VC2E1LA06

understand that a simple sentence consists of a single independent clause representing a single event or idea

• knowing that a single event or idea can include a process, a happening or a state (verb), the participant or who or what is involved (noun group/phrase), and the surrounding circumstances (adverb group/phrase), for example ‘Teddy (the participant: who or what is involved) reads (a process, a happening or a state) the book (surrounding circumstances).’
• understanding that simple sentences answer questions such as ‘What is happening?’ and ‘Who or what is involved?’ along with details such as ‘Where?’, ‘When?’ and ‘How?’