Lesson video

Hello and welcome to lesson number five of unit 23.

Incomplete sentences and tense with me, Mr Halpin.

I hope you're okay.

Let's begin.

For today's session.

You will need a pen, some paper, and to switch your brain on.

Please pause the video.

If you need to collect any of this equipment, resume the video when you are ready.

So today's lesson is going to look like this.

We're going to recap some previously taught concepts.

We're going to look at incomplete sentences.

We're going to focus on was and were.

You're going to create some amazing writing.

And then you're going to smash your quiz.

Okay.

Our recap, which of these sentences is in the past tense.

Pause your video to read the sentences or listen to me, read them aloud.

Option number one, Ashanti whispered to John.

Option number two, Nusrat is playing basketball.

Option number three, I am eating a piece of cake.

Option number four, we are going to the shops tomorrow.

You can point to your screen or shout out loud.

One, two, three, Ashanti whispered to John.

Well done if you've got the answer correct, you remembered the -ed ending on our past tense verbs.

Some of you may have chosen option four.

And the clue with option four is the word tomorrow.

Remember we were looking for the past tense, something that has already happened.

Well done if you got this answer correct.

Past tense, an action that has already happened.

Cried, played, climbed, these past tense verbs, all have that -ed ending.

Be careful though, not all verbs follow this rule, which of these words is an irregular verb.

Pause the video, read the responses or listen to me read them aloud.

Option one, stayed option two, lived option three, fought option four, bumped.

Point to your screen, or shout out loud.

One, two, three, fought.

Fantastic, well done.

Fought does not follow that -ed ending Irregular verbs, some verbs cannot be changed from what happens to what happened by adding -ed.

Verbs like brought, drank and gave.

Moving on now we're going to look at incomplete sentences and I have a rule for you.

A sentence must contain a subject and verb.

If it does not, then it is a mistake called an incomplete sentence.

So we want to avoid using incomplete sentences.

In order for our writing to be correct, a sentence must include subject and a verb.

Let's have a look at some examples.

Listen to these sentences.

Hopefully you'll be able to hear the mistake.

It amazing.

Went to the shops yesterday.

There trees on that road.

They don't quite sound right, do they? That's because they are incomplete.

They are missing either a subject or a verb.

Let's try and fix them.

Why is it amazing, incomplete? Because it doesn't have a verb.

Why is went to the shops yesterday incomplete? Because it has no subject.

So how can we fix them? All you need to do is add a subject or a verb.

It is amazing.

I went to the shops yesterday.

There are trees on that road.

A sentence must contain a subject and verb.

What is the subject of this sentence? I played cricket.

One, two, three.

I well done.

What about the verb? What is the verb in this sentence.

I played cricket.

Played.

Well done.

You need to make sure that your sentences contain a subject and a verb.

Your turn now, can you complete these sentences? Sam laughed, subject, verb, complete.

What do you think Sam laughed.

Yes, that is a complete sentence.

Sam, the subject, the person or the thing laughed the action.

The thing that took place, that is a complete sentence.

Okay, your turn now.

I'd like you to pause your video and have a go at this task.

Are the sentences already complete? Can you identify a subject and a verb or are they incomplete? Is the subject or the verb missing? Resume your video when you are ready.

All finished? Wonderful.

Do your answers look like this? Superb work if they do.

They are funny subject, yes they, verb yes are.

That is a complete sentence.

Bill Sykes mean subject, yes, Bill Sykes.

Verb? No there's a verb missing.

This sentence is incomplete.

Ate takeaway, who ate takeaway? Subject is missing on this incomplete sentence.

Remember a sentence must contain a subject and a verb.

Which of these three sentences is correct.

Got a new phone yesterday.

It an awesome song.

They are going to the party later.

Point your screen, or shout out one, two, three.

They are going to the party later, they, subject well done.

Moving on now to was and were.

And another rule for you.

