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teaching with them. Please dont hesitate to email me if you have any
questions or queries, and know that feedback is always appreciated.
Warm regards
Stacey Lloyd
CONTENTS
Punctuating Direct & Indirect Speech: This worksheet requires students to examine a little cartoon and then
transcribe the spoken words of the cartoon in both the direct and indirect forms.
Pre-knowledge required: Students should know how to punctuate dialogue & use quotation marks.
Extension Idea: Ask students to record snippets of conversations on their cellphones and then transcribe
them. They should correctly punctuate the written interactions.
Understanding Comma Splices*: This worksheet guides students through the definition of a comma splice, with
examples. The activity requires them to identify whether the sentences are correctly punctuated or if there are comma splices.
Pre-knowledge required: Understanding of independent clauses and uses of the comma. However,
actual knowledge of what a comma splice is, is not required as it is included.
Extension Idea: Once they have identified the incorrect sentences, instruct students to write the corrected
versions in their notebooks.
* The font on this page is rather large, so in the interest of saving paper, you could easily print 2 to a page.
Using the Apostrophe: This worksheet contains examples of apostrophe errors in advertising. Students have to
identify the errors and correct them, but they are also required to go one step further and explain the corrections.
Pre-knowledge required: Students should know the 2 uses of the apostrophe: omission and possession.
Extension Idea: Ask students to find examples of such errors in their daily lives: twitter posts, adverts,
Facebook statuses etc. they are not hard to find!
Using Commas Correctly: This worksheet contains various sentences which contain commas some correctly
punctuated, others incorrectly punctuated. Students have to identify whether the commas are used correctly or not, and then
go further to explain why or why not.
Pre-knowledge required: Students should know and understand the main uses of the comma.
Extension Idea: Ask students to write their own sentences displaying the different uses of the comma.
Using Colons and Semicolons: This worksheet contains 2 exercises: in the first, students have to fill in the missing
colons and semicolons; in the second, students have to identify the correctly punctuated sentences (multiple choice).
Pre-knowledge required: Students should know and understand the function of the semicolon and the
colon, and how they differ.
Extension Idea: Ask students to rewrite the sentences in exercise 1, eliminating the colons and semicolons
by rearranging the words and construction.
EXAMPLE
For each of the following, write both the direct and indirect versions of what is spoken. You can name
the speaker, and give additional information such as how the words are spoken.
I cant Direct:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I cant control the blaze! shouted the firefighter as he wrestled with the hose.
control
Wrestling with the hose, the firefighter shouted that he couldnt control the blaze.
the blaze!
Indirect:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I am going to Direct:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
ask Sue to prom.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
She will
probably
say no.
Indirect:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
No, I
just
ate.
Indirect:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Indirect:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Im Direct:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
going
to drop ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
it.
Indirect:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
picture of me?
Direct:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How
do I
say no?
Indirect:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Indirect:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
for coming.
Direct:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Indirect:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Stacey Lloyd 2015
ANS
W
ER K
EY
For each of the following, write both the direct and indirect versions of what is spoken. You can name
the speaker, and give additional information such as how the words are spoken.
EXAMPLE
PLEASE INOTE:
This is__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
aIcreative
writingtheexercise;
there
is no strict
answer
key. However,
cant Direct:
cant control
blaze! therefore
shouted the
firefighter
as he
wrestled
with the the
hose.
control
following
are example answers to illustrate what is required and to guide discussion after the exercise.
Wrestling with the hose, the firefighter shouted that he couldnt control the blaze.
the blaze!
Indirect:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I am going to ask Sue to prom, said Bob. Then he thought to himself, She will
I am going to Direct:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
ask Sue to prom.
She will
probably
say no.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
having fun
Tom?
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Indirect:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
While looking at his son, Jim asked Tom if he was having fun.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Im going to drop it, thought the moving man, while carrying the heavy box.
Im Direct:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
going .
to drop ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
it.
Indirect:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The moving man worried that he would drop the heavy box that he was
carrying.
Will you take a picture of me? enquired Joshua excitedly.
5 Will you take a Direct:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
picture of me?
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ralph, with his five thousand dollar camera in his hand, thought, How do I say no?
How
do I
Excitedly, Joshua asked Ralph if he would take a picture of him. Ralph, with his
Indirect:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
say no?
five thousand dollar camera in his hand, wondered how to decline.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
We want to play! declared the already overly excited children.
6 We want to play!
Direct:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Indirect:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The already overly excited children declared that they wanted to play.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
for coming.
Direct:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Jeff walked onto the stage and said, Thank you all for coming, to the adoring
audience.
Jeff walked onto the stage thanked the adoring audience for coming.
Indirect:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
.
Stacey Lloyd 2015
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In written English, the comma splice is one of the most frequent errors. Learn
what it is, and how to avoid it, and your writing will be all the better for it.
WHAT IS IT?
NG
W RO
RIIGGHHT
R HT
RIG
PRACTICE
For each of the following, decide if they are complete sentences or if there are comma splices.
Comma
Splice
He loved her with all his heart, yet she couldnt love him back.
11.
12.
13.
ANS
W ER
Understanding COMMA SPLICES
In written English, the comma splice is one of the most frequent errors.K
Learn
EY
what it is, and how to avoid it, and your writing will be all the better for it.
WHAT IS IT?
NG
W RO
RIIGGHHT
R HT
RIG
PRACTICE
For each of the following, decide if they are complete sentences or if there are comma splices.
Comma
Splice
He loved her with all his heart, yet she couldnt love him back.
11.
12.
13.
1
2
3
Many people make errors when using the apostrophe, and it is particularly embarrassing when
these errors appear in print or business advertising. Examine such errors below, and rewrite the
adverts, making the corrections. Then explain the corrections.
