Tenses
Identify the tense: She walks to school every day.
Explain the function of the identified tense.
Present Tense.
Used for facts and habits/things that happen frequently.
Identify the types of nouns:
Milly, the cat, pawed the tank of fish on a table. Milly's courage is astounding to me.
Proper noun: Milly
Common noun: cat, fish, table
Collective noun: tank
Abstract noun: courage
Identify the sentence type:
Where is your notebook?
Interrogative sentence
Active/Passive? How do you know?
The cake was baked by my grandmother.
Passive. Contains passive verb form: was baked and the agent is at the back of the sentence.
Identify: The stars danced in the dark night sky.
Explain the literary technique.
Change into past continuous: They swim in the local pool on Saturday.
They were swimming in the local pool on Saturday.
Fill in the blanks:
My father is _______________ than yours. My father is the ______________ in the world.
stronger, strongest
braver, bravest
better, best
Sentence type?
I wanted to go outside, but it started to rain.
Compound sentence
Change to passive: The teacher explains the lesson.
The lesson is explained by the teacher.
Identify: Her smile was as bright as the sun.
Explain what the usage tells you about her.
Simile. She has a brilliant/friendly smile/ a smile that lights up the room.
By the time we arrived, she _________ (finish) her work.
had finished
Find the adverb and adverbial phrase: Amanda quickly finished her homework the moment she came home.
quickly, the moment she came home
Rewrite as compound sentence: Because he was tired, he went to bed early.
He was tired, so he went to bed early.
He went to bed early for he was tired.
Change to active: A new bridge will be built by the city council next month.
The city council will build a new bridge next month.
Explain the difference between simile and metaphor.
Simile compares using 'as' and 'like'.
Metaphor tells the comparison without 'as' and 'like'.
What is the difference between these sentences:
a) The Titanic sank on 15th April.
b) The Titanic is an ocean liner.
Sentence a uses past tense because the ship is no longer operating. Sentence b uses present tense because it is a factual statement.
What word class is 'although'?
We went outside to play although it was raining.
connective/ subordinating conjunction
Identify the main and subordinate clause.
She grinned toothily when she saw her best friend.
Subordinate: when she saw her best friend
Active: subject performs the action
Passive: subject receives the action
Identify: Life is a rollercoaster; full of ups and downs.
Provide another example of your own.
Metaphor.
E.g. His words were sharp daggers that could go straight into your heart.
Explain the difference.
a) Titanic sank on 15th April 1912.
b) The Titanic is an infamous British ocean liner.
a) Past tense is used because it is an occurrence in the past. It is no longer happening.
b) Present tense is used for factual statements or habitual actions.
Identify the verbs and types:
She is writing a letter and will send it tomorrow.
is writing - present continuous
will sent - simple future
Change into complex sentence: The sun set, and we went home.
When the sun set, we went home.
Change into passive: She had completed the project ahead of time before the deadline.
Create a sentence containing alliteration beginning with the letter/sound of 'p'.
Peggy the penguin peered over the park.