Punctuation Lesson 2

Grammar Revision
Punctuation 2

By Mrs Curtin

Apostrophes

Multiple Select

Select the two reasons to use an apostrophe.

• To show plurals

• To show possession

• To show time

• To show ommison

Multiple Choice

Why has the apostrophe been used in the following sentence?

The footballer's fans asked for his autograph.

• Omission

• Possession

Multiple Choice

Why has the apostrophe been used in the following sentence?

The footballers' children watched the match.

• Omission

• Possession

Multiple Choice

Why has the apostrophe been used in the following sentence?

The footballer couldn't believe that the referee said he was off-side.

• Omission

• Possession

Categorize

Options (16)

The customers' hunger was satisfied by the pizza.

The princess's slippers were made out of glass.

The dog's bark was loud.

The child's toy was broken.

The teacher's desk was cluttered.

The car's engine was running smoothly.

The cat's whiskers were long.

The woman's dress was beautiful.

The friend's advice was helpful.

The dogs' barks echoed in the park.

The children's laughter filled the playground.

The teachers' meeting was productive.

The cars' engines roared at the race.

The women's shoes were on sale.

The friends' opinions varied greatly.

The customers' feedback was valuable.

Sort these to show whether the underlined word shows singular or plural.

Singlular

Plural

Parenthesis

Multiple Select

Which types of punctuation can be used to show parenthesis?

• dashes

• semi colons

• brackets

• elipsis

• commas

Reorder

Reorder the sentence so that the parenthesis is in the correct place and it is punctuated.

• The dog

• ,

• who was hungry

• ,

• lifted his paw.

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Select

Which two sentences use punctuation to show parenthesis?

• There are some books - including story books - in the cupboard.

• To make space, we moved the chairs, tables and the boxes of games.

• Our classroom, at the end of the corridor, has a red door.

• On Tuesday, we will be selling cakes for charity.

Colons

Semi Colons

Hyphenated words

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct part to hyphenate in the sentence:

He was a twelve year old boy.

• He-was

• twelve-year

• twelve-year-old

• old-boy

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct part to hyphenate in the sentence:

I didn't win the most votes, but I was the runner up.

• most-votes

• runner-up

• win-the

• I-was

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct part to hyphenate in the sentence:

We held a six week holiday club.

• six-week

• week-holiday

• held-a

• holiday-club

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct part to hyphenate in the sentence:

It was a pitch black night.

• was-a

• It-was

• black-night

• pitch-black

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