Grade 6 English – Term 1 Summary (CAPS)

hese English Grade 6 Summaries – Term 1 are a fully structured, curriculum-aligned study guide designed to strengthen learners’ grammar, language usage, reading comprehension and writing skills. The content is clearly explained, ideal for daily learning, revision and exam preparation.

What’s Included

• Parts of Speech

  • Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and pronouns

  • Common and proper nouns

  • Collective nouns

  • Auxiliary (helping) verbs

• Tenses

  • Simple present, past and future tense

  • Continuous (progressive) tenses

  • Perfect and perfect continuous tenses

  • Tense clue words and correct verb usage

• Pronouns and Articles

  • Personal, possessive, reflexive, relative and demonstrative pronouns

  • Correct use of a, an and the

• Adjectives and Adverbs

  • Types of adjectives

  • Adverbs of time, place and manner

  • Comparative usage

• Sentence Structure

  • Subject and predicate

  • Subject–verb agreement

  • Statements, questions, commands and exclamations

• Prepositions and Conjunctions

  • Prepositions of place, time and movement

  • Conjunctions (and, but, because)

• Punctuation and Capital Letters

  • Full stops, commas and exclamation marks

  • Capital letters: names, days, months and pronoun I

• Vocabulary Development

  • Synonyms and antonyms

  • Homophones

  • Word forms, prefixes and suffixes

• Figures of Speech

  • Similes, metaphors, personification and alliteration

  • Idioms and proverbs with meanings

• Writing Skills

  • Paragraph writing (topic sentence, supporting sentences, conclusion)

  • Text types: narrative, descriptive, informative and persuasive

• Reading and Comprehension Skills

  • Identifying main ideas

  • Literal and inferential questions

  • Using context clues