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

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