Punctation

Question 1

Full stops/ periods

Answer 1

Indicates the end of a sentence
Used for some abbreviations

Question 2

Capital letters

Answer 2

Beginning of sentences
Used for proper nouns
Used for acronyms
Add emphasis

Question 3

Question marks

Answer 3

Indicate the end of a question

Question 4

Exclamation marks

Answer 4

Used to indicate an interjection,
a command or emotion

Question 5

Ellipses

Answer 5

Indicate an incomplete though
or a trail of thought
Indicates hesitation or an interruption

Question 6

Commas

Answer 6

Separate items or descriptive words in a list
Separate parts
(phrases/clauses) in sentences
Function like brackets, separate extra information
Used to separate the name of the person being addressed from the rest of the sentence

Question 7

Quotation marks

Answer 7

Indicate direct speech
Used to quote a text
Enclose nicknames
Show sarcasm

Question 8

Hyphens

Answer 8

Make compound words
Separate vowels
Show that a word is unfinished if it is at the end of a line
Connect prefixes to nouns

Question 9

Apostrophes

Answer 9

Show possession
Used for omission - letters that are left out
Used for contractions - phrase/word has been contracted /shortened

Question 10

Dashes

Answer 10

Enclose additional information

Question 11

Colons

Answer 11

Introduce lists
Used in direct speech

Question 12

Semicolons

Answer 12

Separate items in a list
Separate two main clauses