Grammar & Punctuation
WEEK TEN
This week we learning about prepositions.
A preposition describes the relationship between two parts of a sentnece, most often showing how the two parts are related in space or time.
WEEK EIGHT
This week we are revising the grammar & punctuation studied this term.
Re-watch/revisit the learning below to help you complete the questions.
Monday 1st March
Noun Phrases
Tuesday 2nd March
Verb Forms
Wednesday 3rd March
Verb Forms
Thursday 4th March
Active and Passive
Friday 5th March
Modal Verbs
WEEK SEVEN
This week we are learning about modal verbs and brackets, dashes and commas.
Monday 22nd February
Please watch the learning video and complete the tasks.
The presentation is included below should you wish to access the document separately from the lesson video.
Modal Verbs - An Introduction
Tuesday 23rd February
Remember - brackets, dashes and commas can be used to add extra information to sentences.
Open the document below to practise using this punctuation.
For support with this learning, please refer to the leanring below for Wednesday 10th February.
Brackets Dashes and Commas
Wednesday 24th February
Open the document below and write a sentence by adding a modal verb to the clauses on the left. The sentence should show the degree of possibility.
The first one is completed as an example:
come to the party 50/50 = He might come to the party.
Modal Verbs - Usage
Thursday 25th February
Open the document below to continue to develop your punctuation skills.
Perfecting Parenthesis
Friday 26th February
Open the document below and complete the learning about modal verbs.
Negative Modal Verbs
WEEK SIX
This week we are learning about active and passive sentences, and dashes, brackets and parenthetic commas.
These are two devises that will be useful when writing non-fiction texts this week.
Monday 8th February
Active and Passive Sentences
Compare these two sentences:
Aliens invaded Earth.
Earth was invaded by aliens.
The two sentences say the same thing. However the order of the words has been changed.
Look again at the first sentence:
Aliens invaded Earth.
The purple word (aliens) is the subject of the sentence.
The green word (invaded) is the verb.
The red word (Earth) is the object.
This sentence is ACTIVE because it follows the pattern: SUBJECT - VERB - OBJECT.
To make the sentence PASSIVE, the object must be at the start of the sentence.
However, if we just reverse the order of the words: OBJECT- VERB - SUBJECT we do not get a sentence with the same meaning (or any meaning at all!).
Earth invaded aliens.
To change a sentence from active to passive we need to change the order of the words but also modify the verb.
Earth was invaded by aliens.
We change the verb by adding the verb TO BE and using the PAST PARTICIPLE (we learned about past participles last week).
Notice, the VERB remains in the middle and the subject and object swap places.
Here is another example:
ACTIVE SUBJECT - VERB - OBJECT
Satellites orbit Earth.
PASSIVE
OBJECT- VERB - SUBJECT (AGENT)
Earth is orbited by satellites.
To identify whether a sentence is active or passive think:
- what is the action (verb)?
- who is doing the action?
- if the agent (the thing doing the action) is at the end of the sentence, the sentence is passive
- if the agent is at the beginning of the sentence and the sentence follows the pattern subject (the thing doing the action) - verb - object (done to), the sentence is active
Sometimes, in passive sentences, the agent is not in the sentence at all. This can be because they are not needed or because they are unknown.
Here is an example:
Earth is being invaded!
In this passive sentence we do not know who is doing the invading - but we do know that Earth is under attack.
We know the sentence is passive because the thing doing the action (the agent) is not included in the sentence. Also, the sentence uses the verb TO BE (here in the present progressive) with the PAST PARTICIPLE.
That's a lot of learning!
Today I would like you to match the sentences in the sheet below. Once you have matched them, write which are active and which are passive.
Identifying Active and Passive Sentences
Tuesday 9th February
Today I would like you to change some active sentences to passive sentences.
Look at the active sentence below:
They sent a mission to the Moon.
Here is the sentence again, but this time I have highlighted the subject, verb and object.
They sent a mission to the Moon.
SUBJECT VERB OBJECT
To change this sentence, first I move the object to the beginning.
A mission
Next, I add look at the verb sent and see that it is in the past tense.
I therefore need the past of TO BE - was
A mission was sent
Next, I add the remaining part of the sentence.
A mission was sent to the Moon.
VERB (TO BE) + PAST PARTICIPLE
Finally, I add or leave out the agent. In this case, I do not need the agent so the passive sentence is complete.
In the document below, please change the active sentences to passive sentences.
TOP TIP
Change the order from BLUE GREEN RED to RED GREEN
You only need to add the agent if the SUBJECT is included in purple.
Then the order would be RED GREEN PURPLE
Passive and Active Voice
Wednesday 10th February
To add extra information to a sentence - parenthesis - we can use a pair of brackets (which look like this ( ) ), or commas (,,), or dashes ( - - ).
Open the document below to find out more and to complete today's learning.
