Starter quiz
- Tick the two common nouns:
- children ✓
- play
- football ✓
- fast
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- Tick the two proper nouns:
- girl
- Izzy ✓
- sing
- Norway ✓
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- Match the word class and word correctly:
- noun⇔car ✓
- adjective⇔speedy ✓
- verb⇔drive ✓
- adverb⇔slowly ✓
- Tick the sentence which has the correct punctuation:
- The dog is called spot.
- the dog is called Spot.
- The dog is called Spot. ✓
- the dog is called spot
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- I love bugs. This is an example of
- a phrase.
- an expanded noun phrase.
- a simple sentence. ✓
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- Match these verbs correctly:
- doing verb⇔play ✓
- being verb⇔is ✓
Exit quiz
- What punctuation mark does a question always need at the end?
- comma
- question mark ✓
- full stop
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- Tick the correct punctuation mark to complete this simple sentence: What is that noise
- ,
- .
- ? ✓
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- What is the verb in this sentence? Mum walks to work.
- 'walks' ✓
- Tick the statements:
- What is your name?
- The slide is big. ✓
- The playground is fun. ✓
- Can I play?
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- Tick the questions:
- What is your name? ✓
- The park is big.
- Do you want to play? ✓
- The children are playing.
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- Match the statement of fact and statement of opinion.
- fact⇔Sam has brown hair. ✓
- opinion⇔I think Sam is funny. ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- There are four types of simple sentence.
- Each type of simple sentence has a different purpose for the reader.
- Any simple sentence is a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense.
- A statement is a simple sentence that expresses a fact or an opinion and ends with a full stop.
- A question is a simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer and ends with a question mark.
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to know the difference between facts and opinions.
Provide lots of examples and opportunities for pupils to share different opinions about things they are familiar with like TV programmes.
Keywords
Statement - a type of simple sentence that expresses a fact or an opinion and most often ends with a full stop
Question - a type of simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer and ends with a question mark
Fact - something that is known to be true or proved
Opinion - a personal view about something
Question mark - a punctuation mark used at the end of a question
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