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Read contractions and recognise how -ing, -ed, -er and -est attach to roots whose spelling does not change. Saving is off unless you choose it.
Practise part of this topic: work out contraction meanings or add selected endings where the root spelling stays unchanged. Oral reading and independent spelling need other activities.
Year 1 · English
Read Words With Contractions And Apostrophes
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Focus on contractions and apostrophes. Start with “Identify Correct Standard English for Contractions”, then explain the idea in your own words.
Year 1 learners practise contractions and apostrophes.
The activities include Identify Correct Standard English for Contractions, Make Words Shorter using Apostrophes, Practise Making Words Shorter Using Apostrophes, and related practice. The checked support below includes teaching, worksheet, video. 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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Read and build contractions
Read and build common contractions, connect full forms to omitted letters and practise apostrophes in a bounded word set. Partial practice does not establish general reading or meaning mastery.
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Contractions: English Grammar Practice
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Contractions for Year 1 Children | Twinkl kids Tv
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Nessy Spelling Strategy | Apostrophes - When To Use Them | Learn to Spell
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KS1 Punctuation
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PlanIt English Y1: Read Words with Contractions Spelling Pack
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Contractions Activities (Ages 5-7)
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