Year 6 · SPaG · Summer: Consolidation: revising the tested content
Year 6 revision: verbs, Standard English and formal writing worksheet and PowerPoint
To revise: keeping the tense the same; was and were in standard english; recognising the subjunctive; using the passive; formal and informal writing; formal vocabulary; standard english; question tags.
What this sheet revises
Each question comes from one of the lessons below. If a question is tricky, look back at that lesson’s sheet and slides.
| Keeping the tense the same | Spotting and fixing a verb that changes tense by mistake. |
|---|---|
| Was and were in Standard English | Choosing was or were so that the verb agrees with its subject. |
| Recognising the subjunctive | The subjunctive form: if I were, I wish it were and it is vital that he be. |
| Using the passive | Changing sentences from active to passive and back, and leaving out the agent. |
| Formal and informal writing | Telling formal language from informal language, and choosing the right one for the reader. |
| Formal vocabulary | Choosing formal words instead of everyday ones: get → obtain, help → assist. |
| Standard English | Spotting and fixing non-standard grammar such as I done it, them books and double negatives. |
| Question tags | Short questions added to the end of a statement: It’s cold, isn’t it? |
Key words
- tense
- the form of a verb that shows when something happens
- consistent
- staying the same all the way through
- past tense
- something that has already happened
- present tense
- something that happens now or regularly
- Standard English
- the form of English used in formal writing and teaching
- agree
- match: a singular subject takes a singular verb
- singular
- one person or thing
- plural
- more than one
What is on the worksheet
Every sheet for this lesson has a short teaching box and 12 questions that get gradually harder: 8 fluency questions, then 4 reasoning questions that ask pupils to explain or choose. A writing challenge follows. The questions use the same styles as the key stage 2 grammar and punctuation test (circle, underline, tick, fill the gap, add punctuation, rewrite, explain). They are written for this website, not copied from past papers.
All the answers are on the last page of the same editable Word file. New questions are made every time, so you can print a different sheet for every group or for homework. The same sheet code always gives the same sheet.
Writing challenge: Choose the lesson from this sheet that you found most difficult. Write three new questions of your own for a friend, with an answer sheet, then swap and mark each other’s work.
Pupil target: I can remember what I have learned and use it.
The PowerPoint
A 20-slide lesson deck for the same lesson: a starter that revisits earlier learning, key words, an I do and a You do question on each slide with a countdown timer, answers that appear one click at a time, and a challenge. Download the revision: verbs, Standard English and formal writing PowerPoint.
Where this lesson fits
This is lesson 61 of 72 in the Year 6 SPaG scheme, in the Summer term, block “Consolidation: revising the tested content”. It is taught before the SATs grammar test in May.
Other lessons in this block
- Revision: relative clauses, phrases and clauses
- Revision: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and tenses
- Revision: pronouns, determiners, prepositions and sentences
- Revision: prefixes, suffixes and word families
- Revision: parenthesis, dashes and hyphens
- Revision: commas, apostrophes and speech
- Revision: colons, semi-colons, lists and notes
- Revision: synonyms and antonyms
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