Starter quiz
- What piece of punctuation should end this sentence? 'Where is your homework...'
- full stop
- question mark ✓
- capital letter
- comma
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- Which two of these groups of words could be a complete sentence?
- all of a sudden
- can you hear me ✓
- a small piece of paper
- we ran home rapidly ✓
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- Match the word class to its meaning.
- noun⇔a naming word for people, places and things ✓
- adjective⇔a word that describes a noun ✓
- verb⇔a doing or being word ✓
- adverb⇔a word that describes a verb ✓
- Which word is the verb in the sentence 'Izzy walked slowly to the park'.
- Izzy
- walked ✓
- slowly
- park
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- Match each word in this sentence to its word class: 'Jacob dashed quickly to the local shop'.
- Jacob⇔noun ✓
- dashed⇔verb ✓
- quickly⇔adverb ✓
- local⇔adjective ✓
- shop⇔noun ✓
- Why does the word 'Laura' have a capital letter in this sentence? 'Sam gave Laura a brand new football'.
- It is at the start of a sentence.
- It is a proper noun - the name of a specific person. ✓
- It is a common noun - a naming word.
- It is an adjective.
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Exit quiz
- What must a clause contain?
- an adjective
- a verb ✓
- an adverb
- a phrase
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- Which two of these are main clauses?
- just then
- a vast bat flew past ✓
- a tiny, wooden boat
- Andeep smiled happily ✓
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- Match the term to its meaning.
- clause⇔a group of words that contains a verb ✓
- main clause⇔a group of words with a verb that makes complete sense ✓
- subordinate clause⇔a group of words with a verb that doesn't make sense ✓
- Which two of these are subordinate clauses?
- as the sun rose slowly in the east ✓
- I rolled sleepily out of bed
- Aisha tiptoed across the damp grass
- so no-one would notice she had gone ✓
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- Which two elements does a complex sentence have to contain?
- a main clause ✓
- a phrase
- a subordinate clause ✓
- an adjective
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- Make three complex sentences by matching the subordinate clauses to the main clauses.
- Because it was sunny,⇔I wore sunglasses. ✓
- When it was lunchtime,⇔we ran onto the playground. ✓
- As the sun set,⇔Jacob got ready for bed. ✓
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Key learning points
- Any clause is a group of words that contains a verb.
- A main clause is a group of words that contains a verb and makes complete sense.
- A subordinate clause is a group of words that contains a verb that does not make complete sense.
- A subordinate clause must be joined to a main clause to make a complex sentence.
- One type of subordinate clause is an adverbial clause, which starts with a subordinating conjunction.
Common misconception
Pupils may think verbs can only show 'doing'.
Verbs can show 'being' and 'having' as well as 'doing'. These are sometimes 'hidden' in contractions (I'm, she's, they've, we've).
Keywords
Clause - a group of words that contains a verb
Main clause - a group of words that contains a verb and makes complete sense
Subordinate clause - a group of words that contains a verb and does not make complete sense
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