Do you fancy yourself as a bit of a walking dictionary? Do you know your pronouns from your passives, your commas from your clauses? We’ve put together a quiz to challenge you on all things grammar ...

Michael Gove in drive to raise standards in primary schools A Back-to-basics test of grammar and punctuation for all 11-year-olds has been unveiled by Michael Gove in a drive to raise standards in ...

A back-to-basics test of grammar and punctuation for all 11-year-olds has been unveiled by Michael Gove in a drive to raise standards in primary schools. Up to 600,000 pupils a year, starting from ...

SATs tests will be toughened up as part of reforms designed to ensure that every child gets a “solid grounding” in the basics before the start of secondary education, it was announced today. New ...

Does the misuse of the apostrophe drive you crazy? Are you a stickler for having the comma in the right place or do you struggle to work out when to use a full stop? On National Grammar Day we thought ...

With exam season upon us, test your spelling, punctuation and grammar with our SATs inspired quiz. Can you beat an 11-year-old? Over 500,000 10-11 year olds are sitting their Key Stage Two SATs exams ...

They will also be expected to use commas and apostrophes correctly, avoiding the so-called ‘greengrocer’s apostrophe’ where apples and pears are wrongly written as apple’s and pear’s. The hour-long ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Poorer performances in grammar and punctuation by students who sat NAPLAN online are among the problems worrying education officials as ...

The tests were called 'a waste of taxpayers' money' Head teachers say they will disrupt a new spelling, grammar and punctuation test to be introduced in England's primary schools next summer. The SPAG ...

Commenting on the SPAG test, conducted for the first time tomorrow (14 May), Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers’ union, said: “The culture of ...

Head teachers say they will disrupt a new spelling, grammar and punctuation test to be introduced in England's primary schools next summer. The SPAG test will be sat by pupils at the end of primary ...