Punctuation Quiz Types and usage of different types of punctuation. 0.0 / 5 ? EnglishGCSEAQA Created by: Miss WCreated on: 14-05-13 12:35 Used to end a sentence Full stop 1 of 14 Used to show excitement or surprise Exclamation mark 2 of 14 Used at the end of asking sentences Question mark 3 of 14 Used to separate items in a list Comma 4 of 14 Used as a cliffhanger ending Ellipsis 5 of 14 Used to show direct speech Speech marks 6 of 14 Used to show possession - something belongs to someone Apostrophe 7 of 14 Used to show omission - one or more letters are missing Apostrophe 8 of 14 What follows this proves or explains a point or it can be used to start a list Colon 9 of 14 Used to separate longer but linked clauses or used in lists at the end of each bullet point Semi-colon 10 of 14 Serves as a comma but used in informal writing Dash 11 of 14 Used to add extra information, asides or more detail Brackets 12 of 14 Used to separate clauses in a sentence Comma 13 of 14 Used to show text/words have been copied Inverted commas 14 of 14
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