Ravensthorpe Cofe Voluntary Controlled Junior School
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Year 6 English Task Thursday 22nd October
Today you will learn about modal verbs, hyphens and the subjunctive form.
Q1. What is your name?
Q2. Which class are you in?
6GB
6R
6H
6P
Modal verbs are verbs which indicate how likely something is to happen. For example: It will rain tomorrow. It might rain tomorrow.
Q3. Which of the following words are modal verbs?
achieve
can
might
succeed
agree
could
take
may
Q4. Write a sentence using one of the following verbs to indicate certainty. would, should, will, might, shall.
Q5. Re-write the following sentence using an appropriate modal verb in the gaps. I _________ go to the gym today but I __________ go tomorrow and do my favourite exercises.
Hyphens are used to join two words together in order to describe something else. For example: man-eating fun-loving
Q6. True or false? The hyphen has been used correctly in the sentence below. The students – all under the age of 18 – re-signed to the course for the second year.
True
False
Q7. Which words should be hyphenated in the sentence below? The clean shaven man (as I recall) was wearing a red jacket.
Q8. Write 3 examples of hyphenated adjectives.
The subjunctive form is a verb form or mood used to express things that could or should happen. It is used to express wishes, hopes, commands, demands or suggestions. The subjunctive form will use the verb form were rather than was and doesn’t use the letter ‘s’ on the end of the verbs. For example: If I were you, I’d accept the invitation. I suggest you take a rain coat with you.
Q9. True or false? The following sentence uses the subjunctive form correctly. Explain how you know. It is vital that he arrive on time for the meeting tomorrow.
True
False
Q10. Choose one of the verb forms below to complete the following sentence in the subjunctive form. works work does Is it really necessary that she ________ such long hours?
Q11. Identify the subjunctive verb in the sentence below. Due to unforeseen problems, I propose he make changes to the initial design.
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