EYFS Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Use full range of punctuation correctly; Use direct and reported matched to genre. speech. Use commas to Use of semi-colons to mark boundaries mark the boundary Brackets, dashes, or between clauses. between related commas to indicate independent clauses Capital letters, full parenthesis. Use of speech (e.g. It’s raining; I’m fed stops, question marks marks to punctuate up.) and exclamation Use of commas to clarify Separation of words direct speech. Use of colons and marks used to meaning or avoid with spaces. dashes to mark the demarcate sentences. ambiguity. Apostrophes to boundary between Begin to use full Introduction to the mark plural related independent Commas to separate Use of semi-colons to stops and use of capital letters, possession (e.g. the clauses where the items in a list. mark the boundary capital letters, full stops, question girl’s name, the second explains or Inverted commas to between related showing marks and boys’ boots.) adds to the first (e.g. I Apostrophes to mark punctuate direct independent clauses (e.g. understanding exclamation marks was scared; I’d never where letters are speech. It’s raining; I’m fed up.) of concept of a to demarcate Use of commas been that high before.) omitted in spelling, single clauses/sentences. after fronted Punctuation and mark possession Use of colons and dashes Use of the colon to clause/sentence. adverbials (e.g. in nouns. to mark the boundary introduce a list and Capital letters for Later that day, I between related use of a semi-colon names and for the heard the bad Introduction of independent clauses within lists. personal pronoun. news…) inverted commas to where the second explains Punctuation of bullet punctuate direct or adds to the first (e.g. I Use of inverted points to list speech. was scared; I’d never been commas and other information. that high before.) punctuation to How hyphens can be indicate direct used to avoid Use of the colon to speech. ambiguity (e.g. man introduce a list and use of eating shark versus a semi-colon within lists. man-eating shark, or recover versus re-cover)
EYFS Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Punctuation Begin to use full stops and capital letters, showing understanding of concept of a single clause/sentence. Separation of words with spaces. Introduction to the use of capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate clauses/sentences. Capital letters for names and for the personal pronoun. Capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks used to demarcate sentences. Commas to separate items in a list. Apostrophes to mark where letters are omitted in spelling, and mark possession in nouns. Introduction of inverted commas to punctuate direct speech. Inverted commas to punctuate direct speech. Use commas to mark boundaries between clauses. Use of speech marks to punctuate direct speech. Apostrophes to mark plural possession (e.g. the girl’s name, the boys’ boots.) Use of commas after fronted adverbials (e.g. Later that day, I heard the bad news…) Use of inverted commas and other punctuation to indicate direct speech. Use direct and reported speech. Brackets, dashes, or commas to indicate parenthesis. Use of commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity. Use of semi-colons to mark the boundary between related independent clauses (e.g. It’s raining; I’m fed up.) Use of colons and dashes to mark the boundary between related independent clauses where the second explains or adds to the first (e.g. I was scared; I’d never been that high before.) Use of the colon to introduce a list and use of a semi-colon within lists. Use full range of punctuation correctly; matched to genre. Use of semi-colons to mark the boundary between related independent clauses (e.g. It’s raining; I’m fed up.) Use of colons and dashes to mark the boundary between related independent clauses where the second explains or adds to the first (e.g. I was scared; I’d never been that high before.) Use of the colon to introduce a list and use of a semi-colon within lists. Punctuation of bullet points to list information. How hyphens can be used to avoid ambiguity (e.g. man eating shark versus man-eating shark, or recover versus re-cover)
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