Assessment Map

Autumn Term
gaps
New GaPS 1 Autumn
Strand Content Domain Content Assessed

Grammar G2 Questions
G3 Sentences

Punctuation G5 Capital letters

Question marks

Vocabulary G6 Letter
Words
Suffixes

Spelling rules S1 The sounds /f/ and /s/ spelt ff and ss

S2 The /ŋ/ sound spelt n before k
S4
The /v/ sound at the end of words
S6
Adding the ending –ing to verbs where no change is needed in the root word

Phonics S8 Vowel digraphs and trigraphs:

ai, ay, a–e
ee, ea, e–e
oa, ow, o–e
ue, oo, u–e
oi, oy
ow, ou

Spelling word list S37 my, was, today, said

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New GaPS 2 Autumn
Strand Content Domain Content Assessed

Grammar G1 Adjectives
G2 Statements
Commands
Sentences
G3 Noun phrases
Co-ordinating conjunctions
G4 Simple past and simple present
Tense consistency

Punctuation G5 Capital letters

Full stops
Question marks
Exclamation marks

Vocabulary G6 Suffixes

Spelling rules S2 The /ŋ/ sound spelt n before k

S3 –tch
S6 Adding the endings –ed and –ing
S9 Words ending –y
S14 The /dᴣ/ sound spelt –dge or sometimes spelt as g elsewhere in words before i
S15 The /s/ sound spelt c before e
S22 The /aɪ/ sound spelt –y at the end of words
S23 Adding –es to nouns and verbs ending in –y
S26 Adding –ed to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant letter after a
single vowel letter
S29 The /i:/ sound spelt –ey
S35 Words ending in –tion

Common exception S37 child, cold, kind, clothes

word list (used in
test)

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New GaPS 3 Autumn
Strand Content Domain Content Assessed

Grammar G1 Nouns
Verbs
Conjunctions
Prepositions
G2 Statements
Questions
Commands
Exclamations
G3 Sentences and clauses
Subordinating conjunctions
G4 Simple past and simple present
Present and past progressive

Punctuation G5 Capital letters

Full stops
Question marks
Exclamation marks
Commas in lists
Apostrophes

Vocabulary G6 Prefixes
Suffixes

Spelling rules S17 The /r/ sound spelt wr at the beginning of words
S39 The /i/ sound spelt y other than at the end of words
S40 The /ʌ/ sound spelt ou
S48 Words with the /k/ sound spelt ch
S52 Words with the /eɪ/ sound spelt ei

Common exception S37 grass, group, fruit, busy, learn, consider, heard, parents, sentence, quarter, caught,
word list (used in weight, straight, disappear
test)

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New GaPS 4 Autumn
Strand Content Domain Content Assessed

Grammar G1 Verbs
Adjectives
Conjunctions
Pronouns
Adverbs
Adverbials
G2 Questions
Commands
Exclamations
G3 Noun phrases
Subordinating conjunctions and subordinate clauses
G4 Simple past and simple present
Verbs in the perfect form
Tense consistency
G7 Standard English

Punctuation G5 Capital letters

Full stops
Question marks
Exclamation marks
Commas in lists
Inverted commas
Apostrophes

Vocabulary G6 Prefixes
Suffixes
Word families

Spelling rules S7 Adding –er to adjectives where no change is needed in the root word (Year 2)
S41 Prefixes
S43 The suffix –ly
S47 Endings that sound like /ʃən/, spelt –tion
S49 Words with the /∫/ sound spelt ch
S50 Words ending with the /k/ sound spelt –que
S51 Words with the /s/ sound spelt sc

Common S37 early, important, build, breath, strange, imagine, extreme, circle, increase, believe,
exception word list guide
(used in test)

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New GaPS 5 Autumn
Strand Content Domain Content Assessed

Grammar G1 Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Pronouns
Relative pronouns
Adverbs
Adverbials
Prepositions
Determiners
G3 Relative clauses
Subordinating conjunctions and subordinate clauses
G4 Simple past and simple present
Verbs in the perfect form
Modal verbs
Tense consistency
G7 Standard English

Punctuation G5 Capital letters

Question marks
Commas in lists
Commas to clarify meaning
Commas after fronted adverbials
Inverted commas
Apostrophes
Punctuation for parenthesis

Vocabulary G6 Prefixes
Suffixes
Word families

Spelling rules S41 Prefixes (Years 3 and 4)

S44 Words with endings sounding like/ʒə/
S45 Endings that sound like /ʒən/
S46 The suffix –ous
S47 Endings that sound like /ʃən/, spelt –tion
Endings that sound like /ʃən/, spelt –cian
S48 Words with the /k/ sound spelt ch
S55 Words ending in –ent
Words ending in –ance
S59 Words containing the letter string ough

Common S37 category, language, develop

exception word list
(used in test)

