Improving our punctuation and grammar

Improving our punctuation and grammar

Capital Letters

• A capital letter goes at the start of every sentence. ( This might seem obvious but not everyone does this!)

• They also go on proper nouns ( a name , country , place)

• They also go on pronouns ( I)

Full stops

Full stops indicate when you have finished the sentence.

If you do not use them , your writing will ramble on and not make sense as it will flow all into one.

Commas

• Commas help separate a sentence , breaking it up to allow a pause and to divide the sentence into smaller pieces to read better.

• They are used for listing , separate clauses and to introduce direct speech.

Multiple Choice

Is the comma used correctly in this sentence?

The cat sat , on the mat.

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Is the comma used correctly in this sentence?

We bought croissants, rolls and a baguette at the bakery.

• Yes

• No

Apostrophe

• An apostrophe has 2 purposes : show belonging and to show contractions/omission -the car belonged to Jack : Jack's car - you add on 's

• Contractions : It is becomes It's.

• Do not becomes don't.

Multiple Choice

Which one is correct?

. I say that the money is (your’s/yours) but Sue says (its/it’s) (her’s/hers).

• I say that the money is yours but Sue says it's hers.

• I say that the money is your's but Sue says its her's.

• I say that the money is yours's but Sue says it's hers'.

Speech marks

• Speech marks indicate when someone is speaking.

• If you do not put the speech marks around the actual words that they are saying , no one will know what the person is saying.

Poll

Which part do you struggle with most?

( You can click more than one)

• Spelling

• Commas

• Aspostrophes

• Paragraphing

• Full stops - when to finish a sentence.