Exit quiz - Lesson 1 Starting sentences with 'and'

Which of these sentences are correct?

Which of these is a fused sentence?

Which word should have a capital letter?

Which of these sentences is an incomplete sentence?

Which sentence is correct?

Starting Sentences With 'and'

﻿Hello, welcome to lesson two of unit 24: When it happened with me, Mr.Halpin. Let's begin. First, a reminder, you will need a pen, some paper, and an active brain to complete today's session. Please pause your video if you need to get any of that equipment now. All sorted? Fabulous. This is what today's session is going to look like. We're going to recap last lesson, we're going to have a look at when it happened, we're going to look at joining sentences, you're going to have the opportunity to create some fantastic writing and then you're going to complete your quiz. Sound good? Wonderful, let's begin. Can you remember your last lesson which of these words is a preposition? Pause your video to read the options or listen to me, read them aloud. Option one, John, option two, above, option three, tennis, option four, desk. In the count of three, you can point to your screen or shout out loud. One, two, three, above. Brilliant if you got that right. Remember a preposition is a word that tells us where something happened. Superb. Prepositions, a word that tells you when or where something is. Words like in, above and under. Great start, well done. Which of these sentences is correct? Pause your video to read the options or listen to me read them aloud. Option number one, Laila ate an ice cream. And she drank a milkshake. Option number two, ate an ice cream. And she drank a milkshake. Option number three, Laila an ice cream. And she drank a milkshake. Or option four, Laila ate an ice cream. She drank a milkshake. The count of 3.0 screen, one, two, three, option four. Well done. Moving on, when it happened and a reminder of a previously taught rule here. An action that has already happened is written in the past tense. Remember my little tip, ed suffix, look at the word happened. It ends in ed, something that's already happened, taken place in the past often ends with an ed. You've already studied how to use was and were when writing in the past tense. And as I've just said, when you write about what happened, you often see your verb, an ed ending. These examples here, walked and talked, both end with an ed suffix. However, you must remember that not all verbs follow this rule. Look at this table on this slide. What happens, present tense changed into what happened. You will notice that feel, have and make in the past tense do not have the ed suffix, an ed ending. Feel becomes felt, have becomes had, make becomes made. Just be careful when writing in the past tense. Think you've got it? Let's have a look. This paragraph has some mistakes with the writing in the past tense. I would like you to pause your video, read this paragraph, and fix all of the past tense errors. Resume your video when you're ready. All done? Wonderful, do your answers look like mine? Well done if they do. Hilary went on an amazing holiday to Italy. There was a beautiful swimming pool. There were loads of incredible restaurants in the local town. Hilary ate lots of delicious food. There was a beach 100 metres from the hotel entrance. She swam in the sea every day. Fabulous work if you spotted all of those past tense verb errors and fix them, well done. Which Of these sentences is correct? Pause your video to read the options or listen to me read them aloud. She bought a new hat. She buyed a new hat. She buying a new hat. One, two, three. She bought a new hat. Fantastic if you've got that right. Past tense verb, bought, with the answer you were looking for, well done. Joining sentences with "and." I have a new rule for you. Join two sentences that have the same subject by replacing the full stop and the second subject with "and." You've already learnt that you cannot start a sentence with "and." When you see a sentence beginning with "and," you remove it. Harry went to the cinema. And he saw a film. You have a sentence here beginning with "and." So we need to remove it. Harry went to the cinema. Get rid of the "and," capital h. He saw a film. There is another way to fix these sentences. You can also correct these sentences by removing the full stop and removing the second subject. The same example here, Harry went to the cinema. And he saw a film. This time we remove the full stop and the second subject, leaving the word "and" in place. This one sentence now reads, Harry went to the cinema and saw a film. Think you've got it? Let's just have a quick look at two more examples together. Melanie wrote a new book. Capital a. And she enjoyed it. We need to remove the full stop and the second subject Here is the correct sentence. Melanie wrote a new book and enjoyed it. Example number two, Owen went to the supermarket. And he bought an onion. A sentence beginning with "and," how can we fix it? Remove the full stop and the second subject, done? Second subject here is he, needs to be removed along with the full stop and lowercase a on the and. Owen went to the supermarket and bought an onion. Perfect. Over to you now, can you join these sentences by removing the full stop and the second subject? Pause your video and resume when you're done. Finished? Superb, great effort. Do your answers look like mine? Well done if they do, brilliant work. We have removed all of the full stops and the second subject and joined these two sentences with the word "and." Brilliant. Your turn to do some writing now. Remember in this unit, you're going to be writing stories based on a sequence of pictures. You need to maintain a high level of accuracy to meet your writing checks. Here we have writing checks for today. Check number one, I have told what happened throughout. You've written in the past tense. Check number two, I've not used any incomplete sentences. Your sentences have subjects and verbs. And check number three, I've not started any sentences with the word "and." In these lessons, you need to make sure that your writing is believable and realistic. You can do this by telling what you know happened. Here is the first picture from your sequence for today's lesson. Pause your video, give yourself a moment to study this image. Think about your subject and your verbs. Our subject today is Antony. And you may have thought about some verbs like sat or read. This is the next part of the sequence. Have a look at this image. Our subjects, Antony still and the bee. And verbs like buzzed, swat, sighed. The final part of today's story. Subjects, Antony, the bee, verbs such as opened, flew, continued, perhaps. Here is the sequence in full. Pause your video, have a good look at this complete sequence. Think about what you're going to write. I would like you to begin your story today with this sentence. Antony sat in his chair. I want you to pause your video now, complete your story. Resume the video when you're ready. All done? Superb, this is what I managed to write. Antony sat in his chair. He read his book. He looked up. A bee buzzed around his head. He tried to swat it away. Antony sighed. He stood up. He opened the window. The bee flew out of the window. Antony sat back down. He continued to read his book. Is your writing anything like mine? Did I meet all of the writing checks? Let's have a look. Check number one, did I tell what happened? Have I written in the past tense? Let's check my verbs. Yes, I wrote in the past tense, did you? Fantastic. Check number two, do I have any incomplete sentences? No, I don't, do you? Brilliant work. Check number three, do any of my sentences start with the word "and?" No, they don't, do any of yours? Fabulous work, well done. That brings us to the end of this session. Please remember to complete your quiz. Continue showing off all of your wonderful knowledge and if you would like to, please ask your parent or carer to share your work on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter, tagging @OakNational and #LearnwithOak. That's all for today, see you next time.

Which of these is a past tense verb?

What is the subject of this sentence? The girl and her father held hands.

Which of these subjects is singular?

Which of these is a plural subject?

When It Happened

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.

English

Y7 English

Key Stage 3

Year 7

When it happened

Y8 English

Year 8

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

Grammar

THEME

UNIT

Starting sentences with 'and'

Capitalising 'I'

Avoiding run-on sentences

Avoiding fragments

Independent clauses

Subordinate clauses

Which of the following sentences are independent clauses? CHOOSE THREE.

What is the subject of the following sentence? The young prince turned to his mother and asked where his sister was.

Which of the following are fragments? CHOOSE THREE.

Which sentence has punctuated speech correctly?

Which sentence is NOT a run-on sentence?

Which of these sentences is punctuated correctly?

Lesson overview:When it happened

Core Content

Complex sentences, avoiding fragments and run-ons, capital letters: