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English
School trip: writing a recount
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Which word best fits the gap in this sentence? A recount __________ events that have happened in the past.
counts
refills
retells ✓
imagines
Change the verb in this sentence so that it is in the past tense: I walk to the park.
walking
walked ✓
will walk
went
Where does a fronted adverbial of time usually come in a sentence?
beginning ✓
middle
end
Match these words to their definition.
comma
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a punctuation mark used within sentences ✓
noun
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a naming word for people, places and things ✓
adjective
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describes a noun ✓
verb
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a doing or being word ✓
Here is an expanded noun phrase: large, brown dog. Which word is the noun?
large
brown
dog ✓
Tick the expanded noun phrase that has the comma in the correct place.
leafy, green park ✓
leafy green park,
leafy, green, park
leafy green park
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