Brackets, Dashes and Commas for Parenthesis Quiz

The KS2 Grammar Quiz, specifically tailored for Year 5 students, focuses on the use of brackets, dashes, and commas to indicate parenthesis. This quick quiz, comprising 10 questions, alternates between a question slide and an answer slide, serving as an effective tool for retrieval practice following instruction on the topic. It is linked to a teaching PowerPoint and can be employed both to assess pupil knowledge before teaching the topic and as a warm-up activity to kick off a lesson.

Questions range from defining brackets—a pair of punctuation marks used to enclose non-essential information—to the application of these punctuation marks in sentences. For instance, students are asked to insert brackets into sentences to add clarifying information, such as enclosing the full name of the RSPB or the age of a character. The quiz also explores the correct usage of dashes to separate groups of words within sentences, and the use of commas in relative clauses to enhance clarity and meaning. Moreover, students are tasked with identifying correctly punctuated sentences and creating their own sentences using brackets, dashes, or commas for parenthesis, focusing on themes like the school disco and a car race.