Punctuation
This mark ends a sentence that asks a question.
What is a question mark?
A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
12/3=?
What is 4?
3 groups of 4 equals this many.
What is 12?
This type of community has many people living close together in apartment buildings and busy streets.
What is an urban community?
This mark ends a sentence that shows strong feeling or excitement.
What is an exclamation point?
A word that shows action or a state of being.
What is a verb?
21/7=?
What is 3?
5x6
What is 30?
A community on the edge of a city, with houses, yards, and shopping centers. Many people drive into the city for work.
What is a suburban community?
Use this mark between items in a list of three or more things.
What is a comma?
A word that describes a noun. It tells what kind, how many, or which one.
What is an adjective?
120/6=?
What is 20?
7x8
What is 56?
A community far from big cities, with open land, farms, and fewer people spread across the countryside.
What is a rural community?
This mark shows up in contractions like can't and don't, and in possessives like Sam's bike.
What is an apostrophe?
A word that describes a verb. It tells how, when, or where something happens.
What is an adverb?
100/10=?
What is 10?
9x9
What is 81?
Subways, buses, and crowded sidewalks are most common in this type of community.
What is an urban community?
This mark goes at the end of most sentences that tell a fact, and after abbreviations like Mr. and Dr.
What is a period?
A word that takes the place of a noun, such as he, she, or they.
What is a pronoun?
500/10=?
What is 50?
9x4
What is 36?
In this type of community, the nearest grocery store may be many miles away.
What is a rural community?