Periods

Periods

Periods

• The correct use of periods is tested on many questions involving fragments, run-ons, semicolons, colons, and commas.

• Understanding the relationship between sentence structure and punctuation is key for many questions on the English Test.

Periods Cont.

• Complete sentences end with a period. A complete sentence must have a subject (who or what does the action), a predicate (the action), and a complete idea.

• Correct period placement will result in logical and complete sentences both before and after the punctuation.

Walk-Through Example

• Incorrect: My cat Moxie likes chasing the laster pointer yesterday she ran into a wall.

• Incorrect: My cat Moxie likes chasing. The laser pointer yesterday. She ran. Into a wall.

• Correct: ________________________

Correct:

My cat Moxie likes chasing the laser pinter. Yesterday, she ran into a wall.

Periods Cont Pt2...

• The use of a period tells the reader that the two sentences are separate and distinct ideas.

• If two ideas are closely related, they can also be linked within one sentence by semicolons or commas and transition words.

Multiple Select

Which of the following sentences use periods correctly?

• More than fifty million buffalo once roamed North Amreica by 1900, fewer than a thousand remained.

• More than fifty million buffalo once roamed North America. By 1900, fewer than a thousand remained.

• More than fifty million buffalo once roamed North America, but by 1900, fewer than a thousand remained.

Multiple Choice

I'll displpay this in a minute...

• NO CHANGE

• this subject. Private intercession.

• this subject. And private intercession

• this subject, private intercession

Multiple Choice

Queen ran after the ball. Caught it. In mid air and ran back to Ms. Katopol.

• NO CHANGE

• Queen ran after the ball, caught it in mid air, and ran back to Ms. Katopol.

• Queen ran after the ball. Caught it in mid air and ran back to Ms. Katopol.

Multiple Choice

JaNiya worked really hard on her shape poem, therefore, she recieved an A.

• NO CHANGE

• JaNiya worked really hard. On her shape poem, therefore, she recieved an A.

• JaNiya worked really hard on her shape poem. Therefore, she recieved an A

Multiple Choice

Tripping over his own feet. Chris grabbed his cell phone and ran out the door

• NO CHANGE

• Tripping over his own feet, Chris grabbed his cell phone and ran out the door

• Trippin gover his own feet, Chris grabbed his cell phone and ran out the door.