Year 2 · English
Use Appropriate Punctuation
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Focus on commas apostrophes and capital letters. Start with “Correct Mistakes in Punctuation”, then explain the idea in your own words.
Year 2 learners practise commas apostrophes and capital letters.
The activities include Correct Mistakes in Punctuation, Know Whether Apostrophes Show Possession or Contraction, Practise Using Its and Its, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, worksheet, practice. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
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- Correct Mistakes in Punctuation
- Know Whether Apostrophes Show Possession or Contraction
- Practise Using Its and Its
- Punctuate Text Using a Range of Punctuation
- Recognise the Correct Use of Capital Letters
- Revise Basic Sentence Punctuation
- Revise the Use of Capital Letters in Sentences and for Proper Nouns
- Use Commas in Lists
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Sentence Types and End Punctuation
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Apostrophes for Contraction and Singular Possession
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Year 2 Contractions Video Lesson
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Capital Letters Correctly
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Year 2 Using Commas in Lists Video
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KS1 Punctuation
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Apostrophes for Contraction and Singular Possession: Year 2 Unit
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Year 2 Apostrophes for Contraction and Possession Activity: An Unlikely Football Team
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PlanIt Y2: Correctly Demarcating Sentences
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Year 2 SPaG Activity Booklet
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Apostrophes for Contraction and Singular Possession: Worksheet and Quizzes
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PlanIt Y2 Apostrophes for Possession
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PlanIt Y2: Commas in Lists
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Using Commas in a List Task Cards
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