Many adults fail, for a variety of reasons, to grasp the basics of punctuation. This has a major effect on their lack of ability to communicate coherently. This book is designed to alleviate that circumstance. It supports teachers with activities that are designed by experts and have been trialled with real learners. This book is in the form of BLM which comes with copying rights for the purchasing institution.

 

This book was published 2010 by GLMP Ltd .

Dr Graham Lawler is the writer and broadcaster known as Mr Educator. He can be heard on a number of BBC Stations around the UK, and now on LBC Radio in London. Dr Nancy Mills is an experienced teacher and author. Dr Graham Lawler is a recognised expert in education. Dr Lawler is a regular on BBC programmes and on LBC radio in London. He si the author of Understanding Maths with the late Sir Arthur C Clarke.

This book has the following chapters: Introduction ii - ivWhat is punctuation? 1-2Punctuation - summary 3What is a sentence? 4Capital letters and fullstops 5Capital letters and fullstops - practice 6-7More about capital letters 8Capital letters - practice 9Capital letters and fullstops - punctuating a story 10Capital letters - summary 11Joined sentences 12Question marks and exclamation marks 13-15Question marks and exclamation marks - summary 16Speech marks 17-18Commas used with speech marks 19-20A conversation 21Speech marks - summary 22Commas - other uses 23Commas - summary 24Apostrophes - missing letters 25-27Apostrophes - possession 28Apostrophes - summary 29Punctuation practice 30-33