Sentences and Punctuation

Expanding sentences using adjectives, adverbs and more information to make them really interesting.

Join sentences to make compound sentences.

A first look at main clauses and subordinate clauses in complex sentences.

Changing several very short sentences into one longer one.

Thinking of questions to help with sentence writing.

Fun pages using cartoons as a starting point for writing questions. Two coloured and two black and white for those who enjoy colouring.

Writing more complex sentences using who, did what, when, where and why.

A quick look at a variety of types of question.

Asking a question is a really powerful way to help with writing creatively. William Blake's poem 'Tyger' provides some great ideas.

More on capital letters for proper nouns.

Capital letters for proper nouns.

More work on question marks.

A first look at question marks at the end of sentences.

A first look at exclamation marks and when to use them.

Making singular sentences plural, including nouns, pronouns and verbs.

A first look at apostrophes for missing letters.

Apostrophes with the words I and we.

Apostrophes and contractions, including where's, they're etc.

More on apostrophes for missing letters.

Recognising apostrophes of possession and contraction.

An introduction to using the apostrophe to show possession.

More work on the apostrophe to show possession.

Using apostrophes to show possession is quite easy, until it comes to words that end in s.

A guide for children.

An introduction to quotation marks.

Putting speech marks in the correct place and including capital letters and other punctuation.

More on quotation marks.

Write the sentences in a sensible order and then separate them into two paragraphs.

Writing in paragraphs.

Draw a ring around the word to mark where a new paragraph could begin in the passages below.