This Year 6 Using Colons to Mark Boundaries Prior Learning worksheet revises the use of semi-colons to mark boundaries before moving onto colons. With three varied fluency, one reasoning and two application questions to work through, children can identify where semi-colons have been used correctly, add them into given sentences and use an image to write two clauses which are demarcated with a semi-colon.

This worksheet could be used with individuals or small groups of children who may need a little extra support before the main learning of this lesson. It could also be used as an informal assessment before the main lesson to identify any misconceptions.