Colons and Semi-Colons

Colons and Semi-Colons - Year 5 and 6 Year 5 and 6 English programme of study - Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation; Pupils should be taught to: indicate grammatical and other features by: using semi-colons and colons to mark boundaries between independent clauses; indicate grammatical and other features by: using a colon to introduce a list and a semi-colon within a list. In this upper KS2 English teaching resource, pupils learn how to correctly use colons and semi-colons as per the year 5 and 6 curriculum objectives listed above.