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✒️ Colons, Semicolons & Dashes – Year 6
English · Year 6 (KS2) — using colons, semicolons and dashes to join clauses, introduce lists and add extra information
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Which punctuation mark belongs in the gap? I packed three things__ a torch, a map and a snack.
A colon
An apostrophe
A hyphen
A semicolon
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Which mark correctly joins these two main clauses? The sun set__ the stars appeared.
A semicolon
A comma
A hyphen
An apostrophe
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What job do the dashes do in this sentence? My aunt – who lives in Wales – is visiting us.
They show who owns something
They add extra information
They introduce a list
They show someone speaking
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What does the part after the colon do? The match was cancelled: the pitch was flooded.
It gives the opposite of the first clause
It lists items from the first clause
It explains the first clause
It asks a question about the first clause
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Where should the semicolon go? Sam loves football Ella prefers tennis
Sam loves football; Ella prefers tennis
Sam; loves football Ella prefers tennis
Sam loves football Ella; prefers tennis
Sam loves; football Ella prefers tennis
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Which sentence uses a colon correctly?
Mum bought: three fruits apples, pears and plums
Mum: bought three fruits, apples, pears and plums
Mum bought three: fruits, apples, pears and plums
Mum bought three fruits: apples, pears and plums
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Why are semicolons used here? We visited Paris, France; Rome, Italy; and Madrid, Spain.
The list has more than three items
Each item is a main clause
Semicolons are used before place names
The list items already contain commas
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Which punctuation could replace the brackets? The castle (built over 900 years ago) was huge.
A single colon
A pair of colons
A pair of semicolons
A pair of dashes
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Which mark could correctly replace the dash? I opened the box – it was completely empty!
A comma
A hyphen
A question mark
A semicolon
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Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Although it was late; we kept playing in the park
It was late; we kept playing in the park
It was late; and we kept playing in the park
We kept playing in the park; although it was late
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