Starter quiz
- In which sentences is 'fit' being used as a verb?
- He was very fit and active.
- We tried to fit the pieces in, but they wouldn't go. ✓
- A fit person can run for longer than an unfit one.
- Can we fit this in the car boot? ✓
- It was a tight fit.
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- In which sentence is 'show' used as a noun?
- I would love to show you my work.
- Show some respect!
- We put on an incredible show for the parents. ✓
- You always have to show off.
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- Which words are determiners in this sentence? 'My feet are killing me after that long walk!'
- my ✓
- feet
- are
- after
- that ✓
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- What is the noun phrase in this sentence? 'He opened the heavy, wooden door.'
- he opened
- the door
- the heavy, wooden door ✓
- wooden door
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- Match the word to its word class.
- beauty⇔noun ✓
- beautiful⇔adjective ✓
- beautifully⇔adverb ✓
- beautify⇔verb ✓
- Which words are adverbs in this sentence? 'Because he'd worked hard, he was quite tired.'
- because
- hard ✓
- quite ✓
- tired
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Exit quiz
- Tick the sentence that has all the correct capital letters.
- We visited London during the february half-term holiday.
- We visited london during the February half-term holiday.
- We visited London during the February half-term holiday. ✓
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- Which of these is a compound sentence?
- Under the cover of darkness, we stepped into the house.
- We stepped into the house and we held our breath. ✓
- But it was empty.
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- Tick the correct list of co-ordinating conjunctions.
- and, or, but ✓
- but, because, while
- and, that, which
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- Tick the sentences which are exclamations.
- What on earth are you doing
- What a noise you're making ✓
- How lovely to see you ✓
- How are you hoping to win
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- Tick the sentences which are commands.
- Do your worst ✓
- Do you know
- He asked to talk to me
- Talk to me ✓
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- Aisha wants to rewrite this question as a statement. Which version is correct? 'Could she hear me?'
- she could hear me
- She could hear me
- Could she hear me.
- She could hear me. ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- A simple sentence has one main clause.
- There are four types of simple sentence: statement, question, command and exclamation.
- A compound sentence has at least two main clauses joined with a co-ordinating conjunction.
- Accurate sentences start with capital letters and end with full stops, question marks or exclamation marks.
- A comma is placed before the co-ordinating conjunctions 'but' and 'or' in a compound sentence.
Common misconception
Pupils may believe that only single main clauses can be joined by co-ordinating conjunctions.
Co-ordinating conjunctions can join groups of words that might be sentences on their own, including at least one main clause.
Keywords
Simple sentence - a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense
Main clause - a group of words that contains a verb and makes complete sense
Compound sentence - a sentence formed of two main clauses and a joining word
Co-ordinating conjunction - a word that joins two main clauses to form a compound sentence
Comma - a punctuation mark used before 'but' or 'or' co-ordinating conjunctions in a compound sentence
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