KS2 SATs Grammar: Expanded Noun Phrases
A noun phrase is a group of words built around a noun. Expand it with a determiner, adjectives and a prepositional phrase: "the tall oak tree in the corner". Learn the trap of an adjective that sits outside the phrase ("the tree was tall"), then pick the expanded noun phrase in a SATs-style question.
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2:45KS2 SATs Grammar: Determiners (Articles, Demonstratives, Possessives, Quantifiers)
A determiner introduces a noun and specifies which one, whose, or how many: articles (a, the), demonstratives (that, those), possessives (my, their) and quantifiers (several, every). Learn the four families, avoid the classic trap where the same word works as a pronoun, then circle all four determiners in a SATs-style sentence.
2:37KS2 SATs Grammar: Modal Verbs for Possibility, Certainty and Obligation
Modal verbs (can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must) help a main verb and show degrees of possibility, certainty or obligation. Place them on a certainty scale, avoid the mistakes of adding -s or "to" after a modal, then choose the sentence that expresses possibility in a SATs-style question.
2:33KS2 SATs Grammar: The Active and Passive Voice
In the active voice the subject performs the action (The fox chased the rabbit); in the passive voice the subject receives it (The rabbit was chased by the fox). Learn how the passive is built (a form of "be" plus a past participle), why writers choose it, the trap of confusing it with the progressive, then identify the passive in a SATs-style question.