a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense

a group of words that contains a verb and makes complete sense

a sentence formed of two main clauses and a joining word

a word that joins two main clauses to form a compound sentence

a punctuation mark used before 'but' or 'or' co-ordinating conjunctions in a compound sentence

Simple and compound sentences revision

English

In this unit, pupils revise all the grammar and punctuation learnt from Year 1 - Year 6.

In 'Punctuation', pupils learnt how to use the colon and the semi-colon. In this unit, pupils will revise all the grammar and punctuation learnt from Year 1 - Year 6. 

Review, including word class, sentence types, tense, commas and colons

We visited London during the february half-term holiday.

We visited london during the February half-term holiday.

We visited London during the February half-term holiday.

Tick the sentence that has all the correct capital letters.

Under the cover of darkness, we stepped into the house.

We stepped into the house and we held our breath.

Tick the correct list of co-ordinating conjunctions.

Tick the sentences which are exclamations.

Aisha wants to rewrite this question as a statement. Which version is correct? 'Could she hear me?'

We tried to fit the pieces in, but they wouldn't go.

A fit person can run for longer than an unfit one.

In which sentences is 'fit' being used as a verb?

We put on an incredible show for the parents.

In which sentence is 'show' used as a noun?

Which words are determiners in this sentence? 'My feet are killing me after that long walk!'

What is the noun phrase in this sentence? 'He opened the heavy, wooden door.'

Which words are adverbs in this sentence? 'Because he'd worked hard, he was quite tired.'

Starter Quiz