Starter quiz
- Tick the sentences that use an apostrophe for a contracted form.
- It's not that surprising really. ✓
- She's never ever seen a llama! ✓
- We watched Aisha's favourite video.
- The boys' coats lay on the muddy ground.
- There wasn't anything left of lunch. ✓
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- Which of these contracted forms have the apostrophe in the correct position?
- ca'nt
- wo'nt
- didn't ✓
- isn't ✓
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- Which sentence is the most formal?
- We've got loads to do today.
- We have a ton of stuff to get done.
- A great deal must be accomplished today. ✓
- There's just so much that needs doing!
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- Match each sentence to the possession it shows.
- The teams' kits were muddy.⇔There is more than one team. ✓
- The team's kits were muddy.⇔There is only one team. ✓
- The cake's icing was sweet.⇔There is only one cake. ✓
- The cakes' icing was sweet.⇔There is more than one cake. ✓
- Which speech sentences are punctuated correctly?
- "Don't try and stop me!" said Sam. ✓
- "Where's the bathroom" asked Andeep.
- Jun wondered "Is it time to go?"
- Aisha asked, "Where is she?" ✓
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- Which version of the sentence is correctly punctuated?
- Some people say, "More haste, less speed"
- Some people say, "more haste, less speed"
- Some people say, "More haste, less speed." ✓
- Some people say "More haste, less speed."
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Exit quiz
- Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- The children were shouting, screaming, whooping, and hollering.
- The children were shouting, screaming, whooping and hollering. ✓
- The children were shouting, screaming whooping, and hollering.
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- Which sentence has the fronted adverbial correctly shown with a comma?
- After a long, time we realised where we were.
- After a long time we realised, where we were.
- After a long time, we realised where we were. ✓
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- What pieces of punctuation can be used to show parenthesis?
- brackets ✓
- dashes ✓
- colons
- semi-colons
- commas ✓
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- Which sentences contain parenthesis?
- The mountain - a huge, towering rock - loomed over us. ✓
- My cousin (who lives in Barnsley) is a brave detective. ✓
- Walking into the room, I waved at Jun, who was already sitting down.
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- Which sentences are correctly punctuated?
- Add a small amount of salt (about a teaspoon) to the mixture. ✓
- Add a small amount (of salt about a teaspoon) to the mixture.
- Wales - which is a country of 3 million people - is next to the Irish Sea. ✓
- Wales which is - a country of 3 million people - is next to the Irish Sea.
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- Which parentheses could fill this gap? 'Birmingham - __________ - is England's second-largest city.'
- which is in the West Midlands ✓
- a city in the West Midlands ✓
- the West Midlands
- is England's second-largest
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- A comma is an important punctuation mark with more than one purpose.
- Adding extra information to a clause is called parenthesis.
- Parenthesis can be punctuated in a variety of ways.
Common misconception
Pupils may use a comma to separate any main and subordinate clause.
When an adverbial subordinate clause comes after a main clause, no comma is needed; relative subordinate clauses don't always need commas.
Keywords
Brackets - a punctuation mark that can be used to demarcate parenthesis
Dashes - a punctuation mark that can be used to demarcate parenthesis
Parenthesis - additional information added to a sentence that can be removed
Comma - a punctuation mark used to demarcate phrases, clauses, items in lists and parenthesis
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