Usage of Punctuation PSAT Lesson

English Lesson #9

By Paola Rocha and Vivian Zuniga

​To day we will be looking at:

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Punctuation:

Question, Exclamation, Apostrophe, Hyphen, Line, Parenthesis, Brackets, Subsection.

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​Before that,

Lets review on last weeks class:

The imperatives and Present Progressive

Imperative verbs are verbs that create an imperative sentence which is a sentence that gives an order or command. Imperative verbs don’t leave room for questions or discussion, even if the sentence has a polite tone. The present progressive tense is used for an ongoing action in the present. Even though it is a present tense, the present progressive tense can also be used to describe an activity that is going to happen in the future (especially for planned activities)

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​Imperative:

​pRESENT

Progressive​

Multiple Choice

___ quiet. The baby is sleeping

• writ

• be

• have

• go

Multiple Choice

___ a coat! its cold outside.

• take

• have

• sit

• stand

Multiple Choice

___ to bed, its late.

• take

• sit

• be

• go

Now for todays lesson:

Punctuation...​

​Punctuation refers to the tools used in writing to separate sentences, phrases, and clauses so that their intended meaning is clear.

What is it?​

​Punctuation​

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Question mark: to show a quesiton

​Exclamation: after an exclamation (yell)

Apostrophe: to show when a letter or number has be left out

Hyphen: to join words or parts of words

Line: to indicate a pause or range

​Brakets: to add extra information

Subsection​: to divde a text into sections