Punctuation and Parenthesis

Parenthesis is.....

• non-essential extra information in a sentence

• A main clause

• a coordinating conjunction

The punctuation we can use to show parenthesis is...

• semi-colons, colons and dashes

• full stops, commas and question marks

• brackets and dashes

• brackets, commas and dashes

Which type of punctuation is used for parenthesis in more informal writing ?

• brackets

• dashes

• commas

• full stops

The athlete (named Ali) was one of the fastest men in the World.

The parenthesis in this sentence is...

• one of the fastest

• the brackets

• named Ali

• the World

The warrior, who wore a ribbon in her hair, rode on white stallion.

Tick all the facts that are correct about this sentence.

• it contains parenthesis

• commas are used to mark parenthesis

• the parenthesis is also a relative clause

• the sentence would not make sense without the parenthesis

The Lambo went cruising on by - super cool.

Which statement is true about the parenthesis?

• there is no parenthesis in this sentence

• a dash is used to add informal parenthesis

• This is a very formal sentence

Which parenthesis could you add to this sentence?

Some people do not like the rain (........................) but I do.

• the sun is hot

• especially in England

• my name is Jeff

• even though I do

Remember, you can take it out and the sentence still makes sense.

• box 1

• box 2

• box 3

• box 4

Remember you can take it out and the sentence still makes sense.

• box 1

• box 2

• box 3

• box 4

Which parenthesis could you add to this sentence? Tick two.

Lomeshaye Junior School .................................... cares a lot about it's pupils and families.

• (on Norfolk Street)

• :on Norfolk Street:

• , which cares about it's learners,

• ,which is in Nelson,