Identifying the features of a non-chronological report about King Tut | Starter Quiz | Oak National Academy

What is a non-fiction text?

• a story that is made up

• a text that provides information about real-life topics

• a text about someone's life

• a playscript

Answer explanation

A non-fiction text gives information and facts about events, people or subjects that are real.

Complete the following sentence: 'A fronted adverbial __________.'

• makes sense by itself

• starts a sentence

• is followed by a full stop

Answer explanation

A fronted adverbial starts a sentence and it is followed by a comma. It gives extra information about the rest of the sentence.

Match each word class to its definition.

• adjective

• a word that describes a verb

• verb

• a doing or being word

• noun

• a word that describes a noun

• adverb

• a naming word for people, places or things

Answer explanation

All word classes have different purposes in a sentence.

Which of these are true for non-fiction texts?

• A non-fiction text is full of facts to inform the reader.

• A non-fiction text is made up.

• A non-fiction text has two characters who speak to each other.

• There are different types of non-fiction text.

Answer explanation

Non-fiction texts include newspaper reports, non-chronological reports, explanation texts and instruction texts.

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

• King Tut ruled Egypt from the age of 9.

• King Tut ruled Egypt from the age of 9

• king Tut ruled Egypt from the age of 9.

• king Tut ruled Egypt from the age of 9

Answer explanation

A correctly punctuated sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop (or another type of closing punctuation).

What is subject-specific vocabulary?

• vocabulary used in a fairytale

• vocabulary used when writing about a particular subject

• vocabulary that is exciting and descriptive

Answer explanation

In a non-chronological report, the vocabulary used will be very specific to the topic of the text, like 'King Tut' and 'ruler'.