Writing to introduce the characters and settings in the story 'Wild' | English

Starter quiz

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- We are freezing
- we are freezing
- We are freezing. ✓
- We Are Freezing.
Which of these adjectives means the same as calm**?
- peaceful ✓
- angry
- happy
- excited
Which two events happen in the beginning of the story, Wild?
- The girl arrives in the forest. ✓
- The girl is taken away from the forest.
- The girl is taught to eat, speak and play by the animals. ✓
- The girl feels lonely under the bed.
Which word is spelt correctly to complete this sentence: *I drank some __________*?
- worter
- water ✓
- watur
- wawter
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
- The quick, brown dog raced through the park. ✓
- The, quick brown dog raced through the park.
- The quick brown dog raced through the park.
- The quick, brown, dog raced through the park.
Match the present tense verb to the past tense verb.
- show
  
  ⇔
  
  showed ✓
- buy
  
  ⇔
  
  bought ✓
- try
  
  ⇔
  
  tried ✓

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- First, I lived in a forest. ✓
- first, I lived in a forest.
- First, I lived in a forest
Which expanded noun phrase could you use to describe the foxes in this picture?
- strange, different foxes
- howling, playful foxes ✓
- colourful, vibrant foxes
- chirping, noisy foxes
Match the adjectives to the animal from the story.
- furry, friendly
  
  ⇔
  
  bears ✓
- chirping, noisy
  
  ⇔
  
  birds ✓
- howling, playful
  
  ⇔
  
  foxes ✓
Which word is spelt correctly to complete this sentence: *The bear taught __________ how to eat*?
- mee
- mea
- me ✓
- mi
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
- I lived in a magical enchanted forest.
- I lived in a magical, enchanted forest. ✓
- I lived in a magical, enchanted, forest.
- I lived in a, magical, enchanted forest.
Match the present tense verb to the past tense verb.
- live
  
  ⇔
  
  lived ✓
- teach
  
  ⇔
  
  taught ✓
- eat
  
  ⇔
  
  ate ✓

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This narrative is told in the past tense.
This narrative is written from the girl's perspective, using "I", "me" and "my".
The beginning of a story introduces the main characters, setting and plot.
Two ideas can be joined using a joining word "and".
Two adjective sentences describing characters and settings need a comma in between, such as "magical, dark forest".

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Beginning - the first part of a story, typically introducing main characters, setting and the plot
Character - a person or animal in the story
Setting - where the story takes place
Plot - what happens in the story
Perspective - one particular view of something