Year 2 Statements SPaG Worksheets

These bright, appealing SPaG worksheets are a great help for practising and revising the use of statements in Year 2. There are three worksheets in total, covering the following five sections – ‘understand’, ‘challenge’, ‘test’, ‘explain’ and ‘apply’.

• Understand

  Students respond to three questions by writing a short statement for each one.

• Challenge

  ‘Write 3 statements about your school.’

• Test

  Students pick out the statements from a list of several sentences and underline the statements contained within three short passages.

• Explain

  ‘Using your own words, explain what a statement is.’

• Apply

  ‘What do you like to do for fun? Tell a friend all about your favourite hobby. Underline all of the statements you have included.’

What is a statement?

A clearly expressed fact, observation or preference in speech or writing.

• I like spaghetti.
• I am going outside.
• I am older than you.
• She doesn’t look happy.

National Curriculum English programme of study links

Pupils should be taught to learn how to use sentences with different forms: statement, question, exclamation, command.

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• Worksheets featuring five sections: understand challenge test explain and apply. Activities include SATs style questions and opportunities for creative writing responses with eye-catching images as prompts