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New GaPS 6 Autumn
Strand Content Domain Content Assessed

Grammar G1 Adjectives
Pronouns
Relative pronouns
Adverbs
Adverbials
Prepositions
Determiners
Subject and object
G2 Questions
Commands
Exclamations
G3 Relative clauses
Noun phrases
Subordinate conjunctions and subordinate clauses
G4 Modal verbs
Tense consistency
G7 Standard English

Punctuation G5 Capital letters

Commas in lists
Commas to clarify meaning
Inverted commas
Apostrophes
Punctuation for parenthesis
Semi-colons

Vocabulary G6 Synonyms and antonyms

Prefixes
Word families
G7 Formal and informal vocabulary

Spelling rules S38 Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable
S39 The /i/ sound spelt y other than at the end of words
S40 The /ʌ/ sound spelt ou
S41 Prefixes
S43 The suffix –ly
S44 Words with endings sounding like /tʃə/
S45 Endings that sound like /ʒən/
S46 The suffix –ous
S47 Endings that sound like /ʃən/, spelt –ssion
S48 Words with the /s/ sound spelt sc
S50 Words with the /k/ sound spelt ch
S51 Words ending with the /g/ sound spelt –gue
S55 Words ending in –ent
S58 Words with the /i:/ sound spelt ei after c
S59 Words containing the letter string ough
S60 Words with ‘silent’ letters (i.e. letters whose presence cannot be predicted from
the pronunciation of the word)
S61 Homophones and other words that are often confused

Common S37 Parliament, environmental

exception word list
(used in test)

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Spring Term
gaps
New GaPS 1 Spring
Strand Content Domain Content Assessed

Grammar G1 Adjectives
G2 Questions
G3 Sentences
Co-ordinating conjunctions

Punctuation G5 Capital letters

Full stops
Question marks
Exclamation marks

Vocabulary G6 Prefixes
Suffixes

Spelling rules S6 Adding the ending -ed to verbs where no change is needed in the root word
S7 Adding -er to adjectives where no change is needed in the root word
S10 New consonant spellings wh
S12 Compound words
S13 The days of the week

Phonics S8 Vowel digraphs and trigraphs:

er
or
ir
ar
ear
air
aw
S9 Words ending in
S11 Using k for the /k/ sound

Common exception S37 love, one, come, some, once

word list (used in
test)

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New GaPS 2 Spring
Strand Content Domain Content Assessed

Grammar G1 Adjectives
Adverbs
G2 Statements
Commands
G3 Noun phrases
Co-ordinating conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions
G4 Simple past and simple present
Present and past progressive
Punctuation G5 Question marks
Commas in a list
Apostrophes
Vocabulary G6 Suffixes

Spelling rules S5 Adding -s to words (plurals of nouns)

S13 The days of the week
S14 The /dᴣ/ sound sometimes spelt g
S15 The /s/ sound spelt c before i
S23 Adding –es to verbs ending in –y
S26 Adding –ing to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant letter after
a single vowel letter
S27 The /ͻ:/ sound spelt a before l, ll
S28 The /˄/ sound spelt o
S29 The /i:/ sound spelt –ey
S34 The suffix -ly
S35 Words ending in -tion
Common exception S13 wild, because, Mrs, pretty, hasn’t
word list (used in
test)

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New GaPS 3 Spring
Strand Content Domain Content Assessed

Grammar G1 Adjectives
Conjunctions
Adverbs
G2 Questions
Exclamations
G3 Co-ordinating conjunctions
G4 Simple past and simple present
Verbs in the perfect form
G7 Standard English
Punctuation G5 Capital letters
Full stops
Question marks
Exclamation marks
Commas in lists
Inverted commas
Apostrophes
Vocabulary G6 Suffixes

Spelling rules S24 Adding -est to a root word ending in -y with a consonant before it
S38 Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one
syllable
S42 The suffix -ation
S43 The suffix -ly
S44 Words with endings sounding like /tʃə/
S47 Endings that sound like /ʃən/, spelt –tion
S61 Homophones and near-homophones
Common exception S37 thought, remember, forwards, possible, through, popular, decide, centre,
word list (used in height, answer, tomatoes
test)

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New GaPS 4 Spring
Strand Content Domain Content Assessed

Grammar G1 Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Conjunctions
Pronouns
Adverbs
Adverbials
Prepositions
G2 Questions
Commands
G3 Noun phrases
Subordinating conjunctions and subordinate clauses
G4 Tense consistency
G7 Standard English
Punctuation G5 Capital letters
Question marks
Exclamation marks
Commas after fronted adverbials
Inverted commas
Apostrophes
Vocabulary G6 Prefixes
Suffixes
Spelling rules S41 Prefixes
S44 Words with endings sounding like /ӡə/ or /tʃə/
S45 Endings that sound like /ʒən/
S47 Endings that sound like /ʃən/ spelt –cian, –ssion, –tion
S61 Homophones or near-homophones
Common exception S37 often, promise, therefore, island, experiment, material
word list (used in
test)

