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Hello? Welcome to lesson seven of unit 23.

Incomplete sentences with me, Mr. Halpin.

For today's lesson, you will need a pen, some paper, and to switch your brain on.

Please pause the video if you need to collect any of this equipment now.

All sorted? Wonderful.

Let's begin.

Today's lesson looks like this.

We're going to recap some previously taught knowledge.

We're going to return to incomplete sentences.

We're going to look at introducing the subject.

You're going to write some incredible paragraphs, and then you're going to smash your quiz.

Sound good? Wonderful.

Let's begin.

Which of these sentences is a fused sentence? You can pause your video and read the options to yourself, or listen to me read them aloud.

Option one.

He felt ill yesterday.

He called his doctor.

Option two.

We were tired.

We bought some coffee.

Option number three.

Sam asked to leave he needed a drink.

Or option number four.

I wanted to go home.

I wanted to watch TV.

In the count of three you can point at your screen or call out your answer.

One, two, three.

Option three.

Well done if you got that correct.

Remember, we must start a new sentence when the next subject appears.

If we do not, it is a mistake called a fused sentence.

Fused sentences: Start a new sentence when the next subject appears.

We went to the shop he bought a cake.

We, the subject of the sentence went to the shop.

He, is the next subject.

So we must have a full stop after the word shop, and a capital h on the word "He." Just like this.

Incomplete sentences.

You can correct an incomplete sentence by adding either a subject or a verb to make a complete sentence.

Remember, a complete sentence must have a subject and a verb.

You've already practised spotting incomplete sentences.

An incomplete sentence does not have a subject or a verb.

Here are two examples of incomplete sentences.

He home.

And, went to the hospital.

Can you spot what is missing in each sentence? We can make these sentences correct by adding either a subject or a verb.

Let's have a closer look at these two examples.

Starting with, he home.

He home, is missing something.

What is it? He home, is missing a verb.

Well done.

And we can fix this by adding the verb went.

He went home.

Brilliant! Let's have a look at the next one.

Went to the hospital.

Went to the hospital is incomplete because it is missing something.

Went to the hospital.

Is missing a subject.

Well done.

And we can fix this by adding in a subject like she.

She went to the hospital.

We now have complete sentences.

Great work! How about these ones? Can you fix these? Let's have a look at the table.

Went away.

The game close.

Were here last week.

They angry yesterday.

Went away.

Who went away? We need to add in a subject.

Like Charles.

For example, Charles went away.

That incomplete sentence is now fixed.

Your turn now.

Can you fix the rest of these sentences? Pause your video and add either a subject or a verb to complete these sentences.

Resume your video once you are done.

Finished? Wonderful.

Do your answers look like mine? Well done if they do.

The game close.

Missing a verb.

The game was close.

Were here last week.

Who? They is missing a subject.

They were here last week.

They angry yesterday.

Again, incomplete because it's missing a verb.

And we could add the word were.

They were angry yesterday.

Fantastic work! Well done.

Which of these is a complete sentence? I to the park.

Bought a new hat yesterday.

I took the bus.

One, two, three.

I took the bus! Fabulous.

That is a complete sentence because it has a subject, I, and a verb took.

The other two do not.

Introducing the subject.

The subject is the person or thing doing the main action verb.

It can be more than one word.

Subject: The person or thing doing the main action.

Subjects like, I, my dad, the team.

We often use the word there to introduce the subject of a sentence.

For example, there are two post offices in our town, or there is a famous cathedral in Barcelona.

We can also use there to introduce the subject of a sentence in the past.

For example, there was a thunderstorm yesterday.

There were three fire alarms at school last week.

We must check the subject of a sentence before using was or were.

There was a thunderstorm yesterday.

Subject, a thunderstorm.

Just one.

Singular.

There were three fire alarms at school last week.

Three, more than one plural.

Be very careful with recognising singular and plural subjects when we introduce them.

