Lesson video

Hello everyone.

My name is Mrs Riley and I'm here today to do some learning with you.

Today's lesson is all about grammar and we're going to be looking at two different types of sentences.

I hope you're ready to learn, let's get started.

The outcome of today's lesson is to recognise the different between a statement and a question.

Here are the keywords that we'll be using in our lesson today.

Don't worry if any of these words seem unfamiliar because we're going to keep talking about them throughout the lesson.

I'm going to say each word and then I'd like you to repeat it back to me.

My turn, your turn.

Are you ready? I hope you've got your listening ears ready and your loud speaking voices ready.

Here we go.

Statement.

Question.

Fact.

Opinion.

Question mark.

Well done, that was really nice and clear.

So, in today's lesson we have got two different learning cycles.

The first one is we're going to look at statements.

Hm, let's find out what a statement is.

First, let's listen to some sentences.

Here's a lovely picture, can you see it? Lots of lovely flowers and I can see some water there.

So here's my first sentence.

The children played in the garden.

The bright sun shines.

Andeep smells the flowers.

I wonder which ones he's smelling, those red ones look like they might smell nice.

The grass is wet.

Ooh, maybe this is first thing in the morning.

First thing in the morning the grass is often wet.

Okay, so now we've looked at some sentences.

Let's remind ourselves of the key features of a simple sentence.

The features on my face might be my eyes, or nose, or mouth, so the features of a simple sentence are all the different parts that make it a simple sentence.

So a simple sentence is about one idea.

If I said the children played and they were feeling happy, but they were also a little bit worried because the sky was growing dark and they thought it might rain, that's not a simple sentence because it had lots and lots of ideas in it.

A simple sentence is about one idea, for instance, the children played, that's one idea.

It makes complete sense.

It contains at least one noun.

A noun is a naming word for a person, a place, or a thing.

It contains only one verb and a verb is a being or doing word.

And it starts with a capital letter and it ends with a full stop.

So these are all features of a simple sentence.

If it's a simple sentence, we should be able to tick it has all of those features in it.

So let's go back to our sentences again and check.

First of all, do they make complete sense? Are you listening? The children played in the garden.

Yeah, I think that makes sense.

Maybe when I read the next ones you could do thumbs up if you think it makes sense or thumbs down if you think it doesn't make sense.

The bright sun shines.

Yeah, I think that makes sense.

Arjun smells the flowers.

Yeah that makes sense as well, doesn't it? And finally, the grass is wet.

Well done, all of those make sense.

So that's the first feature of a simple sentence.

Let's check the other features.

Are they all about one idea? Let me just go through them.

The children played in the garden, that's one idea.

The bright sun shines is one idea.

Arjun smells the flowers, one idea.

The grass wet, it's one idea.

So yes, they all tick the box for that feature as well.

We've already checked they make sense.

Now let's check they contain at least a noun.

A noun is a naming word for a person, a place, or a thing.

Perhaps you could take a little bit of time, if you want you can pause the video, and you can try and shout some nouns that you can see.

Off you go.

Okay, well done, let's have a look.

Let's first look for some people because people are nouns.

Um, children and Arjun, they're both naming words for people.

Now let's see if we can find some things.

Ooh, garden and sun and flowers and grass.

So yes, definitely our sentences have got nouns in them.

Ooh, it contains one verb.

A verb is a being or doing word.

What's a verb? Well done, a being or doing word.

In a minute we're going to look for some verbs but first let's just remind ourselves of the last two features which are capital and ending with a full stop.

So let's try and spot those being or doing verbs.

The children played in the garden.

What is the thing that the children are doing? Can you have some thinking time, what is the thing the children are doing? Could you tell me? Yes, played.

Played is the verb.

Next time when you've got your answer maybe you could hold it on your chest and then when I go like this you can tell me your answer.

The bright sun shines.

What is the verb? Thinking time, what is the thing the sun is doing? Hold it on your chest.

The verb is, well done, shines is the verb.

It's the thing the sun is doing.

Arjun smells the flowers.

Hold it on your chest.

What's the verb? What is Arjun doing? Well done, smells is the verb.

