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Answer key · not for pupils Punctuation sequence

Where Does It Stop?

Every sentence needs a mark at the end

Lesson 1 of 14
Year 1

Task 1 gives the letter of the right option as printed on the sheet. Task 2 lists the mistakes in the order they appear, with the correction. Task 3 and 4 answers are models, not the only acceptable wording: any answer that uses the rule the lesson taught should be credited.

MildTelling ends with a full stop. Asking ends with a question mark. Shouting ends with an exclamation mark.

1 · Tick the right one

a Ab Bc Ad AA = left option, B = right option

3 · Now you write

Model answers
  1. Tick: . · I like pizza.
  2. Tick: ? · Are you hungry?
  3. Tick: ! · Look out!

4 · Help Polpetta

It needs a question mark because it is asking. Are you hungry?

2 · Add the 3 missing marks

1Are you hungryAre you hungry?
2Mind the hot soupMind the hot soup!
3Where shall we sitWhere shall we sit?

Welcome to the café. already has its mark (the decoy). Accept a full stop or an exclamation mark on Mind the hot soup.

MediumTelling gets a full stop. Asking gets a question mark. A big feeling gets an exclamation mark.

1 · Tick the right one

a Ab Bc Bd AA = left option, B = right option

3 · Now you write

Model answers
  1. Tick: We had pasta for tea., The café opens at nine. · We had fish and chips for tea.
  2. Tick: Do you like soup, Where is my hat, Can we go · What is in the soup today?
  3. Tick: What a treat, Ouch, that is hot · What a huge cake!

4 · Help Polpetta

It is three ideas hiding in one line. You run out of breath after soup and after bread, so it should stop there: Come and try our soup. Try our bread. Try our cake. Also accept: it needs a full stop at the end, after cake.

2 · Add the 4 missing marks

1Welcome to the Meatball CaféWelcome to the Meatball Café!
2Are you hungry todayAre you hungry today?
3Come in and try someCome in and try some.
4What a treatWhat a treat!

We have soup, bread and cake. is the decoy. Accept a full stop or an exclamation mark on Welcome, on Come in and try some, and on What a treat.

SpicyRead it aloud and listen. Flat, rising, or loud? Sometimes two marks would both work, then you choose, and you say why.

1 · Tick the right one

a Bb Ac Ad AA = left option, B = right option

3 · Now you write

Model answers
  1. The soup is hot. Is the soup hot?
  2. Watch out. Watch out!
  3. Pass the salt. It is a calm order and nobody is shouting, so a full stop is enough.

4 · Help Polpetta

They are not questions. Come and try our soup tells people what to do. It does not ask them anything, so it ends with a full stop or an exclamation mark: Come and try our soup. Try our bread. Try our cake. A question mark is right when you really ask something: Would you like some soup?

2 · Add the 6 missing marks

1Welcome back to the Meatball CaféWelcome back to the Meatball Café!
2Have you seen our new windowHave you seen our new window?
3The tomatoes came from Sicily this morningThe tomatoes came from Sicily this morning.
4Mind the wet floor by the kitchen doorMind the wet floor by the kitchen door!
5Which soup would you like todayWhich soup would you like today?
6Come in and warm upCome in and warm up.

We open at seven every day except Sunday. is the decoy. Welcome back, Mind the wet floor and Come in and warm up can each take a full stop or an exclamation mark; the two questions and the tomatoes line have only one right mark.

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