LB 1.3 - Hyphens, Dashes & Semicolons

Open Ended

What is your favourite food?

Poll

How do you spell the item in the picture?

• Ice cream

• Ice-cream

• icecream

• I scream

• I - I - I I'm a little butterfly

Open Ended

What is your favourite flavour of ice cream?

Multiple Choice

What is the function of a hyphen (-)?

• To join two sentences together

• To join two paragraphs together

• To join two words together

Multiple Choice

What is the function of a hyphen (-)?

• To join two sentences together

• To join two paragraphs together

• To join two words together

Multiple Select

Which of these are purposes of dashes (-)?

• a dramatic pause leading to a climax

• an aside or comment

• additional information

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the following dash/dashes?

My father - a true gourmet - never eats fast food.

• A dramatic pause

• Add additional information

• An aside or comment

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the following dash/dashes?

I would like to travel to Romania - the country with castles.

• A dramatic pause

• Add additional information

• An aside or comment

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the following dash/dashes?

I looked up and there it was - a dinosaur.

• A dramatic pause

• Add additional information

• An aside or comment

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the following dash/dashes?

Pizza - my favourite food - is extremely delicious.

• A dramatic pause

• Add additional information

• An aside or comment

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the following dash/dashes?

He opened the box and found it - a note.

• A dramatic pause

• Add additional information

• An aside or comment

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the following dash/dashes?

Mr Gabriel - as you know - is very handsome.

• A dramatic pause

• Add additional information

• An aside or comment

Multiple Select

Which of these are correct?

• I love mangoes - the ones from the farm -.

• I love mangoes - the ones from the farm.

• Mangoes - the ones from the farm - are loved by me.

• Mangoes - the ones from the farm are loved by me.

Multiple Select

Which of these are correct?

• SSIS - the school that I go to - is amazing!

• SSIS - the school that I go to is amazing!

• I go to SSIS - the amazing school!

• I go to SSIS - the amazing school - !

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the following dash/dashes?

I looked up and there it was - a dinosaur.

• A dramatic pause

• Add additional information

• An aside or comment

Multiple Select

Which of these are correct?

• We need to study hard for Checkpoint - the biggest exam in primary.

• We need to study hard for Checkpoint - the biggest exam in primary -.

• Checkpoint - the biggest exam in primary - is very important.

• Checkpoint - the biggest exam in primary is very important.

Multiple Select

Which of these are purposes of semicolons (;)?

• separate items in a list

• joint two independent clauses

• add additional information

Multiple Choice

How can we make the following sentence clearer?

The film was shot in many stunning locations, including a castle in Heidelberg, Germany, the Great Mosque in Cordoba, Spain, and a quaint village in Undredal, Norway.

• Add semicolons

• Add hyphens

• Add dashes.

Multiple Choice

Is the following sentence correct?

He took three things on the hike; his lunch, his binoculars, and his trusty walking stick.

• Yes

• No

• I don't know

Multiple Select

Which of these are correct?

• I love chicken, they taste great.

• I love chicken; they taste great.

• I love chicken. They taste great.

• I love chicken, they taste great.

Multiple Select

Which of these are correct?

• I went to the library, it was very quiet.

• I went to the library; it was very quiet.

• I went to the library. It was very quiet.

• I went to the library; It was very quiet.

Multiple Select

Which of these are correct?

• I went to the canteen, it was very noisy.

• I went to the canteen; it was very noisy.

• I went to the canteen, It was very noisy

• I went to the canteen. It was very noisy

Draw

Draw a chicken!