Starter quiz
- Which of the following can be included in a reporting clause?
- who said the speech and how they said it ✓
- the words someone said out loud
- the actions someone performed as they spoke ✓
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- What is missing from this piece of direct speech: "what's wrong?" said Jun.
- inverted commas
- a capital letter ✓
- a comma
- a full stop
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- Which of these speech first sentences is correctly punctuated?
- "I can't believe this! scowled Sofia angrily.
- "I can't believe this" scowled Sofia angrily.
- "I can't believe this!" scowled Sofia angrily. ✓
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- Which speech second sentence is punctuated correctly?
- Jacob muttered, "What a waste of time".
- Jacob muttered, "What a waste of time." ✓
- Jacob muttered "What a waste of time."
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- Match the type of speech sentence to the example.
- speech second⇔Sam sighed, "Next year, we'll beat them." ✓
- speech interrupted⇔"Next year," Sam sighed, "we'll beat them." ✓
- speech first⇔"Next year, we'll beat them," sighed Sam. ✓
- Which speech interrupted sentence is punctuated correctly?
- "We could go to the shops" said Dad, "or we could stay in."
- "We could go to the shops," said Dad, "or we could stay in." ✓
- "We could go to the shops," said Dad "or we could stay in."
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Exit quiz
- Tick all the texts that are non-fiction.
- a reference book ✓
- a novel
- an atlas ✓
- a poem
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- Tick all the sentences that contain parenthesis.
- The Indian Ocean (a vast expanse of water) is found in the Southern Hemisphere. ✓
- The Pacific Ocean is the largest on earth and covers a huge area.
- The Atlantic Ocean (between Britain and the USA) is the second largest ocean. ✓
- The Arctic Ocean has more animal life than any other ocean.
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- Which section of this sentence could be a piece of parenthesis in brackets? 'Winston Churchill 1874 - 1965 was born in Blenheim Palace.'
- Winston Churchill
- Winston Churchill was born in Blenheim Palace
- 1874 - 1965 ✓
- was born in Blenheim Palace
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- Which section of this sentence could be a piece of parenthesis in brackets? 'Somerset a county in South-West England is known for its cheese.'
- Somerset
- a county in South-West England ✓
- is known for its cheese
- its cheese
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- Which version combines these two sentences correctly using parenthesis in brackets? 'King Charles became king in 2022. He is 74 years old.'
- King Charles (aged 74 became king in 2022).
- King Charles (aged 74) became king in 2022. ✓
- King Charles aged 74 (became king in 2022).
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- Tick all the pieces of parenthesis that could be placed inside this sentence: 'The World Cup was held in Qatar.'
- a famous football tournament ✓
- which was played in Qatar
- a country in the Middle East ✓
- was won by Argentina
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Parenthesis can be achieved with a range of punctuation.
- Brackets are a punctuation mark used to add extra, factual information in a clause.
- Brackets can be removed from a clause and it will still make sense.
- Brackets can be used purposefully in non-fiction texts to increase the amount of facts given to the reader.
Common misconception
Pupils may include within brackets information that is essential to the sentence's coherence.
Encourage pupils to cover the parenthesis in a sentence and see if what's left makes complete sense.
Keywords
Parenthesis - additional information that is added to a sentence; if it is removed, the sentence still makes sense
Brackets - a punctuation mark used to add extra, factual information in a clause
Factual - true
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