Grammar Toolkit Sentence ending I saw a man dressed as a hamburger That is weird Did he have fries as well Grammar Toolkit Sentence ending All sentences end in either a full stop exclamation mark or question mark ID: 480108
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What are the punctuation marks for ending sentences?
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I saw a man dressed as
a hamburger
That is weird
Did
he have fries as well
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Sentence ending
All sentences end in either a full stop, exclamation mark or question mark.
.
!
?
full stop
exclamation mark
question markSlide3
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A full stop ends a statement or command.
It shows a long pause. The word after it must
start with a capital letter.
I like
burgers
Full stops are also used in:
abbreviations (the short form of a word or
title)
numbers
times
and
dates
T
hey are great.Mon. for Monday Vic. for Victoria etc. for etcetera$19.95 3.12 0.5
%9.15
am 25.12.2011.Slide4
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A full stop is not needed if the abbreviation has more than one capital letter or ends in the last letter
of
the full word.
Do
you know these abbreviations
?SANSWUSAGP
S
outh Australia
New
South Wales
United
States
of America
General PractitionerColMrDrStColonel Mister Doctor
Street
Full stops are also not needed for metric measures,
points of the compass and chemical symbols.
cm kg NE Ca
c
enti
m
etre
n
orth
e
ast
k
ilo
g
ram
Ca
lciumSlide5
Yikes
! Be
quiet! Oh no!
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An exclamation mark ends an exclamation,
which
is when the writer expresses a strong or sudden emotion.
If the exclamation is part of speech, put the exclamation mark after the exclamation
and
a full
stop at the end of the sentence.
“Be quiet
!
”
demanded Miss Tuttle.Slide6
Are you looking at me
? What happens next
? Where’s Fluffy gone?
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A question mark ends a question that
the
writer expects an answer to.
If the question is part of speech, put the
question
mark after the question and a full stop
at
the end of the sentence
.
“Where’s Fluffy gone
?” asked my little sister.Slide7
what a disaster the bride tripped over her dress and fell in the wedding cake it was five levels high and coated in cream what would you do would you make a new cake or eat the squished one the bride was REALLY unhappy
W
hat
a
disaster
!
T
he
bride tripped over her dress and fell in the wedding
cake
.
I
t
was five levels high and coated in cream. What would you do? Would you make a new cake or eat the squished one? The bride was REALLY unhappy!Grammar Toolkit
Sentence ending
Add full stops, question marks and exclamation marks to make this passage understandable. Don’t forget to start each sentence with a capital letter.Slide8
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Punctuation
helps others to understand our writing.
A full stop (.) ends a statement or
command
(e.g
. It is finished.). It is also used in abbreviations (e.g. Feb. for February), numbers and dates (
e.g. 4.30 pm, $0.99, 12.6.2002). Not all abbreviations need full stops.
An exclamation mark (!) ends an exclamation (e.g. What rubbish!).
A question mark (?) ends a question (e.g. Why are you late?).Slide9
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