Brackets

Which sentence has the brackets in the correct place?

• Mr Haigh (a new teacher at school) played football with us at lunch time.

• Mr Haigh a new teacher at school (played football with us at lunch time.)

• (Mr Haigh) a new teacher at school played football with us at lunch time.

• Mr Haigh a new teacher (at school) played football with us at lunch time.

If a bracket is at the end of a sentence, the full stop should be OUTSIDE the bracket.

• True

• False

Which sentence has brackets in the correct place?

• Peter my dad (took me to the park.)

• Peter (my dad) took me to the park.

• Peter my dad (took me to the park.)

• Peter my dad took (me) to the park.

Brackets are NOT used to

• insert explanations or comments into quoted material.

• insert corrections into quoted material.

• add sarcastic comments to quoted material.

• insert clarifications into quoted material.

Square brackets are used to

• Add ridiculous information

• Always add essential information

• Always add non-essential information

• Clarify or define

Brackets are like parentheses inside quotes or other parentheses.

• True

• False

What are brackets?

• / /

• *

• ( )

• - -

Square brackets look like the following:

• ( )

• [ ]

• " "

• / /

Which sentence uses brackets correctly?

• A) The cat (which was very hungry) ate all the food.

• B) The cat which was very hungry (ate all the food).

• C) (The cat) which was very hungry ate all the food.

• D) The cat which (was very hungry) ate all the food.

Brackets are used to

• A) add unnecessary information.

• B) add essential information.

• C) add additional information.

• D) add sarcastic comments.