Michael Rosen

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Tuesday, 24 February 2026

Further evidence on why the 'fronted adverbial' is grammatical nonsense

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Thanks to people who follow my criticisms of the GPS (formerly the SPaG) test. It's possible that its time is up, because this governmen...

Friday, 6 June 2025

Before Gove, Blunkett and Baker, there was no good research on the teaching of English...WHAT?!

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One of the successes of the revolution that overtook the subject of English in schools in England from about 1988-2012, was its skill in wip...

Sunday, 1 June 2025

10 points about the primary school grammar test .

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As a follow-up to my last post about the GPS test, I'll emphasise several things. This is in order to avoid misunderstanding. 1. My sole...

Saturday, 31 May 2025

This year's grammar test for 10 and 11 year olds in England: my thoughts on the questions

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The time’s come round again for my annual response to what used to be called the ‘SPaG’ test and is now the GPS. Below are examples of m...

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