And finally, the grass is wet.

This one is bit tricky, I'm going to give you a hint, remember a verb is a being or doing verb.

Could you hold the word on your chest if you know what the verb is.

The verb is.

(gasping) Well done if you got that, that was really tricky, the verb is, is.

The grass, grass is a noun, it's the naming word for a thing, and wet is an adjective, it's describing the noun.

So the verb is the word is, it's a being word.

Words like is or are are all being words, they're special types of verbs.

We call these simple sentences because they have all of the features that we were looking for.

These are called simple sentences.

What are they called? And a bit louder.

Well done, simple sentences.

Here's a check for your understanding.

A simple sentence, A, contains an adverb, B, is a sentence about one idea, C, is a sentence about two ideas, D, makes complete sense.

Which of these answers are correct? There might be more than one option.

Pause the video now while you can tell me what a simple sentence is.

Off you go.

Okay, well done.

The correct answers are a simple sentence is a sentence about one idea and it makes complete sense.

Well done if you spotted those correct answers.

Okay, so a statement is a type of simple sentence that expresses a fact or opinion.

That's quite a lot to think about, so let's break that down a little bit.

A statement is a type of simple sentence.

So we've learnt what a simple sentence is and now we're going to learn that there are different types of simple sentence, and one of them is a statement.

My turn, your turn.

Statement.

Statement.

Ooh, well done.

So a statement can express a fact or opinion.

So let's think about what those two things mean.

There is a bird in the tree.

This is a fact.

That bird is beautiful.

This is an opinion.

Let's look at this in more detail.

A fact is something that is known to be true or can be proved, for example, there is a bird in the tree.

Either there is a bird in the tree or there is not.

It can be proved right or wrong by looking.

And of course if we couldn't look to check something, so if I said, it's a sunny day, you could look and you could see that that is true or not true, but if I said something like it is going to rain tomorrow, you obviously can't look to see that, but you could look somewhere you could look on the weather forecast, you could go onto perhaps the internet and go and type in what's the weather tomorrow where you live and you could find out what the weather is going to be.

So I think this would be a good action for fact because it's something that we could see or something that we could check to see if it is true or not.

So, let's find out more about an opinion.

An opinion is a personal view about something.

That bird is beautiful.

Izzy thinks the bird is beautiful.

This is how she feels.

Andeep might not think the same.

We call this an opinion and I think we should do this for our action for opinion because it's what we think.

It's okay to have different opinions because we all have different feelings and that's a good thing because it makes us all different.

For example, I might go to a shop and I might really like a jumper and I might think, ooh I love that jumper, I love the colour of it, I love the way it feels, so I'm gonna buy that jumper to wear.

Somebody else might not like that jumper, they might like a different jumper and that's why we're all dressed in different ways.

If we all liked the same things and we all felt the same ways, it would be a bit boring.

So I think these should be our actions.

I'm going to do my turn, your turn but with the actions now.

Are you ready? Fact.

Opinion.

Well done.

Here's a check for your understanding.

A statement expresses a fact or opinion.

Is this true or false? Pause the video now.

Well done for giving that a go.

The answer is true, a statement expresses a fact or opinion.

These are both statements.

One is fact and the other is an opinion.

Lying on the grass is fun.

The grass is very wet.

Hm, have some thinking time.

Which one is a fact and which one is an opinion? Perhaps you could pause the video while you try and think about the answer.

Let's think about this in more detail.

Lying on the grass is fun.

Do you think lying on the grass is fun? Ooh, I heard some different answers.

Some people might think lying on the grass is fun.

I like lying on the grass and looking up at the clouds when they're moving, especially I like it on a windy day when they're moving.

But someone else might think it's a bit boring just lying on the grass.

So that means it must be an opinion.

It's not something that can be proved, it's just something that we feel.

The grass is very wet.

Now, I could probably check by looking at grass to see if it's wet.

Or if I couldn't check by looking, I could feel the grass, it could be proven.

We could say, yes it is wet, or no it is not.

So hopefully you're starting to see the difference between a fact and an opinion.

Statements most often end with full stops.

