Unit 2
Language: exclamation mark
We use an exclamation mark • when somebody shouts. “ Oh no ! ” • when somebody has strong feelings.
“ Stop it ! ”
1 Copy these sentences. Put in a question mark or an exclamation mark at the end of the sentence. There are three exclamations and three questions.
1 That is fantastic 2 Are you going out 3 Is this your book
4 Help 5 The story is amazing 6 What time is it
a or an ?
Use an in front of words beginning with ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i, ‘o’ or ‘u’: an instrument Use a in front of all other words: a wasp
Example: a tree 2 Use a or an in front of these words. _
1 ___ bat 2 ___ owl 3 ___ tiger 4 ___ ant
5 ___ egg 6 ___ mongoose 7 ___ good boy 8 ___ easy job
• Exclamation marks, Extension: Write these words and phrases and ask pupils how they would say them. Hooray! I won! Well done! • A or an?: when teaching ‘a’ and ‘an’, remind pupils that ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘I’, ‘o’ and ‘u’ are vowels. Ask pupils to suggest words beginning with each vowel and to tell you which vowels occur in selected CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words such as rat, bad, sit etc.
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