Punctuation for Q5

Question 1

What is a question mark for?

Answer 1

to show when a question is asked

Question 2

When is a exclamation mark used?

!

Answer 2

to show a raised voice

e.g. He shouted, “Hello!”

Question 3

When are speech marks used?

” “

Answer 3

this is for speech for someone talking

Question 4

When are quotation marks used?

’ ‘

Answer 4

to quote exact words from a text

e.g. “God is almighty” - the quran

Question 5

When are brackets used?

Answer 5

to separate extra or unimportant information

e.g. I bought some biscuits (chocolate) this morning

Question 6

When are elipsis used?

…

Answer 6

this shows a pause and slows the writing down

e.g. surely… it couldn’t be… maaa

Question 7

When is a hyphen used?

-

Answer 7

to join a compound adjective or a compound noun, or prefixes

e. g. father-in-law is a compound noun
e. g. fifty-odd teachers - compound adjective
e. g. ex-husband - prefix

Question 8

When is a dash used?

Answer 8

it emphasises extra information like a bracket does.

e.g.

i’m afraid i can’t stay - I have to go!