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Practise and revise using dashes to mark independent clauses with this bright, appealing PDF grammar worksheet. Activities include SATs-style questions and opportunities for creative writing responses, with eye-catching images as prompts. This primary resource is divided into five sections: Understand Circle the dash in each sentence and add an independent clause to the sentence given using a dash.
Challenge Write sentences that contain a dash to mark independent clauses. Test Match the independent clauses that could be joined using a dash and place the dash in the correct place within the sentences given. Explain Explain when a dash could be used to mark independent clauses. Apply Write a description of the image shown and include a sentence that includes a dash to mark independent clauses. When is a dash used? A dash can be used instead of a comma or semi-colon to separate independent clauses. It is often used in less formal writing. Examples of dashes used to mark independent clauses
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National Curriculum English programme of study links Pupils should be taught to use semi-colons, colons or dashes to mark boundaries between independent clauses
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