KS2Ages 9 to 10

    Year 5 English

    Year 5 English introduces relative clauses and modal verbs, enabling more nuanced and complex writing. Children learn to use parenthesis punctuation, build cohesion across paragraphs, and indicate degrees of possibility in their writing.

    What children learn in Year 5 English

    Using relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose, that

    Indicating degrees of possibility using adverbs (perhaps, surely) and modal verbs (might, should, will)

    Using brackets, dashes, and commas for parenthesis

    Building cohesion within and across paragraphs using adverbials and linking ideas

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