In the past, change the verb to be to was if the subject is singular, just one, change it to were if the subject is plural or you.

Using was and were in a sentence.

Let's have a look at this table.

These sentences use was and were incorrectly.

I were hungry.

You was hungry.

We was hungry.

They have used was and were incorrectly.

So let's fix them.

I was hungry.

You were hungry, we were hungry.

Use was, if the subject is singular, just one single pringle use were if the subject is plural more than one or the subject is you.

Which of these is not a correct use of was or were in the past.

You was angry.

They were delighted with the result.

He was tired yesterday.

Point your screen, or shout out loud your response.

One, two, three, you was angry.

Fantastic if you got that correct.

Remember you needs to be followed by the word were fantastic.

Your turn now.

You're going to be filling in the blanks to complete these sentences.

We're going to be looking at using the word was or were.

Remember to use the word was if the subject is singular, just one and the word were if the subject is plural more than one or you.

Let's go through some examples first.

I blank born in 1956.

I just one singular.

What word should we use there then.

They blank the first arrive.

They more than one plural.

The baby blank quiet throughout the show.

The baby, just one.

Let's have a look at these complete sentences.

I was born in 1956.

They were the first to arrive.

The baby was quiet throughout the show.

Remember use the word was if the subject is singular, use the word were if the subject is plural or you.

Your turn now.

Pause the video to complete these sentences Resume once you are done.

Finished superb.

Do your answers look like this? Amazing work if they do.

Number four, the children more than one child plural were loud and rude.

You were frustrated after the meeting, she was sad yesterday.

Brilliant work.

Now it's time for your writing.

Remember in these lessons, you'll be writing many stories based on some pictures.

Today we're aiming to be writing a paragraph, but you still need to be aware of your writing checks.

And here they are for today's lesson.

Check number one, you have written what happened throughout, past tense.

Check number two, you've put capital letters on specific names of people and places.

Check number three.

All of your sentences have a subject and a verb, they're complete sentences.

Keep those checks in mind whilst you're doing your writing.

In these sessions, you need to make sure that your stories are realistic and believable, and you can do this by telling what you know happened.

Pause your video and have a look at this image.

Think about who you can see, the subject and what actions they are doing, verbs.

Who do we have subject, Henry.

Remember when you write Henry to make sure you start with a capital H and what is Henry doing? What's the actions, what are the verbs climbed, reached.

We can clearly see here Henry has climbed into an apple tree and reached for an apple.

Moving on, let's have a look at the next picture.

Pause your video, and have a look at this.

Think about subject and verb.

Who do we have subject, Henry verbs we might use in our writing, picked or ate.

And the final part of our story, is this picture here.

Pause your video once again and have a look at this.

Subject, Henry verbs dropped perhaps here is the complete sequence.

Pause your video, 30 seconds or a minute if you'd like planned what you're going to write about Henry.

Remember tell what happened.

Okay.

I would like you to start your writing with these two sentences.

Henry found an apple tree.

He saw that it had lots of tasty apples.

Okay.

Pause your video now to complete your writing task.

Resume when you are ready.

Okay.

Hopefully you've written some amazing paragraphs.

This is what mine looks like.

Henry found an apple tree.

He saw that it had lots of tasty apples.

He climbed the tree.

He reached out to grab an apple.

He climbed back down the tree.

He looked at the apple, the apple had a worm in it.

Henry dropped the apple.

Well done if your writing a similar to mine.

Now our writing checks, check number one.

Have I written everything that happened in my writing in the past tense.

Well have a look at my verbs.

Are they all past tense verbs? Yes, they are, are yours? Well done if they are, you have met check number one.

Check number two.

Have you used capital letters when naming specific people or places? Well done if you have superb, and check number three, does every sentence have a subject and a verb? Just like mine, awesome.

Well done.

That brings us to the end of today's session.

Please remember to complete your quiz.

Continue showing off all of that knowledge.

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Well done, see you next time.