Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will develop understanding of past tense and learn how to join sentences with 'and'. We will then apply that knowledge in a piece of creative writing.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Which of these sentences are correct?
There is a terrible accident yesterday.
there was a terrible accident Yesterday.
Correct answer: There was a terrible accident yesterday.
There were a terrible accident yesterday.
Q2.
Which of these is a fused sentence?
Correct answer: He bought her flowers she sent the flowers back.
He made her a birthday present. He bought her chocolate.
Tom loved Ellie. Ellie did not love Tom.
Tom was angry and sad.
Q3.
Which word should have a capital letter?
is
it
Correct answer: january
unfortunately
Q4.
Which of these sentences is an incomplete sentence?
Aaron lost his phone.
Sally drank a smoothie.
Correct answer: She an ice cream.
The team played badly.
Q5.
Which sentence is correct?
He went to the cinema. and he went to the gym.
He went to the cinema. And he went to the gym.
He went to the cinema. And He went to the gym.
Correct answer: He went to the cinema. He went to the gym.

6 Questions

Q1.
Which of these is a past tense verb?
Correct answer: drank
running
swimming
writing
Q2.
What is the subject of this sentence? The girl and her father held hands.
held
her father
the girl
Correct answer: the girl and her father
Q3.
Which of these subjects is singular?
Correct answer: I
My friends
Tanya, Jasmine and I
We
Q4.
Which of these is a plural subject?
Henry
London
Correct answer: My friends and I
The city
Q5.
Which sentence is correct?
I loved the food there it was delicious.
I loved the food there. It is Delicious.
Correct answer: I loved the food there. It was delicious.
I loved the food there. It were delicious.
Q6.
Which sentence is correct?
Correct answer: Larry went to the supermarket and bought a pizza.
Larry went to the supermarket and he bought a pizza.
Larry went to the supermarket. And he bought a pizza.
Larry went to the supermarket. Bought pizza.

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UnitEnglish / Complex sentences, avoiding fragments and run-ons, capital letters

English