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Year 9 English
Language Conventions
Lesson 2
Revision
• Think of today as revision.
• Most of this lesson should be things you’ve already learned by Year 9.
• If there’s anything today that sounds new, make sure you let your
teacher know so they can slow down.
Match them up!
• Before we learn anything new, let’s see what we already know…
• On the next slide, match-up the jumbled terms with their correct
definitions and examples.
1. Full Stop a. Indicates possession or contractions
: ()
2. Comma b. Connects two independent clauses ‘
3. Question Mark
c. Indicates a break in a sentence ,
4. Apostrophe -
d. Indicates the end of a sentence ?
5. Colon ;
6. Semicolon e. Indicates additional information
.
7. Brackets f. Indicates an interjection or strong feelings –
• Hyphens are different to dashes. Hyphens are short, dashes are long.
• Dashes break up sentences, hyphens join together words.
• - is a hyphen
• – is a dash
• Hyphens often fall out of use over time as people get used to the idea of the word
being a new one.
Exclamation Mark [ ! ]
• An exclamation mark is usually used after an interjection or
exclamation to indicate strong feelings or to show emphasis.
• The exclamation mark almost always marks the end of a sentence.
• Oh no!
• You’re sunburnt already!
Capital Letters
• Capital letters are used to indicate:
• The start of a sentence
• Proper nouns
• Titles
• Commas
• Semicolons
• Brackets and Dashes
• Apostrophes showing possession
• Apostrophes showing a contraction