These questions have been taken from the KS2 SPAG test to help your children practise specific question types.
National Curriculum Objective
Learning how to use both familiar and new punctuation correctly (see English appendix 2) including:
Year 2 English: (2G5.2) full stops
Year 2 English: (2G5.1) capital letters
Year 2 English: (2G5.4) exclamation marks
Year 2 English: (2G5.3) question marks
Year 2 English: (2G5.5) commas for lists
Year 2 English: (2G5.8) apostrophes for contracted forms
Year 2 English: (2G5.8) apostrophes for the possessive (singular)
Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English appendix 2 by:
Year 3 and 4 English: (3G1.4) Using conjunctions to express time and cause
Year 3 and 4 English: (3G1.6) Using adverbs to express time and cause
Year 3 and 4 English: (3G1.7) Using prepositions to express time and cause
Year 3 and 4 English: (3G3.4) Extending the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, including: when, if, because, although
Year 3 and 4 English: (3G4.1b) Using the present perfect form of verbs in contrast to the past tense
Year 3 and 4 English: (4G1.5) Appropriate choice of pronoun or noun within and across sentences to aid cohesion and avoid repetition
Year 3 and 4 English: (4G5.6b) Using fronted adverbials
Learning the grammar for Years 3 and 4 in English Appendix 2
Indicate grammatical and other features by:
Year 3 and 4 English: (4G5.6b) Using commas after fronted adverbials
Year 3 and 4 English: (4G5.7) Using and punctuating direct speech
Year 3 and 4 English: (4G5.8) Indicating possession by using the possessive apostrophe with plural nouns
Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English appendix 2 by:
Year 5 and 6 English: (5G1.6) Using adverbs to indicate degrees of possibility
Year 5 and 6 English: (5G3.1a) Using relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose, that or with an implied (ie omitted) relative pronoun
Year 5 and 6 English: (5G3.2) Using expanded noun phrases to convey complicated information concisely
Year 5 and 6 English: (5G4.1b) Using the perfect form of verbs to mark relationships of time and cause
Year 5 and 6 English: (5G4.1b) Using the perfect form of verbs to mark relationships of time and cause
Year 5 and 6 English: (5G4.1c) Using modal verbs to indicate degrees of possibility
Year 5 and 6 English: (6G4.4) Using passive verbs to affect the presentation of information in a sentence
Year 5 and 6 English: (6G7.4) Recognising vocabulary and structures that is appropriate for formal speech and writing, including subjunctive forms
Learning the grammar for years 5 and 6 in English Appendix 2
Indicate grammatical and other features by:
Year 5 and 6 English: (5G5.6a) Using commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity in writing
Year 5 and 6 English: (5G5.9) Using brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis
Year 5 and 6 English: (6G5.10) Using colons to mark boundaries between independent clauses
Year 5 and 6 English: (6G5.10) Using a colon to introduce a list
Year 5 and 6 English: (6G5.11) Using semi-colons to mark boundaries between independent clauses
Year 5 and 6 English: (6G5.12) Using dashes to mark boundaries between independent clauses
Year 5 and 6 English: (6G5.13) Using hyphens to avoid ambiguity
Year 5 and 6 English: (6G5.14) Punctuating bullet points consistently
Differentiation:
Beginner Two sentences to choose from with a selection of punctuation including capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks and apostrophes for contraction. Aimed at Year 2 Developing.
Easy Three sentences to choose from with a selection of punctuation including capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, apostrophes for contraction, commas in lists and speech marks. Aimed at Year 2 Secure/Year 3 Emerging.
Tricky Three sentences to choose from with a selection of punctuation including capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, apostrophes for contraction and possession, various types of comma and speech marks. Aimed at Year 4 Secure/Year 5 Emerging.
Expert Four sentences to choose from with a selection of punctuation including capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, apostrophes for contraction and possession, various types of comma, speech marks, semi-colons, hyphens and colons. Aimed at Year 5 Secure/Year 6 Emerging.
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