1. Punctuation What are the different types of punctuation?

2. Punctuation There are many different types of punctuation which assists us with our writing, we are going to look at six common types, can you think what they are?

3. A Capital Letter A capital letter is used for: The beginning of a sentence, The name of a person or place, The letter I in written speech.

4. A Full Stop A full stop is used at the end of a sentence to show the sentence has finished. It also allows a person to take a breath before continuing with the text.

5. A Comma Commas are used when: A reader should take a pause, To separate a list of things for example: bread, butter, apples.

6. An Apostrophe An apostrophe can be used in two ways: To show something belongs to someone for example ‘The girl’s shoe.’ To show two words which have joined together but have some letters missing e.g. ‘they are= they’re.’

7. An Exclamation Mark An exclamation mark is used to show a command ‘STOP!’ and to show surprise ‘Goodness gracious me!’

8. A Question Mark A question mark is used to show a person is asking a direct question. For example, “Are you going home at 3:15 today?”