PeriodQuestionMarkThe _____ is usedto take the place ofmissing letters incontractions or tomake a singularnoun possessive._____ are used toenclose the exactwords of aspeaker, or toidentify the title ofa piece of text.The ___ is used ina passage toeliminateunnecessarywords or sections.The _______ isused at the end ofassertive(statements) andimperative(commands)sentences.The ____ is usedto connect twoindependentclauses as well asto serve as asuper comma.The _______ isused after aninterrogativesentence (asentence thatsimply asks aquestion)CommaThe _____ is usedafter interjections(words used toconvey emotions)and after exclamatory(expression)sentences.HyphenExclamationMarkQuotationMarkColonThe _____ is usedto provideadditionalinformation, or abrief explanationof an unfamiliarterm.The _____ is usedto join parts ofcompound wordsand to divide aword at the end ofa line.SemiColonApostropheThe ___ is usedwhen listing anumber of itemsand after thesalutation of abusiness letter.The ____ is used tomark off words in alist, separate namesof people, or extrabits of informationfrom a sentence.ParenthesisWithout punctuation,a piece of writingwould be veryconfusing to a reader(especially whenemotions areconveyed)Why usepunctuation?EllipsisPeriodQuestionMarkThe _____ is usedto take the place ofmissing letters incontractions or tomake a singularnoun possessive._____ are used toenclose the exactwords of aspeaker, or toidentify the title ofa piece of text.The ___ is used ina passage toeliminateunnecessarywords or sections.The _______ isused at the end ofassertive(statements) andimperative(commands)sentences.The ____ is usedto connect twoindependentclauses as well asto serve as asuper comma.The _______ isused after aninterrogativesentence (asentence thatsimply asks aquestion)CommaThe _____ is usedafter interjections(words used toconvey emotions)and after exclamatory(expression)sentences.HyphenExclamationMarkQuotationMarkColonThe _____ is usedto provideadditionalinformation, or abrief explanationof an unfamiliarterm.The _____ is usedto join parts ofcompound wordsand to divide aword at the end ofa line.SemiColonApostropheThe ___ is usedwhen listing anumber of itemsand after thesalutation of abusiness letter.The ____ is used tomark off words in alist, separate namesof people, or extrabits of informationfrom a sentence.ParenthesisWithout punctuation,a piece of writingwould be veryconfusing to a reader(especially whenemotions areconveyed)Why usepunctuation?Ellipsis

PUNCTUATION BINGO - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Period
  2. Question Mark
  3. The _____ is used to take the place of missing letters in contractions or to make a singular noun possessive.
  4. _____ are used to enclose the exact words of a speaker, or to identify the title of a piece of text.
  5. The ___ is used in a passage to eliminate unnecessary words or sections.
  6. The _______ is used at the end of assertive (statements) and imperative (commands) sentences.
  7. The ____ is used to connect two independent clauses as well as to serve as a super comma.
  8. The _______ is used after an interrogative sentence (a sentence that simply asks a question)
  9. Comma
  10. The _____ is used after interjections (words used to convey emotions) and after exclamatory (expression) sentences.
  11. Hyphen
  12. Exclamation Mark
  13. Quotation Mark
  14. Colon
  15. The _____ is used to provide additional information, or a brief explanation of an unfamiliar term.
  16. The _____ is used to join parts of compound words and to divide a word at the end of a line.
  17. Semi Colon
  18. Apostrophe
  19. The ___ is used when listing a number of items and after the salutation of a business letter.
  20. The ____ is used to mark off words in a list, separate names of people, or extra bits of information from a sentence.
  21. Parenthesis
  22. Without punctuation, a piece of writing would be very confusing to a reader (especially when emotions are conveyed)
  23. Why use punctuation?
  24. Ellipsis