PUNCTUATION

By Laura

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 Full stop .
You put the full stop at the end of a sentence.
E,g
 A dog likes bones.
 A horse likes hay.
 A flower grows.
 A banana is yellow.

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 Question mark ?
Question mark goes at the end of a question
E.g.
 What's your name?
 Do you like school?
 How old are you?
 Do you like dolphins?

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 Exclamation mark !
Exclamation mark is used at the end of a sentence or
a short phrase which expresses very strong feeling.
E.g.
 What a lovely view you have here!
 That's fantastic!
 Help!

An exclamation mark is also usual after an

exclamation beginning with what or how
E.g
 What fools people can be!
 How well Marshall bowled yesterday!

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 Comma ,
You use commas for listing and joining 2 sentences
together.
E.g
 I like fruit especially Strawberrys,rasberrys and apple.
 My friends names are Bethany, Ellie and Jade.

Joining sentences together

E.g
 You must hand in your essay by Friday, or you will
receive a mark of zero.
 Norway has applied to join the EC, and Sweden is
expected to do the same.

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 Colon :
Colon can be used to introduce a list, extended quotation
and introduce an explanation of a statement.
List
E.g
 Here are some chocolate bars: Mars bar, milky way
and snicker.
Extended Quotation
E.g
 Bill said to his mum: “Can I have some popcorn,
please?.”
Explanation of a statement
E.G
 A lion: large, land based feline predator situated in a
pride.
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 Semi colon ;
It is used to join two complete sentences into a single
written sentence.
E,g
 Pass Ben his pencil case; it belongs to him.
 Pass Annie her lunch money; it belongs to her
 Give Spotty the dog his bone; it belongs to him

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Capital Letters
Use capital letters to start a sentence, languages, days off the
week, months and names of countries, your name
beginning of quotations.
Sentence e.g.
Learn the names of countries.
Languages e.g
Julie speaks English, French and German.
Days of the week
I love Mondays.
Months
Emma's birthday is in March.
Countries
It is hot in China.
Name
My name is Luke.
Quotations
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Abbreviation
An abbreviation is a short way of writing a word or a
phrase that could also be written out in full.
E,g
 Dr = Doctor
 Prof= Professor
 a.m = Before noon
 p.m= After noon
 b.c= before the birth of Christ
 a.d= after the birth of Christ
 b.c.e= Before the common era
 c.e =Of the common era
 RSPCA Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals
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Quotation marks “”
A pair of quotation marks encloses a direct quotation.
E,g
 “ Do you like singing?”
 “ Do you have a pet?”
 “What's your favourite animal?”
 “ Do you play a instrument?”

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 Paragraph
Start a new paragraph when you start a new topic.
E,g
 I love eating cake because it is delicious. I
especially like chocolate because the chocolaty
taste makes it nice.

 I like pizza because she can put your own topping

on it so you can choose what you have. Overall I
like pizza better because you can have it hot or
cold whereas cake only can only have it cold.

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 Now its your turn

Complete the following:

 I went to the park

 Do you like cats
 Help
 I like fruit especially apples raspberries and strawberries
 Here are some sweets skittles smarty's and strawberry
Millions
 Pass Ellie her school bag it belongs to her
 i like eating pizza and ice cream
 Jade asked her friend are you coming to my party
 Do you play a instrument
 That's fantastic
 my name is charlotte and my birthday is in april. i like running

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 Answers
 I went to the park.
 Do you like cats?
 Help!
 I like fruit especially apples, raspberries and strawberries.
 Here are some sweets: skittles, smarty's and strawberry
Millions.
 Pass Ellie her school bag; it belongs to her.
 I like eating pizza and ice cream.
 Jade asked her friend “Are you coming to my party? ”
 Do you play a instrument?
 That's fantastic!
 My name is Charlotte and my birthday is in April. I like
running.

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© Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013