Year 2 End of Year GPS Assessment
This Year 2 End of Year GPS Assessment helps identify progress by assessing against each of the Year 2 National Curriculum Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling objectives. The Teacher Objectives Sheet allows you to identify progress as well as gaps in pupils' knowledge.
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This pack includes:
- Year 2 End of Year GPS Assessment. Answers included.
- Tracking spreadsheet to help identify gaps in knowledge.
Year 2 National Curriculum Objectives:
Writing – Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation
Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English appendix 2 by:
Learning how to use both familiar and new punctuation correctly (see English appendix 2) including:
- (2G5.1) capital letters
- (2G5.2) full stops
- (2G5.4) exclamation marks
- (2G5.3) question marks
- (2G5.5) commas for lists
- (2G5.8) apostrophes for contracted forms
- (2G5.8) apostrophes for the possessive (singular)
Learn how to use:
Sentences with different forms:
- (2G2.1) statement
- (2G2.2) question
- (2G2.4) exclamation
- (2G2.3) command
6 & 7.(2G3.2) Expanded noun phrases to describe and specify [for example, the blue butterfly]
- (2G4.2) The present and past tenses correctly and consistently including the progressive form
- (2G3.3) Co-ordination (using or, and, or but)
- (2G3.4) Subordination (using when, if, that, or because)
* (2G7.1) Some features of written Standard English
English Appendix 2 guidance:
11 & 12. (2G6.3) Formation of nouns using suffixes such as –ness, –er and by compounding [for example, whiteboard, superman]
- (2G6.3) Formation of adjectives using suffixes such as –ful, –less (A fuller list of suffixes can be found in the year 2 spelling section in English Appendix 1)
- (2G6.3) Use of the suffixes –er, –est in adjectives
- (2G1.6) Use of –ly in Standard English to turn adjectives into adverbs
- (2G3.4) Subordination (using when, if, that, because)
- (2G3.3) Co-ordination (using or, and, but)
6 & 7. (2G3.2) Expanded noun phrases for description and specification [for example, the blue butterfly, plain flour, the man in the moon]
- (2G2.1) How the grammatical patterns in a sentence indicate its function as a statement
- (2G2.2) How the grammatical patterns in a sentence indicate its function as a question
- (2G2.4) How the grammatical patterns in a sentence indicate its function as a exclamation
- (2G2.3) How the grammatical patterns in a sentence indicate its function as a command
* (2G4.2) Correct choice and consistent use of present tense and past tense throughout writing
- (2G4.1d) Use of the progressive form of verbs in the present and past tense to mark actions in progress [for example, she is drumming, he was shouting]
- (2G5.1) Use of capital letters to demarcate sentences
- (2G5.2) Use of full stops to demarcate sentences
- (2G5.3) Use of question marks to demarcate sentences
- (2G5.4) Use of exclamation marks to demarcate sentences
- (2G5.5) Commas to separate items in a list
- (2G5.8) Apostrophes to mark where letters are missing in spelling and to mark singular possession in nouns [for example, the girl’s name]
Terminology for pupils:
6 & 7.(2G1.1) noun
6 & 7.(2G3.2) noun phrase
- (2G2.1) statement
- (2G2.2) question
- (2G2.4) exclamation
- (2G2.3) command
- (2G6.3) compound
11, 13 & 14. (2G6.3) suffix
- (2G1.3) adjective
- (2G1.6) adverb
- (2G1.2) verb
14 & 15. (2G4.2) tense (past, present)
- (2G5.8) apostrophe
3. (2G5.5) comma
* Use and understand the grammatical terminology in English appendix 2 in discussing their writing
*These objectives are not covered in the end of year assessment
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