GRAMMAR FOR WRITING MAT Expanded noun phrases

by adding adjectives and adjectival phrases

Paragraphs Prepositions Punctuation - The teacher becomes
The strict maths teacher with curly hair
Change of Time Across Under Along Capital letters and full stops, ! and ? - The table becomes
Change of Place Between Next Capitals for proper nouns The ancient oak table with carved legs
Change of subject to Above Commas for lists - The boy becomes
New character Below By Commas to separate phrases The young boy with raged clothes
New speaker (dialogue) Near Over Speech marks
On top of through Higher level () - … ; By adding POWER OF THREE adjectives for precise
description

‘LY’ Fronted adverbial Openers + comma Vocabulary - Wonderful ‘Wow’ Words – some examples - the cold, dark, empty room
- the narrow, winding, cobbled street
Slowly Immediately Wonderful shadowy luxurious - the sad, lonely, old man
Briefly Eagerly Splendid icy impatient
Happily Tenderly Fantastic remote surprising
Clumsily Strictly Marvelous incredible painful (Time) CONJUNCTIONS for Sequencing:
Rudely Cautiously Valuable bustling painless
Surprisingly Regretfully Blissful deafening towering Firstly/First of all Secondly
Patiently Thankfully Cheerful melancholy sweltering Then Yesterday / today / tomorrow
Anxiously Suspiciously Important dangerous glorious Next After a while
Majestically Mournfully Useful operate scented After Before
Unbelievably Gradually Incredible electrical ancient Soon (Two) years ago
Hurriedly Softly Bustling feature gnarled Suddenly At midnight / dawn
Carefully Quietly Deafening function canopy Meanwhile Eventually
Gently Quickly Habitat gloomy magnificent When Finally
Recently Suddently Multi-coloured delighted condensation Since Last week / year
Loudly Roughly Evaporation insulated electrical

K ‘ing’ words for use in Fronted adverbials (or other

Apostrophes for contraction add one to replace missing letters CHECK YOUR WRITING places!)
- READ IT! DOES IT SOUND RIGHT? Seething Looking Skimming
don’t can’t shouldn’t I’m you’re we’ll I’ve - CAPITALS AND FULL STOPS? Fuming Planting Touching
haven’t wouldn’t they’d she’s he’d they’ll didn’t - COMMAS AND APOSTROPHES? Watching Running Painting
- ANY SMELLY FEET? Glancing (around) Walking Fleeting
Apostrophes for possession - ANY WOW WORDS? Raging Dancing Rushing
Mrs Mcgilvray’s hair Mrs Muriuki’s eyes - NOUN PHRASES? Grabbing Singing Dreaming
Mr Macharia’s nose Miss Southern’s camera - RANGE OF CONJUNCTIONS? Grasping Scanning Creating
The teachers’ chairs. The childrens’ books - RANGE OF FRONTED ADVERBIALS?
- DIFFERENT SENTENCE TYPES?
where there are more than one, apostrophe at end - CORRECT TENSE? Said Words
- PARAGRAPHS? shouted pleaded confessed
- HOW CAN YOU MAKE IT BETTER? exclaimed assured declared
whispered pleaded grumbled
bellowed advised insisted
Conjunctions DETERMINER highlighted boasted joked
Addition Cause/Effect Emphasis Contrast/Balance Words that clarify nouns addressed bragged muttered
A an the answered cautioned remarked
and consequently above all but his her your
also because in particular however their that each
too so especially nevertheless my this some POWERFUL VERBS – a few examples
furthermore as more importantly whereas Sprinted Dashed charged
moreover therefore indeed yet A dog, an owl, the book Grabbed crouched flung
in addition to since in fact or Her ball his bat my pen Sobbed shivered grasped
again until although Their food that table
Each cat some dogs Make your own list …