Activity 1- Word Classes Sort the words below into the correct word class. This can be written on a plain piece of paper or typed. Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Preposition Determiner

1) Write a sentence with 2 nouns and a verb.

2) Write a sentence which includes a determiner and a preposition.

3) Write a sentence which includes two adjectives and an adverb. Can you write any more exciting sentences which include vocabulary from different word classes? Send your teacher an example on Dojo! J

bright

joyful

defiant

colossal

ancient

awful

magnificent

annually

often

almost

very

enthusiastically

soon

joyously

safely

beside

during

among

at

with

upon

into

is

am

was

were

banana

door

December

London

excitement

peace

teacher

admire

collapses

lived

visualised

rotates

screamed

speculate

comprehend

adorable

Activity 2- Commas in lists

Look at the sentences below, can you rewrite them using commas in the correct places?

1. Alex bought an apple and two bananas and some sugar and a pineapple.

2. Ayshah looked in the cupboard. In the cupboard was some bread and some butter and a bone and a can of dog food.

3. Lucas had two marbles and a piece of string and a stone in his pocket.

4. At the circus Josh saw a clown and a lion and a juggler and a lot of other things.

5. Jane had forgotten the washing powder and the peanuts and the yoghurts.

6. There were sweets and presents and toys in the sack.

7. Lions and tigers and monkeys and penguins and elephants live at the zoo.

8. George got his bat and ball. He put it in his bag along with his trainers and his shorts and his T-shirt.

9. Antony tidied up the garden. He put the rake and the spade and the hose in the shed. He put the wheelbarrow and the bike and the pool in the garage.

10. Joe loved to go to the park with his friends Tanya and Jason and Fiona and Colin.

Extra- Can you write a short paragraph which lists things you have done over the last couple of weeks. Make sure you include commas when listing things. Try to expand your sentences and make them exciting or engaging.

Activity 3- Adverbial Phrases

Use adverbial phrases to modify these clauses:

1. Chang whacked the ball ________________________ .

2. The builders built the house __________________ .

3. It rained _____________________ .

4. I’m going to a party __________________ .

Adverbial phrases Main Clause Time – when? Manner – how? Place – where? yesterday evening in the morning later on as soon as possible at break time during lunch in a few minutes before long after school within seconds quite slowly at first tomorrow night

without looking quite cheerfully with clumsy footsteps as quietly as possible in a lazy way like a monkey with great enthusiasm as carefully as possible without interest absolutely desperately glowing with pride shaking with terror like tigers

in the park at school in the field outside in the hall around the corner on the playground from the castle in front of the fountain lying in bed in the dark forest beside the lake under the ground

we walk the dog John eats breakfast tidy your room I went to the park it will be time for PE he cycled to school Jake hurt his finger Emma got told off she runs away they are going to the cinema the children were lost they formed a plan Jenny played football

Choose a main clause, and add detail using at least one adverbial phrase from the table above. Shade each part of the sentence in the correct colour.

Remember: • Phrases can go before or after the main clause • Make sure your sentence makes sense. • Add a capital letter and a full stop. • Put a comma after each phrase and the main clause (except the

last one – that’s where the full stop goes!) Here is an example: Later on, the children were lost, shaking with terror, in the dark forest. Challenge! Make up your own adverbial phrases to go with one of the main clauses above. Make sure you shade them the correct colour!

Activity 4- Commas in front of fronted adverbials

An adverbial is a word or phrase which gives us additional information about the time, place or manner of the verb.

Underline the verb in red and the adverbial in purple.

Next, change the sentences around so that the adverbial comes before the verb, to make a fronted adverbial.

Make sure you add the comma in the correct place.

1) We sat on the coach.

2) People were chattering as we arrived at the gates.

3) We visited Butterfly Paradise first of all.

4) I tiptoed into the dark entrance of the reptile house.

Challenge

Create two more sentences of your own to describe the trip to the zoo. They must use fronted adverbials. Don’t forget to include the commas after the fronted adverbial!

Activity 5 – Fronted adverbials

Write about a school trip you have been or would like to go on. Describe the time, frequency, place, manner and degree. Try to use at least five sentences which have fronted adverbs. You could use some of the fronted adverbials from the table on the next page.

Top tip * Don’t forget to use commas after the fronted adverbials!

Activity 6- Identify the expanded noun phrase with prepositional language in the sentences below.

1. The brightly-coloured parrot flew through the canopy.

2. After his lunch, Harold ate a sweet, delicious chocolate brownie.

3. Under the waves, the stripy fish swam quickly through the reef.

4. In a forest clearing, a dark, mysterious jaguar sauntered by the water.

5. “Pass me the blue shoes please,” Mum asked Sophia.

6. As John sat at the bus stop, he saw three large, black cars go past.

Can you write some expanded noun phrases to describe the images below? CHALLENGE: Can you write some expanded noun phrases which also include fronted adverbials?

Activity 7- Short and long sentences

1. Take a picture or look at an image, write 6 sentences about this picture using only 6 words in each sentence.

2. Write the passage again using the same 6 sentences, however expand them by using 10-20 words.

3. Write the passage a third time, this time using a minimum of 25 words for each sentence.

4. Finally, re-write the sentence a fourth time, using a combination of the sentence lengths.

Activity 8- Subordinate clauses In each of the sentences below, underline the subordinate clause and circle the subordinating conjunction. 1. After John caught the fish, Kelly caught one also. 2. The prince and his knights rode into the valley because the dragon had burned the village. 3. If Louise goes to the store, she will be late for the movie. 4. I like to eat lunch outside when the sun is shining. 5. The ball bounced into the hole where Casey and Robert could not reach it. 6. Since his car broke down, Mr. Evans rides the bus to work. 7. In Paris, the French boy played on the bridge until his mother called him home. 8. While the family slept, the mouse ran through the kitchen and ate the bread. Using the conjunction wheel to support you, write some complex sentences. Don’t forget to include the punctuation in the correct place.

Activity 9- Causal conjunctions

Choose a causal conjunction to complete these sentences:

because so since consequently even though therefore as as a result now that

My sister always takes a long time in the bath _____________________ she tries to avoid helping with the washing up.

_______________________ I am nine, I am allowed to stay up until 8:30 p.m.

____________________________ I completed my work early, I was chosen to be Mr Knight’s special helper.

_________________________ it is raining, we still have to walk our dogs twice a day.

My rabbit keeps on getting out of her hutch ___________________________ it has a hole in the bottom.

____________________________ of hours of practice, I was awarded a merit in my piano exam.

Our teacher is having a baby soon. ____________________, we will have a different teacher for a few months.

I enjoy cooking, _________________________ I often help my dad in the kitchen.

Write some of your own sentences which include causal conjunctions.

Activity 10- Brackets and dashes for parenthesis

Create a character description of a character of our choice and include additional information in using either dashes or brackets for parenthesis.