Starter quiz
- Mary Seacole was born in which year?
- 1805 ✓
- 1905
- 2005
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- What country was Mary Seacole born in?
- England
- France
- Jamaica ✓
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- What job did Mary's mother do?
- teacher
- doctress ✓
- farmer
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- Mary had to pay for her own journey to Crimea. How long did it take her?
- 3 months ✓
- 3 weeks
- 3 years
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- Mary set up the British Hotel in Crimea, but it wasn't actually a hotel. What was it?
- a cinema
- a hospital ✓
- a school
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- Mary Seacole was the first black woman in Britain to do what?
- write a children's book
- write a newspaper report
- write her autobiography ✓
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Exit quiz
- Select the correct word to fill in the blank in the following sentence: 'A simple sentence is a sentence about __________ idea(s) that makes complete sense.'
- one ✓
- two
- three
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- Subordinate means something is of ...
- more importance.
- less importance. ✓
- equal importance.
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- Which of these is a subordinate joining word?
- and
- but
- because ✓
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- Which of these is a subordinate joining word?
- so ✓
- or
- the
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- Subordinate joining words are used to join a subordinate idea to what?
- a main idea ✓
- another subordinate idea
- a question
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- Which of these subordination joining words is used to give a time frame?
- because
- when ✓
- so
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- A complex sentence is a sentence formed of a simple sentence joined with subordination.
- Subordination means joining a simple sentence with a second idea of lower importance.
- Mary Seacole was a doctress who helped injured soldiers during the Crimean war.
- Mary set up her own hospital in Crimea called the British Hotel.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that the joining words used in compound sentences can also be used in complex sentences.
Teach pupils that there are only certain joining words that can be used to join subordinate ideas to main ideas. Remind pupils that a compound sentence is made up of two ideas that make complete sense.
Keywords
Complex sentences - a sentence formed of a simple sentences joined with subordination
Subordination - joining a simple sentence with a second idea of lower importance
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