Punctuation

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Punctuation

Today we will focus on punctuation.

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Waarom is interpunctie zo belangrijk?

De hele betekenis van de zin kan veranderen als je een leesteken verplaatst of weghaalt!

What is the difference between:

Man eating shark and Man-eating shark?

What is the difference between:

Twenty-five dollar bills and Twenty five-dollar bills?

Wat voor leestekens in het Engels ken je?

Rules of English "Punctuation"

The use of capital letters and the most important punctuation marks (full stop, comma, question mark, exclamation mark, apostrophe) in a text.

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Capital letters 

We use a capital letter to begin a sentence, for the first pronoun I, proper nouns (e.g. specific nouns of places, people, nationalities, days and months. (MINTS)

Full Stop (.)

A full stop should always be used to end a sentence. The full stop can also be used after abbreviations.

Assoc. = Association

Maar niet als je de eerste en laatste letter van een woord gebruikt.

St = Street or Saint

Mr = Mister

Question Mark (?)

The question mark simply indicates that a sentence is asking a question. It always comes at the end of a sentence:

For example:

Are we at the end?

Note that the question mark also serves as a full stop.

Exclamation Mark (!)

An exclamation mark indicates strong feeling within a sentence, such as fear, anger or love. It is also used to accentuate feeling within the written spoken word.

For example:“Help! I love you!”

In this way, it can also be used to indicate a sharp instruction

“Stop! Police!”

or to indicate humour

“Ha! Ha! Ha!” 

The Comma (,)

Apostrophe (’)

The apostrophe, sometimes called an inverted comma has two main uses.

The apostrophe indicates possession or ownership or that a letter has been omitted.

QUIZ TIME

Let's review! 

Round 1

Add the correct interpunction in the following sentences.

How much do those apples cost

The news however came as a shock

The text that she sent had lots of emojis

perhaps you dont always need to use commas periods colons etc to make sentences clear

when i am in a hurry tired cold lazy or angry i sometimes leave out punctuation marks

Round 2

Correct the sentences.

Verbeter de zin:
i was born in june

Verbeter de zin:
do you like to eat a apple

Verbeter de zin:
please hurry we are going to be late

Verbeter de zin:
i think italy is a amazing country

Verbeter de zin:
mine sister dont like to read an book.

HOMEWORK next time!

You can start at your homework: 

opdracht ( punctuation) via teams/ opdrachten