RIC-20248 Primary Grammar and Word Study Year 6 – Punctuation

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Punctuation checklist Name of student Full stops Question marks Exclamation marks Capital letters Commas Apostrophes Quotation marks Colons/ Semicolons Hyphens/ Dashes/ Ellipses ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy Primary grammar and word study x www.ricpublications.com.au R.I.C. Publications ®
Punctuation Punctuation marks and capital letters Focus Capital letters for sentence beginnings and proper nouns Full stops at the end of a sentence and for abbreviations Question marks Exclamation marks Definitions • Full stops are punctuation marks used to show the end of a sentence. • An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word. A full stop can be used to show that a word has been abbreviated. Example: telephone — tel. or continued — cont. • Question marks are punctuation marks used to indicate a question. • Exclamation marks are punctuation marks used at the end of a remark to show strong emotion or feeling. Example: Oh no! I left it on the kitchen table! Explanation • Full stops, also called periods, usually show the end of an idea or thought in a sentence. They can also indicate that a break is needed when reading. • In abbreviations, full stops are not used when the last letter is the last letter of the word.* Example: Rd, St, Dr • The necessity for faster communication has contributed to some changes. • Abbreviations of proper nouns, such as New South Wales (NSW) no longer need full stops. They are now only used to avoid confusion. Example: R.I.C. Publications ® The full stops are used to indicate pronunciation. • A question is an interrogative statement, addressed to someone in order to elicit information. • Exclamation marks usually indicate strong feeling, such as surprise, disgust or anger. An exclamation mark can be used at the end of an interjection (Oh no!) or command (Don’t touch!) and to add emphasis. Worksheet information • Revise the information about full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, abbreviations and capital letters, giving some examples before allowing the students to complete the worksheet. • NOTE: The text on page 59 has been written to utilise specific words and is in no way intended to tell students the correct way to write assignments. Ideas for further practice • Revise incorrectly-identified errors in future grammar lessons. • Provide students with opportunities to edit punctuation in other texts, including the work of other students. Answers 1. Mr Bannerman, our class teacher, is helping us get ready for Gillespie Secondary School next year. From September, until the time that we graduate in December, he is helping us to complete assignments in the same way that our secondary teachers will expect. It sounded really hard to me at first! How much work would we have to do? First, we needed to be able to write a well-constructed paragraph with an introductory sentence and supporting information. That wasn’t too hard! It was just like writing a different type of story. Who couldn’t follow a set of guidelines to do that? I could! Next, we needed to be able to refer to a chapter in a particular book. We also needed to be able to include diagrams and a figure if the text needs them. Both of those were easy! Finally, we needed to be able to add an appendix if necessary. There are so many things to do! Will we be able to remember them all? I hope so! ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy 2. Refer to wordsearch solution R F C O N T I N U E D V Y B I B B C X D N A L S I I K F V G A A S S O C I A T I O N E P I N C O R P O R A T E D R P R O F E S S O R W M S E Y N A P M O C R Y A D I R F J H T A I L A R T S U A T X Y L B A B O R P A U S U A L G O V E R N O R G L E G A P A P R I L J S S C H O O L S H T T E L E P H O N E J W J * R.I.C. Publications employs full stops for abbreviations as recommended by the Style manual for authors, editors and printers, sixth edition, 2002. Primary grammar and word study 58 www.ricpublications.com.au R.I.C. Publications ®
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