The _____ is usedto take the place ofmissing letters incontractions or tomake a singularnoun possessive.ApostropheWhy usepunctuation?_____ are used toenclose the exactwords of aspeaker, or toidentify the title ofa piece of text.QuestionMarkThe ___ is usedwhen listing anumber of itemsand after thesalutation of abusiness letter.ColonThe _____ is usedto join parts ofcompound wordsand to divide aword at the end ofa line.The ___ is used ina passage toeliminateunnecessarywords or sections.PeriodExclamationMarkQuotationMarkThe _____ is usedto provideadditionalinformation, or abrief explanationof an unfamiliarterm.HyphenThe _____ is usedafter interjections(words used toconvey emotions)and after exclamatory(expression)sentences.CommaThe ____ is used tomark off words in alist, separate namesof people, or extrabits of informationfrom a sentence.Without punctuation,a piece of writingwould be veryconfusing to a reader(especially whenemotions areconveyed)SemiColonThe _______ isused after aninterrogativesentence (asentence thatsimply asks aquestion)ParenthesisThe _______ isused at the end ofassertive(statements) andimperative(commands)sentences.EllipsisThe ____ is usedto connect twoindependentclauses as well asto serve as asuper comma.The _____ is usedto take the place ofmissing letters incontractions or tomake a singularnoun possessive.ApostropheWhy usepunctuation?_____ are used toenclose the exactwords of aspeaker, or toidentify the title ofa piece of text.QuestionMarkThe ___ is usedwhen listing anumber of itemsand after thesalutation of abusiness letter.ColonThe _____ is usedto join parts ofcompound wordsand to divide aword at the end ofa line.The ___ is used ina passage toeliminateunnecessarywords or sections.PeriodExclamationMarkQuotationMarkThe _____ is usedto provideadditionalinformation, or abrief explanationof an unfamiliarterm.HyphenThe _____ is usedafter interjections(words used toconvey emotions)and after exclamatory(expression)sentences.CommaThe ____ is used tomark off words in alist, separate namesof people, or extrabits of informationfrom a sentence.Without punctuation,a piece of writingwould be veryconfusing to a reader(especially whenemotions areconveyed)SemiColonThe _______ isused after aninterrogativesentence (asentence thatsimply asks aquestion)ParenthesisThe _______ isused at the end ofassertive(statements) andimperative(commands)sentences.EllipsisThe ____ is usedto connect twoindependentclauses as well asto serve as asuper comma.

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