Punctuation

Question 1

Capital letters

Answer 1

Used at the start of every sentence

Used for Proper nouns (Names of people,places and
things)
Titles of books, movies or plays (Title is a name)

Question 2

Full stop . . . .

Answer 2

Used at the end of a sentence

Question 3

Commas , , , , ,

Answer 3

Used to separate items in a list

Question 4

Colons : : : :

(A stronger form of punctuation than a comma)

How do we use it in a sentence?

Answer 4

Used to introduce a list
eg: Mother asked me to buy the following items:
cheese,bread,sausages and butter.

Used to write the time (3:30)

Used to link two sentences, when the second sentence
gives more information about the first

Used to introduce a quotation.
eg: Nelson Mandela said: “Education is the most
powerful weapon which you can use to change
the world”.

Used in dialogue format to separate the speaker from the words spoken
eg: John: It was a mistake, Mr Smith.
Mr Smith: Mistakes can be expensive, John.

Question 5

Semi-colons ; ; ; ;

Doesn’t come to a complete stop in a sentence like a full stop does

Answer 5

Used to separate longer items in a list (two or more words)

Used to seperate two sentences with closely related meanings where there is no conjunction joining them
eg: She studied hard for her test; she knew she would
do well.

Question 6

Meeks

Look at the different sentences to see the way we use the Colon and Semi-colon.

Answer 6

1) Our family loves playing cricket: we enjoyed playing
cricket every day.

2) I like to: eat pizza; hang out with friends; play
minecraft and study my awesome English notes.

3) You tried your hardest; second place is still good
though

Question 7

Question mark ? ? ? ?

Answer 7

Used after asking a question?

Question 8

Exclamation mark ! ! ! !

Answer 8

Used with strong feeling or command
Used with shouting
Marks the end of a sentence “Watch out!”

Question 9

Inverted commas or Quotation marks (“ “)

Answer 9

Come in pairs and show exactly what a person says.

Commas and full stops go inside of the quotation marks.

eg: “I had a fantastic time at the zoo,” Joseph said.
Wendy said, “It is such a lovely, sunny day today.”