Basic Punctuation

A punctuation mark used to end a statement.

• full stop

• question mark

• exclamation mark

• semi-colon

A punctuation mark used to end an enquiry.

• full stop

• question mark

• exclamation mark

• semi-colon

A punctuation mark used to end a shocked expression.

• full stop

• question mark

• exclamation mark

• semi-colon

A punctuation mark used to connect 2 or more CLAUSES.

• full stop

• question mark

• exclamation mark

• semi-colon

A punctuation mark used to list items.

• comma

• colon

• exclamation mark

• semi-colon

A punctuation mark used to include extra information.

• brackets

• colon

• exclamation mark

• semi-colon

A punctuation mark used to join 2 words to make a compound word

• hyphen

• colon

• dash

• semi-colon

A punctuation mark used to indicate a dramatic pause, extra information or an explanation.

• hyphen

• colon

• dash

• semi-colon

A punctuation mark used to indicate plurals

• apostrophe

• colon

• there isn't one

• semi-colon

A punctuation mark used to indicate direct speech

• apostrophe

• colon

• inverted commas / quotation marks

• semi-colon