Planning a setting description based on 'How To Train Your Dragon' | Starter Quiz | Oak National Academy

Match the word class to its meaning.

• verb

• a word that describes a noun

• adjective

• a naming word for a person, place or thing

• noun

• a doing, being or having word

• adverb

• a word that describes a verb

Answer explanation

In the sentence "The huge dragon flew overhead", 'huge' is an adjective describing the noun 'dragon' and 'overhead' is an adverb describing the verb 'flew'.

What are the verbs in this sentence? "Clouds hung in the night sky and the moon shone eerily."

• clouds

• hung

• night

• moon

• shone

Answer explanation

'Hung' and 'shone' are past tense verbs.

A clause is a group of words that contains a __________.

• noun

• adjective

• verb

• adverb

Answer explanation

A clause is a group of words that contain a verb. These can be grouped into 'main clauses' and 'subordinate clauses'.

What is a setting?

• the main character of a story

• what happens in a story

• where a story takes place

Answer explanation

The setting describes where the story takes place. It needs to be descriptive so that the reader can accurately visualise the scene and engage with the story.

Which of these groups of words could be complete simple sentences?

• which crashed against the cliffs

• the wind howled violently

• in the night sky

Answer explanation

A main clause is a group of words that makes complete sense on its own.

Which sentence type consists of two main clauses joined by a co-ordinating conjunction?

• simple

• compound

• complex

Answer explanation

"The night sky appeared peaceful, but the waves battered the cliffs below." This is an example of a compound sentence.