Punctuation Marks Vocabulary

means pause; seperate things in a list, introduce quotations, combine sentences, and add info

• comma

• semi colon

• colon

• apostrophe

shows ownership or holds the place of missing letters in a contraction

• comma

• apostrophe

• colon

• hyphen

end mark for a statement; ends an abbreviation

• hyphen

• period

• colon

• exclamation mark

end mark for a sentence that asks something

• exclamation mark

• question mark

• period

• colon

end mark that shows extreme emotion

• question mark

• period

• quotation mark

• exclamation mark

used to show the words someone says

• question mark

• quotation marks

• colon

• hyphen

shows a pause that a comma is not strong enough to hold; joins two complete sentences

• colon

• comma

• semi colon

• quotation marks

comes before a list or explanation, seperates the hours and minutes of time

• colon

• hyphen

• contraction

• apostrophe

links words to show their meaning goes together; shows part of the word is missing or continues

• hyphen

• colon

• period

• quotation marks

What punctuation mark is circled in blue?

• comma

• colon

• semi colon

• period