Using accurate sentences to describe dystopian settings | English

Starter quiz

What is a verb?
- a person, place or thing
- a word to describe a noun
- the person who does an action
- an action word, to tell us what something or someone does ✓
What is a subject?
- The person or thing that does not perform the main verb.
- The person or thing that performs the main verb. ✓
- Any noun within a sentence.
Which of the below is a *not* an example of a verb?
- car ✓
- drove
- trudged
- surveilled
Which sentence below contains the subject 'Darren'?
- Molly knocked on Darren's door.
- Darren knocked on Molly's door. ✓
- The knock startled Darren.
Which of the below is *not* a dystopian convention?
- equality ✓
- lack of freedom
- rebellion
- suffering
Which word means the opposite of dystopia?
- 'utopia' ✓

Match the words with the correct definition.
- subject
  
  ⇔
  
  The person or thing that performs the action. ✓
- verb
  
  ⇔
  
  An action word. ✓
- complete sentence
  
  ⇔
  
  A sentence with a subject and verb. ✓
- sentence fragment
  
  ⇔
  
  An incomplete sentence. It lacks a subject or verb. ✓
Which verb must go with the singular subject 'she'?
- stroll
- strolls ✓
Which sentence does not have correct subject and verb agreement?
- The rain falls dismally.
- The citizens mourns their vibrant city. ✓
- Skye creeps out of her house to gather food.
- She worries there may not be enough food.
- The wind howls like a savage beast.
What is the error in the following sentence: 'The cameras'?
- It is missing a subject.
- It is missing a verb. ✓
- It is missing an object.
Choose the most appropriate sentence to create a dystopian description.
- She skipped into the forest.
- She strolled into the forest.
- She relaxed in the forest.
- She crept into the forest. ✓
Why is 'the citizens were tracked' a better dystopian sentence than 'the citizens were watched'?
- The verb 'tracked' links to the citizens having freedom.
- The verb 'tracked' links to the citizens having lack of freedom. ✓
- The verb 'watched' is boring.

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A complete sentence needs a subject and a verb
A subject is a person or thing doing the action and a verb is the word which describes this
A sentence fragment is grammatically incorrect because it does not include either a subject or a verb
Sentence fragments should be identified and corrected if they are found in your writing
Subjects and verbs need to be in agreement with each other, meaning the verb needs the correct ending

Students may use sentence fragments in their work

Showing exactly how sentence fragments obscure meaning and explaining why they should not be used