This Year 5 Using Commas to Indicate Parenthesis Prior Learning worksheet covers previous Y5 learning and is a fantastic resource to use to assess children's understanding of using brackets and dashes to indicate parenthesis before they move on to the main lesson using commas for parenthesis. With three varied fluency, two reasoning and one application question, children can apply their knowledge to a range of question types.

Use this resource as a way to assess children's prior knowledge before moving on or alternatively, this could be used for those children who are less confident with using commas.