Students handout

Writing skills practice: an invitation.

1. Match the names of punctuation marks with the symbols:

! ? . , A

Full stop Capital letter

Question mark Exclamation mark

Comma

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 Students handout

Writing skills practice: an invitation.

2. Write the best option to complete the sentence.

a. ___________________________________ sent the email. Jen / Jim

b. Jen is going surfing with her friends _________________. at the weekend / after school

c. They´re meeting at _______________________________. the surf club / the beach

d. Jen thinks the weather will be ______________________. Bad / good

e. _______________ other people are going to surf with Jen. Two / four

f. They´re meeting _________________ lunch. Before / after

3. Rewrite this email and correct the punctuation errors.

a. hi jen (2 mistakes)

___________________________________________________________________________

b. that sounds great. what time are you meeting. do I need to bring anything. ( 5 mistakes )

____________________________________________________________________________

c. I´m going to get the bus what number is the bus to Fistral Beach. (3 mistakes)

____________________________________________________________________________

d. see you on Saturday. (2 mistakes)

____________________________________________________________________________

Jim.