Starter quiz

  • What is a compound sentence?
    • a sentence with lots of adjectives
    • two simple sentences joined together  ✓
    • a simple sentence
  • What do compound sentences use to join ideas together?
    • joining words  ✓
    • capital letters
    • commas
  • 'And' is a joining word. Which of these are also joining words?
    • but  ✓
    • or  ✓
    • the
  • 'And' is the joining word for ...
    • building on ideas.  ✓
    • positive and negative sentences.
    • for an option.
  • Match the joining word to its purpose.
    • but
      ⇔
      for a positive and a negative ✓
    • or
      ⇔
      for an option or effect ✓
    • and
      ⇔
      building on ideas ✓
  • When we write, we always try to ...
    • vary our sentence types.  ✓
    • write very fast.
    • write in just capital letters.
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