Which Punctuation Mark? KS2 SPAG Test Practice

These questions have been taken from the Sample KS2 SPAG test to help your children practise specific question types.

National Curriculum Objectives
Year 5 and 6 English: (5G5.9) Using brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis

Year 5 and 6 English: (5G5.6a) Using commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity in writing

Year 5 and 6 English: (6G5.10) Using colons to mark boundaries between independent clauses

Year 5 and 6 English: (6G5.10) Use of the colon to introduce a list

Year 5 and 6 English: (6G5.11) Using semi-colons to mark boundaries between independent clauses

Year 5 and 6 English:(6G5.11) Use of semi-colons within lists

Year 5 and 6 English: (6G5.12) Using dashes to mark boundaries between independent clauses

Differentiation:

Beginner Insert a comma,  a dash, a full-stop, an exclamation mark or a question mark in the sentence. Two options to choose from. Aimed at Year 5 Secure/Year 6 Emerging.

Easy Insert a comma,  a dash, a full-stop, an exclamation mark, a question mark or a colon in the sentence. Three options to choose from. Aimed at Year 5 Mastery/Year 6 Developing.

Tricky Insert a comma,  a dash, a full-stop, an exclamation mark, a question mark, a colon or a semi-colon in the sentence. Four options to choose from. Aimed at Year 6 Secure.

Expert Insert a singular full-stop, exclamation mark, question mark, colon or semi-colon, or pair of commas or  dashes  in the sentence. Four options to choose from. Aimed at Year 6 Mastery.

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