Punctuation

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

PUNCTUATION

CAPITAL LETTERS

When do you use a capital letter in the English language?

What types of punctuation (=leestekens) do you know?

Punctuation

.          full stop / period          

,          comma                             

?         question mark             

!          exclamation mark      

'         apostrophe

Punctuation

Match the punctuation marks to their names. Write the number behind the name.

full stop ___

semicolon ___

comma ___

exclamation mark

colon ___

question mark ___

brackets ___

apostrophe ___

dash ___

hyphen ___

quotation marks

Answers : Exercise 1

1. b (spelling) - family
   
2. e (vocabulary) - wear
   
3. a (punctuation)- I'm 
   
4. c (grammar) - live
   
5. d (word order) - we always go
   
6. a (punctuation) - ?
   

Mind your punctuation!

Punctuation

Susan, my sister, is seventeen years old.

Punctuation: video!

Editing a text

• Punctuation .,?!
• Capital letters
• Spelling
• Grammar
• Font
• Font size

Punctuation

- Periods (or full stops).

- Question marks?

- Exlamation points!

- 'Quotation marks'.

- Semicolons ( ; ).

- Colons ( : ).

- Apostrophes.

- Commas

MINTS & punctuation

Editing a text

• Punctuation .,?!
• Capital letters
• Spelling
• Grammar

Punctuation

Exercise 1: write a suitable punctuation mark in the blank spaces, where necessary.

Exercise 2:  read three versions of a text. Decide which version is the best in terms of punctuation.

Determine which sentence is spelled correctly. Also consider punctuation.

1. I don't think Fred is very likeable, but I like his stripy shirt.
2. I don't think Fred is very likable, but I like his stripey shirt.
3. I don't think Fred is very likeable, but I like his stripey shirt.
4. I don't think Fred is very likable but I like his stripey shirt.

What will I pay attention to when checking your writing?

1. Capital letters
2. Punctuation
3. Descriptive language
4. Word count

What is punctuation?

1. Never heard of it
2. Being on time?
3. Using commas and all that
4. A medical procedure

Determine which sentence is spelled correctly. Also consider punctuation.

1. I am too embarrassed to admit it, but youre right.
2. I am too embarassed to admit it, but you're right.
3. I am too embarrassed to admit it, but you're right.