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Commas, brackets and dashes revision
I can practise commas, brackets and dashes test questions.
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- Year 6
Commas, brackets and dashes revision
I can practise commas, brackets and dashes test questions.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- A comma is an important punctuation mark with more than one purpose.
- Adding extra information to a clause is called parenthesis.
- Parenthesis can be punctuated in a variety of ways.
Keywords
Brackets - a punctuation mark that can be used to demarcate parenthesis
Dashes - a punctuation mark that can be used to demarcate parenthesis
Parenthesis - additional information added to a sentence that can be removed
Comma - a punctuation mark used to demarcate phrases, clauses, items in lists and parenthesis
Common misconception
Pupils may use a comma to separate any main and subordinate clause.
When an adverbial subordinate clause comes after a main clause, no comma is needed; relative subordinate clauses don't always need commas.
In our Y6 Grammar curriculum, we've used different punctuation for parenthesis for different purposes; here, they are treated interchangeably as is conventional in tests. There are complete lessons about all topics covered in our Y6 curriculum.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Tick the sentences that use an apostrophe for a contracted form.
Tick the sentences that use an apostrophe for a contracted form.
We watched Aisha's favourite video.
The boys' coats lay on the muddy ground.
Q2.Which of these contracted forms have the apostrophe in the correct position?
Which of these contracted forms have the apostrophe in the correct position?
ca'nt
wo'nt
Q3.Which sentence is the most formal?
Which sentence is the most formal?
We've got loads to do today.
We have a ton of stuff to get done.
There's just so much that needs doing!
Q4.Match each sentence to the possession it shows.
Match each sentence to the possession it shows.
Q5.Which speech sentences are punctuated correctly?
Which speech sentences are punctuated correctly?
"Where's the bathroom" asked Andeep.
Jun wondered "Is it time to go?"
Q6.Which version of the sentence is correctly punctuated?
Which version of the sentence is correctly punctuated?
Some people say, "More haste, less speed"
Some people say, "more haste, less speed"
Some people say "More haste, less speed."
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
The children were shouting, screaming, whooping, and hollering.
The children were shouting, screaming whooping, and hollering.
Q2.Which sentence has the fronted adverbial correctly shown with a comma?
Which sentence has the fronted adverbial correctly shown with a comma?
After a long, time we realised where we were.
After a long time we realised, where we were.
Q3.What pieces of punctuation can be used to show parenthesis?
What pieces of punctuation can be used to show parenthesis?
colons
semi-colons
Q4.Which sentences contain parenthesis?
Which sentences contain parenthesis?
Walking into the room, I waved at Jun, who was already sitting down.
Q5.Which sentences are correctly punctuated?
Which sentences are correctly punctuated?
Add a small amount (of salt about a teaspoon) to the mixture.
Wales which is - a country of 3 million people - is next to the Irish Sea.
Q6.Which parentheses could fill this gap? 'Birmingham - __________ - is England's second-largest city.'
Which parentheses could fill this gap? 'Birmingham - __________ - is England's second-largest city.'
the West Midlands
is England's second-largest
