Lesson video

Hello and welcome.

My name is Mr. Santhanam and this is lesson four of 10.

In today's learning objective we are going to be learning how to use commas in a list.

Before we begin, I want to play a little game with you.

It's called I went to the shops.

I'm going to go to the shops and I'm going to buy something and then I want you to add onto that.

You can play this game with your friends, your parent, your carer, or even your teacher.

I went to this shop and I bought a rocking horse.

So now you need to repeat what I said and then include something else.

I went to the shops and I bought a rocking horse.

Oh, I heard someone say that they went to the shops and they bought a rocking horse and a robot.

Wow.

I went to the shops and I bought a rocking horse, a robot, and I bought a hmm.

a ball.

Now your turn.

Oh, great idea.

You said I went to the shops and I bought a rocking horse, a robot, a ball, and a tennis racket.

Okay, let me try and remember this.

I went to the shops and I bought a rocking horse, a robot, a ball, a tennis racket, and I bought a PlayStation.

Okay, your turn.

Wow, okay.

I went to the shops and I bought a rocking horse, a robot, a ball, a tennis racket, a PlayStation, and a.

And a skipping rope.

Your turn.

Okay.

I went to the shops and I bought a rocking horse, a robot, a ball, a tennis racket, a PlayStation, a skipping rope, a.

Barbie and a remote control car.

Your turn.

Okay.

Last one now.

I went to the shops and I bought a rocking horse, a.

I went to the shops and I bought a rocking horse, a robot, a ball, a tennis racket, a PlayStation, a skipping rope, a Barbie, a remote control car and, and some slime.

Amazing.

Did you notice how I was saying all the items? I wasn't saying a rocking horse and a robot and a PlayStation and a.

I was just saying all the items and at the end, I said and.

We're going to learn a little bit more about this later on in the lessons, but for now let's get started.

In this lesson you will need some paper, a pencil, and your brilliant brain.

Pause the video now while you go and get those things.

Super-duper, let's begin the lesson.

Okay.

So in today's lesson we're going to start off with doing sentence types.

We're going to learn a little bit more about what makes sentences different from each other.

And then after that, we're going to apply that knowledge into doing some writing.

We're going to have a look at a sentence jumble.

All the sentences have been jumbled up and we need to try and put them into the correct sentence families.

We're then going to learn a little bit more about using commas in a list.

And after that, we're going to help the fire chief by making a list for him for his fire safety pack.

And again, we'll need to some commas in a list for that.

Let's begin.

So, first of all, do you remember what the four sentence types are? Hmm, scratch your brain and have a little thing.

What could they be? So, the four sentence types are; statement, statement.

I'm saying a fact, I'm making a statement.

Question.

Question.

I'm asking a question.

This always begins with a question word and ends with a question mark.

Command.

Command.

This is when I'm instructing someone or commanding someone to do something.

Exclamation.

Exclamation.

This is when I'm exclaiming something in a powerful way.

So I've got four sentences here and I want you to have a think about what kind of sentences do you think they are? Let's have a look at them.

Stop! Did he stop? He stopped.

How he stopped! Okay.

Now, there are some clues here that give me a good indication about what kind of sentences these are.

But there are some that I'm a little bit confused about.

Hmm, let's start.

The first one says "Stop!" And it's got an exclamation mark at the end.

Well, I know that all exclamations end with an exclamation mark.

Well, I know that all exclamation sentences end with an explanation mark so it must be exclamation.

What do you think? Ah, well, I heard some people saying that they agree with me because there's an exclamation mark there, but I also heard some people saying that they thought it might be a command because it's telling someone to do something.

Let's have a look and see.

So our first sentence stop is a command.

It's telling someone what to do.

You can always tell a command sentence because it always starts with an imperative verb.

Imperative verbs are always telling you to do something and instructing you to do something.

Close the door.

The imperative verb is close.

Open the window.

The imperative verb is open.

Cook the dinner.

The imperative verb is cook.

Clean your shoes.

The imperative verb is clean.

Let's find out what the next one is.

Did he stop? What kind of sentence do you think that one is? Oh, I had some people saying that it was a question because did, is a question word and it has a question mark at the end, so it must be a question.

Let's find out if you're right.

Of course, if something has a question on the end, it is definitely always going to be a question.

So that one is quite simple.

How about the next one? He stopped? Hmm.

What do you think? Ah, sounds like some people were saying that it was a command because it's got an imperative verb in there.

"Stop!" Some people were saying that it is a statement 'cause it's a simple fact.

