Subordination with 'so' and 'that' | English | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

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Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- Let's go to the park
- let's go to the park
- let's go to the park.
- Let's go to the park. ✓
Tick the sentences that make complete sense.
- I love eating pizza. ✓
- if it is raining
- Do you want to play tennis? ✓
- because it is delicious
Identify the verb in this sentence: Ben built a sandcastle on the beach.
- built ✓
- sandcastle
- the
- beach
What is the joining word in this sentence? We can get the bus if there are train strikes.
- 'if' ✓
A complex sentence...
- is a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense.
- is formed of two simple sentences and a joining word.
- has a first idea stretched with a second idea that depends on the first. ✓
Match the sentence type to the correct example.
- complex sentence
  
  ⇔
  
  Sam played on the swings that were in the playground. ✓
- simple sentence
  
  ⇔
  
  Sam played on the swings. ✓
- compound sentence
  
  ⇔
  
  Sam played on the swings and he chatted to his friend. ✓

Which of the following are joining words used to join together words or ideas in sentences?
- we
- for
- so ✓
- that ✓
- when ✓
Match the joining word to its purpose.
- so
  
  ⇔
  
  for giving a result ✓
- that
  
  ⇔
  
  for giving more detail ✓
What is the function of the joining word ‘that’ in this sentence? 'I am wearing my mittens that I got for my birthday.'
- giving a result to the first idea in the sentence
- giving more detail to the first idea in the sentence ✓
- giving a reason for the first idea in the sentence
- giving a time frame for the first idea in the sentence
Using 'so' or 'that' to stretch a first idea...
- forms a complex sentence. ✓
- forms a compound sentence.
- forms a simple sentence.
Choose a second idea that stretches this first idea to give a result: Fish have gills…
- if they are hunting for food.
- when they go to sleep.
- so they can breathe under water. ✓
Would ‘so’ or ‘that’ work better to join the two ideas in this sentence together? I bought a snack ____ I wouldn’t get hungry later.
- 'so' ✓

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'So' and 'that' are types of joining word.
A simple sentence can be stretched with 'so' to give a result to the first idea.
A simple sentence can be stretched with 'that' to give more detail about the first idea.
Joining the first idea with 'so' or 'that' forms a second idea that is subordinate to the first.
Using 'so' or 'that' to stretch a simple sentence forms an adverbial complex sentence.

It can be difficult to think of sentences with 'so' and 'that'.

Provide lots of examples before expecting pupils to do this for themselves.

Joining word - a word that joins words or ideas
Detail - fuller or more descriptive information
Result - what happens because of something else
Stretch - to make longer or fuller
Complex sentence - a sentence formed of a simple sentence joined with subordination