Punctuation Marks Practice

Why do we use punctuation marks?

• to speak louder than others

• to emphasize what we mean

• to make pauses when writing

• to lower our tone of voice

When do we use the period / full stop?

• to start a declarative statement

• to emphasize on an imperative sentence

• to end a declarative / imperative sentence

• to identify all type of sentences

What is the following sentence?

His name is john.

• declarative

• imperative

What is the following sentence?

Bring me the ball.

• declarative

• imperative

What can you express with an exclamatory sentence?

• sad feelings

• powerful feelings

• happy feelings

• emotions

When do you need to use a comma?

• to finish a sentence

• to start a sentence

• to pause a conversation

• to separate items

What punctuation marks do you need in this sentence?

I need to buy bread_ butter _ jam _ and some plates.

• full stops

• commas

• semocolons

• periods

What punctuation marks do you need in this sentence?

My father always said , ___ Be careful with what you wish for__

• semicolons

• commas

• exclamation marks

• quotation marks

What punctuation marks do you need in this sentence?

The daily newspaper contains four sections ___ news, sports, entertainment and classifieds.

• semicolon

• colon

• quotation mark

• exclamation mark

When do we use the semicolon?

• when there is a conjunction

• when there are three sentences

• when there is not a conjunction

• when there is only one sentence