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Year 6 · English

Punctuate Independent Clauses

Year 6 learners practise using semicolons and colons to join clauses.

The activities include Understand How to Use Colons, Understand How To Use Colons and Semicolons, Understand How To Use Semicolons, and related practice. The checked support below includes teaching, video, 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

  • Understand How to Use Colons
  • Understand How To Use Colons and Semicolons
  • Understand How To Use Semicolons
  • Understand the Correct Use of the Dash
  • Use Colons Correctly to Add Further Information
  • Use Semicolons Correctly
  • Use Semicolons in a List
  • Use Semicolons to Replace Conjunctions

Checked learning resources

  • Oak: Punctuation

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Oak Year 6/KS2 unit linked to using semicolons and colons to join clauses.

  • Oak: Review, including word class, sentence types, tense, commas and colons

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Oak Year 6/KS2 unit linked to using semicolons and colons to join clauses.

  • BBC Bitesize: Punctuation

    BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    BBC KS2 Punctuation support for using semicolons and colons to join clauses.

  • When Do I Use a Single Dash? | KS2 English Concept Video

    Twinkl · Video · Account may be required

    Gives modelled KS2 examples of a single dash used to link or separate ideas and mark a boundary in a sentence. The video models single-dash sentence boundaries; the accompanying Year 6 materials distinguish embedded mate

  • Oak: Colons First Function

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 6 english lesson. I can use the colon to introduce a list or a question. A colon is a piece of punctuation with more than one purpose. A colon is always placed after a main clause. A colon can introduce a list or a

  • Oak Year 6: Semi-colons - First Function

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Verified Year 6 Oak video lesson teaching pupils to use a semi-colon to join two closely related main clauses, with lesson slides and worksheet available on the page.

  • Oak: Colons Semi Colons Hyphens And Bullet Points Revision

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 6 english lesson. I can practise colons, semi-colons, hyphens and bullet points test questions. A colon has two functions - it can introduce a list or an explanation. A dash can also introduce an explanation. A semi

  • Oak: Semi Colons Second Function

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 6 english lesson. I can use the semi-colon in a detailed list in which each item includes commas. A semi-colon is a piece of punctuation with more than one purpose. A semi-colon can be used to separate items in a de