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Punctuation Worksheet

This document provides information about various punctuation marks, including their names and uses. It lists the full stop, question mark, exclamation mark, comma, semi-colon, colon, dash, ellipsis, brackets, apostrophe, and speech marks. For each punctuation mark, it gives a brief definition of its purpose and 1-2 examples of how it is used. The document concludes by providing sentences for the reader to practice identifying where apostrophes are needed for possession and omitted letters.

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Punctuation Worksheet

This document provides information about various punctuation marks, including their names and uses. It lists the full stop, question mark, exclamation mark, comma, semi-colon, colon, dash, ellipsis, brackets, apostrophe, and speech marks. For each punctuation mark, it gives a brief definition of its purpose and 1-2 examples of how it is used. The document concludes by providing sentences for the reader to practice identifying where apostrophes are needed for possession and omitted letters.

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Full Stops

~ end of a sentence Punctuation


Question Mark Punctuate the following sentences:
~ Indicates a question /express disbelief:
1. leave the room immediately
~ Is this really little Thomas?
2. roses are red
Exclamation Mark 3. we have a lot of trees in our garden they provide
~ Interjection/surprise/strong emotion plenty of shade
~ What a triumph!
4. they wanted to know when we would visit them
~ I’ve just about had enough!
again

5. the team member the one who was injured was


Comma taken to the hospital
~ separates lists/phrases/words
~ after sentence adverbs (‘however’,) 6. If you don’t stop that Ill ill

7. he started to draw his discussion to an end, and


Semi-Colon then gazed into space
~ Longer stop than a comma.
~ Shows balanced & connected thoughts 8. rhythm refers to the beat or the pattern of stresses
that occurs in poetry

Colon 9. we turned on the television but there was nothing to


watch
~ Introduces a list/dialogue/definition.
10. i saw the humour in the play the teacher saw the
tragedy
The Dash
~ dramatic pause. 11. Come here no stay where you are
~ change in thought
~ shows an interruption or hesitancy 12. the main characters in the play are Macbeth the
tragic hero his wife lady Macbeth banquo his friend
macduff who kills Macbeth and Malcolm the heir to
Ellipsis the throne
~ indicates a word(s) have been left out.

Brackets (Parenthesis) Fill in the appropriate apostrophes:


~ Encloses separate information.
The class didnt go on the schools trip to the zoo
The Apostrophe because the school hadn’t ordered the company
~ to show that letters have been left out.
buses. However, the next days activities proceeded
~ to show possession.
as planned. At the bus stop, before entering the
Speech Marks zoos gates, the teacher said that students shouldn’t
~ indicate quotes (evidence). fool around, but that they must write down the
~ direct speech
~ indicate slang or foreign phrases. animals habits. He would mark the pupils
notebooks. The students attitude was positive. At
For more information- see Hannah Essential the days end, the teacher felt that the childrens
SPG guide
behaviour and discipline had been excellent.

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