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Year 7 · English · Writing

Sentences and grammar

Write complex sentences with relative clauses, use abstract nouns and adverbial phrases, and choose between active and passive voice.

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  • 3D lesson: Sentences and grammar — Build sentences from 3D word tiles: slot in relative clauses, brew abstract nouns, move adverbial phrases and flip sentences between the active and passive voice.
  • Teacher presentation — slides to put on the projector.
  • Worksheets at three levels — Tūī (support), Kererū (core) and Kea (extension), each with an answer key on the last page.
  • Online practice — assign it to your class in the Crateclass classroom and the results come back by themselves.

Written for Te Mātaiaho, Phase 3 (Years 7–8), with New Zealand places, money and native birds.

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