Starter quiz
- What punctuation should go at the end of a declarative sentence?
- Full stop ✓
- Question mark
- Exclamation mark
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- What punctuation should go at the end of an exclamatory sentence?
- Question mark
- Full stop
- Exclamation mark ✓
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- What punctuation should go at the end of an interrogative sentence?
- Full stop
- Exclamation mark
- Question mark ✓
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- Exclamatory sentences are usually ...
- compound sentences.
- complex sentences.
- simple sentences. ✓
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- Why are exclamatory sentences usually simple sentences?
- You don't want to overwhelm the reader with a complex emotional sentence
- Simple sentences allow the immediacy and intensity of the emotion to be conveyed ✓
- Simple sentences delay the immediacy of the emotion
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- Match the sentence type to the example sentence.
- Exclamatory sentence⇔We are watching you! ✓
- Interrogative sentence⇔Was I being followed? ✓
- Declarative sentence⇔The cameras perched like sentinels on every corner. ✓
Exit quiz
- Something that is relentless is ...
- always harsh and intense. ✓
- sometimes harsh and intense.
- always calm.
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- Match the punctuation type to purpose.
- exclamation mark⇔conveys intense emotion ✓
- question mark⇔poses a question ✓
- full stop⇔ends a declarative sentence ✓
- comma⇔adds pause between items in a list or clauses in a sentence ✓
- apostrophe⇔shows belonging ✓
- Which sentence uses a comma correctly?
- Technology controls every aspect of their lives, monitoring their every move. ✓
- Technology controls every aspect of their lives monitoring, their every move.
- Technology controls, every aspect of their lives monitoring their every move.
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- 'Will we ever be free'. Which punctuation mark best fits the end of this sentence?
- Question mark (?) ✓
- Exclamation mark (!)
- Full stop (.)
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- 'Will we ever be free?' The question mark here reflects ...
- the character's optimism.
- the character's hopelessness. ✓
- the character's defiance.
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- 'I have no privacy!' Which emotion is conveyed by the exclamation mark here?
- excitement
- grief
- frustration ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Accurate puncutation helps make your writing clear
- Each piece of punctuation has a different purpose
- You should use each piece of punctuation accurately and for effect
- You should vary punctuation throughout your writing
Common misconception
Students may overuse exclamation marks because they think it adds sophistication
Show pupils that exclamation marks are best used for dramatic effect
Keywords
Obscure - if something is obscure, it is not clear
Defiance - if you are defiant, you boldly disobey
Relentless - if something is relentless, it is always intense or harsh
Paranoia - if you are paranoid, you have suspicions and mistrust other people
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