Youll no
Your welcome
to taste our
cheeses
Rewrite: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Explain: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rewrite: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Explain: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rewrite: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Explain: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_
4
5
6
7
8
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rewrite: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
tes
u
n
i
m
5
n
i
B
ack
Farmers a
pp
sold hereles
Explain: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rewrite: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Explain: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Its a steal!
g
meetin
s
n
e
m
o
W
e on
held herays
Thursd
NEW sunglasss
in store NOW
Rewrite: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Explain: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rewrite: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Explain: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rewrite: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Explain: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Stacey
Lloyd2015
2015
Stacey Lloyd
ANS
USING THE APOSTROPHE
W ER
Many people make errors when using the apostrophe, and it is particularly embarrassing
when
K
these errors appear in print or business advertising. Examine
such errors below, and then rewriteEY
them, making the corrections. Then explain the corrections.
2
3
Youll no
Your welcome
to taste our
cheeses
Rewrite: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Explain: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5
6
7
8
Rewrite: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Explain: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_
Rewrite: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Back in 5 minutes
The minutes dont own anything! They are just
pluralized, hence no apostrophe required.
Rewrite: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
tes
u
n
i
m
5
n
i
B
ack
Farmers a
pp
sold hereles
Explain: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rewrite: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Explain: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Its a steal!
g
meetin
s
n
e
m
o
W
e on
held herays
Thursd
NEW sunglasss
in store NOW
Rewrite: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Explain: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rewrite: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rewrite: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Explain: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Stacey
Lloyd2015
2015
Stacey Lloyd
USING COMMAS
For each of the following sentences, identify whether commas have been
used correctly or incorrectly and then explain your choice.
e.g. While she was reading the newspaper, Joe announced that he was leaving.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Identify:_____________________________________________
Explain:_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Identify:_____________________________________________
Explain:_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Identify:_____________________________________________
Explain:_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Identify:_____________________________________________
Explain:_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. The dress, which had never been worn was lying on the floor.
Identify:_____________________________________________
Explain:_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Identify:_____________________________________________
Explain:_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. My sister went to college four years ago and, she is about to graduate.
Identify:_____________________________________________
Explain:_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Identify:_____________________________________________
Explain:_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Stacey
Lloyd2015
2015
Stacey Lloyd
ANS
USING
COMMAS
W ER
For each of the following sentences, identify whether commas have been
KE
used correctly or incorrectly and then explain your choice. Y
e.g. While she was reading the newspaper, Joe announced that he was leaving.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Identify:_____________________________________________
Explain:_____________________________________________________________________________________
Here the comma is being used to separate
Correct
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Identify:_____________________________________________
Explain:_____________________________________________________________________________________
Incorrect
Here there is a list of adjectives
commas should be used to separate the list (after the first two adjectives).
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Incorrect
This is an example of comma splice - the
Identify:_____________________________________________
Explain:_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Identify:_____________________________________________
Explain:_____________________________________________________________________________________
Incorrect
The comma should be placed inside of the
quotation marks.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. The dress, which had never been worn was lying on the floor.
Identify:_____________________________________________
Explain:_____________________________________________________________________________________
Incorrect
There needs to be commas on either side
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Identify:_____________________________________________
Explain:_____________________________________________________________________________________
Correct
The commas enclose a parenthetical
element. In this case, additional information about who the speakers uncle is.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. My sister went to college four years ago and, she is about to graduate.
Identify:_____________________________________________
Explain:_____________________________________________________________________________________
Incorrect
This is a compound sentence, and so the
comma should come after the first independent clause and before the and.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Identify:_____________________________________________
Explain:_____________________________________________________________________________________
Correct
The commas here correctly separate a
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Stacey
Lloyd2015
2015
Stacey Lloyd
:;
For each of the following, fill in the missing colons or semicolons (choose the correct one):
1. One
needs
many
things
to
be
a
good
teacher_
an
abundance
of
patience_
a
passion
for
ones
subject_
lots
of
creativity_
and
a
loud
voice.
2. He
saw
that
he
had
two
choices
before
him_
marry
her
or
break
up.
3. The
school
play
was
cancelled_
three
of
the
actors
had
food
poisoning.
4. My
mother
just
kept
repeating_
Why
dont
you
ever
listen
to
me?
5. My
hands
stopped
shaking_
the
audience
came
into
focus_
I
felt
relieved.
6. My
uncle
Gerald
works
late
every
night_
being
the
director
of
a
large
company
is
a
demanding
job.
10.
The
following
items
are
required_
blankets,
pillows,
torches
and
candles.
Exercise Two
a) She
heard
her
mothers
voice
in
her
head;
Always
believe
in
yourself.
a) Beth
speaks
French;
Jim
speaks
English.
b) Beth
speaks
French:
Jim
speaks
English.
a) It
was
raining
heavily:
the
game
was
cancelled;
I
was
devastated.
b) It
was
raining
heavily;
the
game
was
cancelled;
I
was
devastated.
c) It
was
raining
heavily;
the
game
was
cancelled:
I
was
devastated.
:;
ANS
W ER
USING COLONS & SEMICOLONS
Exercise OneKEY
For each of the following, fill in the missing colons or semicolons (choose the correct one):
9. Contact
me
on
Saturday_
; I
will
give
you
an
answer
then.
Exercise Two
a) She
heard
her
mothers
voice
in
her
head;
Always
believe
in
yourself.
a) Beth
speaks
French;
Jim
speaks
English.
b) Beth
speaks
French:
Jim
speaks
English.
a) It
was
raining
heavily:
the
game
was
cancelled;
I
was
devastated.
b) It
was
raining
heavily;
the
game
was
cancelled;
I
was
devastated.
c) It
was
raining
heavily;
the
game
was
cancelled:
I
was
devastated.