Year 6 Grammar Terminology: Spot It in the Sentence

Apply the statutory Year 6 grammar terminology (subject, object, active and more) to short constructed sentences, with an answer key.

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Use the Year 6 grammar terminology from the National Curriculum (English Appendix 2) to answer each question. Write your answer on the line.

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SwimColonStartActiveModernPassiveThe ballDiscoverSemi-colonThe childrenMan-eating shark

1.
Find the subject: The children played chess.
2.
Find the object: Ella kicked the ball.
3.
Active or passive? The window was broken by the storm.
4.
Active or passive? The dog chased the ball.
5.
Active or passive? The cake was eaten before lunch.
6.
Which word is a synonym of 'begin': start, finish or borrow?
7.
Which word is an antonym of 'ancient': modern, old or dusty?
8.
Which punctuation mark joins the clauses? It's raining; I'm fed up.
9.
Which punctuation mark introduces the list? Pack these items: a torch, a map and a rope.
10.
Add a hyphen so this means a shark that eats people: man eating shark.
11.
Which is more formal: find out or discover?
12.
Which word is left out after 'I can'? Sam can swim and I can too.

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DfE, English Appendix 2: Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation (statutory) — The per-year 'terminology for pupils' is reproduced verbatim from the DfE appendix under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Crown copyright). Definitions and practice sentences are ChalkBee's own.