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SAMPLE PAGES This Evaluation Pack features samples from the second edition of Oxford Grammar. Find out more about the new edition of our best-selling grammar series, and review sample pages from Student Book 2.

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At Oxford University Press we are passionate advocates of language and literature, and we are committed to supporting you with the highest quality resources for teaching English in your classroom.

Oxford Grammar explores key grammatical concepts in line with the requirements of the Australian Curriculum: English, and helps students connect grammar features to a writing purpose. Best-selling textbook author Andrew Woods uses appealing stimulus pages and authentic literary texts to model grammar in context at the word, sentence and text level, with related writing activities for practice. Oxford Grammar will provide students with the tools they need to be effective when expressing their own ideas.

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New edition of best-selling workbooks for F-6, exploring grammar features at word, sentence and text levels.

An essential reference resource for students in middle and upper primary, as well as teachers and parents.

Designed to develop and consolidate grammar conventions introduced through a variety of text types.

Demonstrates how language works, while offering plenty of essential practice opportunities.

Features of the new edition: yy Aligned to the latest Australian, Victorian and NSW curricula, and support for the ACARA Literacy Progressions. yy Brand new teacher books providing detailed lesson plans and teaching guidance to help deliver the program, with a front-of-class program for Foundation and lesson plans supporting the Student Books for Years 1-6. yy The student books have new full-colour designs and illustrations to help motivate and engage young learners, including friendly grammar monster characters who host each book. yy New content has been added to each student book to ensure complete curriculum coverage. yy A re-organised table of contents provides easy access to each grammar topic. yy Supplementary material on Oxford Owl provides teachers with easy access to: -- Short videos on grammar topics to support teaching -- Curriculum mapping -- Suggested teaching schedule -- Student book answers -- Success criteria charts.

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Student Resources

Introducing the Grammar Monsters! Inspired by the Oxford Reading for Comprehension book ‘Monster School’, the Grammar Monsters host each Oxford Grammar student book and offer handy tips throughout the topics. The Teacher Books also recommend suitable texts to use alongside the teaching and learning activities.

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Contents Topic 1: Nouns

Title

1.1

Nouns

The Gobbles

1.2

Common nouns

The Gobbles go bush

1.3

Proper nouns

Dear Gobble

1.4

More proper nouns

Solomon Grundy

1.5

Everyday and technical nouns

Insects and spiders

1.6

Concrete and abstract nouns

1.7 1.8

PL E

Unit Language focus

Page

The Gobbles’ goblets

Other words for people, places and things (pronouns)

Masked rhymes

Extend yourself – plural nouns

Tiddalik (an Aboriginal story)

Topic 1: Test yourself! Nouns and pronouns

Topic 2: Adjectives, articles and noun groups Unit Language focus

Title

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The falcon and the boy

Articles as part of noun groups

A, an, the

2.4

Noun groups

Who or what?

2.5

Extend yourself – adjectives

Happy Diwali!

2.2

More adjectives

2.3

Adjectives

More about the Gobbles

2.1

Topic 2: Test yourself! Adjectives, articles and noun groups

Topic 3: Verbs, adverbs and phrases

Unit Language focus

Title

3.1

Verbs

Mix a pancake

3.2

More verbs

The Gobbles at play

3.3

Verbs showing characters’ actions, reactions, speech and thought processes

The Gobbles at playtime

3.4

Adverbs telling where, when and how

In the Gobbles’ kitchen

3.5

Phrases telling where, when and how

Bop goes to the shop

3.6

More phrases

Preppo Boy

3.7

Even more phrases

Preppo Boy returns

3.8

Extend yourself – verbs, adverbs and phrases

Flags

Topic 3: Test yourself! Verbs, adverbs and phrases

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Topic 4: Text cohesion and language devices Unit Language focus

Title

4.1

Text cohesion – word association

Spud’s bone

4.2

Text cohesion – antonyms

“Line up, you Gobbles!”

4.3

Text cohesion – synonyms

The Gobbles’ night out

4.4

Language devices – rhythm and rhyme

That’s nonsense!

4.5

Extend yourself – antonyms, synonyms, rhythm and rhyme

Monkey business

Topic 4: Test yourself! Text cohesion and language devices

Topic 5: Sentences and punctuation

Page

Title

5.1

Simple sentences

The baby Gobbles

5.2

Compound sentences and conjunctions – and, but, so and or

Greedy MacReedy

5.3

Capital letters

Bop’s diary

5.4

Statements and full stops

The pumpkin and the boy

5.5

Questions and question marks

Why did the children laugh?

