2. Hi, I am the
question mark.
When do you use
me?
? Hi, I am the full
stop.
When do you use
me?
.
,
Hi, I am the
!
Hi, I am the
exclamation mark. comma.
When do you use When do you use
me? me?
Last half-term, we focused on basic punctuation.
What can you remember?

3. Hi, I am the full stop.
1. To mark the end of a sentence:
When do you use me? e.g. There are five lessons in a school day .
2. To show an acronym:
...
e.g. U S A
Hi, I am the question
1. At the end of a direct question: mark.
e.g. “Where did you have your lunch today?”
When do you use me?

4. 1. To show strong feelings:
Hi, I am the exclamation e.g. “I can’t believe it!”
mark.
2. At the end of a command:
When do you use me? e.g. “Stop it now!”
1. To separate a list:
e.g. We will need hammers, nails and a saw.
2. To break up longer phrases:
e.g. When he saw the pirate ship on the horizon, the captain gave the alarm.
3. To separate extra information that is added:
e.g. The man, who was wearing a blue hat, slid silently into the room.
4. To separate introductory words and phrases from the main clause:
e.g. Suddenly, he stood up.
5. To break up groups of numbers: Hi, I am the comma.
e.g. 1, 999, 999.
6. Inside speech marks: When do you use me?
e.g. “We are leaving tomorrow,” said Fred.

5. Using what you have done in Academic Review over the past three
weeks on commas, exclamation marks, full stops, question marks and
capital letters, can you correct this piece of writing?
i had a fantastic holiday what did you do i went
to new brighton on tuesday with my friends we
went to the beach ate ice cream and played in
the amusement arcade on thursday i went to
liverpool with my aunt i couldn’t believe that the
christmas decorations were up already
How well did you do?

6. Using what you have done in Academic Review over the past three
weeks on commas, exclamation marks, full stops, question marks and
capital letters, can you correct this piece of writing?
I had a fantastic holiday! What did you do? I
went to New Brighton on Tuesday with my
friends. We went to the beach, ate ice cream
and played in the amusement arcade. On
Thursday, I went to Liverpool with my aunt. I
couldn’t believe that the Christmas decorations
were up already!
How well did you do?