4_English punctuation

Question 1

Bodka sa používa na konci vety

Answer 1

A full stop is used at the end of a sentence

Question 2

čiarka sa používa na oddelenie častí vety

Answer 2

Comma is used to separate parts of a sentence

Question 3

Bodka sa niekedy používa v skratkách

Answer 3

A full stop is sometimes used in abbreviations.

Question 4

každá nová veta musí začínať veľký písmenom

Answer 4

Each new sentence must begin with a capital letter.

Question 5

hoci je často vynechávaná pred “a”

Answer 5

though it is often omitted before AND

Question 6

Dvojbodka sa často používa na uvedenie ďalších detailov

Answer 6

A colon is often used to introduce further details

Question 7

bodkočiarka

Answer 7

semicolon

Question 8

otáznik

Answer 8

question mark

Question 9

výkričník

Answer 9

exclamation mark

Question 10

apostrof

Answer 10

apostrophe

Question 11

spojovník

Answer 11

hyphen

Question 12

pomlčka

Answer 12

dash

Question 13

zátvorky

Answer 13

brackets

Question 14

lomka (lomítko)

Answer 14

slash

Question 15

úvodzovky

Answer 15

quotation marks

Question 16

malé písmená

Answer 16

small letters

Question 17

veľké písmená

Answer 17

capital letters

Question 18

odlišný vchod

Answer 18

separate entrance

Question 19

nákupný zoznam

Answer 19

shopping list

Question 20

Pokúšala sa vysvetliť, čo sa stalo ale on ju naďalej vyrušoval.

Answer 20

She tried to explain what had happened but he kept interrupting her.

Question 21

Museli sme prerušiť výlet keď sme počuli, že Johnova mama mala nehodu.

Answer 21

We had to interrupt our trip when we heard John’s mother had had an accident.

Question 22

On je veľmi netrpezlivý a vždy ma prerušuje uprostred vety.

Answer 22

He’s very impatient and always interrupts me mid-sentence.

Question 23

Prosím, neprerušuj, pokým neskončím.

Answer 23

Please don’t interrupt until I’m finished.

Question 24

Šli sme vlakom namiesto autom.

Answer 24

We went by train instead of by car.

Question 25

Lomítko oddeľuje slová a frázy ktoré sú alternatívy, napr. slobodný/ženatý

Answer 25

A slash separates words or phrases that are alternatives, e.g. single/married.

Question 26

Kniha opomína akúkoľvek zmienky o kráľovej chorobe.

Answer 26

The book omitted any mention of the king’s illness.