Punctuation

Question 1

Whatare quotation marks usedfor

Answer 1

They are used to indicate someone’s exact words or to show dialogue

Question 2

What is a colon used for

Answer 2

Is used to introduce a list, explanation or quote

Question 3

What is a semi colon used for

Answer 3

Used to connect closely related ideas or separate complex items in a list

Question 4

What is a dash used for

Answer 4

Used to add extra information or show a break in a sentence

Question 5

What are parentheses orbrackets used for

Answer 5

Used to add extra information that is not essential to the main sentence

Question 6

What is a hyphen used for

Answer 6

Used to join words together to form a compound word or to split a word at the end of a line