Year 4 English · Noun phrases, pronouns and verb forms · Summary
Year 4 English Noun phrases, pronouns and verb forms: summary and key words
Part of the Year 4 English noun phrases, pronouns and verb forms chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page
Chapter summary
| Skill | Method |
|---|---|
| Noun phrase | A noun and the words that go with it: the tall tree. |
| Determiner | Comes first and tells which one or whose: the, a, this, these, my, their. |
| Expanding a noun phrase | Add adjectives, a describing noun and a prepositional phrase: the red paper kite on the wall. |
| Pronoun | Takes the place of a noun phrase: I, he, them. It must point to one clear noun. |
| Possessive pronoun | Stands alone, with no noun after it: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs. |
| Standard English verbs | In writing: we were, I did, I saw, they came. Not: we was, I done, I seen. |
| Present perfect | Have or has plus a past participle: I have eaten, she has gone. No finished time word. |
| Past tense | A finished time, such as yesterday or last week: I ate lunch at noon. |
Can you…?
- I can find a noun phrase, and name its determiner and noun
- I can expand a noun phrase with an adjective, a describing noun and a prepositional phrase
- I can replace a noun phrase with a pronoun, and check that the pronoun points to one clear noun
- I can tell a determiner from a possessive pronoun by whether a noun follows
- I can use the Standard English verb forms in writing: we were, I did, I saw
- I can choose the present perfect or the past tense by the time word
Key terms
- noun phrase
- a noun and the words that go with it, such as the tall tree
- determiner
- a word that comes before a noun and tells which one or whose, such as the, this or my
- pronoun
- a word that takes the place of a noun or noun phrase, such as he, them or it
- possessive pronoun
- a pronoun that shows who owns something and stands alone, such as mine, yours or theirs
- prepositional phrase
- a preposition and the noun phrase after it, such as on the wall
- describing noun
- a noun that describes another noun, such as paper in the paper kite
- Standard English
- the form of English used in most writing, with verb forms such as we were and I did
- past participle
- the form of a verb used after have or has, such as seen, gone or eaten
- present perfect
- have or has with a past participle, such as have seen or has gone
- cohesion
- how well the sentences in a text join together, so that the text reads smoothly