Publisher's Synopsis
The Grammar 3 Handbook follows on from The Grammar 2 Handbook. It provides a full year's worth lessons for teaching grammar, spelling and punctuation to children aged 7+. It provides: Practical advice and ideas for teaching Step-by-step lesson plans and notes for the teacher Continues to introduce new grammar elements 36 structured grammar and punctuation lessons 36 spelling lessons Revision and extension of The Grammar 2 Handbook Photocopiable activities Fun actions for the grammar points Topics covered include: Revision of elements covered in The Grammar 1 & 2 Handbooks 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