Conjunctions Because When If and But

Year 2 EnglishGrammar and Punctuation3 pages

About this worksheet

Three pages on joining sentences for Year 2 English. In the first matching table, pupils join five sentence halves with and, but or or, such as 'Sam fell over on the playground,' and 'but he did not hurt himself.' The second table uses because, when and if. To finish, pupils write one sentence with because and one with when. The first match is done as an example, and the answer key writes out every full sentence. Follows the England National Curriculum objective on subordination and co-ordination.

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Curriculum objectives covered

Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

โ€œSubordination (using when, if, that, or because) and co-ordination (using or, and, or but)โ€

The first table covers co-ordination with and, but and or. The second table and the Write Your Own task cover because, when and if.

What's inside this worksheet

First Matching Section (and, but, or)

Five sentence starts to match to endings by letter, such as 'You can have a blue pencil,' with 'or you can borrow my red one.'

Second Matching Section (because, when, if)

Five more starts, such as 'The dog wags his tail', matched to endings that begin with because, when or if.

Write Your Own

Two sentences of the pupil's own, one with because and one with when.

How teachers use it

Oral warm-up

Read each sentence start aloud and let pupils call out the ending that makes sense.

Writing target

Use it when conjunctions are a class target, then look for because in the next piece of writing.

Support

Show pupils the finished first match in the opening table before they try the rest alone.

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