Which of these sentences uses was or were correctly? There was three performances last night.

There are three performances last night.

Or there were three performances last night.

One, two, three.

Fantastic! There were three performances last night.

Subject, three performances.

One, two, three.

More than one plural subject we need to introduce with the word were.

Well done.

Your turn now.

Can you complete these sentences? To identify whether the subject is plural or singular.

And then apply the rule was or were.

Let's have a look at the first one together.

There blank, a dance competition yesterday.

The subject of this sentence, a dance competition is singular.

And when the subject is singular, we use the word was.

There blank, five people at the party.

Five people, more than one.

Plural.

And when our subject is plural we introduce it with the word were.

Okay? Your turn to have a go now.

Pause your video to complete this table.

Resume your video once you are done.

Finished? Wonderful.

Do your answers look like mine? Amazing! If they do.

Let's have a look.

Number three.

There blank, many people hurt yesterday.

Many people.

More than one.

It is a plural subject.

And when we introduce a plural subject, we use the word were.

Number four, there blank, a great film on last night.

Subject, a great film.

Just one.

Singular.

And when we introduced a singular subject, we use the word was.

Fantastic work! If you got that right, brilliant! Now time for some amazing writing.

Remember in these lessons, you're writing mini stories based on pictures.

Today, you'll be aiming to complete a paragraph and you will need to be accurate to achieve your writing checks.

Let's have a look at today's writing checks.

I have used was and were correctly.

I have started a new sentence when the next subject appears.

All of my sentences have a subject and a verb.

Keep those checks in mind when you're planning and performing your writing.

In these lessons, you need to make sure that your stories are both realistic and believable.

You can do this by telling what you know happened.

And in this lesson you will need to decide what must have happened between two pictures.

Here is the full sequence.

As you can see, there's a blank space in the middle.

You must use your knowledge and understanding of the first picture and the last picture to figure out what must have happened in the middle.

Okay? Let's have a look at the first image.

Pause your video now and give yourself 30 seconds to have a good look at who and what in this image.

Who subjects do we have? We have Tom and Davina.

And what happened in this image? What verbs could we use in our writing? Verbs like held, ate, and walked might be useful when you're writing.

The middle part of the story is blank.

We will skip past this for now and find out how the story ends.

Pause your video again and have a look at this picture.

What happened to Tom and Davina? Resume when you are ready.

Our subjects are still Tom and Davina.

What verbs could we use when writing about this part of the story? Cried, hugged, comforted might be useful when planning your writing.

Let's go back to this middle section now.

We have to use our knowledge of the beginning and the end of our story to make it make sense.

How about this suggestion? A ghost appeared.

It grabbed the ice cream from Davina.

Is that what must have happened? Could we write that based on what we know about the beginning and the ending? I don't think we could, could we? What about this? Davina dropped the ice cream.

Could that have happened in the middle? Yes, it definitely could.

Think about what must have happened in the middle of this story.

I would like you to begin your writing with this sentence.

Davina held hands with Tom.

Okay? Pause your video now and write your amazing paragraph.

Make sure you tell what happened and what must have happened.

Resume your video when you are ready.

Complete? Well done.

This is what I came up with.

Davina held hands with Tom.

She ate an ice cream.

There was ice cream all over her face.

Davina dropped the ice cream.

She cried.

Tom, put his arms around Davina.

He comforted her.

Well done if you're writing is similar to mine, but have I met those writing checks? Let's find out.

Check number one.

Did you use was, and were correctly when introducing your subject? Did you check if it was singular or plural? And use was or were correctly? Superb if you did.

Does each sentence start when a new subject appears? Yes, it does, does yours? Incredible.

And do all of my sentences have a subject and a verb? Yes, they do.

Do yours? Amazing! Well done on creating a fantastic piece of writing.

That brings us to the end of this lesson and this unit.

I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have.

Please remember to complete your quiz.

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.

Thank you.

Bye bye.