RIC-20804_Teaching_Strategies_for_Writing_BkE_punctuation
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ASSESSMENT UNIT 9<br />
USING PUNCTUATION IN SENTENCES<br />
Name:<br />
Date:<br />
one day, dad drove us up through the mountains into switzerland we had lunch at a<br />
cafe in lucerne, overlooking the lake<br />
1. (a) Use a red pen or marker to add the missing capital letters and full stops.<br />
(b) Where did you place the capital letters?<br />
(c) Why did you place them there?<br />
(d) How many full stops did you need?<br />
Where?<br />
2. Write a proper noun that tells you:<br />
(a) a fictional character<br />
(b) a continent<br />
(c) a river<br />
(d) a mountain<br />
3. Write two short exclamations telling of danger.<br />
4. Write two short questions to ask an alien.<br />
5. Write two short commands a teacher might use.<br />
6. Correct the <strong>punctuation</strong> error(s).<br />
(a) what’s <strong>for</strong> lunch.<br />
(b) are we there yet, dad.<br />
(c) watch out <strong>for</strong> cyclists?<br />
7. Put a tick in the box if the <strong>punctuation</strong> is correct. If it’s wrong, correct it with a red pen.<br />
(a) michelangelo’s statue of david (b) a Tom cruise film<br />
(c) Los Angeles (d) Victoria falls<br />
(e) Sydney opera house (f) sahara desert<br />
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TEACHING STRATEGIES FOR WRITING (Book E)<br />
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