Punctuation sorting cards: (print on card and cut up) Match the punctuation card to the card or cards that best explain its function. . full stop ; semi-colon : colon (brackets) , comma hyphen – dash ... ellipsis ? question ‘ apostrophe ! exclamation “speech marks” mark mark (inverted commas) 1. marks the end of a 2. indicates a pause 3. marks a stronger 4. separates off sentence in a sentence that is pause than a additional information more significant in a sentence than a comma 5. separates words, 6. links two words 7. represents a short 8. indicates that text phrases or clauses together to make a pause has been left out or is compound word incomplete 9. indicates that the 10. indicates 11. can be used in place 12. is used to introduce sentence is a possession of full stop to show two lists, explanations and, question sentences are very sometimes, quotations closely linked 13. indicates a pause 14. links a phrase 15. used instead of 16. separates items in a together so it can be brackets or commas to list when commas used like an separate off would be confusing adjective information in a sentence 17. used at the end of 18. indicates that the 19. indicates the 20. indicates a missing a line to show that a sentence is an beginning and end of letter or letters word continues on exclamation or a direct speech, titles or the next line command quotations © Julia Strong 2013, Talk4Writing.com
Punctuation sorting cards: (print on card and cut up) Match the punctuation card to the card or cards that best explain its function. . full stop ; semi-colon : colon (brackets) , comma hyphen – dash ... ellipsis ? question mark ‘ apostrophe ! exclamation mark “speech marks” (inverted commas) 1. marks the end of a sentence 2. indicates a pause in a sentence that is more significant than a comma 3. marks a stronger pause than a 4. separates off additional information in a sentence 5. separates words, phrases or clauses 6. links two words together to make a compound word 7. represents a short pause 8. indicates that text has been left out or is incomplete 9. indicates that the sentence is a question 10. indicates possession 11. can be used in place of full stop to show two sentences are very closely linked 12. is used to introduce lists, explanations and, sometimes, quotations 13. indicates a pause 14. links a phrase together so it can be used like an adjective 15. used instead of brackets or commas to separate off information in a sentence 16. separates items in a list when commas would be confusing 17. used at the end of a line to show that a word continues on the next line 18. indicates that the sentence is an exclamation or a command 19. indicates the beginning and end of direct speech, titles or quotations 20. indicates a missing letter or letters © Julia Strong 2013, Talk4Writing.com
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