5.6

Exclamations and exclamation marks

The Gobbles at Funland

5.7

Commas in lists

Collections

5.8

More commas in lists

At the zoo

5.9

Extend yourself – sentences, conjunctions, statements, questions, exclamations and commas

It’s a fact!

PL E

Unit Language focus

Topic 5: Test yourself! Sentences and punctuation

Topic 6: Using grammar

Unit Language focus

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Title

Page

6.1

Using grammar in informative texts (procedure – instructions)

How to grow sunflowers

6.2

Using grammar in imaginative texts (narrative)

The fox and the crow

6.3

Using grammar in persuasive texts (exposition)

Save our trees!

6.4

Using grammar in texts – similes

As busy as a bee

Topic 7: Extension and enrichment Unit Language focus

Title

7.1

Verb tense

Then, now, later

7.2

Saying verbs

Knock, knock

7.3

Apostrophe of contraction

It’s fun time!

7.4

Extend yourself – verb tense, saying verbs, apostrophe of contraction

Kitten and Mouse

Topics 6 and 7: Test yourself! Using grammar

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Topic 1: Nouns Unit 1.1

Nouns

Tock likes sport.

Tick likes toys.

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The Gobbles

Tim likes music.

Bip likes food. 4

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Tam likes pets.

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Toys, sport, music, pets and food are names of things.

Look at the pictures and write: 1 three nouns that are toys that Tick likes.

Naming words are called nouns.

2 three nouns that are sports that Tock likes.

that Tim likes.

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3 three nouns that are musical instruments

4 three nouns that are pets that Tam likes.

5 three nouns that are foods that Bip likes.

6 Who does Bop like?

No w tr y th is!

Write the names of three foods that you like to eat.

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Unit 1.2

Common nouns

The Gobbles go bush

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The Gobbles are on a camping trip in the bush.

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Nouns that name people, animals and things are called common nouns. Woman, beach, fish and axe are all common nouns.

1 Find the 11 Gobbles in the picture. Use common nouns

to complete these sentences about the Gobbles.

a I am being chased by a _______________________ . b I’m crawling into a ______________________ . c I’m in a __________________________ on the

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__________________________ .

Remember: Nouns are naming words.

d I’m inside the _________________ reading a _________________ . e Can you see me behind the _________________ ?

2 Use words from the box to complete the sentences below.

plants places animals things

b Wombat, bird, snake and emu name

c Tree, flower, fern and bush name

d Home, school, town and forest name

a Tent, lamp, pot and f ire name

No w tr y th is!

Find five common nouns in the picture that haven’t already been named.

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Unit 1.6

Concrete and abstract nouns

The Gobbles’ goblets

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Here are the Gobbles’ goblets. The goblets contain magic potions.

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Some nouns name people, places, animals and things that we can see and touch. Some nouns name ideas or feelings. We cannot see or touch these things.

Can you say which goblet each of these Gobbles drank a magic potion from?

Abstract nouns are names for ideas or feelings.

PL E

1 Tim likes to tell jokes.

2 Bip always tells the truth.

3 Tick can lift a heavy weight.

4 Tam wants to fight dragons.

5 Tock is rich beyond belief.

6 Bop is afraid of the dark.

No w tr y th is! These goblets contain GOOD potions and BAD potions. Tick the goblets with GOOD potions. Cross out the goblets with BAD potions.

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Unit 1.7

Other words for people, places and things (pronouns)

Masked rhymes Read these rhymes with your teacher. (They may seem strange to read until you finish the activities on page 17.)

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An elephant living in Kent

Had a nose that was terribly bent. The elephant followed his nose One day I suppose

And no one knows which way the elephant went.

The grand old Duke of York, The grand old Duke of York had ten thousand men;

The grand old Duke of York marched the ten thousand men up to the top of the hill,

And the grand old Duke of York marched the ten thousand men down again!

And when the ten thousand men were up the ten thousand men were up, And when the ten thousand men were down the ten thousand men were down; And when the ten thousand men were only halfway up, The ten thousand men were neither up nor down.

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Sometimes it is better to use a pronoun than to repeat a name (noun).

1 Read the rhymes on page 16. Use different colours to colour the

words that name people, places, animals and things. 2 Use pronouns from the boxes to make the

rhymes easier to read.

He he

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a An elephant living in Kent

Pronouns can be used in place of nouns for people, places, animals and things.

