Y5 Commas to Avoid Ambiguity Make a Match - KS2 Grammar Games

This ‘Make a Match’ game is a fun way for pupils in Y5 to learn how commas can provide clarity and avoid ambiguity. Pupils will match images to the correct sentence.

The game can be played as a class or in small groups and is perfect for adult led interventions to revisit key knowledge and skills.

This resource pack includes:

• 14 Make a Match sentence/phrase cards
• 14 Make a Match image cards

What is a comma?
A comma is a punctuation mark used to separate items within a list or to separate some phrases and clauses within a sentence.

How do they provide clarity?

Commas can be used to avoid confusion when writing.

For example:
Let’s eat grandma! (Grandma may be eaten for dinner!)
Let’s eat, grandma! (We are inviting our grandma to eat with us)

National Curriculum English programme of study links
Pupils should learn how to use commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity.

This resource is part of the Grammar Games collection.
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• Teacher notes
• 14 sentence/phrase cards
• 14 image cards