• 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? Where did you put the scissors? (statement / question / command / exclamation) → questionPrompt: 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? Can you hear the thunder? (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? Lily has finished her book. (Has Lily finished her book? / Lily finished her book has? / Lily has finished her book? / Has Lily finished her book.) → Has Lily finished her book?Prompt: A question needs a question mark at the end.
2. Which is the question form of this statement? We are going to the zoo. (We going to the zoo are? / Are we going to the zoo. / Are we going to the zoo? / We are going to the zoo?) → Are we going to the zoo?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 8 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 dog is hungry. (The dog is hungry? / Is the dog hungry? / Is the dog hungry. / The dog hungry is?) → Is the dog hungry?Prompt: A question needs a question mark at the end.
2. Which is the question form of this statement? It was cold outside. (Was it cold outside. / It was cold outside? / Was it cold outside? / It cold outside was?) → Was it cold outside?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.