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New GaPS 5 Spring
Strand Content Domain Content Assessed

Grammar G1 Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Conjunctions
Pronouns
Relative pronouns
Adverbs
Adverbials
Prepositions
Determiners
G2 Statements
Commands
G3 Relative clauses
Subordinating conjunctions and subordinate clauses
G4 Verbs in the perfect form
Modal verbs
Tense consistency
G7 Standard English
Punctuation G5 Full stops
Question marks
Commas in lists
Commas to clarify meaning
Inverted commas
Punctuation for parenthesis
Vocabulary G6 Synonyms and antonyms
Prefixes
Suffixes
Word families
Spelling rules S38 Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one
syllable
S41 Prefixes
S46 The suffix –ous
S52 Words with the /eɪ/ sound spelt eigh
S55 Words ending in –ance, –ant, –ent
S56 Words ending in –able, –ible, –ably
S59 Words containing the letter string ough
S60 Words with ‘silent’ letters (i.e. letters whose presence cannot be predicted
from the pronunciation of the word)
Common exception S37 according, temperature, stomach
word list (used in
test)

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New GaPS 6 Spring
Strand Content Domain Content Assessed

Grammar G1 Nouns
Adjectives
Possessive pronouns
Relative pronouns
Adverbials
Determiners
Subject and object
G2 Questions
G3 Relative clauses
Noun phrases
Subordinating conjunctions and subordinate clauses
G4 Simple past and simple present
Verbs in the perfect form
Modal verbs
Present and past progressive
G7 Standard English
Formal and informal vocabulary
Formal and informal structures
Punctuation G5 Capital letters
Commas in lists
Inverted commas
Apostrophes
Punctuation for parenthesis
Colons
Semi-colons
Single dashes
Hyphens
Bullet points
Vocabulary G6 Synonyms and antonyms
Prefixes
Spelling rules S38 Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one
syllable
S40 The /ʌ/ sound spelt ou
S41 Prefixes
S43 The suffix –ly
S45 Endings that sound like /ʒən/
S46 The suffix –ous
S47 Endings that sound like /ʃən/, spelt –tion
S48 Words with the /k/ sound spelt ch
S50 Words ending with the /k/ sound spelt –que
S51 Words with the /s/ sound spelt sc
S52 Words with the /eɪ/ sound spelt ey
S55 Words ending in –ency
S59 Words containing the letter string ough
S60 Words with ‘silent’ letters (i.e. letters whose presence cannot be predicted
from the pronunciation of the word)
S61 Homophones and other words that are often confused

Common exception S37 system, sincerely, mischievous

word list (used in
test)
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Summer Term
gaps
New GaPS 1 Summer
Strand Content Domain Content Assessed

Grammar G1 Verbs
Adjectives
G2 Questions
G3 Sentences

Punctuation G5 Capital letters

Full stops
Question marks
Exclamation marks

Vocabulary G6 Prefixes
Suffixes

Spelling rules S5 Adding –s and –es to words (plural of nouns and the third-person singular of
verbs)
S10 New consonant spellings ph and wh
S12 Compound words
S13 The days of the week

Phonics S8 Vowel digraphs and trigraphs:

oo
er
ea

Common exception S37 put, push, there, friend, full, school, pull, house
word list (used in
test)

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New GaPS 2 Summer
Strand Content Domain Content Assessed

Grammar G1 Adjectives
Adverbs
G2 Statements
Questions
Commands
G3 Sentences
Co-ordinating conjunctions
G4 Simple past and simple present
Tense consistency

Punctuation G5 Full stops

Exclamation marks
Commas in lists
Apostrophes
Vocabulary G6 Suffixes

Spelling rules S5 Adding –s and –es to words (plural of nouns and the third-person singular of
verbs)
S16 The /n/ sound spelt kn– and (less often) gn– at the beginning of words
S17 The /r/ sound spelt wr at the beginning of words
S18 The /l/ or /əl/ sound spelt –le at the end of words
S19 The /l/ or /əl/ sound spelt –el at the end of words
S20 The /l/ or /əl/ sound spelt –al at the end of words
S21 Words ending in –il
S27 The /ͻ:/ sound spelt a before l and ll
S29 The /i:/ sound spelt –ey
S31 The /ɜ:/ sound spelt or after w
S32 The /ɔ:/ sound spelt ar after w
S34 The suffixes –ment, –ness, –ful, –less and –ly

Common exception S37 bath, people, I’m, should, beautiful

word list (used in
test)

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New GaPS 3 Summer
Strand Content Domain Content Assessed

