TheLearnDenYear 5 · English
Use Commas To Clarify
Year 5 learners practise using commas to clarify meaning.
The activities include Add Commas to Indicate Relative Clauses, Create Complex Sentences Using Embedded Relative Clauses, Develop Skills in Punctuating Subordinate Clauses, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, worksheet, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
Activities covered
- Add Commas to Indicate Relative Clauses
- Create Complex Sentences Using Embedded Relative Clauses
- Develop Skills in Punctuating Subordinate Clauses
- Practise Creating Complex Sentences Using Embedded Relative Clauses
- Understand Punctuation of Subordinate Clauses
- Use Commas to Show Parentheses
Checked learning resources
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What Is a Relative Clause? | KS2 English Concept Video
Twinkl · Video · Account may be required
Exact KS2 video explains relative clauses, relative pronouns and how clauses add information to a noun, with independent practice.
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Using Commas Correctly | KS2 English Concept Video
Twinkl · Video · Account may be required
KS2 video recaps how commas separate clauses and parenthetical information to prevent ambiguity.
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What Is Parenthesis? | KS2 English Concept Video
Twinkl · Video · Account may be required
Exact KS2 video explains how brackets, dashes and commas mark non-essential parenthetical information and includes questions.
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What Are Relative Clauses?
BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website
KS2 guide teaches how who, which, that, whose and whom introduce relative clauses and how embedded clauses are punctuated.
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Year 5 and 6 Relative Clauses Activity Booklet
Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required
Year 5/6 booklet practises identifying, completing and writing relative clauses and selecting relative pronouns.
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Speech Punctuation, Parenthesis and Apostrophes
Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website
Year 5 grammar unit includes punctuation of embedded clauses and parenthetical information.
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Using Commas to Indicate Parenthesis Quiz
Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required
Interactive questions practise placing paired commas around embedded relative clauses and parenthetical information.
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How to Use Parentheses: Dashes, Brackets and Commas
BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website
KS2 guide compares brackets, dashes and commas as paired punctuation for parenthesis.