Hmm, let's find out.

It is a statement.

It's a simple fact saying that he stopped.

It's a statement.

We're not asking anything, we're not commanding anyone to do anything.

It does have a verb in there but it's telling you that he stopped.

And finally, let's see hmm, "How he stopped!" That's an exclamation.

It does have an exclamation on the end.

And you can always tell when there's an exclamation, because it usually starts with how or what.

Let's move on.

Okay, it's now time for us to have a little look at our sentence jumble.

A naughty burglar has come and jumbled up all our sentences.

Naughty, naughty burglar.

And he's put them all in the wrong kinds of sentences.

We've got green for question, command.

Purple for command.

Blue for statement and pink for exclamation.

Now, for instance, I can see that there is a question saying, what is your name? And that's in the exclamation colour.

That's not right is it? What our job is is that we're going to have to separate all the sentences into their correct columns.

On your piece of paper I would like you to do four separate columns.

One for question, one for command, one for statement and one for exclamation.

I would then like you to put them into the correct columns.

Don't forget our rules.

Did he stop? A question always ends with a question mark and begins with a question word.

A statement is a simple fact or statement and an exclamation usually begins with how or what.

And it always has an exclamation on the end.

Okay.

Good luck putting your sentences into the correct columns.

Amazing, I can tell that you're really starting to get a grip of those sentence types.

Now it's time for us to learn how to use commas in a list.

Do you remember when I was talking about all the things that we bought at the toy shop earlier on? What kinds of things did I buy? Hmm.

So, when we are talking about more than one item in a sentence, we need to use commas to separate them.

So when I was talking about the rocking horse and the robot and the PlayStation and the Barbie, if I've got four different things in a sentence, I need to separate them by using a comma in between.

Let's have a little look.

What's wrong with this sentence? Jenny bought some apples grapes bananas strawberries pears for her fruit salad.

It doesn't sound quite right, does it? We need to change something to improve it.

What could it be? Ah of course, I need to use a comma to separate all the items. And then right before the last item I need to say, and.

Otherwise I'd be saying Jenny bought some apples and grapes and bananas and strawberries and pears.

And we don't want say that in our writing.

We always separate the items by using a comma and then we put and at the end, let's have a read and think about what it says.

Every time that I see a comma I want you to clap with me.

Are you ready? Jenny bought some apples, grapes, bananas, strawberries and pears for her fruit salad.

I nearly clapped on the and then did you see me? I hope you didn't.

Okay our next part of, oh, sorry.

I've just got, my phone's ringing.

Sorry, I've just got to answer this one second.

Hello? Yes, this is Mrs. Santhanam.

Yes, I am talking to the children.

Oh dear.

Oh, oh no.

Oh no.

Don't they know not to light fires in a dry forest? Ah, that's awful.

Okay.

Yes, I can ask them.

All right.

He wants to know if you can help him with something.

Can you help him? Oh, amazing.

I knew that we can rely on you.

Yes, they're going to help you.

Okay, I'll call you back very soon.

All right.

Take care.

Bye bye.

So, the fire chief needs your help.

There's a fire in the forest.

There are animals, plants, and humans in danger, and he needs you to write a list of all the things that he will need to help everyone.

Now, he seemed very panicked on the phone.

So he gave me a list of some of the things that he might need.

But the only problem is that we need to put them into a list.

I wonder if, I wish I remembered what the rules are for when we put things into a list.

Do you remember? Oh that's right.

We have to separate the items with commas and then before the last item we put and.

So you're going to begin your sentence with the fire chief needs.

and.

Okay.

Pause your video now while you write your sentence.

So, you should have written the fire chief needs a fire blanket, a hose, a first aid kit, some goggles, a fire helmet, thick gloves, and plenty of towels.

Is that what you wrote? If it wasn't, don't worry.

We will always have a chance to practise it another time.

Your challenge task now is to write your own list of things in, is to write your own list using commas to separate the items. And, and before the last item.

You could pretend that you were going to the toy shop like we did earlier on.

You could pretend that you're going to the vegetable shop or the supermarket, or maybe, even the pet shop.

What kind of animals are you going to buy at the pet shop? Good luck writing your lists.

Okay, amazing work today.

We've done lots of different things.

We have written lists using commas to separate the items. We have sorted out all the different sentence types into their sentence families.

And we've even helped out the fire chief and saved all those animals in the forest.

Well done for all your hard work.

I'm sending you lots of shine.

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I'll see you next time.

Bye-bye.