WW Class 1 - punctuation

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

punctuation?

Today's programme

Learning goals:

• You know what punctuation is and when to use it.
  
• You practice using correct punctuation.

Punctuation

• structure
• clarity
• style

Capitalization

Super important! Helps clarify your sentences. You need to capitalize more than you would in Dutch (but less than German :) )

Punctuation

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

full stop ___
semicolon ___
comma ___
exclamation mark__
colon ___
question mark ___
brackets ___
apostrophe ___
hyphen ___
quotation marks___

Punctuation - answers

full stop: 3
semicolon: 9
comma: 1
exclamation mark: 4
colon: 6
question mark: 2
brackets: 5
apostrophe: 7
hyphen: 10
quotation marks: 8

When to use what

Practice with punctuation

• Use punctuation reader (see ELO)

What is punctuation?

1. being on time
2. a medical procedure
3. using commas, capitals, and all that
4. never heard of it

When do you use an apostrophe?

1. at the end of a question
2. takes the place of missing letters
3. to divide or connect words

When do you use a full stop or period?

1. at the end of a question
2. to show speech
3. at the and of a sentence

Which of these should be capitalised?

1. days of the week
2. all nouns
3. names of people, places and holidays
4. the letter 'i'