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

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