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Adjectives Pronouns
Prepositions Conjunctions
Interjections
Nouns: A noun is the name of any object: a person, an animal, a thing, an idea or a place.
Adjective: An adjective is a word used to describe a noun. It tells you more about it.
Verb: Verbs are very common. They are commonly known as ‘doing words.’
Adverb: An adverb is used to describe a verb. It adds information to the verb. Adverbs are easy to spot because they
usually end in the letters ‘ly.’
Conjunction/Connectives: A conjunction such as ‘and,’ ‘or’ and ‘but’ is used to link words, clauses and sentences.
Pronouns: Pronouns can take the place of nouns that have already been used. Sentences would become cluttered and ugly
without them eg:he, she, them, his him etc…
Preposition: The words that tells the position of the noun such as up, down, beside,etcc…
Interjection: The function of interjections is to express emotions or sudden bursts of feelings. They can express a wide
variety of emotions such as: excitement, joy, surprise, or disgust.Eg:Wow!, yikes!, Oh no!
however but because
despite yet
Pick the best connective from above for each
sentence below:
shall
will must
would
can
might ought
may
should
Modal Verbs
Can you change the modal verbs in these sentences so that they are negative?
be cake
am cat
Now write any exclamation on your whiteboard.
Change all the underlined verbs from the past
tense to the present tense.
plymouth his
shop wales
tesco dad
dog primary school
thoughtfulness lipson
elephant her
bradley i
joe my brother
table mum Now add capital letters to
happiness the proper nouns
Pick the correct word for each sentence below.
Subject
Verb
Object
Subject, Verb, Object
magazine in the bin. He then banged his leg on a chair and found
It was a bad day for Gary. His favourite magazine was accidentally
thrown in the bin. His leg was banged on a chair and his best
In these three sentences the subject does the action. Hence they are in the
active voice.
Passive Voice
In the passive voice, the verb takes an object.
O V S
All children| are loved | by their parents.
Nests | are built | by birds.
Bones | are eaten | by dog.
The person or thing that the action is done to, can be the subject of the sentence. Then we use a passive verb
form.
To make a verb passive, use a “be” verb (am, are, is, was, were, be) with the past participle of the action verb
(broken, taken, helped, stolen, created, pleased, eaten ...)
Use by to show the person or thing that does the action.
Example: The cat caught a mouse. (Active) / A mouse was caught by the cat. (Passive)
3. Drivers who break the speed limit will be caught by automatic cameras.
The field was ploughed by the farmer with his blue tractor
Brackets – put the brackets around the correct
information.
1. Jimmy the boy next door enjoyed football.
2. Yesterday when it was sunny we ate cake.
3. The chocolate bar which contained 400 calories
was enjoyed by everyone.
4. Our local supermarket Sainsbury’s is very busy
on a Saturday.
Now make a list of 10 proper nouns.