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Literacy - Punctuation and Word Usage
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This page describes a Qedoc learning module or quiz entitled "Literacy - Punctuation and Word Usage". You can download the module from this page to put on your computer. You can also launch the module straight off the web using the launch quiz link on the right-hand side of this page. Another way to access this quiz is to install the Qedoc Quiz Player and bring up its directory of downloadable quizzes. Whichever way you choose to use it, it's free.
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Description
The module contains the following activities:
- Their, there, they're. Commonly confused words - identify the correct usage.
- Apostrophes. Put the apostrophe in the appropriate place. If you don't think the sentence needs an apostrophe, leave blank.
- Commas, colons and semi-colons.. Accurately edit the texts including commas, colons and semi-colons where appropriate.
- Homophones. Homophone- word having the same sound but the spelling is different E.g.
Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
Qedoc reviewer note: activities had to be rebuilt.
Sample questions
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- Is this correctly punctuated? There were actors who enjoyed a good natter; stressed out catering staff; happy crew members and the drivers.
- Place the commas, colons or semi-colons in the appropriate places. If you don't think the text needs editing, leave it.
- Place the apostrophe in the appropriate place. If you don't think it needs an apostrophe, leave the text.
- Is this correctly punctuated? You will need to bring; wellies, first aid pack, waterproof and boots.
- Drag the phrase with the correct punctuation into the box.
- ................. love what we have done with the cake.
- I hope ................ happy to see their pet mouse.
- .................... is a River Island in Cardiff.
- .............. names were Mildred, Fred and Bessie
- ................ pet mouse had eaten an elephant.
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How to use this module
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- Really easy: click the click here to launch hyperlink at the top right of the page. Then just wait and click your way (if necessary) through any dialogue screens. The module will launch straight off the web.
- Fairly easy: if you wish to have the module downloaded to your desktop, then start the Qedoc Quiz Player (which you can download and install on your computer if you haven't done so yet) and run through the starting dialogues until it presents you with a list of modules to load. Switch to the online learning modules tab, and the Qedoc Quiz Player will download a list of currently published modules from the web. Choose your desired module (this one) from the list. A local copy will then be kept on your computer for future use.
- Not so easy: click the download link at the bottom of the "quick facts" box and the module's ZIP file will download to your desktop. To actually use this, however, you must move it to the /player/modplay subdirectory of whichever directory the Qedoc software is installed in (usually /programme files/qedoc).
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