Primary English: Perfecting punctuation

Hand-picked lessons and activities to help primary pupils perfect their use of punctuation

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Brackets, Speech Marks, Exclamation Mark & Question Mark To Illustrate Punctuation For Primary School

Explore these engaging lessons and activities for primary punctuation

Spag is a key part of the primary English curriculum and perfecting your pupils' punctuation is a crucial part of improving writing. So, to help your pupils get to grips with different types of punctuation and how to use them in sentences, we have hand-picked a selection of resources that offer different ways to engage your class.

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Capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks

Capital Letters and Full Stops - KS1
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Capital Letters and Full Stops - KS1

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Capital Letters and Full Stops - KS1 In 'Capital Letters and Full Stops - KS1' pupils are taught how to use capital letters and full stops in their writing as per the curriculum requirements of the Year 1 and 2 English programmes of study (Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation). Content inc...
SIMPLY PUNCTUATION BOOK 1
Lynn Lettice

SIMPLY PUNCTUATION BOOK 1

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The three books in this graded series will help children who struggle with punctuation and need extra practice. The series deals with punctuation basics using a very simple, straightforward format. The books include the kind of tasks that children enjoy, such as multiple choice and editing. The w...
Full Stops and Capital Letters
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Full Stops and Capital Letters

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Key Stage 2 (KS2) Literacy / SPaG revision activities to use when recapping the basics of what makes a sentence to help students work out where to put full stops and capital letters. This grammar and punctuation (SPaG) activity provides revision of punctuating sentences with full stops and capital l...
Question and Exclamation Marks KS1
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Question and Exclamation Marks KS1

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Year 1 Differentiated resource on using question and exclamation marks. Easier version has one bell in the top left-hand corner and more challenging version has two bells.

Commas in lists and commas for clarity

Commas In Lists
Krazikas

Commas In Lists

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This resource contains a 20-page workbook (18 worksheets and 2 information sheets) with answers on using commas to demarcate items / phrases within sentences and to separate adjectives when there are two or more describing a noun. It is an ideal independent learning pack for home learning, distance...
Commas in Lists Worksheets | Differentiated | With Answers
Helen-Teach

Commas in Lists Worksheets | Differentiated | With Answers

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Three differentiated worksheets for KS2 pupils about commas used to separate items in lists. The five pages of worksheets cover a variety of difficulty levels, differentiated three ways, and are all accompanied by answer sheets. All documents available as easily editable Word documents and as PDF...
Commas to Clarify Meaning
Krazikas

Commas to Clarify Meaning

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This resource contains two worksheets with answers on using commas in writing to clarify meaning and to avoid ambiguity. You may also be interested in: **[Using Commas To Clarify Meaning: 12-Page Workbook](http://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/commas-to-clarify-meaning-or-avoid-ambiguity-in-writin...
Year 5 - Using commas for clarification
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Year 5 - Using commas for clarification

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**L.I. Using commas for clarification** Success criteria: * Spot when a sentence is unclear and needs a comma. * Suggest the different meanings a sentence could have. * Add or remove commas for clarification.

Apostrophes for omission and apostrophes for possession

KS2 - Apostrophes for Contractions
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KS2 - Apostrophes for Contractions

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A KS2 lesson on apostrophes for contractions. Consisting of 3 differentiated activities. Specifically designed for Year 5 and Year 6, this resource can also be used for Year 3 and Year 4 depending on the pitch of the lesson. If you liked this resource, please give my facebook page (where there are ...
Contractions Powerpoint PPT Game by Grammatickx
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Contractions Powerpoint PPT Game by Grammatickx

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An interactive PPT game to improve children's understanding of how to form contractions using apostrophes. Ideal for a 'hook' activity, teaching tool, assessment tool or SATS revision. Includes Pupil Response Sheet. Includes free Grammar Time resource by Grammatickx.
Contractions Jigsaws
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Contractions Jigsaws

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2 Jigsaws where contractions are matched with the equivalent whole words. The triangle has 18 matching pairs and the hexagon 30. There is some overlap between the two puzzles.
Possessive Apostrophe Bingo
Zoe Dodd

