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Missing Punctuation
Someone has removed all the inverted commas from the extract below. Can you improve it by adding the correct punctuation?
Use these punctuation marks:
I can punctuate direct speech.
“ ” .
inverted commas full stop
I f you c ou l d hav e a s up e r powe r, wha t wou l d i t b e ?
I wou l d d e f i n i t e l y c hoo s e t o f l y , s ugge s t e d s omeone
I wan t t o f r e e z e t ime ! s a i d ano th e r
I ’ d b e i nv i s i b l e s o I c ou l d s py on p e op l e o r s c a re t h em , l augh ed B en j i
I n t e re s t i n g i d e a s , M r Jay sm i l e d , a l t h ough I ’m no t s u re t ha t ’ s s u ch a
k i nd cho i c e , B en j i . Pe r hap s you m i gh t t h i n k o f wha t go od you r p owe r s
c ou l d b e u s e d f o r, i n s t e ad o f s py i ng and s c a r i ng p e op l e
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Missing Punctuation Answers
Someone has removed all the inverted commas from the extract below. Can you improve it by adding the correct punctuation?
Use these punctuation marks:
I can punctuate direct speech.
“ ” .
inverted commas full stop
“ I f you c ou l d hav e a s up e r powe r, wha t wou l d i t b e ? ”
“ I wou l d d e f i n i t e l y c hoo s e t o f l y , ” s u gge s t e d s omeone .
“ I wan t t o f r e e z e t ime ! ” s a i d ano th e r.
“ I ’ d b e i nv i s i b l e s o I c ou l d s py on p e op l e o r s c a re t h em , ” l a ugh ed B en j i .
“ I n t e re s t i n g i d e a s , ” M r Jay sm i l e d , “a l t h ough I ’m no t s u re t ha t ’ s s u ch
a k i nd cho i c e , B en j i . Pe r hap s you m i gh t t h i n k o f wha t go od you r p owe r s
c ou l d b e u s e d f o r, i n s t e ad o f s py i ng and s c a r i ng p e op l e . ”
visit twinkl.com
Missing Punctuation
Someone has removed the speech punctuation from the extract below. Can you improve it by adding the correct punctuation?
Use these punctuation marks:
I can punctuate direct speech.
? ! , “ ” .
question markexclamation
markcomma
inverted commas
full stop
I f you c ou l d hav e a s up e r powe r, wha t wou l d i t b e
I wou l d d e f i n i t e l y c hoo s e t o f l y , s ugge s t e d s omeone
I wan t t o f r e e z e t ime s a i d ano th e r
I ’ d b e i nv i s i b l e s o I c ou l d s py on p e op l e o r s c a re t h em , l augh ed B en j i
I n t e re s t i n g i d e a s , M r Jay sm i l e d a l t h ough I ’m no t s u re t ha t ’ s s u ch a
k i nd cho i c e , B en j i Pe rhap s you m i gh t t h i n k o f wha t go od you r p owe r s
c ou l d b e u s e d f o r, i n s t e ad o f s py i ng and s c a r i ng p e op l e
visit twinkl.com
Missing Punctuation AnswersI can punctuate direct speech.
Someone has removed the speech punctuation from the extract below. Can you improve it by adding the correct punctuation?
Use these punctuation marks:
“ I f you c ou l d hav e a s up e r powe r, wha t wou l d i t b e ? ”
“ I wou l d d e f i n i t e l y c hoo s e t o f l y , ” s u gge s t e d s omeone .
“ I wan t t o f r e e z e t ime ! ” s a i d ano th e r.
“ I ’ d b e i nv i s i b l e s o I c ou l d s py on p e op l e o r s c a re t h em , ” l a ugh ed B en j i .
“ I n t e re s t i n g i d e a s , ” Mr Jay sm i l e d , “a l t h ough I ’m no t s u re t ha t ’ s s u ch
a k i nd cho i c e , B en j i . Pe r hap s you m i gh t t h i n k o f wha t go od you r p owe r s
c ou l d b e u s e d f o r, i n s t e ad o f s py i ng and s c a r i ng p e op l e . ”
? ! , “ ” .
question markexclamation
markcomma
inverted commas
full stop
visit twinkl.com
Missing Punctuation
Someone has removed the speech punctuation from the extract below. Can you improve it by adding the correct punctuation?
Use these punctuation marks:
I can punctuate direct speech.
? ! , “ ” .
question markexclamation
markcomma
inverted commas
full stop
I f you c ou l d hav e a s up e r powe r wha t wou l d i t b e I wou l d d e f i n i t e l y
c hoo s e t o f l y s ugge s t e d s omeone I wan t t o f r e e z e t ime s a i d ano th e r
I ’ d b e i nv i s i b l e s o I c ou l d s py on p e op l e o r s c a re t h em l aughed B en j i
I n t e re s t i n g i d e a s M r Jay sm i l e d a l t h ough I ’m no t s u re t ha t ’ s s u ch a
k i nd cho i c e B en j i Pe rhap s you m i gh t t h i n k o f wha t go od you r p owe r s
c ou l d b e u s e d f o r i n s t e ad o f s py i ng and s c a r i ng p e op l e
Don’t forget to start a new line for each new speaker! You will need to rewrite the extract.
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Missing Punctuation Answers
“ I f y o u c o u l d h ave a s u p e r p o we r, w h a t w o u l d i t b e ? ”
“ I w o u l d d e f i n i t e l y c h o os e t o f l y , ” s u gge s t e d s o m e o n e .
“ I w a n t t o f re e z e t i m e ! ” s a i d a n o t h e r.
“ I ’ d b e i nv i s i b l e s o I c o u l d s p y o n p e o p l e o r s c a re t h e m , ”
l a u g h e d B e n j i .
“ I n t e re s t i n g i d e a s , ” M r Ja y s m i l e d , “ a l t h o u g h I ’ m n o t s u re t h a t ’s
s u c h a k i n d c h o i c e , B e n j i . Pe r h a ps y o u m i g h t t h i n k o f w h a t go o d y o u r
p o we rs c o u l d b e u s e d f o r, i n s t e a d o f s p y i n g a n d s c a r i n g p e o p l e . ”
Someone has removed the speech punctuation from the extract below. Can you improve it by adding the correct punctuation?
Use these punctuation marks:
I can punctuate direct speech.
? ! , “ ” .
question markexclamation
markcomma
inverted commas
full stop
Don’t forget to start a new line for each new speaker! You will need to rewrite the extract.
visit twinkl.com