Punctuation
Full stops, commas, apostrophes, quotation marks, colons and semicolons.
Key rules
- Full stop ends a statement; question mark ends a direct question.
- Comma separates items in a list and clauses; it is not used alone to join two full sentences.
- Apostrophe shows possession (the girl’s bag) or contraction (don’t).
- Colon introduces a list or explanation; semicolon joins closely related independent clauses.
- Quotation marks enclose direct speech.
Practice questions
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