Ravensthorpe Cofe Voluntary Controlled Junior School
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Year 5 English Task Thursday 22nd October
Today, you will explore the final type of parenthesis... dashes. Read about what they are and then have a go at the questions.
Q1. What is your name?
Q2. Which class are you in?
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5D
5MN
5P
Parenthesis is when you add extra information to a sentence using commas, brackets or dashes. Let’s move onto dashes. Dashes work in exactly the same way as commas and brackets so they surround the extra information and the sentence MUST make sense when the extra information is removed like this: My best friend - called Emma - lives next door to me. My best friend lives next door to me. The sentence still makes sense without the extra information that is within the dashes.
Q3. Which of these sentences use the dashes for parenthesis correctly?
Arzoo’s cat – the one with the stripy tail – eats biscuits.
We built – a sandcastle a big one – on the beach.
The boys – especially Nehan and Danyaal – love playing football.
Valentino's blue – school jumper with - the school logo was too big.
Q4. Add dashes in the correct places in this sentence, remember they need to surround the extra information: Moussa and Sonny the carpenters need some new tools.
Q5. Add dashes in the correct places in this sentence, remember they need to surround the extra information: J.K Rowling an award winning author has written some magical books.
Q6. Can you add extra information and dashes to this sentence? My cat ______________________________________________ enjoys climbing curtains.
Q7. Can you add extra information and dashes to this sentence? The pudding ________________________________________________ was really tasty.
Q8. Add extra information and parenthesis to this sentence: Nimra’s favourite book ____________________________________________ was very funny.
Q9. Write a sentence with dashes for parenthesis of your own. Make it about yourself.
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