Year 2 Statements, Questions, Commands & Exclamations – Complete Grammar Lesson

Teach the four different types of sentences with this ready-to-use Year 2 grammar lesson, designed to support the National Curriculum objective for pupils to recognise and use statements, questions, exclamations and commands.

The lesson introduces pupils to each sentence type using clear explanations and age-appropriate examples before giving them opportunities to identify different sentence types and apply their understanding of punctuation.

What’s included?

14-slide PowerPoint presentation

• What makes a sentence?
• Introduction to the four sentence types
• Clear explanations of statements, questions, exclamations and commands
• Age-appropriate examples
• Interactive sentence identification activities
• Punctuation practice
• Opportunities for discussion and reasoning
• Independent challenge activities
• Answers included throughout

The PowerPoint explains that statements give information and end with a full stop, questions ask for information and end with a question mark, exclamations show strong feelings and end with an exclamation mark, and commands tell someone what to do.

2-page printable worksheet

• Identify statements, questions, commands and exclamations
• Match sentence types to their correct punctuation
• Add missing punctuation
• Write examples of each sentence type
• Apply learning to a fun picture-based writing task

Perfect for:

Year 2 English / SPaG
Grammar lessons
Whole-class teaching
Independent work
Grammar revision
SATs preparation
Homework or consolidation
Intervention groups

Age: 6–7 years / Year 2
Subject: English – Grammar & Punctuation
Resource type: Complete lesson, PowerPoint & worksheets

A ready-to-teach resource that takes pupils from understanding the four sentence types through to identifying, punctuating and creating their own examples.