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Tuesday 25 September 2018

How to use different kinds of punctuation

Colon and semi-colon.
BEFORE:  BETWEEN;

Miss Ashley’s example:
Mary went to the fruit shop and bought lots of different fruit. She bought: bananas; pears; apples; and a pineapple.

The girls team had 10 players. The team was: Hiria; Ana; Maria; Vina; Lily; Vaiola and Maani.

My examples:
  1. I went to buy some PS4 game. They were: fortnite; GTA 5 and Call of Duty.
  2.  I killed three people: Donald Trump ; kim jong un and  Isaiah

Commas in listing.
Miss Ashley’s example: The girls team had 10 players. The team was Hiria, Ana, Maria, Vina, Lily, Vaiola and Maani.

My examples:
  1.  I went to buy some PS4 game. They were: fortnite , GTA 5 and Call of Duty.
  2. I killed three people: Donald Trump , kim jong un and  Isaiah
  3. I died with two people: Isaiah , Paula
  4.   

Brackets.
Miss Ashley’s example:

Mum gave Lucy (her favourite daughter) $10 for lunch.

Miss Ashley had 27 students (both girls and boys) in her class.

My examples:

  1. I went with lisi ( lily mom ) to the shop
  2.  I went with my friend ( Isaiah ) to the gun shop

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