Commas
Which word(s) should have a comma after it?
No I have never heard of that movie.
What is No?
No, I have never heard of that movie.
Which word(s) should have a comma after it?
January 1 2001 was the first day of this century.
What is 1 and 2001?
January 1, 2001, was the first day of this century.
This punctuation mark is used to separate adjectives or dependent clauses within a sentence.
ex. The red, white, and blue
What is a comma?
Which word(s) should have a colon or semi-colon after it?
Dear Mrs. Patterson
What is a colon after Patterson?
Dear Mrs. Patterson:
Which word(s) should have a dash after it?
In 2022, people from the East Coast will flock to Lake Michigan a beautiful fresh body of water.
What is Michigan?
In 2022, people from the East Coast will flock to Lake Michigan— a beautiful fresh body of water.
Which word(s) should have a comma after it?
"Hey buddy," said William to the total stranger.
What is Hey?
"Hey, buddy," said William to the total stranger.
Which word(s) should have a comma after it?
We are going to Durham North Carolina!
What is Durham?
We are going to Durham, North Carolina!
This punctuation mark joins two independent clauses of a compound sentence when the clauses are not joined by a coordinating conjunction.
ex. The plane took off; we were on our way to New Jersey!
What is a semi-colon?
Which word(s) should have a colon or semi-colon after it?
We went to the store it closed before we got there.
What is a semi-colon after store?
We went to the store; it closed before we got there.
Which word(s) should have a hyphen after it?
Teaching full time is hard work!
What is full?
Teaching full-time is hard work!
Which word(s) should have a comma after it?
Jackie was angry but she decided to forgive and forget
What is angry?
Jackie was angry, but she decided to forgive and forget
Which word(s) should have a comma after it?
Although I am not very organized I do like my room to be clean.
What is organized?
Although I am not very organized, I do like my room to be clean.
This punctuation mark is used to show where words in a quotation have been omitted.
ex. "Dante Alighieri...wrote the famous Christian epic poem The Divine Comedy."
What are ellipses?
Which word(s) should have a colon or semi-colon after it?
Jack forgot accidentally left his belongings at home air pods, wallet, and his keys.
What is a colon after home?
Jack forgot accidentally left his belongings at home: air pods, wallet, and his keys.
Which word(s) should have a dash after it?
Camden once the murder capital of the world is now on the up-rise.
What is Camden and world?
Camden—once the murder capital of the world— is now on the up-rise.
Which word(s) should have a comma after it?
Jesus is the way the truth and the life.
What are way and truth?
Which word(s) should have a comma after it?
Thank you Giselle for always making me laugh.
What is you and Giselle?
Thank you, Giselle, for always making me laugh.
This punctuation mark is used to connect compound words and written numbers.
Ex. Inflation is expected to increase by two and one-half points this year.
What is a hyphen?
Which word(s) should have a colon or semi-colon after it?
The student representatives will be Giselle Tolentino, a kindergartener Jack Kirsch, an 8th grader and John Broderock, a 10th grader.
What is kindergartener and grader?
The student representatives will be Giselle Tolentino, a kindergartener; Jack Kirsch, an 8th grader; and John Broderock, a 10th grader.
The following usage of an ellipses is CORRECT or INCORRECT:
Ro, an aspiring actress, is currently living in NYC.
Ro . . . is currently living in NYC.
What is CORRECT?
Which word(s) should have a comma after it?
Liam an Ohioan had never seen the ocean before.
What are Liam and Ohioan?
Liam, an Ohioan, had never seen the ocean before.
Which word(s) should have a comma after it?
Jaden started laughing and she ending up falling on the hard rough floor.
What is laughing, hard, and rough?
Jaden started laughing, and she ending up falling on the hard, rough, floor.
This punctuation mark is used to signal a sudden break of thought in a sentence.
Ex. David Bowie — the greatest artist of all time — released his last album in 2016.
What is a dash?
Which word(s) should have a colon or semi-colon after it?
We were going over the Benjamin Franklin Bridge however, we forgot our toll money.
What is Bridge?
We were going over the Benjamin Franklin Bridge; however, we forgot our toll money.
Which word(s) should have a dash after it?
"Hey, I know we all wanted oh wait, I found the peaches!"
What is wanted?
"Hey, I know we all wanted– oh wait, I found the peaches!"