Starter quiz
- Which of these comes at the start of a sentence?
- full stop
- capital letter ✓
- question mark
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- Match the word with the correct defintion.
- noun⇔a naming word for people, places or things ✓
- adjective⇔a word that describes a noun ✓
- verb⇔a doing or being word ✓
- adverb⇔a word that describes a verb ✓
- Which of these sentences makes complete sense?
- The children
- The children are counting. ✓
- are counting
- The children are counting to ten. ✓
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- Match the following word to its word class.
- noun⇔bag ✓
- verb⇔carry ✓
- adverb⇔carefully ✓
- adjective⇔heavy ✓
- Identify the noun in this sentence: The tall man jumped.
- 'man' ✓
- Tick the statements:
- What colour is the bag?
- I like bananas. ✓
- Is that your coat?
- The water is blue. ✓
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Exit quiz
- Which punctuation mark does a question always end with?
- exclamation mark
- full stop
- question mark ✓
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- A command might end with...
- a full stop. ✓
- a question mark.
- an exclamation mark. ✓
- a comma.
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- Which sentence type tells someone to do something?
- command ✓
- question
- statement
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- Match the following keywords to their definitions:
- command⇔a type of simple sentence that tells someone to do something ✓
- question⇔a type of simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer ✓
- statement⇔a type of simple sentence that expresses a fact or opinion ✓
- Tick the questions:
- The car is moving fast.
- Do you like sweets? ✓
- How old are you? ✓
- Put your boots on.
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- Tick the commands:
- Get your coat. ✓
- The frog croaked loudly.
- Where is my coat?
- Run away from the monster! ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- There are four types of simple sentence.
- Each type of simple sentence has a different purpose for the reader.
- Any simple sentence is a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense.
- A question is a simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer and ends with a question mark.
- A command is a simple sentence that tells someone to do something and can end with an exclamation mark.
Common misconception
Pupils may think you use exclamation marks at the end of every command.
Clearly show pupils when and why an exclamation mark is needed with some commands but not others.
Keywords
Statement - a type of simple sentence that expresses a fact or an opinion and most often ends with a full stop
Question - a type of simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer and ends with a question mark
Question mark - a punctuation mark used at the end of a question
Command - a type of simple sentence that tells someone to do something and can end with an exclamation mark
Exclamation mark - a punctuation mark used to express strong emotion
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