GradeMap

Grade 6 · English Language Arts · Unit 5 of 11

Punctuation Power

Colons, scripts and transitions

What your child practises

Using a colon in a formal greeting or after a speaker's name in a script, and putting a comma after words like However and phrases like For example.

Ontario Curriculum expectation: B3.3 · colons in formal letters and memos and for script speakers, and commas after transitional words and phrases

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which line of a script is punctuated correctly to show a new speaker?

    • MAYA, Where did you put my hat?
    • MAYA; Where did you put my hat?
    • MAYA: Where did you put my hat?
    Show answer

    MAYA: Where did you put my hat?

    Hint: In a script, a colon follows the speaker's name.

  2. Question 2

    Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

    • Meanwhile the others, waited outside.
    • Meanwhile, the others waited outside.
    • Meanwhile; the others waited outside.
    Show answer

    Meanwhile, the others waited outside.

    Hint: Put a comma right after a transitional word like meanwhile.

  3. Question 3

    Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

    • Therefore we packed, extra water.
    • Therefore, we packed extra water.
    • Therefore; we packed extra water.
    Show answer

    Therefore, we packed extra water.

    Hint: Put the comma straight after Therefore.

  4. Question 4

    Which sentence uses a comma after a transitional word correctly?

    • However; the game was cancelled.
    • However, the game was cancelled.
    • However the game was cancelled.
    Show answer

    However, the game was cancelled.

    Hint: Put a comma after a transitional word at the start of a sentence.

  5. Question 5

    Which memo line is correct?

    • To; All Grade 6 Students
    • To, All Grade 6 Students
    • To: All Grade 6 Students
    Show answer

    To: All Grade 6 Students

    Hint: A colon follows labels like To and From in a memo.

  6. Question 6

    Which greeting is correct in a formal letter?

    • Dear Principal Brown;
    • Dear Principal Brown:
    • Dear Principal Brown.
    Show answer

    Dear Principal Brown:

    Hint: A colon follows the greeting in a formal letter.

More Grade 6