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