Joining using 'and'

English

Present tense

Past tense

Present and past tense

Statements and questions

Questions and commands

Co-ordination with '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

Which joining word would join these two simple sentences together? The children played _____ the parents chatted.

Which simple sentence does this first idea relate best to? The moon shone.

Match the first idea to the second idea that it relates to.

Tick the sentence with the correct punctuation.

a naming word that does not need a capital letter

a naming word that does need a capital letter

Match these key words to their definition:

Identify the verb in this sentence: The sky is blue.

Starter Quiz

Tick the sentence with the correct punctuation.