Semicolons and Colons
Students meet two punctuation marks that make writing more sophisticated: the semicolon, which joins two closely related complete…
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 18 min
- Questions
- 17 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
1 free punctuation resources for Year 6: 1 worksheets. Answers included.
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Capital letters, full stops, commas, apostrophes and speech marks. In Year 6, Year 6 consolidates primary maths: operations with fractions and decimals, percentages, integers, order of operations and probability.
Students will practise: using a semicolon to join related main clauses; using a colon to introduce a list or explanation; choosing between a comma, semicolon and colon; avoiding common semicolon and colon errors.
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Students meet two punctuation marks that make writing more sophisticated: the semicolon, which joins two closely related complete…
Capital letters, full stops, commas, apostrophes and speech marks. At Year 6, our resources focus on: using a semicolon to join related main clauses; using a colon to introduce a list or explanation; choosing between a comma, semicolon and colon; avoiding common semicolon and colon errors.
Start with the Level 1 or Level 2 worksheet, then move up a level. Finish with the topic test if there is one.
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