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Name: ________________________
Class: _________________________
Little Signs
(Punctuation)
david and his family arrived at the picnic spot the
children got out of the car carrying rubber floats
david s sister shouted i can hear the sound of
water where do you think it s coming from
children come and help me carry the things from
the boot siad mr tan faher quick i cannot wait to
get there exclaimed sarah
A: Do you have difficulty reading the text above?
B: What do you think is missing from the text?
A: Yes! Those little signs and marks often seen in a text are missing!
Common Punctuation
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Exercise 2 (Comma)
Insert the comma (,) in the sentences correctly.
1. They needed a pair of scissors some glue old newspapers and some coloured cloth.
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2. She went to the grocery shop to buy some flour sugar margarine eggs and milk.
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3. The old man bent down picked up the photo frame dusted it and looked at the picture with tears
in his eyes.
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Exercise 4
Punctuate the sentences using the exclamation mark (!) where necessary. Remember to use a capital letter
to begin the next word.
Exercise 5 (Apostrophe)
Pick out the words in the sentences below to form contractions. Undelrine them and rewrite the sentences
using contractions in the space given.
pak samad and his wife siti sell fruits in a fruit stall near the flats they live in one of
the units in the block of flats
one afternoon siti went home for lunch she climbed up the stairs slowly when she
reached her flat on the second floor she saw the door to her flat open she knew that
something wasnt right.
siti shouted help theres a thief in my flat
the thief heard her shouts he dashed out of the flat siti grabbed his shirt but he
broke free and ran down the stairs he stepped on a banana peel and slipped thud thud
thud he went rolling down he cried aloud in pain
ive sprained my ankle and i cant get up please send me to the hospital said the
thief
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