Starter quiz
- Tick the sentence that is grammatically correct.
- Granny lives in Blackpool. ✓
- granny lives in Blackpool
- granny lives in Blackpool.
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- Tick the complete sentence.
- funny hat
- big, funny hat
- Meg wears a funny hat. ✓
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- Match the following parts of a sentence with the correct example.
- phrase⇔bright moon ✓
- noun⇔moon ✓
- adjective⇔bright ✓
- expanded noun phrase⇔bright, white moon ✓
- What is the verb in the following sentence? The red ball bounces.
- The
- red
- ball
- bounces ✓
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- Match the tense to the correct definition.
- present tense⇔happening now ✓
- past tense⇔happened before now ✓
- Tick the sentence written in the present tense.
- Javi played netball.
- Javi plays netball. ✓
- Javi will play netball.
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Exit quiz
- A simple sentence is about ...
- three ideas.
- two ideas.
- one idea. ✓
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- Tick the sentences that make sense.
- noisy cats
- The noisy cats fight. ✓
- fight loudly
- The noisy cats fight loudly. ✓
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- Match the following word types with the correct example.
- adjective⇔lovely ✓
- verb⇔like ✓
- noun⇔friend ✓
- Identify the noun in this sentence: Matt is sad.
- 'Matt' ✓
- Tick the sentence that is correct.
- Kelly drives home
- kelly drives home.
- kelly drives home
- Kelly drives home. ✓
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- Tick the two statements that complete this sentence: A simple sentence ...
- is always written in the past tense.
- always contains an adjective.
- always starts with a capital letter. ✓
- always contains a verb. ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- A simple sentence is about one idea and it makes complete sense.
- A simple sentence can be written in the present tense.
- A simple sentence contains one verb and at least one noun.
- The verb carries the tense of a sentence.
- Grammatically accurate sentences start with capital letters and most often end with full stops.
Common misconception
Pupils may think some phrases are sentences because they can look longer than full simple sentences.
Ensure pupils understand that simple sentences must contain a verb in order to make sense. Note that phrases are often adjectives and nouns.
Keywords
Simple sentence - a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense
Present tense - tells the reader the action is happening now
Capital letter - the upper case formation of a letter
Full stop - a punctuation mark used at the end of a sentence
Verb - a doing or being word
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