Punctuation

Which are examples of punctuation marks?

• commas and full stops

• dollar and pound signs

• plus and minus signs

"Full stops" are also called _

• endings
  

• periods

• points

Which CANNOT come at the end of a sentence?

• a period

• a colon

• an exclamation mark

What type of punctuation does this sentence need?
Math is my favorite subject ___

• !
• ?
• .
• ,

Which may be put before a list, a quotation, direct speech or an explanation to introduce it?

• 
• 
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Which can be used instead of a full stop (period) to separate two closely-connected sentences?

• 
• 
• 

"Michael was a highly-talented musician." What do we call the punctuation mark between "highly" and "talented"?

In the sentence

"See you tomorrow" she said,

Which answer shows the correct position of the comma?

• "See you tomorrow", she said,

• "See you tomorrow," she said,

What is the punctuation mark in they're and children's called?

If a writer uses a word or phrase in a special way, such as ironically, he can put it in _

• round brackets

• square brackets

• quotation marks