Possessive Apostrophe Bingo

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**Possessive Apostrophe Bingo ** Use as a bingo game or a matching task. A set of bingo cards for children to match meaning to the possessive apostrophe phrase. This set includes **3 pairs **of phrases and definitions (red and orange, yellow and green, blue and purple), so that the children have ...
Singular and Plural Possessive Apostrophes | Worksheets
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Singular and Plural Possessive Apostrophes | Worksheets

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Six worksheets aimed at learning about the correct punctuation of singular and plural possessive nouns. The worksheets cover a variety of difficulty levels and are all accompanied by answer sheets. The sheets cover the following: Identifying whether sentences should or shouldn't have apostroph...

Inverted commas

Speechburger (Speech Marks Inverted Commas)
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Speechburger (Speech Marks Inverted Commas)

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A visual aid to remember the order of speech marks. On the speech burger goes 1\. The bottom bun - The opening speech marks (66) 2\. The burger - The speech 3\. The salad and toppings - The punctuation e.g. comma, exclamation mark etc. 4\. The top bun - The closing speech marks (99) ...
SPaG - Inverted Commas - KS2
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SPaG - Inverted Commas - KS2

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Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) Inverted Commas - KS2. Since the 2014 national curriculum, when the SPaG test was introduced and updated to became more challenging. Now, children are taught and officially tested on these specific skills in spelling, punctuation and grammar in year 2 and 6....

Brackets, dashes and commas to indicate parenthesis

Parenthesis
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Parenthesis

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This SPaG resource about using parenthesis to add extra information to a sentence is ideal to support children in Year 5.
Parentheses - Differentiated Task - Commas
Mark Watson

Parentheses - Differentiated Task - Commas

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A very simple differentiated worksheet to complete on parentheses. The tasks include adding commas to a sentence to show where the parentheses are and short sentences where parentheses needs to be added. These tasks could easily be adapted for the use of brackets or dashes. Attached are editable w...
Parenthesis!
TandLGuru

Parenthesis!

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This detailed and engaging lesson enables students to define and exemplify parenthesis, to understand how parenthesis is used grammatically correctly, and to use parenthesis for clarity and effect in their own writing. Students learn through a number of fun and interactive tasks, which enable t...
Parenthesis: brackets, dashes, and commas
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Parenthesis: brackets, dashes, and commas

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A fact-sheet explaining the use of brackets, dashes and commas covering the Y5 curriculum. 2 sheets of SAT's style questions. Suitable for Y5 SPAG teaching, homework task or SAT's revision.

Colons, semi-colons, hyphens and bullet points

Colons and Semi-Colons - Year 5 and 6
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Colons and Semi-Colons - Year 5 and 6

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Colons and Semi-Colons - Year 5 and 6 Upper KS2 English Teaching Resource In Colons and Semi-Colons - Year 5 and 6 pupils learn how to correctly use colons and semi-colons as per the objectives of the Year 5 and 6 English programme of study. This engaging and animated PowerPoint lesson inclu...
KS2 Semi-colons SPaG Teaching Pack And Worksheets: Grammar Bursts
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KS2 Semi-colons SPaG Teaching Pack And Worksheets: Grammar Bursts

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This KS2 grammar resource provides everything you need to teach five 15-minute lessons on semi-colons. As well as learning about the purpose and usage of semi-colons, children are challenged to come up with creative responses in their writing to this area of grammar, with colourful images included t...
Hyphens
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Hyphens

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A PowerPoint explaining the use of hyphens. Some exercises given so the class could well be armed with whiteboards.
Hyphens - How and When to use Hyphens
Sunita Patel

Hyphens - How and When to use Hyphens

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Excellent quality worksheet explaining and reinforcing how and when to use hyphens. 6 activities, with examples and explanations on the use of hyphens. Ideal for classroom use, revision, or for homework.
KS2 English resource - Use of the hyphen
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KS2 English resource - Use of the hyphen

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This KS2 English resource was created by Primary Leap The symbol (-) is called a hyphen in the English language. A hyphen is a short horizontal line used to link words together. Students read through sentences and write the word that is missing a hyphen.