: * Vowel digraphs * Alternative spellings of vowel sounds* Plural endings * Short vowels and consonant doubling* Tricky words * Consonant blends * Nouns - proper/common/plurals* Personal pronouns *Verbs * Conjugating verbs - present/past/future* Adjectives * Adverbs * a/an/the - when to use* Sentences - capital letters, full stops and speech marks* Parsing - identifying the parts of speech in sentences* Alphabetical order