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A. Put the full stops in (there may be more than one)
1. George ri des hi s bi c yc l e t o work
2. George enj oys c yc l i ng It g i v es hi m s ome fres h ai r
3. Cyc l i ng i s g ood for t he env i ronment
4. Ri di ng a bi ke i s g ood exerc i s e It hel ps you t o be
hea l t hy
5. Cyc l i ng i s fun i n ni ce weat her If t he wea t her i s bad
cyc l i ng i s not s o enj oya bl e

B. Put the capital letters in
1. one day i wi l l bec ome fa mous .
2. monda y i s my l eas t fav ouri t e day of t he week, but i
l i ke fri days .
3. turn l eft down s hepherd s t r eet , g o t o t he end of
t he roa d, t hen turn ri g ht i nt o wool l y road.
4. yes terday i spoke t o mrs j ohns on a bout s i r el t on
j ohn.
5. i went t o l ondon l a st week a nd next week i m g oi ng
t o ma nc hest er.
6. we a re g oi ng on hol i da y t o c hi na t hi s yea r. l a st
yea r we went t o duba i .
7. one of my fri ends i s i ndi a n a nd s he i s a s i kh.
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8. t he mont h of nov ember ca n be g rey and ra i ny but i t
can be sunny t oo.
9. i n s ummer we l i ke t o g o c ampi ng a nd i n wi nter we
l i ke t o g o s ki i ng.
1 0. t he fi ft h of november i s bonfi re ni g ht, when g uy
fawkes fa i l ed t o bl ow up pa r l i a ment .
11 . i s t udi ed geog raphy a nd french a t sc hool .
1 2. t he bbc st ands for t he bri t i s h broa dca s ti ng
corpora ti on

C. Put the full stops and capital letters in
boris johnson hopes to make london a plasti c bag-free ci ty
by the time of the 2012 Olympi cs he sai d today the plan
was part of the london mayor s new strategy to reduce the
amount of landfi ll and l itter i n the capital he wants to see
incenti ves for shoppers to bring reusable bags he said
supermarkets should consi der charging for si ngle-use bags
at the checkout londoners use 1.6 bi ll ion plasti c bags a year
for an average of just 20 mi nutes per bag

D. Put the question marks in
1. Wha t i s your na me
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2. Where i s t he nea res t superma rket
3. Ca n you di rect me t o t he c hurc h pl eas e
4. Pl ea se ca n I ha ve s ome more c offee
5. How a re you t oda y
6. Whi c h one do you prefer
7. Why a re you l aug hi ng
8. Who i s t ha t

E. Put the exclamation marks in
1. Gos h
2. Wow Tha t s rea l l y g ood
3. Wha t a s urpri se Tha t wa s unexpec ted
4. I saw a purpl e c at yes terda y
5. Si t down ri g ht now
6. How da re you
7. I m s o ha ppy t oda y
8. I a m s o a ng ry wi t h my dog

F. Put the commas in (you might need to remove some of the ands)
1. I need t o buy s ome t oma t oes a nd g rapes a nd l eeks a nd
di et c oke a nd c hoc ol a te.
2. The c a r wa s l a rge a nd s l ee k and s i l ver a nd expens i v e.
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3. My mot her went s hoppi ng a nd di d t he hous ewor k a nd
put on s ome ni ce c l ot hes a nd t hen ca me t o see me
si ng.
4. When we went on hol i day we saw s ome dol phi ns a nd
ate l ot s of ni c e food a nd l a y on t he beach a nd went
swi mmi ng .

G. Put t he c ommas i n t o s how t he extr a i nformati on
5. Thi s a ppl e whi c h i s ni ce a nd ri pe i s red.
6. Ja z a l t houg h he l i kes g reen bes t had t o s et t l e for
bl ue.
7. My unc l e ev en t houg h he ha t es rug by ca me t o wat c h
my g ame.

H. Put the full stops and commas in
1. When t he s un s hi nes whi c h i s not very often
everybody g oes out si de t o wa rm up
2. I don' t l i ke pota t oes I don' t l i ke l eeks ei t her I do
howev er enj oy l eek a nd pota t o s oup
3. Sentences don' t ha ve t o be very l ong Sentences ca n
be qui te s hort However s ome sentences ca n be
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ext remel y l ong and c onta i n l ot s of punc t ua t i on l i ke
commas for exampl e

I. Put the question marks, exclamation marks or full stops in
1. Oh I appear to have dropped my pen down a drai n
2. What did you say I can't hear you
3. Ouch Fal li ng off your bi ke must have hurt a l ot
4. Ha-ha-ha I thi nk that joke is really funny
5. I'm sorry Are you al right
6. Stop There is a car comi ng
7. Pardon How does my hai r l ook funny
8. You wer e ta l ki ng t o s omeone yes t erda y Who wa s i t

J. Correct the below so that the capital letters, full stops, question
marks, exclamation marks and commas are in the right places:
ki ran got out Of bed. And brushed her Teeth downstai rs.
her mum was getti ng breakfast. Ready after getting dressed
ki ran went Downstai rs to eat her cat. fluffy was also
enjoyi ng hi s breakfast. Of tuna ki ran s mum asked her i f she
had the i ngredients she needed for her cookery class ki ran
said she. di d she had to Go or she woul d be late yesterday.
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ki ran was off School . with A cold today she was feeling
better

K. What five punctuation marks have you used to complete the above
exercises?
1. ________________________
2. ________________________
3. ________________________
4. ________________________
5. ________________________

L. Give one reason why it is important to use punctuation in sentences:
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