Use this engaging Year 1 Using 'but' Application and Reasoning worksheet to assess how confident your children are in using 'but' as a joining word. With one reasoning and two application questions, children are asked to use given words, including 'but', to create a sentence, explain when 'but' has been used correctly in a sentence and complete a sentence using 'but'. This resource is differentiated three ways to meet the needs of all your learners.

This worksheet is suitable for use by individuals or small group work. It works well alongside the modelling PPT for Using 'but' as the children gain confidence as you model the questions and answers for them. An answer sheet is provided to support staff with marking.