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synonyms for ‘scared’, as you can. - Castleford Academy4 In the sentence below, underline the...
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Complete the quiz sheet.
Finished?
Come up with as many synonyms for ‘scared’, as you can.
1. In the sentence below, after which two words should a comma be placed. Underline your choices.
My dog a black and white terrier is called Buster. 1 mark
(a) dog (b) black (c) terrier (d) called
2. In the sentence below, underline the subordinate clause?
The boy, who broke his leg, had to wear a pot. 1 mark
The boy, who broke his leg, had to wear a pot.
3 What type of clause has been used in the sentence above?
Underline your choice.
Fronted Embedded Rear
Fronted Embedded Rear 1 mark
4 In the sentence below, underline the subordinate clause.
As it was late, the girl ran home.
As it was late, the girl ran home. 1 mark
5. Correct the errors in these sentences.
(a) sit down and stop talking
(a) Sit down and stop talking! 1 mark
(b) madrid is the capital city of spain.
(b) Madrid is the capital city of Spain. 1 mark
(c) do you think well get there on time
(c) Do you think we’ll get there on time? 1 mark
6. Use commas in the following sentences correctly:
(a) Despite the rain we enjoyed the picnic.
(a) Despite the rain, we enjoyed the picnic. 1 mark
(b) At the picnic I ate a sausage roll two sandwiches an apple and some chocolate.
(b) At the picnic, I ate a sausage roll, two sandwiches, an apple and some chocolate. 1 mark
(c) David’s cat who hadn’t been seen for a whole week turned up this morning!
(c) David’s cat, who hadn’t been seen for a whole week, turned up this morning! 1 mark
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Apostrophes
Do these little punctuation marks catch you out? ’Do you know why we need apostrophes?
When should they be used?
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An apostrophe can be used to show the place of a
missing letter or letters in a word.
do notDon’t
I amI’mThe missing letter
is ‘a’
The missing letter
is ‘o’
Omission
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An apostrophe can also be used to show that one thing
belongs to something or someone else. This is known as
the apostrophe of possession.
If we start with a singular noun
the dog
then we we just add ‘s
the dog’s tail
Possession
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If the noun we start with is plural
the dogs
then we just add an apostrophe after the s
the dogs’ tails
Some plurals do not end in s, and so we add ‘s
the men’s coats
Possession
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Proper nouns that end in ‘s’ can use either apostrophe+s
or just an apostrophe.
James’ new shoes or James’s new shoes
Mr Davies’ cat or Mr Davies’s cat
These possessive pronouns do not use apostrophes:
yours his hers its ours theirs
NOTE: The bird folded its wing.
It’s a long way to go. short for ‘it is’
possessive pronoun
Possession
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Activity
▪Focusing closely on the skills we have revised today, complete the following writing task:
Produce a piece of writing, based on this image:
Self – Assessment
▪ Are all of your capital letters clear and accurate?
▪ Are sentences ended in the appropriate way?
▪ Have you used full stops, question marks and exclamation marks?
▪ Are sentences complete, with subject, verb and object?
▪ Are commas used correctly in lists?
▪ Are commas used correctly in complex sentences?
▪ Are apostrophes used correctly?
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