Punctuation

Question 1

Capital letter

eg- South Africa

Answer 1

To indicate a proper noun

Question 2

Full stop

.

Answer 2

At end of sentences

In some abbreviations

Question 3

Question mark

?

Answer 3

To indicate a question

Question 4

Exclamation mark

!

Answer 4

To indicate an emotion

eg- shouting

Question 5

Comma

,

Answer 5

To separate items in a list
To separate independent and the dependent clause
To add info
To add a pause when reading

Question 6

Colon

:

Answer 6

Introduces a list, text and an explanation ( or a character if in a script )

Question 7

Semi-colon

;

Answer 7

Connects 2 independent clauses into 1 sentence that are related info

Question 8

Quotation Marks/ Inverted Commas

“ “

Answer 8

Indicate a quote

Indicate Direct Speech

Question 9

Apostrophe

‘

Answer 9

Possession (Mina’s)

Contraction ( Isn’t)

Question 10

Hyphen

-

Answer 10

To create compound adjectives and other compound words

To link a prefix

Question 11

Dash

–

Answer 11

Provided added information or an explanation

Question 12

Brackets

Answer 12

Provided added information or an explanation

Or edit a qoute

Question 13

Ellipsis

…

Answer 13

Indicate the text continues
Indicate some information has been omitted
create suspense

Question 14

.

Answer 14

Full Stop

Question 15

?

Answer 15

Question mark

Question 16

!

Answer 16

Exclamation

Question 17

-

Answer 17

Hyphen

Question 18

–

Answer 18

Dash

Question 19

;

Answer 19

Semi-colon

Question 20

:

Answer 20

Colon

Question 21

,

Answer 21

Comma

Question 22

’

Answer 22

Apostrophe

Question 23

” “

Answer 23

Quotation Marks/ Inverted Commas

Question 24

…

Answer 24

Ellipsis

Question 25

Remember!!!

Answer 25

Look for each punctuation in context