Year 3 · SPaG · Conjunctions and clauses
Year 3 conjunctions for time, place and cause worksheet and PowerPoint
To practise together: conjunctions for time; conjunctions for place; conjunctions for cause; expanding sentences (and, but, or, so); expanding sentences (when, if, that, because).
What this sheet covers
Each question comes from one of the lessons below. If a question is tricky, look back at that lesson’s sheet and slides.
| Conjunctions for time | Before, after, when, while and until. |
|---|---|
| Conjunctions for place | Where and wherever. |
| Conjunctions for cause | Because, so and in case. |
| Expanding sentences (and, but, or, so) | Joining two sentences with and, but, or and so. |
| Expanding sentences (when, if, that, because) | Adding more information to a sentence with when, if, that and because. |
Key words
- conjunction of time
- tells you when
- conjunction
- a word that joins clauses
- clause
- a group of words with a verb
- conjunction of place
- tells you where
- conjunction of cause
- tells you why
- main clause
- makes sense on its own
- subordinate clause
- cannot stand alone
What is on the worksheet
Every sheet for this lesson has a short teaching box and 12 questions that get gradually harder: 8 fluency questions, then 4 reasoning questions that ask pupils to explain or choose. A writing challenge follows. The questions use the same styles as the key stage 2 grammar and punctuation test (circle, underline, tick, fill the gap, add punctuation, rewrite, explain). They are written for this website, not copied from past papers.
All the answers are on the last page of the same editable Word file. New questions are made every time, so you can print a different sheet for every group or for homework. The same sheet code always gives the same sheet.
Writing challenge: Choose the lesson from this sheet that you found hardest. Write three new questions of your own for a friend, with an answer sheet, then swap and mark each other’s work.
Pupil target: I can remember what I have learned and use it.
The PowerPoint
A 20-slide lesson deck for the same lesson: a starter that revisits earlier learning, key words, an I do and a You do question on each slide with a countdown timer, answers that appear one click at a time, and a challenge. Download the conjunctions for time, place and cause PowerPoint.
Where this lesson fits
This is lesson 19 of 53 in the Year 3 SPaG scheme, in the block “Conjunctions and clauses”.
Other lessons in this block
- What is a clause?
- Expanding sentences (and, but, or, so)
- Expanding sentences (when, if, that, because)
- Coordinating conjunctions
- Subordinating conjunctions
- Conjunctions for time
- Conjunctions for place
- Conjunctions for cause
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