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Punctuation vocabulary

Authored by Francesca Capelli

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

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Punctuation vocabulary
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Signals the end of sentences

  • Guides reading with symbols ? ! .

end marks

commas

hyphens

apostrophes

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Reasons when to use-- Series or list; Intro word or direct names

  • Prepositional phrases; ED or ING up front

  • Interruption; Transitions; Appositives non-essential

end marks

hyphens

semicolons

commas

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

  • Reasons when to use--Before FANBOYS when they join compound sentences;

  • After SWABIs when they introduce a clause; and

  • Set off non-essential adjectives clauses (who, whom, whose, which, that)

end marks

commas

colons

dashes

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

  • Reasons when to use--Before FANBOYS when joining simple sentences; 

  • After greeting/closing of letters; and To prevent misreading

end marks

apostrophes

commas

italics

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.7.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

  • Reasons when to use--

  • Dates

  • City, state

  • Degrees

  • Too = also

  • Quotes

  • Letters

  • Prevent misreading

end marks

commas

dashes

quotation marks

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

  • Use to join parts of a compound sentence without and, or, but

  • or Join long main clauses

  • or Separate clauses with transitions

end marks

commas

semicolons

colons

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Use to introduce a list that ends a sentence,

separate time ( hour & minute),

and after greeting in a business letter.

end marks

commas

semicolons

colons

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

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