A Year 3 conjunctions sheet with eight gap sentences. Page 1 gives three words in brackets for each gap, such as because, but and until for I stayed inside, followed by it was raining. Page 2 asks pupils to say why they chose because in sentence 1 and to write a sentence of their own with before. Page 3 is the answer key. It follows England National Curriculum grammar for Year 3.
Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
“extending the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, including when, if, because, although”
Items 1 and 3 need because and if, two of the conjunctions named in the programme of study, and question 2 on page 2 asks pupils to write a clause with before.
Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
“using conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause”
Items 2, 5, 7 and 8 need a time word (before, until, while, after), and items 1 and 6 need a cause word (because, so).
Eight sentences, each with a gap and three bracketed choices. The answers use because, before, if, but, until, so, while and after, one each.
Question 1 asks pupils why they chose because in sentence 1, on four lines. Question 2 asks for a sentence of their own with before.
The eight words in order, a model reason for question 1, and an example for question 2: I brush my teeth before I go to bed.
Whiteboard voting
Read item 2 aloud with each of the three words in turn and ask pupils to vote on the one that sounds right. Then let them work through the page alone.
Reasoning talk
Use question 1 on page 2 as a talking task. Pairs say why because fits and the other two words do not, before anyone writes.
Support group
Pupils who find the page hard can do items 1 to 4 and question 2 on page 2, which asks only for a sentence with before.
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