Year 6 - English
Subject, object, active voice and passive voice revision
Review, including word class, sentence types, tense, commas and colons
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Unit Summary
In this unit, comprehensive review of all grammar and syntactical terminology needed for KS2 SATS tests is undertaken. Pupils review word class, the five taught sentence structures, all taught tenses, word families, Standard English and all taught punctuation, including at the higher level for GDS.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to practise subject, object, active voice and passive voice test questions.
Key Notes
- A grammatically accurate sentence has a subject and a verb. It can contain an object.
- A sentence can be written or spoken in the active voice.
- A sentence can be written or spoken in the passive voice.
- The active voice and passive voice are useful for different purposes.
Vocabulary To Learn
- subject: the noun, noun phrase or pronoun that does or is the main verb in the active voice
- object: the noun, noun phrase or pronoun that receives the action of the main verb in the active voice
- active voice: a spoken or written voice in which the subject does the verb in a sentence
- passive voice: a spoken or written voice in which the subject is acted upon by the verb
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may believe that a passive sentence always contains the old subject of the active sentence.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
A grammatically accurate sentence has a subject and a verb. It can contain an object. A sentence can be written or spoken in the active voice.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'subject'
the noun, noun phrase or pronoun that does or is the main verb in the active voice.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may believe that a passive sentence always contains the old subject of the active sentence. Correction: Sometimes the old subject is removed completely like in this example: 'We passed the ball.' > 'The ball was passed.'.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Adverbial, relative and non-finite complex sentences revision Study Guide
- Apostrophes and speech punctuation revision Study Guide
- Colons, semi-colons, hyphens and bullet points revision Study Guide
- Commas, brackets and dashes revision Study Guide
- Further word-level revision Study Guide
- Perfect tense revision Study Guide
- Simple and compound sentences revision Study Guide
- Simple and progressive tense revision Study Guide
- Word class revision Study Guide
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