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Year 4 English · Persuasive writing

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

1. What is the main purpose of a persuasive text?
- ☐ (a) to tell a story
- ☐ (b) to convince the reader
- ☐ (c) to explain how to make something
2. Which is the strongest modal verb?
- ☐ (a) might
- ☐ (b) could
- ☐ (c) must
3. In the garden text, which sentence is a rhetorical question?
- ☐ (a) Who wouldn't want fresher, healthier lunches?
- ☐ (b) Gardens teach students where food comes from.
- ☐ (c) Every school must start a vegetable garden.
4. Where does a writer restate their position?
- ☐ (a) only in the body
- ☐ (b) in the conclusion
- ☐ (c) nowhere
5. Which sentence gives evidence rather than just an opinion?
- ☐ (a) Gardens are the best thing ever.
- ☐ (b) Pulling weeds and carrying watering cans are physical activities.
- ☐ (c) Everyone loves gardens.
6. What do we call the part of a persuasive text that introduces the writer's position? Type one word.
7. Type the modal verb in: 'Students should wear hats outside.'
8. In a well-planned persuasive text, how many main reasons go in each body paragraph? Type a number.

Answer sheet

1. to convince the reader — Persuasive texts aim to convince the reader to agree.
2. must — 'Must' shows the highest level of certainty and obligation.
3. Who wouldn't want fresher, healthier lunches? — It is a question asked for effect; the writer expects everyone to agree.
4. in the conclusion — The conclusion restates the position and sums up the argument.
5. Pulling weeds and carrying watering cans are physical activities. — It gives a specific example that supports the argument about exercise.
6. introduction — The introduction states the position.
7. should — 'Should' is the modal verb.
8. 1 — Each body paragraph develops one reason.