PUNCTUATION By Laura Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor

PUNCTUATION By Laura © Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013

Full stop . You put the full stop at the end of a sentence. E, g v A dog likes bones. v A horse likes hay. v A flower grows. v A banana is yellow. © Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013

Question mark goes at the end of a question E. g. v What's your name? v Do you like school? v How old are you? v Do you like dolphins? © Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013 ?

Exclamation mark ! Exclamation mark is used at the end of a sentence or a short phrase which expresses very strong feeling. E. g. v What a lovely view you have here! v That's fantastic! v Help! An exclamation mark is also usual after an exclamation beginning with what or how E. g v What fools people can be! v How well Marshall bowled yesterday! © Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013

Comma , You use commas for listing and joining 2 sentences together. E. g v I like fruit especially Strawberrys, rasberrys and apple. v My friends names are Bethany, Ellie and Jade. Joining sentences together E. g v You must hand in your essay by Friday, or you will receive a mark of zero. v Norway has applied to join the EC, and Sweden is expected to do the same. © Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013

Colon : Colon can be used to introduce a list, extended quotation and introduce an explanation of a statement. List E. g v Here are some chocolate bars: Mars bar, milky way and snicker. Extended Quotation E. g v Bill said to his mum: “Can I have some popcorn, please? . ” Explanation of a statement E. G v A lion: large, land based feline predator situated in a pride. © Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013

Semi colon ; It is used to join two complete sentences into a single written sentence. E, g v Pass Ben his pencil case; it belongs to him. v Pass Annie her lunch money; it belongs to her v Give Spotty the dog his bone; it belongs to him © Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013

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 “What's your favourite colour? ” © Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013

Abbreviation An abbreviation is a short way of writing a word or a phrase that could also be written out in full. E, g v Dr = Doctor v Prof= Professor v a. m = Before noon v p. m= After noon v b. c= before the birth of Christ v a. d= after the birth of Christ v b. c. e= Before the common era v c. e =Of the common era v RSPCA Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals © Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013

Quotation marks “” A pair of quotation marks encloses a direct quotation. E, g v “ Do you like singing? ” v “ Do you have a pet? ” v “What's your favourite animal? ” v “ Do you play a instrument? ” © Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013

Paragraph Start a new paragraph when you start a new topic. E, g v I love eating cake because it is delicious. I especially like chocolate because the chocolaty taste makes it nice. v 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. © Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013

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 © Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013

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. © Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013