TOP TIPS
Dashes separate, but hyphens join.
Julie's three-year-old sister - called Jane - loves to play with teddies.
compound adjective joined with hyphens (notice there is no space between the words and the hyphens)
parenthesis - extra added information using dashes (notice there is a space between the words and the dashes)
When using brackets, leave a space before the backet (like this), but not between the brackets and the first and last words of the parenthesis (like this).
When using commas, leave a space after the comma, like this, just as you would when you use commas to separate clauses or fronted adverbials.
Brackets, Commas & Dashes
Thursday 11th February
Using the sheet below, write the missing sentences in the table.
REMEMBER -
- identify the action (verb)?
- who is doing the action?
- to make an active sentence, the sentence follows the pattern subject (the thing doing the action) - verb - object (done to), the sentence is active
- to make a passive sentence, put the object (the done to) first, followed by the verb TO BE and the PAST PARTICIPLE.
Active & Passive
Friday 12th February
Complete the short assessment of this week's learning.
Assessment
WEEK FIVE
This week we are continuing to learn about verbs and tenses.
We will learn about main verbs and auxilliary verbs.
We will learn to recognise and write sentences in simple, progressive, and perfect tenses.
Monday 1st February
Last week we learned all about the progressive.
We form the progressive using the verb "to be" and the main verb in the "ing" form.
If you need to revise the progressive, please use the learning from WEEK FOUR below.
Verbs can be used in the past, present or future tense.
Today we will learn about the past perfect and present perfect.
Like the progressive, the perfect tenses use a main verb alongside a helper verb.
To form the perfect tense we use the verb "to have" and the main verb in the past participle.
That may sound a bit a complicated so here is an example:
I have eaten all my breakfast.
This is the present perfect because the verb "to have" is in the present tense.
Look at the following sentence:
She had eaten all the porridge before the bears returned.
This is the past perfect because the verb "to have" is in the past tense.
YOUR LEARNING
Complete the table of verbs by adding the past participle for each verb.
Some have been completed for you to get you started.
TOP TIP
If you are unsure of the verb's past participle, try saying I have before the verb.
Tuesday 2nd February
For today's learning I would like you to identify the past and present perfect.
Match the first half of the sentence (in blue) to the end (in red).
Once you have matched up the sentences, write four sentences in your book - two that are present perfect, and two that are past perfect.
TOP TIP
The verb "to have" idicates whether the verb form is past perfect or present perfect:
has eaten = present perfect had eaten = past perfect.
Wednesday 3rd February
Today I would like you write some sentences in the present perfect.
In the document below is zebra and humbug.
Choose from the verbs provided to create five sentences in the present perfect about zebra and humbug.
One is included as and example:
Zebra has forgotten where he hid his humbugs.
Your sentences can be as silly as you like!
Thursday 4th February
Today I would like you write some sentences in the past perfect.
In the document below is zebra and humbug.
Choose from the verbs provided to create five sentences in the past perfect about zebra and humbug.
One is included as and example:
The humbug had done all he could to hide from zebra.
Your sentences can be as silly as you like!
Friday 5th February
Complete the short assessment about verb forms.
WEEK FOUR
This week we are learning about verbs and tenses.
We will learn about main verbs and auxilliary verbs.
We will learn to recognise and write sentences in the present and past progressive tense.
Monday 25th January
Click on the link below and complete the learning to revise verbs and tenses.
Tuesday 26th January
Verbs are doing or being words.
Open the document below to complete the learning about progressive verbs.
Wednesday 27th January
Verbs are doing or being words.
Open the document below to complete the learning about progressive verbs.
Thursday 28th January
Watch the trailer for Artemis Fowl and write five sentences in the present progressive to describe the action.
One is completed below as an example.
Friday 29th January
Complete the progressive verbs short assessment.
WEEK THREE
This week we are learning about description.
To describe characters, settings and action in stories, noun phrases can be used.
To write long desription that may include a list, semicolons can be used.
Monday 18th January
Noun Phrases
Open the document below to complete the introductory learning about noun phrases.
Tuesday 19th January
Semicolons
Read the introduction to semicolons.
We have used semicolons in this way before: during our Legends topic to describe the knights of King Arthur, and when we write our WWI story to describe the approach to Ipswich Hospital.
Wednesday 20th January
Noun Phrases
Open the document below to complete the learning about noun phrases.
Thursday 21st January
Semicolons
The Spectacular Air Hotel
A floating hotel of the future!
Imagine this new hotel has been launched.
You have been commisioned to write a short description of the features of the hotel.
Write a sentence that describes at least four features of the hotel and separate these features in a list using semicolons.
Make sure you include a semicolon between each feature in the list including before the final one.
Write your description as a sentence not as bullet points.
Friday 22nd January
Short Writing Task
Describe the picture below. Use the learning this week about expanded noun phrases to help you write a detailed description.
