P5 Grammar (T1- T3)

P5 Stellar 2014

Grammar Items

Term 1

Unit / Theme	Grammar Items to cover in Companion Booklet
1/ Heartbeats in the Dark ( House of Bugs)	Modals in Reported Speech Connectors of Addition (both, as well as, not only, but also) Connectors of Reason (because, since, as, for)
2/ Late but not Last (An Interview)	Noun Phrases in Apposition Prepositions (against, for, with) Used to Connectors of contrast
3/Basic Photography (How to Create A Book Blog)	Verbs and Nouns Connectors (so that, in order to) Conditional (if) Connectors (unless)

P5 Stellar 2014

Grammar Items

Term 2

Unit / Theme	Grammar Items to cover in Companion Booklet
4/ Ride On ( Cycling Is Fun)	Modals (could, would, need to) Connectors of Contrast (instead of, instead, or, but in fact, however, in contrast)
5/ Space Junk (Space Tourism)	Past Tense and Present Perfect Tense Connectors (until, if, unless) Passive Voice
6/ When I Grow Up  (Just Like Him)	Past Tense and Past Perfect Tense Past Perfect and Reported Speech Connectors (since, as, for)

P5 Stellar 2014

Grammar Items

Term 3

Unit / Theme	Grammar Items to cover in Companion Booklet
7/ Ten ( With Grandpa)	variety of present and past tenses 'Used to' for past events Hypothetical Conditional (I would be afraid if I did not know that...) Phrases - adverbials, nouns, prepositional, adjectives Phrasal Verbs Connectors for time [sometimes, nowadays, once in a while, when we were young] Connectors of result and contrast: consequently; therefore; however, nonetheless, nevertheless
8/ What Happens When You Laugh (Why It Feels Good to Scratch An Itch)	[action and sensing verbs]: hear, see, feel, laugh, cry, vibrate, move, forces, works, pumps [present continuous] to explain things happening at the same time or for conditional: When your body tenses, you are waiting for the punchline. If you are laughing really hard, your eyes water and clean themselves. Connectors of cause and effect : as, when, since, because, therefore