Punctuation

Punctuation

Today you will learn about punctuation!

Every sentence must have punctuation.

There are a lot of types of punctuation. You will learn about some on the next slide.

Types of punctuation

• Comma: Used with in a sentence to make a sentence complete, and not run-on. For example, a comma can be used between list items or clauses.

• Period, ends a sentence or a quote. A period is not the only end punctuation. A period ends a sentence with a statement.

• Exclamation mark: An exclamation mark also ends a sentence or a quote, but it ends a sentence where some one is exclaming something like "Oh no!"

• Question mark: A question mark ends a sentence or quote, but it will ask a question like "When will this quiz be over?"

• Colon: A colon can be used with in a sentence to introduce a list or a topic. You may have noticed that I used a colon to introduce all of the punctuation marks.

Multiple Select

In the sentence below, what punctuation needs to be used?

My favorite foods are watermelon ice cream and popcorn.

• No change is needed.

• Insert a comma after watermelon.

• Insert a colon after watermelon

• Insert a period after watermelon.

• Insert a comma after ice cream (We actually Googled this answer after I wrote the question and we figutrd out that it is not correct to have a comma before and. This answer is correct for this question, but you don't have to click it if you don't want. The game will count it off your accuracy, bub I won't.)

Open Ended

Write the sentence below correctly.

After school, I, went to the store to pick up some food.

Open Ended

Is this sentence correct? (If this sentence is correct, type "Yes", but if the sentence is not correct, type "No" and then right the sentence correctly.)

Do you need help getting on Zoom.

Open Ended

Type a sentence that uses correct punctuation using what you have learned in this lesson. Only use punctuations that were reviewed today.

Poll

Have you learned about punctuation today? (All answers are correct)

• Yes!

• I already knew about punctuation.

• I am not sure. I wasn't paying attention.

• This didn't work.

But Wait, There's More!

That may have seemed like the last question, but it actually isn't. You still have more to go!

Multiple Choice

The answer choices for this question have one sentence each. Select the one that is wrong. On the next slide, you will see the sentence that was wrong and then you will rewrite it.

• Today, I took a punctuation quiz.

• It tested me on how well I knew punctuation.

• I learned some facts, including, that a comma doesn't have to come before and.

• And now I must decide which of these sentences is wrong.

The incorrect sentence was...

I learned some facts, including, that a comma doesn't have to come before and.

On the next slide, rewrite the sentence.

Open Ended

Rewrite the sentence below correctly.

I learned some facts, including, that a comma doesn't have to come before and.

Continue correcting more sentences on the next questions. I hope you are learning a lot!

On the next 4 questions, you will correct some sentences by typing them in correctly. Feel free to copy and paste the sentence and add/remove the punctuation.

Unfortunately, I cannot see your answers, but please do you best! After each question, I will incluse a slide with the correct sentence.

Open Ended

Correct the sentence below. If no correction is needed, write "No change should be made".

We have 3 trains: 2 trains from the Santa Fe product line and oneconstruction train.

You should have said: "No Change is needed"

That sentence was correct the way it was. No change was needed.

Open Ended

Rewrite the sentence below correctly. If no change is needed, write "No change is needed".

Tomorrow, will be Sunday, the day after that will be monday, and the day after that will be tuesday.

No comma was needed after tomorrow

This sentence should have said the following:

Tomorrow will be Sunday, the day after that will be Monday, and the day after that will be Tuesday.

Open Ended

In the sentence below, what change should be made. (If no change is needed, write "No change".)

My favorite sport is swimming?

Unless you didn't know yourself, the correct answer is "Change the question mark to a period"

For this sentence, the correct way to write it would be:

My favorite sport is swimming.

Congrats! You have complete the lsesso!

Thanks for doing this quiz! I hope yu have leanred a lot about punctuation.