Resources LANGUAGE CONSOLIDATION ACTIVITIES Sentences, clauses and phrases
1 Which sentences below are correct? Correct the ones that are not correct. Explain why the sentences that you corrected were not correct. (For example, did they not have a subject or a verb or both? Did they not make sense?) a Climbs slowly up the steep hill. b Because he wanted to see what it tasted like. c It flies, swims and crawls. d Behind the counter in the shop. e Throw it away!
2 Decide which of the following are phrases and which are clauses and use each one in a sentence. Then look carefully at the sentences you wrote. Decide what kind of phrase or clause each one contains. (Are they adverbial or adjectival phrases or clauses?) a on the table b that always shouts at me c where the road ends d at the bus stop e with the green spidery hands
Subject, predicate and direct object
Remember that the subject of a sentence is the person or thing that the sentence is about. The rest of the sentence is the predicate. The predicate always contains the verb. 1 Underline the subject in each sentence: a My cricket bat has been stolen. b The Grade 6 class is in trouble again. c The first three learners to reach the finish line will go to the finals.
d Every day the enemy comes closer. e The winner is the fastest, greatest, one-and- only Denzyl!
2 Remember that the verb always has to agree with the subject. Find the mistakes in the following sentences and correct them. For each sentence, explain why it is a mistake. a The dogs is always barking and making a noise.
b A herd of cattle are crossing the road. c Either Ntanga or Phumudzo feed the guinea- pigs on a Monday.
d That bouquet of flowers are dying. e Neither my teacher nor my mother agree with me about homework.
3 Which sentence does not have a direct object? a He plays soccer every day if he can. b Only a few people climbed the climbing wall. c He always starts the fight. d He ran extremely well today. e The snake ate the cockerel.
4 Look at this sentence and then label the sentences that follow in the same way:
a The stray dog chewed my shoe. b They were playing chess.
Active and passive voice
1 Remember that an active verb is the verb that does the action in a sentence .A passive verb is a verb that has the action done to it. We often use the passive for more formal writing, when we don’t know who did something, or when it is not very important who did it. a The article (on the next page) from a school newspaper has been written in the active voice.
Change each sentence into the passive voice. You will see it sounds more like a report when it is in the passive voice.
Somebody broke the Science classroom window yesterday. Somebody threw a cricket ball through it. A teacher found the ball in the fish tank this morning. She blamed the Grade 6 soccer players.
b This personal description sounds too awkward and formal in the passive voice. Rewrite it in the active voice. Start with Everybody and use the pronouns I or we.
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