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FlashCards por Sarah Holmes, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por Sarah Holmes
mais de 9 anos atrás
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| Questão | Responda |
| The party is tonight Does this sentence need a full stop, a semi-colon or an exclamation mark? | The sentence needs an exclamation mark rather than a full-stop because it conveys excitement about the party. |
| We didn't go camping it was pouring with rain. Does this sentence need a comma, a semi-colon or a colon? | The sentence needs a semi-colon We didn't go camping; it was pouring with rain. The sentences are linked because the reason they didn't go camping is because it was pouring with rain. |
| Its not very long until Christmas! Does this sentence need an apostrophe? | YES! The sentence could read: It is not very long until Christmas! Therefore there needs to be an apostrophe to show that the word 'is' has been left out to make 'it's' |
| The boy who was wearing a blue coat sitting next to his friend they traveled home from school by bus There are two types of punctuation missing from this sentence. Are they: Commas, apostrophes, colons, semi-colons or exclamation marks? | The sentence is a complex one with several clauses and is missing two commas and a semi colon. The correct version of the sentence should read: The boy, who was wearing a blue coat, was sitting next to his friend; they traveled home from school by bus. |
| The Farmers market will be held this Saturday from 11 - 2pm Where should the apostrophe be placed in this sentence? | The apostrophe should come after the 's' of Farmers because the market is held by more than one farmer so it should read: The Farmers' market will be held this Saturday from 11 - 2pm |
| Where will the bus stop What punctuation mark is missing here? Is it an exclamation mark, a question mark or a full-stop? | The punctuation that is missing is a question mark. Where will the bus stop? |
| For the holiday we need to pack sun cream books travel money passports and flip-flops Should this sentence contain a comma, a full stop, a colon or a semi colon? | It should contain a colon to indicate a list and then commas to separate the items in the list For the holiday we need to pack: sun cream, books, travel money, passports and flip-flops. |
| It is important to be able to use punctuation correctly Should this sentence end with a question mark, a full-stop or an exclamation mark? | The sentence should end with a full-stop. There is no need to convey emotion although you may choose to replace the full-stop with an exclamation mark |
| The angry child threw its toys out of the pram Does this sentence need an apostrophe? | NO! The word 'its' indicates that the toys that were thrown belonged to the angry child so no letters or words have been left out so no apostrophe is needed here. |
| Stop danger ahead Should this sentence contain exclamation marks, question marks or full-stops? | It should contain exclamation marks because it is giving an order so it needs to be turned into an imperative through the use of exclamation marks. Stop! Danger ahead! |
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