Punctuation test

Punctuation test (based on 2019 SATs papers)

Punctuation

Question marks

Question marks look like this:

?

They are used to show when someone is asking a question. For example:

What are you having for lunch?

The question mark always goes at the end of the sentence.

Full stops

Full stops show that a sentence has ended. Full stops look like this:

.

For example: Jake had finished his drawing.

Full stops aren’t used in sentences where there is a question mark or exclamation mark at the end.

Exclamation marks

An exclamation mark is used when the sentence says something that is important. Exclamation marks look like this:

!

For example: We are going to have a race!

Tenses

Past tense

The past tense is used to talk about what happened in the past. Here are a few examples:

Jane was playing football.

Bob ate his lunch.

Present tense

The present tense is used to talk about what is happening now. Here are a few examples:

Jane is playing football.

Bob is eating his lunch.

Future tense

The future tense is used to talk about what will happen in the future. Here are a few examples:

Jane will play football.

Bob will eat his lunch.

Capital letters

Capital letters are used:

For example:

There was a rabbit in the bush.

At the end of the day, he was going to Bob’s house in Lichfield.