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Year 6 · English

Use Colons In Lists

Year 6 learners practise using a colon before a list.

The activities include Practise Using Colons in Lists, Understand Colons and Semicolons, Understand How To Use Colons and Semicolons, and related practice. The checked support below includes teaching, lesson, video, worksheet. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Practise Using Colons in Lists
  • Understand Colons and Semicolons
  • Understand How To Use Colons and Semicolons
  • Use Colons Correctly in Lists and Quotations
  • Use Colons for Lists

Checked learning resources

  • Oak: Punctuation

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Oak Year 6/KS2 unit linked to using a colon before a list.

  • BBC Bitesize: Punctuation

    BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    BBC KS2 Punctuation support for using a colon before a list.

  • Twinkl: New Planit Y6 Spag Lesson Pack Semi Colons Colons And Dashes

    Twinkl · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Twinkl Year 6 resource linked to using a colon before a list.

  • Khan Academy: Linking Function of the Colon

    Khan Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Verified free colon video: a colon follows a complete clause and introduces lists and quotations; it can also link a second clause that explains or emphasises the first.

  • Khan Academy: Introduction to Colons Practice

    Khan Academy · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    Verified free practice questions requiring learners to distinguish colons that introduce lists from colons that introduce quotations.

  • UKS2 Using Colons in a Sentence Teaching Pack

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Verified upper-KS2 PowerPoint, activity sheets and poster teaching that colons introduce lists, explanations and quotations after a complete clause, with pupil practice.

  • Punctuation

    Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 6 English resource matched to using a colon before a list.

  • Colons First Function

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Oak lesson video titled Colons First Function.