Year 4 Writing Care for the sea

the marks, such as period, comma, and

parentheses, used in writing to separate sentences and their elements and to clarify meaning
Punctuation marks are essential when you are

writing. They show the reader where sentences start and finish and if they are used properly they make your writing easy to understand.

 We need punctuation for speaking, reading and

writing.

Punctuation marks are essential when you are

writing. They show the reader where sentences start and finish and if they are used properly they make your writing easy to understand
(OxfordDictionaries, 2014)

 Quotation marks are symbols that indicate a speech or

conversation. We put them around words to show that they are utterances, sayings or quotations.
For examples:

Thank you for inviting me, said Kinah. We must always throw our rubbish into bins. If everybody does this, our environment will be cleaner, said Mr. Ramesh.

 a punctuation mark (?) indicating a question

For example:

How can we improve our environment? asked Pravin. Why are sea turtles endangered? asked Kim Seng. Who are you?

 a punctuation mark (!) indicating an

exclamation
For example:

Oh, no! The beach is so dirty, said Kinah. Ouch! I sprained my ankle, said Kim Seng.

 = Quotation mark
? = Question mark ! = Exclamation mark