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Punctuation Tool - Task 1:

Capital letters, Full Stops, ?, ! and Commas

a) Add a full stop, a question mark or an exclamation mark to complete the sentences
in the boxes below:

Help What time does Pete’s Pets open It opens at 9 o’clock

Where is the pet food It’s on the next shelf Don’t shout

Did you correctly use 2 full stops, 2 question marks and
2 exclamation marks? If so, well done!

b) There 15 capital letters missing from the passage below. Put a circle around the
letters that should be capitals. Rewrite the passage correctly, putting in the capitals.

pete’s assistant, pam harris, is going on holiday to canada next
week. she will fly there from london on monday. the plane will cross

the atlantic ocean and will take her to a city called calgary. she is
then going on a train ride over the rocky mountains. lucky girl!

Did you find all 15 capitals? If not, check the information on the ‘Punctuation Tool’
in the instruction manual and then see if you can find the ones you missed.

Now, rewrite the passage correctly, putting in the capitals.

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c) Add the missing commas to the sentences below:

 Pam Pete’s assistant told me about her holiday.

 She went camping fishing cycling canoeing and hiking.

 After trying for two hours Pam finally caught a fish.

 Pam after trying for two hours caught a fish.

Did you find 8 missing commas? If not look again and see which you have missed.

Tick the box in the record chart when you have successfully completed Punctuation Tool Task 1

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