• Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Statements, questions, commands, exclamations). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
• Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.

1. What type of sentence is this? What a mess this room is! (statement / question / command / exclamation) → exclamationPrompt: Look at the end punctuation and the first word.
2. What type of sentence is this? Turn left at the post office. (statement / question / command / exclamation) → commandPrompt: Look at the end punctuation and the first word.
3. What type of sentence is this? Where did you put the scissors? (statement / question / command / exclamation) → questionPrompt: Look at the end punctuation and the first word.

• Show a sentence with the grammar point used wrongly and ask what sounds odd.
• Share the objective: Turn a statement into a question. Read the success criteria together.

• Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
• Example: Which is the question form of this statement? The baby is asleep.
• Step 1: Move the helping word (is, can, are, will, was, has) to the front and add a question mark.
• Step 2: So the answer is: Is the baby asleep?
• Answer: Is the baby asleep?
• Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.

• Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
• Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.

1. Which is the question form of this statement? We are going to the zoo. (Are we going to the zoo. / We are going to the zoo? / We going to the zoo are? / Are we going to the zoo?) → Are we going to the zoo?Prompt: A question needs a question mark at the end.
2. Which is the question form of this statement? The dog is hungry. (Is the dog hungry. / Is the dog hungry? / The dog hungry is? / The dog is hungry?) → Is the dog hungry?Prompt: A question needs a question mark at the end.

• Students work on the student sheet. Circulate and check the first two answers of every student early.
• Students who finish: write a question of their own for a partner, with the answer.

The 6 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.

• Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.

1. Which is the question form of this statement? The shop is open. (The shop open is? / The shop is open? / Is the shop open. / Is the shop open?) → Is the shop open?Prompt: A question needs a question mark at the end.
2. Which is the question form of this statement? Sam can swim. (Can Sam swim. / Sam swim can? / Can Sam swim? / Sam can swim?) → Can Sam swim?Prompt: A question needs a question mark at the end.

Free online practice with hints and printable worksheets for this skill: eurekami.com/english/grade-2.