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Free English study notes for Key Stage 2 (KS2) students. Each chapter covers a key topic with examples and practice prompts you can continue inside the thinka app.
Reading comprehension skills (content domain 2a–2h)
2a Meaning of words in context
2b Retrieve and record information / key details
2c Summarise main ideas from more than one paragraph
2d Inference: explain and justify with evidence
2e Prediction from details stated and implied
2f How content is related and contributes to meaning as a whole
2g Language choice: how words and phrases enhance meaning
2h Comparisons within the text
Years 3–4
Handwriting
Years 5–6
Handwriting
Reading across text types
Fiction and narrative texts
Non-fiction and information texts
Poetry and play scripts
Fact and opinion; author's viewpoint
Figurative language and its impact on the reader
Structure, layout and presentation features
Grammar: word classes and sentences (G1–G3)
G1 Nouns, adjectives and determiners
G1 Pronouns, possessive and relative pronouns
G1 Adverbs, adverbials and prepositions
G1 Subject and object
G2 Functions of sentences: statement, question, command, exclamation
G3 Clauses: main, subordinate and relative
G3 Conjunctions: co-ordinating and subordinating
G3 Expanded noun phrases
Grammar: verbs, vocabulary and Standard English (G4, G6–G7)
G4 Tenses: simple past and present, progressive forms
G4 Perfect form and tense consistency
G4 Modal verbs and degrees of possibility
G4 Active and passive voice
G4/G7 Subjunctive forms
G6 Synonyms, antonyms and word families
G6 Prefixes and suffixes
G7 Standard English and formal / informal register
Punctuation (G5)
Sentence demarcation: capital letters, full stops, question and exclamation marks
Commas in lists, after fronted adverbials and to clarify meaning
Inverted commas and punctuating direct speech
Apostrophes: possession and contraction
Parenthesis: brackets, dashes and commas
Colons, semi-colons and single dashes
Hyphens and bullet points
Spelling (Appendix 1, S37–S61)
Years 3–4 statutory word list
Years 5–6 statutory word list
Prefixes and the /i/ and /u/ spelling patterns (S39–S41)
Suffixes -ation, -ly, -ous and adding vowel suffixes (S38, S42–S43, S46, S57)
Endings that sound like -shun, -zhun, -shus and -shul (S44–S45, S47, S53–S54)
-ant/-ance, -ent/-ence, -able/-ible endings (S55–S56)
Unusual letter strings: ch, -gue/-que, sc, ei/eigh/ey, ough, silent letters (S48–S52, S58–S60)
Homophones and words that are often confused (S61)
Writing: purposes and forms
Narrative writing: setting, character and plot
Description and atmosphere
Recount and diary writing
Explanation and information texts
Persuasive writing and formal letters
Instructions and non-chronological reports
Dialogue in narrative
Writing: composition skills
Planning: audience, purpose and form
Paragraphing and organising ideas
Cohesion within and across paragraphs
Vocabulary choice and register
Sentence variety and openings
Precising and summarising
Editing and proof-reading
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