Year 6 · SPaG · Autumn: Sentence basics
Year 6 capital letters and end punctuation worksheet and PowerPoint
To use capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks correctly to mark where sentences begin and end.
Starting and ending sentences
Every sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a mark. The mark depends on the type of sentence.
| capital letter | the start of a sentence, the word I, and names of people, places, days and months: Mia, London, Monday, June |
|---|---|
| full stop | ends a statement or a command: Close the door. |
| question mark | ends a question: Where are you going? |
| exclamation mark | ends an exclamation (or a very strong command): What a view! |
Examples
- On Monday I went to London.
- What a day it was! Did you see it?
Key words
- capital letter
- a big letter that starts a sentence or a name
- full stop
- ends a statement or a command
- question mark
- ends a question
- exclamation mark
- ends an exclamation
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 paragraph about a day out. Use all four end marks at least once, and capital letters for three different names.
Pupil target: I can start and end my sentences correctly.
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 capital letters and end punctuation PowerPoint.
Where this lesson fits
This is lesson 2 of 72 in the Year 6 SPaG scheme, in the Autumn term, block “Sentence basics”. It is taught before the SATs grammar test in May.
Other lessons in this block
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