Writing a section about Ancient Greek warfare for a non-chronological report | Starter Quiz | Oak National Academy

Which sentence needs a question mark at the end?

• How interesting it is to see the armour of a hoplite

• Hoplites had distinctive armour

• What did hoplites wear as armour

• Hoplites wore helmets and had round shields

Answer explanation

Questions always end with a question mark to signal the question to the reader.

Which sentence would best suit ending with an exclamation mark?

• How interesting it is to see the armour of a hoplite

• Hoplites had distinctive armour

• What did hoplites wear as armour

• Hoplites wore helmets and had round shields

Answer explanation

Exclamation marks are used to show strong emotions such as anger, fear, surprise or happiness. Punctuation is always used to make the meaning of the writing clear for the reader.

Match the tense to its corresponding sentence.

• Future tense

• They stood shoulder to shoulder in a phalanx formation.

• Present tense

• They stand shoulder to shoulder in a phalanx formation.

• Past tense

• They will stand shoulder to shoulder in a phalanx formation.

Answer explanation

Past tense is used to state that the action has already happened. "They stood shoulder to shoulder in a phalanx formation." has the past tense verb "stood" to show that the action has happened before now.

Which co-ordinating conjunction completes this sentence? "Hoplites were heavily armed foot soldiers __________ they were a key component of Greek warfare'"

• , but

• , or

• and

Answer explanation

The co-ordinating conjunction 'and' is used to build a second idea on from a first idea in the same sentence.

What type of clause is this? "because their formation was so strong".

Answer explanation

A subordinate clause is a group of words that contains a verb that does not make complete sense. "Because their formation was so strong" contains the verb 'was' and it does not make complete sense.

Tick the sentences that are main clauses.

• But this was not a common feature of warfare.

• It was the most iconic feature of warfare.

• As they relied on the phalanx formation.

• Hoplites were tightly packed in a rectangle or square formation.

Answer explanation

A main clause makes sense on its own. A simple sentence is formed of one main clause.