A Year 2 sheet in two parts, with the answer key on page 3. Page 1 is a table of fourteen word pairs, grouped by the word that shrinks: not, is, are, will and have. Pupils write the contraction beside each pair, from do not and has not to there is and I have. On page 2 they rewrite four sentences, changing the two underlined words into one contraction. It follows the England National Curriculum for Year 2 punctuation.
Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
“apostrophes for contracted forms and the possessive (singular)”
All fourteen rows on page 1 ask for a contraction, and the four sentences on page 2 use one in context.
Fourteen word pairs in a two-column table, each tagged with not, is, are, will or have. Five pairs shrink not, three shrink is, three shrink are, two shrink will and one shrinks have.
Four short sentences with two words underlined: I do not like peas, They are late, It is raining and We will go later. Pupils write each one again with a contraction.
The full table filled in, with hasn't, couldn't and there's among the answers, then the four rewritten sentences.
Group by group
Start with the five not rows. Ask pupils which letter the apostrophe replaced each time, then move on to is, are, will and have.
Spelling list
Take the five not contractions as the week's spellings and test them from the full forms.
Plenary
Read the page 2 sentences aloud in full and ask pupils to say each one again with the contraction before they write it.
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