PUNCTUATION QUIZ FOR GRADE 7

What is punctuation?

• It's nice.

• It makes it easier to share our thoughts.

• It makes life difficult.

• Its a set of rules that indicates how a language works.

What is this question missing?

I like dinosaurs

• EXCLAMATION MARK!

• Question Mark?

• Full Stop.

• Ellipsis...

What's missing?

GET AWAY FROM ME

• EXCLAMATION MARK!

• Question Mark?

• Full Stop.

• Ellipsis...

What does a exclamation mark do?

• It is an actor.

• It expresses strong emotion.

• It expresses sadness.

• It is a duck.

What does a question mark do?

• It's placed at the beginning of a sentence.

• It starts fires.

• It's placed at the end of a question.

• It helps my mother cook.

What's missing?

What's your name

• Ellipsis...

• Question Mark?

• EXCLAMATION MARK!

• Full Stop.

What does a full stop do?

• It starts a sentence.

• It ends a sentence.

• It can dance.

• It's a fire alarm.

What does a comma do?

• It seperates parts of a sentence and marks conjunctions between complete thoughts and ideas.

• It can fly.

• It likes cookies.

• It is a tool to indicate the breaking of conjuctions.

What does a semi-colon do?

• It joins two related independent clauses in place of a comma and a coordinating conjunction.

• It is an astronaut.

• It breaks two related independent clauses with a comma and a coordinating conjunction.

• It teaches you how to meow.

What's missing?

Mary works at Google. James works at Kentucky Fried Chicken.

• Semi-colon;

• Colon:

• Comma,

• Full Stop.