The Grammar 5 Handbook follows on from The Grammar 4 Handbook. It provides a full year's worth lessons for teaching grammar, spelling and punctuation to children aged 9+. It provides: * Practical advice and ideas for teaching * Step-by-step lesson plans and notes for the teacher *Continues to introduce new grammar elements * 36 structured grammar and punctuation lessons * 36 spelling lessons * Revision and extension of The Grammar 4 Handbook * Photocopiable activities * Fun actions for the grammar points Topics covered include: * Sentence Walls ?* Simple and continuous tenses ?* Contractions and the verb 'to have' ? * Adverb placement in sentences ? ?* Proofreading ?* Prepositional phrases ?* Compound subjects and objects ?* Transitive and Intransitive verbs ?* The order of adjectives?* Adverbs of manner, degree & place, time & frequency* Irregular plurals?* Parenthesis?* Homophones?* Antonyms and synonyms