What punctuation can be used to mark parenthesis?
Parenthesis

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English
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6th Grade
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Medium
Margaret Anderson
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
commas
full stops
dashes
brackets
question marks
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
True or false, you add parenthesis before the subject of the sentence.
True
False
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which word is the subject in this sentence: 'The children walked along the river to the raft'
raft
river
children
walked
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which word is the subject in this sentence: 'Max finished his grub pancakes and lay down next to Lila.'
Max
Lila
grub
pancakes
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of these sentences uses parenthesis correctly:
The children, who hadn't eaten for what felt like eternity, walked along the river to the raft.
The children who hadn't eaten for, what felt like eternity, walked along the river to the raft.
The, children who hadn't eaten, for what felt like eternity walked along the river to the raft.
The children - who hadn't eaten for what felt like eternity - walked along the river to the raft.
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of these sentences uses parenthesis successfully:
Lazily, Baca (while wrapped around Max's shoulder) reached for the leaves.
Lazily (while wrapped around Max's shoulder) Baca reached for the leaves.
Lazily, Baca while wrapped, around Max's shoulder, reached for the leaves.
Lazily, Baca, while wrapped around Max's shoulder, reached for the leaves.
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Parenthesis allow you
to make your sentences longer
to vary your sentence structure
to add extra detail to inform the reader
to use a range of punctuation in your writing
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