Starter quiz
- Two adjectives listed to describe a noun is called...
- a detailed noun.
- a fronted adverbial.
- an expanded noun phrase. ✓
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- Which of these are types of nouns?
- proper nouns ✓
- common nouns ✓
- descriptive nouns
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- Which of these is a common noun?
- England
- Legoland
- chair ✓
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- Which of these is an expanded noun phrase?
- kitten
- kitten white, furry
- white, furry kitten ✓
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- What is missing from this expanded noun phrase? Tall gentle giraffe
- another adjective
- a comma between the adjectives ✓
- another noun
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- An expanded noun phrase needs which of the following things?
- a noun ✓
- two descriptive adjectives ✓
- a comma between the adjectives ✓
- a full stop
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Exit quiz
- Put these fronted adverbials of time in the correct order.
- 1⇔First,
- 2⇔After that,
- 3⇔Finally,
- A recount will be mostly written in which tense?
- past tense ✓
- present tense
- future tense
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- Which of these words is a past tense verb?
- arrive
- arrived ✓
- arriving
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- True or false? A recount should be written in the first person.
- True ✓
- False
- Which of these words which show that the writer is talking about themselves would you likely find in a recount?
- I ✓
- me ✓
- they
- our ✓
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- Which of these is not a fronted adverbial of time?
- First,
- Finally,
- Next,
- By the park, ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- A recount is written in the past tense.
- A recount is written in chronological order and will use fronted adverbials of time.
- A recount is written in the first person.
Common misconception
Pupils make think that fronted adverbials of time can be used in any order.
Teach pupils that while some fronted adverbials of time are interchangable, there are still many others which must be carefully positioned within a piece of writing e.g. First, Finally.
Keywords
Past tense - tells the reader the action happened before now
First person - a point of view in writing or storytelling where the narrator or speaker refers to themselves using 'I'
Fronted adverbial of time - a sentence starter that tells the reader when something happens
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