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Punctuation marks and uses cards

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.Used to mark theend of a sentence.



?Used at the end ofa direct question.



!Used at the end of

a strong declaration,interjection or

command.



:Used before a listor explanation and

follows a clausethat can stand alone.



;Used to separatesmall lists within

a large list.



;Can be used toseparate closely

related independentclauses.



-Used for creatingcompound words.



-Used for writing

some numbers andfractions.



-Adding prefixes to

words.



-Used at the end ofa line when a word

is split.



( )Used to includeinformation you

want tode-emphasise.



( )Used to includeinformation that

wouldn’t normallyfit into the flow of text,

but needs including.



,Used to separate

three or moreelements in a list.



,Used before a

small conjunction(such as and, but,for, yet, or, so).



...Used when you

want to leave outsome words.



’Used to make

possessive forms,contractions andwith some plurals.



“ ”Used to indicatespoken words.



‘ ’Used to indicatequoted words.



/Used to show achoice betweenthe two words it

separates.

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Used to mark the end of a sentence.Punctuation marks and uses cards © Copyright 2008, SparkleBox Teacher Resources (SpakleBox KS2 - ) ( ) Used to include information that wouldn