Had a nose that was terribly bent,

___________________ followed his nose One day I suppose

And no one knows which way _____________ went.

they He they They them they

He they them they he

b The grand old Duke of York, _____________ had ten thousand men; _____________ marched _____________ up to the top of the hill,

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topic 1: test you rself! Nouns and pronouns 1 Shade the bubble next to the common noun.

running

Victoria

bird

yellow

2 Shade the bubble below the common noun in this sentence.

PL E

Nick kicked the football.

3 Shade the bubble next to the proper noun.

April

may

catch

book

4 Shade the bubble below the proper noun in this sentence.

We went for a drive on Sunday.

5 Shade the bubble next to the pronoun that completes this

sentence.

Mum said I couldn’t go out to play until _______________ cleaned my room. it

her

6 Shade the bubble next to the pronoun that completes this

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7 On a piece of paper, write the proper nouns for the days of the

week. 8 Here are some characters from a story. Make up proper nouns

PL E

for each character. Write their names under their pictures.

9 Shade the bubble next to the plural noun.

flower

flowers

flour

flow

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Tick each box when you can do the things listed.

common nouns I can use common nouns when I write sentences. proper nouns When I write the proper nouns for people, places and things, I write them beginning with a capital letter. pronouns I understand that words such as I, he, she, we and they can take the place of nouns.

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adjectives I can use describing words when I write sentences.

articles I understand that a, an and the are often used in front of common nouns. noun groups I know that articles and adjectives can be used with nouns to make noun groups.

verbs and verb groups My sentences always contain a word or words telling what is being done or what is happening. when, where and how words (adverbs and phrases) I can use when, where and how words to add details to my sentences. I can write opposites.

synonyms

I can write words that mean the same or nearly the same.

antonyms

rhyming words in my writing. sentences

I can identify and use some rhyming words

I can write simple sentences and longer sentences.

joining words (conjunctions) I can use and, but, so and or to join two main ideas to make a longer sentence. capital letters and full stops I use a capital letter to begin a sentence and a full stop (.) to end a sentence.

question marks a question.

I use a question mark (?) at the end of

exclamation marks I use an exclamation mark (!) to show that someone is using a raised voice. commas I use commas to separate items in a list. 102

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glossary A word that describes or tells us more about other words. funny, messy, blue, one, round, big

adverb

A word that tells when, where or how. yesterday (when), here (where), quickly (how)

antonym

An opposite. full/empty, sitting/standing, front/back

apostrophe of contraction

A mark similar to a comma that shows that a word has been shortened and has one or more letters missing. can’t, isn’t, we’ll, I’m, shouldn’t

article

The words the, a and an.

capital letter

An upper-case letter. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

comma

A punctuation mark (,) that shows a short break or pause in a sentence, separate words in a list or separate parts of a sentence.

conjunction

Also called a joining word. A conjunction is used to join other words or parts of a sentence.

exclamation

A sentence that expresses a raised voice or strong feeling. Look out! Don’t look yet!

exclamation mark

The mark (!) that shows where an exclamation ends.

full stop

The mark (.) that shows us where a statement ends. Last week Tick wrote to Tock.

noun

A word that names people, places, animals, things or ideas. Nouns can be: abstract nouns (things that cannot be seen or touched): happiness, idea common nouns (names of ordinary things): hat, toys, pet, mouse, clock, bird proper nouns (special names): Zoe, Jack, Monday, January, Easter, Australia technical nouns (sometimes called scientific nouns): oxygen

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adjective

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A group of words, often including an article, an adjective and a noun, built around a main noun. the big, black car

phrase

A group of words that tells us how, when or where. in the car, after lunch, with a spoon, under the bridge

preposition

A word that usually begins a phrase. on, in, over, under, before, after, between

pronoun

A word that can take the place of a noun to represent a person, place or thing. he, she, I, it, they, we, us, me, them, mine

question

A sentence that asks something. Is Tock hiding under the bed?

sentence

A group of words, containing at least one verb, that makes sense. A simple sentence has one main idea and one verb or verb group: The birds were sitting on the fence. A compound sentence uses and, but, or, so to join two main ideas. A compound sentence has two verbs or verb groups. Some birds were sitting on the fence and a cat was lurking below.

statement

A sentence that states facts or gives opinions. The horse ran around the paddock. I like ice cream.

synonym

A word that means the same or nearly the same as another word. shouts/yells, thin/skinny

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noun group

verb

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A word that tells us what is happening or what is being done in a sentence. Verbs can be: doing verbs: throw, sit relating verbs: am, is, are, was, were, has, have, had saying verbs: said, whispered thinking and feeling verbs: know, like

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