The document discusses various punctuation marks - periods, question marks, exclamation marks, commas, colons, semi-colons, capital letters and quotation marks. It provides examples of how and when to use each punctuation mark in sentences. It also covers using capital letters at the start of sentences, for languages, days of the week, months and country names.

1. Using Punctuation Marks

2. Period (.)
You put the full stop at the end
of a sentence.
Ex:
A dog likes bones.
A horse likes hay.
A flower grows.
A banana is yellow.
.

3. Question mark (?)
Question mark goes at the end
of a question
Ex:
What's your name?
Do you like school?
How old are you?
Do you like dolphins?
?

4. Exclamation mark (!)
Exclamation mark is used at the end of a sentence
or
a short phrase which expresses very strong
feeling.
Ex:
What a lovely view you have here!
That's fantastic!
Help!
An exclamation mark is also usual after an
exclamation beginning with what or how
E.g
What fools people can be!
How well Marshall bowled yesterday!

5. Comma ( , )
You use commas for listing and joining 2 sentences
together.
Ex:
I like fruit especially Strawberrys,rasberrys and apple.
My friends names are Bethany, Ellie and Jade.
Joining sentences together
Ex:
You must hand in your essay by Friday, or you will receive a
mark of zero.
Norway has applied to join the EC, and Sweden is expected to
do the same.

6. Colon (:)
Colon can be used to introduce a list,
extended quotation and introduce an
explanation of a statement.
List
Ex:
 Here are some chocolate bars: Mars bar, milky way and
snicker.
Extended Quotation
Ex:
Bill said to his mum: “Can I have some popcorn, please?.”
Explanation of a statement
Ex:
A lion: large, land based feline predator situated in a
pride.

7. Semi colon ( ; )
It is used to join two complete
sentences into a single written
sentence.
Ex:
Pass Ben his pencil case; it belongs to him.
Pass Annie her lunch money; it belongs to
her
Give Spotty the dog his bone; it belongs
to him

8. Capital Letters
Use capital letters to start a sentence, languages, days off the
week, months and names of countries, your name beginning of
quotations.
Sentence e.g.
Learn the names of countries.
Languages e.g
Julie speaks English, French and German.
Days of the week
I love Mondays.
Months
Emma's birthday is in March.
Countries
It is hot in China.
Name
My name is Luke.
Quotations
“What's your favourite colour?”

9. Quotation marks (“ ”)
A pair of quotation marks encloses
a direct quotation.
Ex:
“ Do you like singing?”
“ Do you have a pet?”
“What's your favourite animal?”
“ Do you play a instrument?”

10. • I went to the park
• Do you like cats
• Help
• I like fruit especially apples raspberries and
strawberries
• Here are some sweets skittles smarty's and
strawberry Millions
• Pass Ellie her school bag it belongs to her
• i like eating pizza and ice cream
• Jade asked her friend are you coming to my party
• Do you play a instrument
• That's fantastic
• my name is charlotte and my birthday is in april. i
like running
Complete the following:

11. Answers
• I went to the park.
• Do you like cats?
• Help!
• I like fruit especially apples, raspberries and
strawberries.
• Here are some sweets: skittles, smarty's and
strawberry Millions.
• Pass Ellie her school bag; it belongs to her.
• I like eating pizza and ice cream.
• Jade asked her friend “Are you coming to my party? ”
• Do you play a instrument?
• That's fantastic!
• My name is Charlotte and my birthday is in April. I like
running.