SPG Flashcards
Capital letters
Start of sentences, weekdays, months, festival days, places and people
4 types of Sentences
Questions, exclamations, statements and directives
Questions end in
?
Exclamations end in
!
Statements end in
.
Directives end in either
. Or !
A sentence must start with a
Capital letter
Sentences must end with either
A full stop, question mark, exclamation mark
Apostrophe for contraction
Omitting letters out of a word or phrase to shorten it
Apostrophe for possession
Shows something belongs to someone
Speech marks
Punctuation marks used in various forms of writing to indicate speech or begin a direct quote
Speech marks rules
Spoken words in speech marks, each section of direct speech should end with a punctuation mark inside speech marks and new speaker new line!
Why is a semi-colon used
Used instead of a full stop to separate 2 sentences which are closely related
When are colons used?
In a list, an example or explanation or a quotation