So these are both, even though one is a fact and one is an opinion, they both are statements and we can see they both end in a full stop.

Let's look at another picture.

Have some thinking time, what's happening here? Look closely.

Partner A and partner B are going to have different roles.

Partner A is going to make a statement about this picture.

Remember, a statement is a type of simple sentence, it could be a fact, something you can see, or it could be an opinion, a feeling you have.

Partner B is going to decide if the statement is a fact or opinion.

I'm going to do two examples to help you a little bit.

So I'm going to look at this picture and first of all I'm going to say a fact, something I can see.

The man is on the boat.

I can see the man is on the boat or in the boat, it's something I can see.

He either is in the boat or he isn't, and I can see that he is.

That is a fact.

Now I'm going to do an opinion.

He looks sad.

I don't know if he's sad, but I think he might be a bit sad.

You might disagree, you might think I think he looks happy.

Another opinion I might have is rowing is boring.

I might think rowing is boring, but you might say, Mrs Riley you're wrong, rowing is really fun.

It's our opinion.

Could you now pause the video and decide who's going to be partner A and who's going to be partner B.

Partner A say one statement about the picture and partner B say, hm, I think that's a fact or I think that's an opinion and then you can swap roles.

Pause the video while you complete this now.

Well done.

Let's have a look at another picture.

This is your first proper task, so before we were warming up and now this is your real task.

Have a look at this picture.

This is a kingfisher, could you be a detective? What's happening here? Have a bit of time to think.

Just as before, I would like partner A to make a statement about this picture.

It could be a fact, something you see, or it could be an opinion, something you think.

Partner B decide whether the statement is a fact or opinion and maybe you could do the actions as well, and then you can swap roles.

So good luck with your first task for today.

Pause the video now.

Okay, well done.

Let's have a look at some statements you might have made.

The bird is catching a fish.

That is a fact.

We can all see that the bird has got its beak open and is catching the fish.

The next statement is that bird is beautiful.

This is an opinion.

I might think that this bird is beautiful, but you might disagree.

Fish tastes yummy.

This is an opinion.

I think fish tastes yummy, but you might disagree, you might not like the taste of fish.

Some birds eat fish.

This is a fact.

If I wasn't sure if this was true or false, I could maybe look it up.

Do birds eat fish? And I would be able to find the answer.

It's either true or false, so it's a fact.

Okay, well done.

We're now going to look at the second learning cycle which is about questions.

A question is a type of simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer.

What colour is the bird? Where is the nest? I think this should be our action for a question.

My turn, your turn.

Question.

Well done, question.

Okay, so a question, let's think about this again, is a simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer.

So, what colour is the bird? The reader might then answer the bird is brown or the bird is blue.

Where is the nest? The nest is in the tree.

The nest is by the lake.

You would have to give an answer so it is a question.

A question always ends with a question mark.

A question always ends with a, well done, a question mark.

What colour is the bird? Can you see the question mark at the end? Where is the nest? Can you point to the question mark? Pointing, ooh well done, you spotted it.

It comes at the end of the sentence where a full stop would normally come and it shows the reader that this is a question.

A question mark almost starts off like half a circle and then down, and then a dot.

A question mark.

Maybe you could quickly draw a question mark in the air.

Off you go.

Well done.

Here's a check for understanding.

Is this true or false? A question tells someone to do something.

True or false? Pause the video now.

Okay well done for having a go, the correct answer is false.

A question doesn't tell someone to do something, it might ask them to do something, like, please can you get my socks out of the drawer? But it doesn't always tell someone to do something.

Look at this picture.

Ooh, it's a nice picture.

Have a look, have some thinking time, what's happening here? I think this might be an old-fashioned picture because it's in black and white and that baby looks like it's in quite an old-fashioned bonnet and in an old-fashioned pushchair.

Ooh, so this time partner B is going to ask a question about this picture and partner A is going to listen to your partner and then try and think of a different question that you can ask.

So this is a talk task.

So look at the picture.

Partner B is going to ask a question about the picture and then partner A is going to ask a different question about the picture.

Pause the video while you complete that talk task.

Okay, well done, let's look at some questions you might have asked.

