Co-ordination with 'and'

English

Present tense

Past tense

Present and past tense

Statements and questions

Questions and commands

Joining using 'and'

In this unit, pupils learn to build grammatically accurate simple sentences with the correct word class, tense and punctuation. In 'Compound sentences', pupils will learn to join two simple sentences to build a compound sentence. 

In 'Word class', pupils learnt to identify and use the four main word classes. In this unit, pupils will learn to build grammatically accurate simple sentences with the correct word class, tense and punctuation.

In this unit, pupils learn to identify the simple present and past tenses by focusing on the verbs in sentences. They learn that a simple sentence is a complete sentence about one idea and can be a statement, question or command. They learn that two related ideas can be joined by the word 'and'.

Simple sentences

Tick the examples of whole ideas that make complete sense on their own.

Match the tense to the correct verb example.

Each idea in a simple sentence must contain...

a type of simple sentence that expresses a fact or opinion

a type of simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer

a type of simple sentence that tells someone to do something

Match the sentence type with its definition.

Tick the second idea which best builds on this first idea: The story is exciting and...

Match the sentences together so that the second idea builds on the first idea. The sentence must make complete sense.

Identify the sentence that makes complete sense.

Which of these words is used to join sentences together?

Find the two answers that could complete this sentence: Most grammatically accurate sentences...

Which word is missing from this sentence? The dark barked _____ the man jumped.

Identify the verb in this sentence: The mouse runs along the wall.

Starter Quiz

Identify the sentence that makes complete sense.