Punctuation marks A2

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Punctuation

Focus on punctuation marks and what can easily go wrong.

Punctuation marks

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

,

?

.

!

( )

:

'

" "

;

-

full stop

semicolon

comma

exclamation mark

colon

question mark

brackets

apostrophe

hyphen

quotation marks

1. Which of these is NOT a punctuation mark?

1. Apostrophe
2. Comma
3. Hashtag
4. Dash

2. "did you take the subway or the bus" - How should this sentence be punctuated?

1. Question mark (?)
2. First letter of first word in capitals and question mark (?)
3. Period (.)
4. Exclamation mark (!)

3. Choose the correct statement: (correctly punctuated)

1. My aunt who lives in Mumbai is a doctor.
2. My aunt, who lives in Mumbai, is a doctor.
3. My aunt, who lives in Mumbai is a doctor.
4. My aunt who lives in Mumbai, is a doctor.

Period/Full stop

USA: period

UK: full stop

• Used to indicate when a sentence is finished. 
• Use the period at the end of a complete sentence that is a statement (meaning not a question or an exclamation). 

For example: I'm so sad this is over. 

Full Stop (period)

At the end of a statement – declarative sentence.

My dog loves the postman.

To signal the end of a thought.

At the end of a command with mild forcefulness.

Please leave the room.

I wish he were here.

Julia ran as fast as lightning not caring where
she was going suddenly she stopped
Insert full stops to create 2 sentences. Also consider capitalisation (hoofdletters).

COMMA

1. Use a comma  to separate two or more items in a sentence.
   I love boxing, my family, and my dog. 
2. Use a comma between the day of the week and the month-date. / Between two numbers in the date.
   I will be there on Monday, December 25. / April 2, 2024.
3. Use a comma between the name of a city and the state/province/county.
   I was born in Woodbridge, Suffolk.

Add a comma.
Becky walked on her head a little higher than usual.

Add a comma.
Slow children crossing.

Add a comma.
Go get him doctors!

Add comma(s), like they do in the UK!
Every day Anthony turns slides and swings

QUESTION MARK

- To show that a question is being asked.

- A question mark replaces a period at the end of a sentence.

For example: Do you have a cat?

seeking information

signal the end of a thought

to express a lot of emotion

rhetorical question

at the end of a statement

a command

a sudden order

What a cute puppy

1. !
2. ,
3. ?
4. .

Have you had lunch yet

1. !
2. ,
3. ?
4. .

Use of Capital Letters

Use a capital letter for 

proper nouns (places, people with names, titles, weeks/months), for the personal pronoun I (ik),

at the beginning of a NEW sentence.

Add punctuation and capital letters.
She left for los angeles california on saturday june 15