Grammar G1 Nouns
Verbs
Prepositions
Determiners
G2 Commands
Exclamations
G3 Noun phrases
Subordinating conjunctions and subordinate clauses
G4 Simple past and simple present
Verbs in the perfect form
Present and past progressive

Punctuation G5 Capital letters

Full stops
Question marks
Exclamation marks
Commas in lists
Inverted commas
Apostrophes
Vocabulary G6 Prefixes
Suffixes
Spelling rules S13 The days of the week (Year 2)
S41 Prefixes
S42 The suffix –ation
S43 The suffix –ly
S61 Homophones and near-homophones
Common exception S37 Thursday, complete, arrive, perhaps, appear, describe, address, although,
word list (used in actually, particular, February
test)

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New GaPS 4 Summer
Strand Content Domain Content Assessed

Grammar G1 Nouns
Verbs
Pronouns
Adverbials
Determiners
G2 Commands
G3 Co-ordinating conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions and subordinate clauses
G4 Tense consistency
G7 Standard English

Punctuation G5 Capital letters

Full stops
Question marks
Exclamation marks
Commas in lists
Commas after fronted adverbials
Inverted commas
Apostrophes
Vocabulary G6 Prefixes
Suffixes
Word families
Spelling rules S41 Prefixes
S43 The suffix –ly
S44 Words with endings sounding like /ӡə/ or /tʃə/
S45 Endings that sound like /ʒən/
S46 The suffix –ous
S47 Endings that sound like /ʃən/, spelt –tion, –sion, –ssion, –cian
S51 Words with the /s/ sound spelt sc
S52 Words with the /eI/ sound spelt ei, eigh, or ey
S60 Words with ‘silent’ letters (i.e. letters whose presence cannot be predicted
from the pronunciation of the word)
S61 Homophones or near-homophones

Common exception S37 length, strength, different

word list (used in
test)

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New GaPS 5 Summer
Strand Content Domain Content Assessed

Grammar G1 Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Conjunctions
Possessive pronouns
Relative pronouns
Adverbs
Adverbials
Prepositions
Determiners
G2 Statements
Questions
Commands
Exclamations
G3 Relative clauses
Noun phrases
Co-ordinating conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions and subordinate clauses
G4 Verbs in the perfect form
Modal verbs
Tense consistency
G7 Standard English
Formal and informal vocabulary

Punctuation G5 Capital letters

Full stops
Question marks
Commas in lists
Commas to clarify meaning
Inverted commas
Apostrophes
Punctuation for parenthesis
Vocabulary G6 Prefixes
Suffixes
Word families
Spelling rules S38 Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one
syllable
S41 The /i/ sound spelt y other than at the end of words
S46 Prefixes
S52 Words with endings sounding like /ʒə/ or /tʃə/
S55 Endings that sound like /ʃən/, spelt –tion, –sion, –ssion, –cian
S56 Words ending in –able and –ible
S59 Words containing the letter string ough
S60 Words with ‘silent’ letters (i.e. letters whose presence cannot be predicted
from the pronunciation of the word)
Common exception S37 develop, community, symbols, bruise, attached, curious
word list (used in
test)

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New GaPS 6 Summer
Strand Content Domain Content Assessed

Grammar G1 Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Pronouns
Adverbs
Adverbials
Determiners
Subject and object
Questions
G2 Commands
Exclamations
Relative clauses
G3 Noun phrases
Co-ordinating conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions and subordinate clauses
Simple past and simple present
G4 Verbs in the perfect form
Modal verbs
Present and past progressive
Subjunctive verb forms
Passive and active
Standard English
G7 Formal and informal vocabulary

Punctuation G5 Capital letters

Questions
Commas to clarify meaning
Commas after fronted adverbials
Inverted commas
Apostrophes
Punctuation for parenthesis
Colons
Semi-colons
Single dashes
Hyphens
Bullet points
Vocabulary G6 Synonyms and antonyms
Prefixes
Suffixes
Word families

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Strand Content Domain Content Assessed

Spelling rules S38 Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one
syllable
S40 The /ʌ/ sound spelt ou
S41 Prefixes
S43 The suffix –ly
S45 Endings that sound like /ʒən/
S46 The suffix –ous
S47 Endings that sound like /ʃən/, spelt –tion, –sion, –ssion, –cian
S48 Words with the /k/ sound spelt ch
S50 Words ending with the /g/ sound spelt –gue and the /k/ sound spelt –que
S51 Words with the /s/ sound spelt sc
S52 Words with the /eɪ/ sound spelt ei, eigh or ey
S55 Words ending in –ant, –ance, –ancy, –ence and –ency
S59 Words containing the letter string ough
S60 Words with ‘silent’ letters (i.e. letters whose presence cannot be predicted
from the pronunciation of the word)
S61 Homophones and other words that are often confused
Common exception S37 equipment, shoulders, necessary
word list (used in
test)

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