How old is the baby? Hm, I wonder.

Where is the baby going? Maybe the baby's going to a party or something and that's why it's wearing that little bonnet.

Who is the baby looking at? Why is the baby wearing a hat? These all end with a question mark.

Can you see the question marks? These are all questions.

We could answer each question if we knew the answer.

For example, if this was my baby and somebody said to me, how old is the baby? I might say, the baby is one year old.

Where is the baby going? The answer might be, the baby is going to a party.

Who is the baby looking at? The baby is looking at the person taking the photo.

Why is the baby wearing a hat? The baby is wearing a hat to keep it warm.

Now I don't know if they're the right answers, but they could be answers and we can see that each of these questions is asking someone to give an answer.

Here's a check for your understanding.

What punctuation mark does a question always end with? Is it A, a full stop? Is it B, a comma? Or is it C, a question mark? Pause the video while you think about the answer.

The correct answer is C, a question mark.

A question always ends with a question mark.

Let's read some sentences.

The grass is green.

Where are the bees? The flowers smell wonderful.

I would like you to decide whether each sentence is a statement or a question.

If it's a statement, you can write the letter S because statement starts with the letter S.

If you think it's a question, you can write the letter Q because question starts with the letter Q.

Okay, so this first round of sentences is my turn and then you're going to have a turn later on.

So let me show you how to do this task.

So I'm going to read the first sentence again, the grass is green.

Hm, I think that's not a question, I'm not looking for an answer, I'm just giving a statement.

I'm actually giving a fact, it's something that I could tell by looking at the grass.

So this is a statement, so I would write the letter S next to it.

Can you see the S I've written? Okay, number two.

Where are the bees? Well I can spot a question mark at the end of this sentence and it's asking a question, I'm asking for an answer, where are the bees? So I think this is a question, so I'm going to write the Q.

Number three, the flowers smell wonderful.

Well this hasn't got a question mark, so I don't think it's a question.

This must be a statement so I'm going to write an S.

The first statement was a fact, the grass is green, it's something you can prove.

The flowers smell wonderful is an opinion.

So you can see the two different types of statements there.

I might think the flowers smell wonderful, but you might disagree.

So now it's your turn.

Are you ready? You've got exactly the same task that I just showed.

First we're going to read these sentences.

Are you listening? I love roses.

A tree fell down.

What was that noise? Could you decide whether each sentence is a statement or a question? Remember a statement could be a fact or an opinion.

Write S if you think it's a statement or Q if you think it's a question.

Pause the video while you complete this task now.

Well done, let's go through the answers.

I love roses, that is a statement.

It's an opinion.

I love roses, you might not like roses, but it is a statement.

A tree fell down.

This is also a statement so I've written the letter S.

This one is actually a fact, it is something I would be able to see.

What was that noise? This is a question.

What was that noise? Somebody might give me an answer.

Oh, it was the sound of a tree falling down perhaps.

Okay, here's another task.

Read each sentence carefully and decide whether it is a statement or a question.

Write S for statements and Q for a question.

Lions live in prides.

What do monkeys eat? I love zebras.

Is that a cheetah? Giraffes have long necks.

So could you pause the video now while you complete this task and decide if each sentence is a statement or a question and write an S or a Q by each one.

Let's go through the answers together.

Lions live in prides.

This is a statement.

It's a fact.

What do monkeys eat? This is a question.

It has a question mark at the end of it.

I love zebras.

This is a statement.

It is an opinion.

Is that a cheetah? This is a question with a question mark at the end of it.

Giraffes have long necks.

This is a statement.

It is a fact.

Well done for all your hard work today.

Here's a summary of what we've learnt.

We've learnt that a simple sentence is about one idea that makes complete sense.

We've learnt that a statement is a simple sentence that expresses a fact or opinion.

A statement ends with a full stop.

A question is a another type of simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer.

Well done for concentrating so hard in this lesson.

Now you've got two useful tools up your sleeve.

You can write a statement or a question and you know the difference now between a fact and an opinion and these things will all be really useful when you come to do your writing.

So well done for all your hard work and hopefully I'll see you again soon, bye.