Punctuation Flashcards
What is an apostrophe?
What are contracted forms?
What is a comma?
Where can use a comma?
what are quotations?
Where can a full stop be used?
Where can you use question marks?
Where can you use an exclamation mark?
Where can you use a colon?
• A colon says ‘Here’s what I mean’ or ‘here comes some information
e.g. You will need the following: paper, pencils, scissors and tape.
• It can also add emphasis to a particular word or phrase
e.g. He got what he worked so hard for: a promotion.
Where can you use a semicolon ; and how?
• Sometimes thought of as a ‘weak full stop’ it separates two closely related independent clauses.
e.g. My friend loves tea; I prefer coffee.
• Used to separate longer items in a list
e.g. The resort offers many activities: water-skiing
on the lake; the high ropes course in the woods;
mountain biking around the whole site and much
more.
How can you use brackets known as parentheses?
What are square brackets used for?
When are hyphens used?
What are dashes used for?
What are slashes used for?
What are the different Apostrophes types?
- Possession – before or after the ‘s’?
- Singular possessor – before the ‘s’
e. g. Jeff the dog’s bone - Plural possessors – after the ‘s’ e.g. the two doctors’ cars
- Irregular plurals e.g. children – before the ‘s’
