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Why Punctuate Dash
Full Stop (a.k.a. Period) Hyphen
Question Mark Quotation
Mark
Exclamation Mark
Capital Letters
Comma
Semi-Colon -
Colon
Apostrophe
Learning outcome
1. Identify each punctuation to be
used in writing
Why Punctuate?
To be understood
Read the following passage, without
punctuation.
To indicate an abbreviation
Example: N.S.W, e.g., Prof.
Activity
Put full stops in the correct places in these
groups of sentences. (You'll need to add
capitals where there are new sentences.)
It had been raining for weeks the river was rising very
quickly and the farmers were afraid the dam would burst
we decided we would have to leave our farm
Activity
Key
Examples:
Hi! Sorry I haven't written for so long!!!
Great work! Congratulations!
"Leave me alone!" she screamed
Activity
Put exclamation marks in the correct
places in the following sentences.
Capital Letters
Capital letters are used:
At the start of a new sentence. Example: The cat
sat on the mat. His owner sat nearby.
Commas (2)
When do we use a commas?
Activity 1
Insert commas where necessary.
Activity 2 (1)
Key
Colon (:)
The colon can be used to:
Semi-Colon (;)
Why do we use a semi-colon?