Year 5 · SPaG · Linking ideas
Year 5 using devices to build cohesion worksheet and PowerPoint
To recognise and use linking words, adverbials and pronouns that link sentences and paragraphs.
Cohesive devices
A text has cohesion when its sentences and paragraphs are linked so that it reads smoothly. Writers use linking words, adverbials and pronouns to do this.
| linking word or adverbial | However, the match went ahead. Therefore, we stayed in. Meanwhile, the cook peeled the potatoes. |
|---|---|
| pronoun that refers back | Mia lost her key. She searched the garden. |
| adverbial of time or place | Later that day, we went home. Behind the shed, we found a nest. |
Examples
- It rained all day. Therefore, the picnic was cancelled.
- Tom has a new bike. He rides it to school.
Key words
- cohesion
- how the parts of a text link together
- linking word
- a word that joins ideas: however, therefore
- adverbial
- a word or phrase that links or tells you more about a verb
- pronoun
- takes the place of a noun
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: Write a short story opening of eight sentences about a storm. Use a linking adverbial or a pronoun to link every sentence to the one before.
Pupil target: I can use linking words to make my writing flow.
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 using devices to build cohesion PowerPoint.
Where this lesson fits
This is lesson 41 of 43 in the Year 5 SPaG scheme, in the block “Linking ideas”.
Other lessons in this block
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